Tag: DC Cathro

Madam Ambassador offers inside-the-beltway humor It helps if you are a “political junkie” or, at least, up to date on our State Department appointments to fully...

Carry a Big Stick produced by Bull Moose Theatre and written by playwright Paul Handy is a true political storytelling adventure. Delving into the...

When you hear that a theater company is performing Shakespeare’s Macbeth, you probably think to yourself “Oh yea…I know Macbeth. How will this be...

An estimated 291,521 people in the US are living with, or are in remission from, leukemia. An estimated 48,610 new cases of leukemia are...

True Wit Productions presents 21 King, a disappointing drama written by Jessica Lloyd Krenek. Directed by Emily Jane Warheit, this production unfortunately failed to...

“So different. So alike. Who knew?” Such is the premise of this smash hit show, which has played across not only across the country but across...

Over the last 22 years, the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and has become a leading center for the production...

I would say this show is a "must see," but "see" isn't the appropriate term. Artistic innovator Emma Crane Jaster and her lovely ensemble...

As a trial lawyer I have made closing arguments before countless juries over the past 4 decades. Because I love to tell stories it...

This summer, The Landless Theatre Company (winner of the 2008 Best Musical Pick of the Fringe) returns to CapFringe with Haute Mess, a comedy...

Shephard’s Heartless Probes an In-between Existence All I remember from my first encounter with Sam Shepard’s plays is that one of the characters in La...

Kicking off the first of four productions in this year’s Baltimore Playwrights Festival, area playwright Rich Espey presents his newest work The Rainbow Plays,...

The sun has come out at the Pasadena Theatre Company as they present their summer production of Annie. A children’s classic and a favorite...

What does one dollar mean to different people? Five actors explore the possibilities in the new show Legal Tender at the Capital Fringe Festival...

On my way to rehearsal for Love, NY I come through the metro gates at Dupont Circle to find that the huge escalator leading...

Do you have your tide tables? You know: those listings that tell you high tide, low tide, water height, etc. Every newspaper from a...

Behind “Apotheosis” This all started on a whim. I’ve always wanted to try my hand at devising a piece. While season planning for Avalanche Theatre Company’s...

Welcome back to the new Playwright interview series -The Playwright’s Playground - a monthly in-depth conversation with a local female playwright in the D.C. theatre...

When I was in college, my bipolar disorder showed up. It would be twenty years before I knew what to call it. But trust...

Fathers, Sons, and a Side of Bacon. Our Boys was first performed in London at the Vaudeville Theatre on January 16, 1875. It went on...