Billed by Edge of the Universe Theater as “Monty Python meets Oscar Wilde,” Loot is a quirky, satirical snapshot of 1960s Britain that shares images of 2020s America. Written in 1965 by controversial playwright Joe Orton, Loot explores religious, moral, and institutional corruption through the collision of a bank robbery and a funeral. The play was divisive in its day for being so counter-cultural, but in modern America, the distance heightens the comedic payout while retaining the overall anti-establishment rhetoric.
David Bryan Jackson discusses returning to Edge of the Universe Theater to play the corrupt Inspector Truscott in Joe Orton's LOOT, running June 6 through June 28 at Gunston Arts Center in Arlington, VA.
Edge of the Universe Theater will stage Joe Orton's LOOT, a black farce described as 'a theatrical Molotov cocktail,' at the Gunston Arts Center in Arlington, VA, directed by Stephen Jarrett.
In a small coastal town in Ireland, a pair of brothers greet each other one glorious morning on the Emerald Isle. Except one of them announces he is dead. And he spends a lot of time convincing his brother he’s talking to a ghost.
ExPats Theatre has assembled an excellent troupe of actors for Cold Country by contemporary Swiss playwright, Reto Finger. Director (and translator) Karin Rosnizeck ably guides them through an engrossing but difficult script which tries to integrate ancient rural Swiss myths with modern situations. The writer's efforts may be labored, but the acting is wonderful, as are the scenic projections. Cold Country does take an audience away from today; strong distractions help.
Expats Theatre will present the live stage production of Cold Country, by Swiss playwright Reto Finger. Cold Country is directed and translated by Karin Rosnizeck.
Edge of the Universe Theater, in association with Avant Bard Theatre, turns up the family drama in an intimate, edgy production of A Number, directed by Stephen Jarrett, starring a real-life father and son.
It’s the painting Girl with a Flute, long attributed to Vermeer, that adorns the program cover of the Washington Stage Guild’s world premiere production of “An Unbuilt Life.”
Get the latest updates on the area premiere of VICTORIAN LADIES’ DETECTIVE COLLECTIVE by the Washington Stage Guild. Stay tuned for more information about the show.
The Edge of the Universe Theater follows up its 2022 Capital Fringe production of Caryl Churchill’s A Number with the work of another British playwright, Nobel Prize winner Harold Pinter’s THE CARETAKER.
Now through February 19, the Washington Stage Guild presents Samuel Beckett’s eerie and philosophical single-act tragicomedy, ENDGAME, directed by Alan Wade. Bill Largess, Matty Griffiths, David Bryan Jackson, and Rosemary Regan captivate audiences as their characters grapple with existence within a desolate post-apocalyptic world.
The Washington Stage Guild will continue its 2022-2023 season, a “Season of Transitions,” with Endgame by Samuel Beckett, directed by Alan Wade. Performances begin January 26 - 28 with four Pay-What-You-Can previews and run until February 19, 2023.
Big Apartment is back after a successful six-month run at The PIT and a summer showcase at Asylum NYC (August 15, 2022). The team is moving into Caveat NYC to showcase some of their best sketches from this season on November 22nd.
