2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘I Found That The Sun Will Rise...
Anna Snapp gives a robust, witty, and protean performance in this genuinely candid and insightful solo theater piece. Self-authored, and based on her own...
2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘In a Day of Dreary’
In a Day of Dreary, written and directed by Henry Ragan, explores one day in the life of a charming and perpetually frustrated girl...
2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Tragedy of Mario and Juliet’
The Tragedy of Mario and Juliet, presented by Dead Cat Productions/Wayne Nicolosi (as well as written and directed by Nicolosi), reinvents well-known Shakespearean characters...
2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘Petunia and Chicken’
I have never started a Fringe with such joy.
The cause of that joy is kids’-show-in-disguise Petunia and Chicken, the brainchild of Animal Engine (husband...
Capital Fringe Preview #50: ‘H5x7’ by William Shakespeare, Adapted and Directed...
Capital Fringe Preview: H5x7 by William Shakespeare, adapted and directed by Kevin O'Connell
“Suppose within the girdles of these walls,” begins Shakespeare’s Henry V, “Are...
2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Real World: Kabul’
The Real World: Kabul is a comedy based on real events of three American writers who traveled to Afghanistan in 2009 to write, of...
2016 Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Golden Smile’
It is probably not a good idea, near the end of a maniacally inscrutable and incessantly unfunny musical, to have one character sing, apropos...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #49: ‘The Tragedy of Mario and Juliet’...
From the Author Wayne Nicolosi:
Growing up in New Jersey, every day was filled with natural, working-class comedians and poets. Whether mowing lawns, fixing cars...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #48: ‘Coping’ by Jacob Marx Rice
Award-winning new play examines the heartbreak and humor of death.
The story of Coping began with a tragedy; a friend of Playwright Jacob Marx Rice,...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #47: ‘Death Be Not Loud!’ by Susan...
Southern Railroad Theatre Company presents:
DEATH BE NOT LOUD!
(a contemporary Southern comedy)
By Susan Jackson
as part of the 11th Annual Capital Fringe Festival
Southern Railroad Theatre Company makes...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #46: ’22 Boom!’: 5 Questions with ’22...
5 Questions with 22 Boom! playwright Miranda Rose Hall by Angela Kay Pirko and Miranda Rose Hall
Angela: What was the inspiration for 22 Boom!
Miranda: It was...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #45: ‘Let Trump Be Trump’ by Kendall...
Trump’s Theatrics Play Out On The Fringe Festival Stage
Believe it or not, John Krizel had the idea and title for his play Let Trump...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #44: ‘Romanov’ by Danny Baird
They may be dead, but the Romanov sisters aren't letting that slow them down! They're back and taking the world by storm with a...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #43: ‘Do Not Disturb’ by Carla Rountree
What happens when you combine opera with an episode of Frasier?
You get a comedy of operatic proportions. You get Do Not Disturb, which will...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #42: ‘One Mutual Happiness’ by David S....
What is One Mutual Happiness?
Take one totally unqualified wedding officiant, toss in an innovative composer, mix with four weddings and one prolonged illness. Add...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #41: ‘Perfect Liars Club’ by Pierce McManus
Perfect Liars Club: The Smash Hit Storytelling Interrogation Returns to Capital Fringe
“...storytelling at its finest — honest.” -- The Washington Post
Maybe you’ve been to...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #40: ‘It Will All Make Sense in...
We knew it had to be the blood eggs.
When you’re only given four minutes to present your play at the Fringe Preview night, it...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #39: ‘The Greatest Science Fiction Show (no...
Take a trip with us through time and space!
Grain of Sand Theatre, winner of the Capital Fringe Festival's Best Drama Awards in 2011 and 2013,...
A Report on Last Night’s ‘A Capitol Fourth’ Rehearsal
What do you get when you combine Smokey Robinson, Gavin DeGraw, Kenny Loggins, Team USA Olympians, the National Symphony Orchestra, and more? The incredible...
2016 Capital Fringe Preview #38: ‘Poe, Times Two’ by Richard Byrne
The life of Edgar Allan Poe is a subject of endless and fascinated discussion and debate. But at the core of our fascination with...