Tag: Amanda Forstrom
Review: ‘The Master and Margarita’ at Constellation Theatre
The devil figure masquerading as Woland, the professor of black magic, in Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita loathes skeptics, so much so that...
Review: ‘The Caucasian Chalk Circle’ at Constellation Theatre Company
With admirable nerve and imagination, Constellation Theatre Company has mounted an endlessly inventive production of a work by a playwright who dares us to...
Review: ‘Snow Day’ at Arts on the Horizon
Arts on the Horizon makes the most of a sparse, simple stage for their entertaining production of Rex Daugherty’s “Snow Day.” The performance starts...
Review: ‘Top Girls’ at Keegan Theatre
Only the indubitable Caryl Churchill could, in a play about a contemporary dysfunctional British family, give us an opening restaurant scene that includes the...
Review: ‘Julius Caesar’ at Scena Theatre at the Atlas Performing Arts...
Diamond Julesy Gets It
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar has recently become a cause célèbre. When Caesar was portrayed in a Public Theater production with a...
In the Moment: ‘Trevor’ at 1st Stage
Under the crafty direction of Alex Levy, 1st Stage’s production of Trevor, penned by Nick Jones, had me in agreement with a recent American Theatre...
Review: ‘Trevor’ at 1st Stage
Trevor, directed by Alex Levy and written by Nick Jones, at 1st Stage, is equal parts emotional and thought-provoking. With strong performances throughout, this...
Magic Time! The Women’s Voices Theater Festival: A Report on ‘Lady...
As you take your seat at Scena Theatre’s production of Lady Lay, don’t be surprised to see the spitting image of Bob Dylan in...
‘Very Still & Hard to See’ at Rorschach Theatre Company
Very Still & Hard to See is neither quiet nor a challenge to perceive. Its aural and optical pleasures are bountiful. For this production...
The Riot Grrrls Present ‘The Tempest’ at Taffety Punk Theatre Company
A salty sea breeze is in the air this season, at least in DC area theatres. A few weeks ago, Shakespeare Theatre Company closed...
‘Handbag’ at Scena Theatre
In the past week, I’ve had the mixed blessing of seeing some very good shows that put the very bad side of human nature...
An Interview with Scena Theatre’s ‘Handbag’ Director Robert McNamara and Cast...
I had the honor of interviewing Director Robert McNamara and cast members Anne Nottage, Amanda Forstrom, and Haely Jardas from Scena Theatre's Handbag, which begins performances...
‘Bloody Poetry’ at Taffety Punk Theatre Company at Capitol Hill Arts...
William Blake, William Wordsworth, Samuel Coleridge, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats--the English Romantic Poets, believers in love, nature, passion, instinct, revolution,...
‘Orlando’ at WSC Avant Bard by Sophia Howes
Orlando: Right You Are, if You Think You Are
In Some Like It Hot (directed by Billy Wilder) Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis, on the...
Meet the Director and Cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s ‘A Midsummer...
This is the Part 6 in a series of interviews with the director and cast members of Annapolis Shakespeare Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream....
Meet the Director and Cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s ‘A Midsummer...
This is the Part 5 in a series of interviews with the director and cast members of Annapolis Shakespeare Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meet Ashlyn Thompson.
How did...
‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’ at Annapolis Shakespeare Company by Amanda Gunther
Visions shall appear and there will be no need to slumber through this fantastical production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Annapolis Shakespeare...
Meet the Director and Cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s ‘A Midsummer...
This is the Part 4 in a series of interviews with the director and cast members of Annapolis Shakespeare Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meet Joel DeCandio.
How did...
Meet the Director and Cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s ‘A Midsummer...
This is the Part 3 in a series of interviews with the director and cast members of Annapolis Shakespeare Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meet Amanda Forstrom (Hermia).
Joel:...
Meet the Director and Cast of Annapolis Shakespeare Company’s ‘A Midsummer...
This is the Part 2 in a series of interviews with the director and cast members of Annapolis Shakespeare Company's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Meet Nick DePinto.
How...