Tag: Jenny McConnell Frederick
Remembrance of protests past in Rorschach Theatre’s ‘Vox Populi’
The stirring participatory experience is a scavenger hunt for the soul of a city. By GREGORY FORD
Playwright Doug Robinson believes ‘imagination is the only way forward’
The writer behind Rorschach Theatre’s 'The Figs' talks about contemporary folktales, earnest storytelling, and facing the world through wonder. By NATHAN PUGH
Anxiety, terror, and camp in Rorschach Theatre’s uncanny ‘Sleeping Giant’
Director Jenny McConnell Frederick conjures up a frightful dreamscape attuned to playwright Steve Yockey’s bizarre and grimly comic tonality. By IAN KIRKLAND
Rorschach’s ‘Angel Number Nine’ rocks electrifying immersive performance
This enchanting play/concert is a nostalgic look at the hard-rocking, hard-partying — and even harder falls in love – of youth.
Rorschach Theatre to premiere immersive rock experience
For 'Angel Number Nine,' company will transform a former retail space into '90s bars and rock clubs.
‘Fantastagirl and the Math Monster’ allays kids’ fears at Adventure Theatre
The bold and bright musical aimed at the elementary school set has some good advice for anyone.
Review: ‘Neverwhere’ at Rorschach Theatre
In 1582, a village parson heard the deathbed confession of a man named Richard Barley, who had married his butter churn. Barley claimed he...
Conversations with Five Makers of ‘Forgotten Kingdoms’ at Rorschach Theatre
RANDY BAKER, Playwright
Michael: Introduce yourself, Rorschach, and the play Forgotten Kingdoms in under 140 characters. Go! No, just kidding…just tell us something about yourself...
Review: ‘SISSY Accompanied by Johann Sebastian Bach and a Mouse’ at...
If you can imagine a play that captures bits and pieces of The Wizard of Oz and Greek Mytholgy, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and...
Review: ‘The Electric Baby’ at Rorschach Theatre
At the center of this beautifully ambiguous and hauntingly honest play is a sick infant. The baby is peculiar, perhaps mythically so, in that...
A Report on Klecksography: ‘Island of the Misfit Toys’ at Rorschach...
Rorschach Theatre has produced another one-night-only show in its adventurous and eclectic Klecksography series, and Saturday night I went to report on what I...
‘Truth and Beauty Bombs: A Softer World’ at Rorschach Theatre
Poetic language, a magical set, and a steampunk aesthetic set the mood for the introspective Truth and Beauty Bombs: A Softer World at Rorschach...
‘G-d’s Honest Truth’ at Theater J
Illusions and dreams are often enough the stuff needed to help us keep on truckin’ through life. Certainly Prospero in The Tempest and Sam...
The Playwright’s Playground: SOURCE Festival 2014 – Interview with Playwright Sarah...
The Playwright’s Playground is a monthly in-depth conversation with a local female playwright in the D.C. theatre community. Female theatre artists make up more...
The Playwright’s Playground: SOURCE Festival 2014 – An Interview With CJ...
Welcome to the conversation and The Playwright’s Playground, an in-depth conversation with female playwrights in the D.C. theatre community. Female theatre artists make up...
The Playwright’s Playground: SOURCE Festival 2014 – Interview with Playwright A.K....
The Playwright’s Playground is a monthly in-depth conversation with a local female playwright in the D.C. theatre community. Female theatre artists make up more than...
Source Festival Review: ‘Countdown’
Countdown: An Interlude
Albert Einstein said, “Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere.” This statement is particularly apposite to...
‘Glassheart’ at Rorschach Theatre by John Stoltenberg
The evening began enchantingly. The audience was seated on four sides of a square playing area lit by stage lighting, so we could look...
‘Neverwhere’ at Rorschach Theatre by Amanda Gunther
You have a good heart, and sometimes it's enough to see you through life, but mostly it's not. A riveting urban fantasy from fiction-writer...