Tag: Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
DC Arts Education Alliance announces $750,000 program to train disconnected youth...
The city’s largest arts education organizations unite to address the effects of the pandemic on marginalized youth and repair a disrupted workforce pipeline in DC’s creative economy.
Charming new play ‘Fiveplay’ depicts housemates with benefits
From the Coil Project comes an inviting show of possibility for polyamorous playmaking.
Review: We Happy Few’s ‘Macbeth’ at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
Taking their seats in the black box theater, the audience is confronted with three immobile figures cloaked in chiaroscuro, as small, gold-leafed picture frames...
Review: ‘Dracula’ at We Happy Few
Halloween may be over, but the horror season is still in full swing. We Happy Few Theatre Company invites you to “listen to the...
Review: We Happy Few’s ‘A Midnight Dreary’ at Capitol Hill Arts...
Entering the black box theater space at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, it is clear that We Happy Few's A Midnight Dreary is not...
Review: The Coil Project’s ‘Strange Tales: Paradise Motel’ at Capitol Hill...
Seasonally-themed evenings of short plays are a staple for smaller theater companies – and with Halloween just weeks away, The Coil Project offers up...
Review: ‘Pericles’ by We Happy Few
Let’s be clear, Pericles is pretty much a first draft play that Shakespeare never quite finished. Now to be fair, the work is not...
Review: Molière’s ‘Don Juan’ by Taffety Punk Theatre Company
There is always a good reason to see Tonya Beckman perform, and she is a superb Don Juan. Her rendition of the famous seducer...
Review: ‘Mom Baby God’ at Taffety Punk
By writing Mom Baby God's central character Destinee Grace Ramsey as a likable, “trying-to-find-her-place-in-the world" young woman speaking her own truths, playwright Madeline Joey...
Review: ‘A Midnight Dreary’ by We Happy Few Productions
A Midnight Dreary is a promenade-style event that will have you on your feet, enjoying a drink, and experiencing Edgar Allan Poe’s stories like...
Review: ‘Henry V’ at We Happy Few Productions
What’s the impact of war on the common man? Do the sins of leaders trickle down to their soldiers? Is patriotism dead? What does...
Review: ‘War Virgin’ at Capitol Hill Arts Workshop
In honor of Veterans’ Day, I took in a showing of War Virgin. I first met the playwright, West Point grad and Iraqi War veteran...
Review: ‘An Iliad’ at Taffety Punk Theatre Company
Surprisingly little greets the audience as they enter the intimate black box space at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop where Taffety Punk Theatre Company...
Review: ‘Phaeton’ at Taffety Punk Theatre Company
Phaeton, now on stage at Taffety Punk's Capital Hill Arts Workshop, is a world premiere.
Inspired by the Greek myth, the man-god Phaeton is granted...
Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Friendship Betrayed’: Part 1: Alani...
In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Friendship Betrayed—a classic comedy by Spanish playwright...
‘The Great One-Man Commedia Epic’ at Faction of Fools
The Great One-Man Commedia Epic is a one-man show that is so endearing that I felt like my Dad had just told me a bed-time...
‘A Steady Rain’ at The Capital City Players by Jessica Vaughan
The Capital City Players tackle a contemporary classic with Keith Huff’s A Steady Rain – about family, love, lies, betrayal and what it means to carry a...
‘White Rabbit, Red Rabbit’ at Theater Alliance by Jessica Vaughan
Iranian playwright Nassim Soleimanpour breaks every expectation an audience might have for his innovative play White Rabbit, Red Rabbit.
One actor comes onstage and is handed...
‘Titus Andronicus’ at Taffety Punk Theatre Company by Jessica Vaughan
Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s all-female Riot Grrrls tackle one of Shakespeare’s most challenging plays, Titus Andronicus. Director Lise Bruneau has created a streamlined production...
‘The Golem’ at Taffety Punk Theatre Company by Erica Laxson
The Golem is a Taffety Punk exclusive that shouldn’t be missed. This electronically charged, theatrical adventure portrayed by one man (Daniel Flint) and DJed...