Tag: Atlas Performing Arts Center
Ancient Greek tragedy ‘Antigone’ feels alarmingly prescient
Young theater troupe Songs of the Goat makes evident how Sophokles speaks to the current political moment. By LISA TRAIGER
Scena Theatre reimagines Greek tragedy ‘Ajax’ at Atlas
Sophocles' dynamic drama is modernized and reset in the Middle East of today with powerful commentary on the never-ending U.S. war experience overseas.
15th annual Atlas Intersections Festival now playing
The festival will explore critical issues of our time through 34 performances encompassing story (theater), movement (dance), and sound (music).
Exciting dancing and anti-oppression storytelling in ‘ISM II’ at Atlas
This enjoyable production by Visionaries of the Creative Arts centered Deaf and Hard of Hearing actors while voice actors to the side gave verbal interpretations. By GREGORY FORD
‘Crucified: The Stage Play‘ tackles personal and family dysfunction
Sheena D. Horne’s moving show explores alcoholism, incest, and family secrets but is punctuated with lighter moments. By WILLIAM POWELL
Riveting performances in Theater Lab’s ‘Carrie: The Musical’ at Atlas
Students share the exuberance of their 'musical theater boot camp' experience. By GREGORY FORD
DC-area theaters unite to extend COVID vax and mask requirements
Shows go on as Theatre Washington announces continued safety efforts.
DMV theaters unite to require proof of COVID vaccination
Policies in effect through December also mandate masks for audiences.
Tuyet Thi Pham reclaims her family origin story in ‘Motherland’ at...
What can be discovered if we find the time and ability to have a conversation with our parents about the time before we existed?...
Review: ‘The Last American Hammer’ by UrbanArias
Stick a right-wing conspiracy theorist, a curator at a Toby jug museum, and a rookie FBI agent in the same porcelain-filled room in a...
Review: ‘An Iliad’ at Atlas Performing Arts Center
The setting (designed by Daniel Prosky) is not a battlefield in Anatolia in modern day Turkey, but what appears to be the office of...
Review: ‘1984’ by Scena Theatre
Big Brother. Newspeak. Thoughtcrime. Doublethink. Orwellian. Those words have floated around the public lexicon for years, and at a time when the political zeitgeist...
Review: ‘Florida’ by UrbanArias
In the second production of their 2017-2018 season, UrbanArias brings the world premiere of Florida to the Atlas Performing Arts Center. Based partly on...
What’s Playing at the Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival? I’m Glad You Asked.
Looking for something fun to do this weekend? The Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival kicks off today and its ninth season promises to be better than...
Preview: ‘That Part is True’ at Atlas INTERSECTIONS Festival
That Part Is True, written and directed by DC local Madeline Farrington, is a psychological thriller for the resistance featuring activists, intrigue, betrayal, and...
Turning Trauma Into Art: Amy Oestreicher on ‘Gutless and Grateful’ and...
Amy Oestreicher was a theatre-obsessed teen until her world changed overnight after waking from a coma, caused by her stomach literally exploding. After 27...
Review: ‘In Search of My Father…Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins’ at Atlas...
In Search of My Father…Walkin’ Talkin’ Bill Hawkins is an autobiographical exploration of identity and manhood packaged in a 90-minute one-man show written and...
Erika Rose Lights Up the Stage in ‘Queens Girl in Africa’...
It’s no coincidence that Queens Girl in Africa—Caleen Sinnette Jennings’ semi-autobiographical one-woman play now at Mosaic Theater Company of DC—was chosen to kick off...
Review: ‘Queens Girl in Africa’ at Mosaic Theater Company (Women’s Voices...
Playwright Caleen Sinnette Jennings serves up an ace with the world premiere of Queens Girl in Africa – a riveting, semi-autobiographical account of her...
Review: ‘It Takes Two…’ at Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington D.C.
The Gay Men’s Chorus of Washington, DC has just offered the DC Metro Theatre Region an alternately wistful, romantic, and humorous cabaret review entitled...