Tag: Spooky Action Theater

The musical as a whole — a lavishly produced antiauthoritarian fantasia — is a phenomenal sound machine. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

The playwright talks about the artistic process that led to his 'burlesque intended for the talents of artists of color' now playing at Spooky Action. By DERYL DAVIS

These designers, directors, and playwrights made an indelible impression on our writers this year. Did we overlook a favorite of yours? Let us know in a comment!

From Brazil, a lyrical retort to heteronormativity. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

The award-winning playwright and screenwriter on why he writes about life, death, and the soul.

The incoming artistic director of Spooky Action Theater is the face of renewed hope for a company whose very survival was in doubt just a year ago.

These designers, directors, and playwrights made an indelible impression on our writers this year. Did we overlook a favorite of yours? Let us know in a comment!

Shows go on as Theatre Washington announces continued safety efforts.

These performances made an indelible impression on our writers this year. Did we overlook a favorite of yours? Let us know in a comment!

The imaginative company's 2021–22 season launches October 7 with Will Eno's 'The Realistic Joneses.'

In observance of the the 12th annual International Transgender Day of Visibility (March 31, 2021), we republish this in-depth conversation with two leading lights...

Spooky Action Theater’s utterly charming production of The Lady from the Village of Falling Flowers—a recently discovered early work by Tennessee Williams directed for...

Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, Spooky Action Theater's New Works in Action play-reading series has been shifted to a virtual meeting space on the...

After two sell-out previews and a spectacular run at the Tennessee Williams Festival in Provincetown, The Lady from the Village of Falling Flowers pops up...

Sarah Ruhl’s The Oldest Boy is a graceful meditation on motherhood: its joys, its sorrows, and its unforeseeable costs. Director Kathryn Chase Bryer offers...

From the moment the audience enters the large square room that is Spooky Action Theater's church basement home, Environmental Designer Colin K. Bills has...

It is mid-April, 1945. The war in Europe is nearly over. However, neither a proper armistice nor formal surrender has been signed by the...

Looking for something well-crafted, suspenseful, and with plenty of lingering moments of anxiety? Then head on to Spooky Action Theater’s production of The Small...

Allison Janney (The West Wing, and the Broadway revival of Six Degrees of Separation) is returning to Washington to lend her voice to support...

Andras Viskey's I Killed My Mother, now in production at Spooky Action Theater, is a challenging bit of business. Its wordless opening is several minutes...