Interviews and Features

Our staff honors productions in the DMV that achieved artistic distinction while also engaging deeply with urgent social and political issues of our time. By NICOLE HERTVIK

The DC theater’s incoming artistic director reflects on his path to leadership, the importance of risk-taking, and possibilities for brave new theater.  By DANIELLA IGNACIO

A childhood friend reflects on the real Carl Vogel after watching Paula Vogel’s ‘The Mother Play’ at Studio Theatre. By ALAN ABRAMS

Actors Kevin Adams and Timothy H. Lynch, who have appeared in the play for 15 years, reflect on its legacy and the importance of tradition. By LUCILLE RIEKE

After taking his mother to see Paula Vogel’s play (now at Studio), the writer reflects on parenting and growing up queer.  (A long-form personal essay.) By NATHAN PUGH

The British comedy’s American premiere is “an anti-Dickens antidote to 'A Christmas Carol,' ” joked the director and artistic director. By RAVELLE BRICKMAN

It’s a homecoming for these four artists as the Tony- and Grammy-winning musical plays the National Theatre this month.  By DANIELLA IGNACIO 

Excited members of the cast and creative team preview Yasmina Reza’s Tony-winning dark comedy. By GUEST AUTHOR

The Irish playwright talks about how she tackles intense, extreme themes with humor and honesty. By NATHAN PUGH

Composer Damien Geter and Librettist Jarrod Lee share the backstory of 'The Delta King’s Blues,' their world premiere opera about the life of Robert Johnson. By GREGORY FORD

PostClassical Ensemble’s multimedia concert about our fragile, watery planet will weave an environmental narrative through sound and image. By SUSAN GALBRAITH

Now at the World Stage Theater, the play opens a window on the friendship between C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien and the fantasy worlds they created. By HANNAH ESTIFANOS

Emerging student artists talk about the process of their production and the meaning of the play. By LaSHAY FLETCHER

A revival of Matthew López’s ‘The Inheritance’ at Round House Theatre prompts a culture critic to rethink what the queer community gains (and loses) when represented onstage. By NATHAN PUGH

A former employee of the institution reflects on the tenuous position of arts workers under the Trump administration. By NATHAN PUGH

A revival of Tarell Alvin McCraney’s most famous work prompts a long-form essay that places two of his queer plays in conversation. By NATHAN PUGH

IN Series launches its season with a bold reimagining of Stradella’s explosive and subversive oratorio, where sacred drama collides with modern questions of identity and power. By RASHEEDA AMINA CAMPBELL

Director Shawn Westfall riffs on DC’s very own improvised Shakespeare group. By ANNA K. NELSON

The director talks about staging an Irish play by an American playwright in which magic, mystery, and death underlie the relationship of two brothers. By RAVELLE BRICKMAN

In times darkly tinged by politically motivated violence, the play is a vitally important cautionary tale, one that Washington desperately needs. By ANDREW WALKER WHITE