Tag: Paige Hernandez
August Wilson’s ‘The Piano Lesson’ electrifies at Everyman Theatre
In today’s political, racial, and economically charged climate, this play offers a chance to mourn, to reckon, and to uplift, while standing still with the tension. By CONSTANCE BEULAH
Four girls share self-discovery in spirited ‘Sleepova’ at Olney Theatre Center
Director Paige Hernandez brings exuberance to the precious gal-pal salutations, and the actresses embody their characters with zeal and wonderment. By DEBBIE MINTER JACKSON
Lynn Nottage’s ‘Intimate Apparel’ is crafted with care at Theater J
An evening that is moving, insightful, and tailored to the play’s strengths.
In ‘Dinner and Cake’ at Everyman Theatre, a tense culture-clash satire
Tuyết Thị Phạm’s sardonic family drama echoes 'Look Who's Coming to Dinner.'
‘Daphne’s Dive’ at Signature is a comfort and a joy
The story of folks who choose to be committed to each other’s well-being, the play is a paean to the possibility of connection.
‘We’re Gonna Die’ at Round House is a thin take on...
After the harrowing events of the last year, the production is a noble effort—but something of a misfire.
Felicia Curry is a sheer powerhouse in ‘Queens Girl: Black in...
In its efforts to further enhance its commitment to theater accessibility on every level of comfort, Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre reawakened its 30th-anniversary season opener...
For BIPOC women in theater who have had enuf: A roundtable...
By Thembi Duncan
DC Theater Arts has committed to offer our communications channel to help amplify the BIPOC voices (Black, Indigenous, People of Color) that...
‘The Royale’ Director Paige Hernandez talks boxing, hip hop, and the...
Multidisciplinary artist Paige Hernandez is not a fan of boundaries. Whether performing, directing or teaching, the Baltimore native has made a career out of...
Review: ‘Queens Girl in the World’ at Everyman Theatre
The mark of good theatre, of a truly transformative piece, is how universal it is. How much it speaks to the then and the...
Review: ‘Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992’ at Rep Stage
Thanks to some first-rate shape-shifting at Rep Stage, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 is almost as much a work of animation as it is a...
Shirley Jo Finney and Paige Hernandez Discuss ‘2018 Black Theatre &...
The University of Maryland’s School of Theatre, Dance, and Performance is bringing students, faculty, and the community-at-large together for their 2018 Black Theatre 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...
Magic Time!: “Claim All of Your Selves”: Caleen Sinnette Jennings on...
Erika Rose’s performance in Queens Girl in Africa is awesome to behold. She plays the playwright’s teenage self, named Jackie, plus her parents, school friends,...
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...
Page-to-Stage New Play Festival: ‘Queens Girl in Africa’ at Mosaic Theater
Any doubts about the future of the American Theatre were put firmly to rest on Labor Day Weekend, when more than 60 DC-area companies...
DCMetroTheaterArts’ Best of 2016 #12: Best Direction of Plays in Professional...
Here are the DCMetroTheaterArts Staff's honorees for Best Direction of Plays in Professional Theaters in 2016. Congrats to all our honorees!
THE BEST DIRECTION OF...
Review: ‘Dot’ at Everyman Theatre
There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays.
When Everyman Theatre (“Everyman”) Founding Artistic Director Vincent M. Lancisi left the Humana Festival of New Plays...
Review: ‘brownsville song (b-side for tray)’ at Theater Alliance
Yesterday at The Anacostia Playhouse, the real world and the world onstage converged. It was like a communal emotion-meld through theater, the human heartbreak...
Magic Time!: A Report on the Women’s Voices Theater Festival Reading...
The Kennedy Center’s entry in the Women’s Voices Theater Festival was a one-night-only reading of Roe, a new two-act play by Lisa Loomer that...