Interviews and Features

The CEO and president of Theatre Washington puts in context the service organization's seventh annual launch of the theater season. By JULIAN OQUENDO

If Asian Americans didn’t turn our pain into entertainment, would our stories be told at all? Maybe we need to sing and dance to matter. Essay by NATHAN PUGH

The joyful Perelman Performing Arts Center production has reset the standard for revivals and reinterpretations. By ALEXANDRA BOWMAN

The artistic director of the Contemporary American Theater Festival in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, shares her vision and values. By DERYL DAVIS

Julia Masli talks about her award-winning show making its regional debut. By RAVELLE BRICKMAN

The 2022 debut proved that people want to hear others’ body stories. By MIKALA JAMISON

'Theater should be genderful,' she says. 'Theater should be exposing you to the galaxy that is gender.' By JOHN STOLTENBERG

In a city plagued by social isolation, the head of Washington Improv Theater makes the case for improv as a catalyst for connection. By MARK CHALFANT

The Helen Hayes Award–winning actor shares how he prepares. By JULIAN OQUENDO

'People, Black and white, love the sight and sound of actors moving and dancing and projecting energy as they tell the story.' By RAVELLE BRICKMAN

The Yale Drama Series Award winner shares the origin stories of two premieres coming from Voices Festival Productions. By DEBBIE MINTER JACKSON

The director and conductor shares the personal origin of IN Series' new opera, 'The Return of Ulysses – Song of My Father.'  By TIMOTHY NELSON

Director Psalmayene 24 and choreographer Tony Thomas share how they staged Mary Zimmerman’s award-winning adaptation of ancient myths. By RAVELLE BRICKMAN

The Catholic University grad recently seen at Ford's in 'Little Shop of Horrors' enthuses about her career so far and her next gig at The Anthem. By ANDREA PEDEMONTE

Following 2022’s change in leadership at the Playhouse, a January eviction notice, and $40,000 in previously unpaid rent, the once symbiotic relationship between the two theater nonprofits has crumbled. By NICOLE HERTVIK and SARAH MARLOFF

In advance of his Helen Hayes tribute on May 20, an invigorating conversation about theater and theater criticism and what he wants to do next. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

The unconventional concert at the Kennedy Center on June 1 will culminate a week of events featuring the Black experience. By WILLIAM POWELL

The playwright talks about the artistic process that led to his 'burlesque intended for the talents of artists of color' now playing at Spooky Action. By DERYL DAVIS

The veteran actor goes deep into the role and the repressive era of the play. By ERIC COLCHAMIRO

In his seventh role at Arena Stage, the actor plays a Doctor who treats an amnesiac soldier and has a memorably weird song-and-dance number. By IAN KIRKAND