Review: POTUS at NextStop Theatre Company
Aaron Sorkin's original concept for The West Wing was a show depicting the behind-the-scenes workings of the White House, focusing on the President's top advisors and staff, with the President playing a very minor, cameo role.
THE TAMING By Lauren Gunderson Comes to The Vault at Capital One Hall
Tweetering, pandashrews, and undying giddiness for James Madison-what else could you expect to find at a Miss America pageant? In this hilarious, raucous, all-female 'power-play' inspired by Shakespeare's Shrew, contestant Katherine has political aspirations to match her beauty pageant ambitions.
SCORCHED Comes to Expats Theatre This Month
Expats Theatre will present the live stage production of Scorched (original French title Incendies) by Lebanese-Québecois playwright Wajdi Mouawad. Learn more about the production and find out how to get tickets here!
Review: SOPHISTICATED NEW ONES at Unexpected Stage Company
What did our critic think? Sophisticated New Ones, written by well versed television actor, writer and show creator Keith Powel is not a throw away play. Set in the time leading up to President Barack Obama's first election, this story centers an antique repair shop owned and operated by a divorce' and her adult son. It explores the conflict between what one has to give up in order to move forward. It's directed by Unexpected Stage Company board member and stage veteran, Dawn Thomas Reidy.
Unexpected Stage Company Presents Keith Powell's SOPHISTICATED NEW ONES
As part of its thirteenth season, Unexpected Stage Company presents Sophisticated New Ones by Keith Powell (This Is Us, 30 Rock), directed by Dawn Thomas Reidy (Raisin in the Sun at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company). The production will run June 15 to July 3 in the Fireside Room, an intimate 30-seat venue, at the River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation building, located at 6301 River Road in Bethesda. The production will also be offered virtually.
Full Cast Announced for The Show Must Go Online's DOCTOR FAUSTUS
The Show Must Go Online today announced the full cast for their upcoming livestreamed performed reading of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe. This is the third instalment in their Month of Marlowe series, preceded by Edward II (9 June) and Dido Queen of Carthage (16 June) and followed by the Marlowe Lives Cabaret (30 June).
Pomegranate Room Presents Inaugural Audio Play Festival
Pomegranate Room will present their inaugural audio play festival, Echoes: Stories from Mythology. Five one-act audio dramas feature modern retellings of stories from Chinese, Greek, and Norse mythology and folklore. Each story 'echoes' its original with a lens reflective of the world today.