Video: First Look at PRIMARY TRUST at Signature Theatre
by Joshua Wright - Sep 17, 2024
Get a first look at Signature Theatre's DC premiere of Primary Trust, the 2024 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Eboni Booth. The production is directed by Taylor Reynolds. Check out the cast in action in all-new video!
1st Stage Extends MLIMA'S TALE
by Stephi Wild - Sep 22, 2022
1st Stage has announced the extension of Mlima's Tale, written by Lynn Nottage and directed by José Carrasquillo.
Review: MLIMA'S TALE at 1st Stage Theatre
by Hannah Wing - Sep 21, 2022
1st Stage's production of Mlima's Tale, directed by José Carrasquillo, is a surreal approach to what happens to Mlima after his death.
BWW Review: SIDE-WALKS at Solas Nua
by Sarah Murphy - Aug 12, 2021
Written by Jeremy Keith Hunter, a DC-based multidisciplinary artist, and John King, a theatre-maker from Dublin, Side-Walks is a “visual short story about finding yourself after a year of isolation” and is the culmination of a pandemic-long collaboration between the two playwrights and Solas Nua.
BWW Review: ((EMOJI PLAY)) at Solas Nua Theatre
by Rachael F. Goldberg - Oct 7, 2020
I've been as hungry for new shows as I'm sure many theater fans have been. And this particular show has the creativity, resourcefulness, and talent to bring us what we've been missing. But the underdeveloped back story, the shaky premise, and the technical issues make the experience fall short of the expectations the production's potential sets for it.
BWW Feature: DIGITAL WORLD PREMIERE at Solas Nua
by Sarah Murphy - Oct 1, 2020
Solas Nua has commissioned a series of digital plays from African-American playwright Jeremy Keith Hunter and Irish playwright John King. Their first collaboration asks us to consider how language, specifically GIFs and emojis, can be used to forge connection is our digital world.
1st Stage Announces New Commission Of Solo Work From Brilliant Playwrights And Creators
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 25, 2020
During this uncertain time for the nation and the arts community, 1st Stage remains committed to creating diverse, modern work by leading playwrights and performers. Despite the prolonged theatre closure necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic, the company delights in bringing you the same quality of beautiful, emotional, relatable stories that you could have otherwise seen on our stage.
THE BAND'S VISIT, JITNEY, And More Nominated for 2020 Helen Hayes Awards
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 4, 2020
Tonight, at a celebration honoring theatre excellence on stages across the Washington area, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered in the National Theatre's Helen Hayes Gallery for theatreWashington's announcement of nominees for the 36th Annual Helen Hayes Awards, which will be presented on Monday, May 18 at an event at the Anthem.
BWW Review: PROOF at The Everyman Theatre
by Tina Collins - Sep 11, 2019
At the Everyman Theatre, director Paige Hernandez delivers a beautifully rendered revival of David Auburn's play PROOF which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2001. Nearly twenty years later, the issues and dilemmas it presents remain relevant and riveting.
Everyman Announces Upcoming Salon Series
by Stephi Wild - Sep 7, 2019
2019 marks the fifth year of Everyman Theatre's innovative and exciting Salon Series. These play parties showcase emerging female playwrights and are directed by women from Everyman's Resident Company over select Monday nights this fall.
Photo Flash: First Look at Avant Bard's TOPDOG/UNDERDOG
by Stephi Wild - Mar 18, 2019
Avant Bard presents the acclaimed dark comedy TOPDOG/UNDERDOG by Suzan-Lori Parks, starring Louis E. Davis and Jeremy Keith Hunterand directed by DeMone Seraphin. The play-a tensely funny and dead serious tragicomedy about two African American brothers grappling for destiny-won Parks the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for drama, and the New York Times named it the best American play of the last 25 years.
Avant Bard Announces Sudden Casting Change For TOPDOG/UNDERDOG
by Stephi Wild - Mar 9, 2019
Avant Bard has announced that Khalil Kain has had to withdraw from the cast of TOPDOG/UNDERDOG due to unforeseen personal circumstances. But Avant Bard is happy to announce that Jeremy Keith Hunter has joined the production. Jeremy will play opposite Louis E. Davis in the Pulitzer Prize-winning dark comedy by Suzan-Lori Parks about two African American brothers grappling for destiny. The production runs from March 14 to April 14, 2019, at Gunston Arts Center Theatre Two in Arlington.
BWW Review: DC-Area Premiere of Fugard's THE PAINTED ROCKS AT REVOLVER CREEK at MetroStage
by Pamela Roberts - Sep 4, 2018
For more than 60 years, Athol Fugard has helped us explore South Africa through his complex, flawed, and empathetic characters. He is one of the most significant voices of our time. Fugard's most recent work, The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek, makes its DC-area premiere at MetroStage. When Producing Artistic Director Carolyn Griffin slated The Painted Rocks at Revolver Creek as MetroStage's season opener, little did she know that an August tweet would thrust South African farm ownership and race relations firmly back into the world spotlight.