Tag: Daniel Pinha
Magic Time!: ‘The Trial’ at Synetic Theater
Kafka's nightmare novel about a man named Joseph K—who is arrested, detained, and tried but never told what he has done wrong—would seem perfect...
Review: ‘The Trial’ at Synetic Theater
The creative, resourceful folk from Synetic Theater have made another date with an old friend and literary powerhouse, well beyond the “silent” Shakespeare for...
Review: ‘The Adventures of Peter Pan’ at Synetic Theater
I have to admit something: this was my first Synetic Theater production. I assure you, however, it will not be my last. I had...
Review: ‘I Too Speak of the Rose’ (‘Yo También Hablo de...
US Premiere of Mexican Classic Now Playing at GALA Hispanic Theatre
Some might think of it as a Mexican version of Rashomon—Akira Kurosawa’s...
Review: ‘Midlife’ at Single Carrot Theatre
Ben Hoover's Midlife explores that most difficult of theatrical terrains, human subjectivity.
Not that subjectivity expressed by human babble, i.e., talking, of which America's logocentric...
The Women’s Voices Theater Festival: ‘Alice in Wonderland’ at Synetic Theater
Yes, a high time to be had. All you need to do is follow the simple directions; “eat me”; then “drink me.” And whoosh, with music...
‘Much Ado About Nothing’ at Synetic Theater
“Synetic” is a word that has come to mean more, at least in the parlance of DC theatre, than the Crystal City-based company which...
‘Beauty and the Beast’ at Synetic Theater
Synetic Theater has brought forth an earthy, musically rich, sophisticated retelling of the fairy tale Beauty and the Beast. At its heart, this appealing...
‘Rumpelstiltskin’ at Imagination Stage by Julia L. Exline
Imagination Stage presents the old childhood tale Rumpelstiltskin, written for the stage by Mike Kenny and directed by Janet Stanford.
Scenic Designer Daniel Pinha drapes...
Synetic Theater and Dorian Gray to Host The Vampire’s Ball by...
Synetic Theater and Dorian Gray to Host
The Vampire's Ball
Friday, November 1, 2013 at 8pm
Tickets to Synetic Theater's Annual Halloween Party to Include...
Paata Tsikurishvili on Directing ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ at Synetic...
Synetic Theater's Artistic Director Paata Tsikurishvili talks about his new production of The Picture of Dorian Gray. What makes this production so new and...
Adapting ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ for Synetic Theater’s Production by...
My first instinct when adapting Dorian Gray was that it would be easy—never a good sign. That being said though, come on: Synetic and...
Magic Time!: ‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ by John Stoltenberg
The notorious aesthete Oscar Wilde believed that beauty is be-all and end-all. After The Painting of Dorian Gray met with moral outrage upon its publication in...
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ at Synetic Theater by Yvonne French
The main character of Synetic Theater's new adaptation of The Picture of Dorian Gray, based on Oscar Wilde’s only novel, is a handsome young man...
‘The Jungle Book’ at Synetic Theater’s Teen Ensemble by Jennifer Perry
Like its adult (mainstage) counterpart, the Synetic Theater Teen Ensemble clearly has a knack for adapting well-known works of literature, highlighting the salient themes...
Director Jason Loewith on ‘Time Stands Still’ at Everyman Theatre by...
Jason Loewith is directing the critically acclaimed production of Time Stands Still at Everyman Theatre. Jason talks about his vision for the production, and how his...
‘Jekyll and Hyde’ at Synetic Theater by Doug Poms
Synetic Theater has started its new season with another spectacular show. This time the talented company takes on the classic tale of good and...
‘The Illusion’ at Forum Theatre by Anne Tsang
Forum Theater’s production of Tony Kushner’s The Illusion, directed by Mitchell Hébert, entrances the audience right from the start. As the magician Alacandre says,“When you start...