BWW Review: BOEING BOEING Soars at Highwood Theater
Highwood Theater in Silver Spring has been providing education in a 'community-produced' environment for more than 10 years, but recently has moved into producing professional theater in their new black box theater. I applaud the work that founder and Executive Director Kevin Kearney has been doing and the organization he has created.
The Highwood Theatre to Stage New Play RIOT
Your Theatre, the professional division of The Highwood Theatre, is thrilled to present the world premiere of RIOT, a new, original play devised entirely by the cast and creative team. This groundbreaking production is part of Highwood's 3rd annual Open Source Theatre Project, which focuses on collaboration to explore non-traditional theatre experiences. This engaging, audience-immersive performance centers around an event which residents of the DC area are all too familiar with: a protest. Dealing with relevant issues such as race, discrimination and class inequality, RIOT gives the audience a chance to voice their opinions throughout the show to guide the choices characters make and steer the direction of the plot.
THE LONG WAY AROUND Set for Women's Voices Theater Festival
Your Theatre, a division of The Highwood Theatre, presents the new drama The Long Way Around by young playwright and Highwood Theatre alumnus Julia Starr. The production, being showcased in the DC area-wide Women's Voices Theater Festival - the largest collaboration in history of theater companies working simultaneously to produce original works by female writers - examines the struggles of young adults discovering who they are, where they belong, and what they want out of life.
Highwood Theatre to Launch ONLY HUMAN: FINDING UNITY THROUGH DIVERSITY
Our planet is filled with diversity: race, age, social status, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs and political affiliation. But what is left when all of that is stripped away? The Highwood Theatre's second annual Open Source Theatre Project Only Human: Finding Unity through Diversity seeks to answer that question through the universal medium of art. The project consists of a variety of performances which will explore our connections to one another, revealing that despite our differences, we're all only human.
Highwood Theatre to Present THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD
The Students' Theatre, a division of The Highwood Theatre, presents the Tony Award-winning musical, The Mystery of Edwin Drood, written by Rupert Holmes and directed by Kevin Kearney. Kearney's talented cast of students, ranging from grades 4-12, will delight audiences in this comedic reworking of Charles Dickens' unfinished murder mystery.
Highwood Theatre's NO EXIT Begins Tonight
Your Theatre, a division of The Highwood Theatre, presents the existential classic No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, adapted from the original French by Paul Bowles and directed by Rachael Murray. This dark comedy examines the serious concepts of hell, identity and human interaction through a humorous lens.
Highwood Theatre to Present NO EXIT, Begin. 10/30
Your Theatre, a division of The Highwood Theatre, presents the existential classic No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre, adapted from the original French by Paul Bowles and directed by Rachael Murray. This dark comedy examines the serious concepts of hell, identity and human interaction through a humorous lens.
Highwood Theatre to Present BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON, 3/8-9
Your Theatre, a division of The Highwood Theatre presents its debut production, Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, featuring a mixed cast of student and professional actors. The rock musical, written by Michael Friedman and Alex Timbers, takes an energetic look at America's first political maverick and rock star, Andrew Jackson.
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