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Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Point…Blank…Period!’ by Tramaine Brathwaite

We all have one. That friend that you share WAY too much information with. That friend that you say the most embarrassing things to and know, secretly, they are thinking the same thing too. One day I...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Walken In His Shoes’ by Leah Rosthenhausler

Can one man who loves Star Trek, one man who loves Barry Manilow, another who loves to eat fried chicken, and a fourth who might steal your car, get along? Yes, they can when their love for...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘#albatross’

MOVEIUS Contemporary Ballet’s appearance at this month’s Capital Fringe Festival combines dance, electric guitar, and social media in its presentation of a brand-new work and two audience favorites....

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Homeboy Thanksgiving’ by Rhiannon Cooper

What do you get when you combine gaming, gangs, and a family meal? A recipe for disaster. Homeboy Thanksgiving tells the story of two estranged brothers struggling to find some common ground…on...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Girl in Space’ by Jason Patrick Wells

It’s the Bedroom at Fort Fringe and it’s November and it’s fallFringe and we’re moving and trying to get our stuff out of the way and back into the corner so the venue manager and the bartender can...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘The Inaugural Election for President of Mrs. Jacobson’s Sixth Grade Class’ by the Federal Theatre Project

For some scripts, writers will get on a roll, crafting a story from start to finish. Then comes the tough part: titling the show. In January 2013 I was kicking around an allegorical story about an...

Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) Offering Pay-What-You-Can Previews Until July 10th

Expanded this year! CATF’s Pay-What-You-Can Preview series allows you to experience the 2014 repertory of plays before they open at whatever price you care to pay. While the playwrights, directors,...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Cross the Line’ by Jenna Selby

A few years ago I took a semester to study abroad in Spain. On returning, I realized that my circles of friends at school had found other friends and created new worlds that no longer included me in...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss?’ by Ronna J Levy

This Gonna Be on the Test, Miss? is a solo show that has been 20 years in the making. Twenty years ago I detoured from acting into academia. I became so frustrated trying to explain what I teach...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Stone Tape Party: Hauntings and Humor’ By Nu Sass Productions

“Sex. Drugs. Jazz. You know, the classic ghost story” proclaims the catchy tagline for the new comedy Stone Tape Party. Every ghost story needs a ghost, obviously, and Stone Tape Party has several....

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Hey, Hey, LBJ’

David Kleinberg’s latest solo theater work, Hey, Hey, LBJ! – a powerful drama on the most divisive foreign war in America’s history – appears five times (July 10th through July 18, 2014) at the Goethe...

Capital Fringe 2013 Show Update: Life After “In Search of the Perfect G-String’ by Yvonne Caruthers

Capital Fringe ’14 opens in a month, but in spite of my best intentions, I won’t be taking to the stage this time around. I thought I would be, because I wanted to follow up on the thrills, chills,...

Meet Cast Members of Prince William Little Theatre’s “The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)’ Which Opens on July 18th by Melissa Jo-York Tilley

Prince William Little Theatre’s production of The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) opens on July 18th at the Gregory Family Theater in the Hylton Performing Arts Center in Manassas, VA! Joanne...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘About A Girl’ by Eddy Roger Parker

I am thrilled to have my first full length play About A Girl receive its premier performance as part of the Capital Fringe Festival. It’s been over three years since I started writing it, and what an...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Four Dogs and a Bone’ by Vanessa Terzaghi

Back­stabbing, greed and the pursuit of fame are just a few of the issues in John Patrick Shanley’s Four Dogs and a Bone. The four dogs are two actresses (Brenda and Collette), a producer (Bradley)...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Tour de Farce’ by Karen Fernandez

Once again, the Capital Fringe Festival will be taking over downtown DC for its ninth straight year. The annual performing arts event, which runs from July 10th through July 27th, features 130+ shows...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Everything I Do’ by John Becker

Everything I Do Is…Complicated Can you justify your existence? This is the question George Bernard Shaw felt should be put to every person every five years. A little harsh, but it does force one to...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ’13 Men’ by Faith Garber

A naked thespian, an anime-loving slacker, the best guy friend, a controlling adrenaline junky—Jack O’Reilly plays all of your ex-boyfriends in the comedy cabaret “13 Men,” set to open at the Capital...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Ligature Marks’ by Mac Rogers

Funny, twisted, suspenseful, funny again, and then suddenly mind-blowing, Ligature Marks is a play unlike any other you’ll see at this year’s Fringe. A comedy about a pair of losers that gradually...

‘Jumpers for Goalposts’ Added to The Studio Theatre’s 2014-2015 Lineup

Artistic Director David Muse is pleased to announce the fifth show in Studio Theatre’s 2014-2015 season subscription series will be British playwright Tom Wells’ hilarious and heartbreaking comedy...

‘Guys and Dolls’ Opens July 11th at McLean Community Players at Alden Theatre by Cathy Farnsworth

The McLean Community Players (MCP) present Guys and Dolls, considered by many the perfect musical comedy opening July 11, 2014, in McLean’s Alden Theatre. Guys and Dolls has music and lyrics by Frank...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘The Other Day’ by Mark Jason Williams

Playwright Mark Jason Williams and Director Michael R. Burgtorf return to the Capital Fringe Festival this year with The Other Day—a powerful drama about human connections, and the lengths we go to...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Killer Quack’ by James Judd

“It’s all about risk,” explained Judd over a cup of coffee in his tiny but charming pied-a-terre in Manhattan. “I am addicted to taking certain kinds of risks. Usually this plays out with my...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘À Demain’ by Ryan O’Connell

À Demain is a powerful and incredibly personal journey through the depths of life, death, depression and forgiveness. “À Demain” is a French expression which translates as “until tomorrow.” It is most...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Intrigue, a mystery on marley…’ by Mary Stiegelbauer

The game is afoot! draMAStic dance works is honored to be making its Washington, DC debut at the 2014 Capital Fringe Festival with our original production, Intrigue, a mystery on marley…! A noir...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Luv American Style’ by Megan Kuhn

Loving, the American Way Infinite Jest co-founder Bill Gordon loves, loves, loves nostalgia. Nostalgia for a 1970s romantic comedy anthology series inspired Infinite Jest’s entry into the 2014 Capital...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Malevolence’ by Timothy R. King

Already in rehearsal for over a month, the news hit home very hard. A teacher at a local school accused of impropriety. The very issue at the core of Malevolence once again saturating the news....

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Chesapeake’ by Bill Goodman

In Tale that Starts Realistic, Turns Fantastic, Dog Triggers Profound Changes Kerr (played by Dexter Hamlett) is a bizarre performance artist with an act that includes nudity. He’s condemned by...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Writing Miss Clark’s Résumé’ by Kelly Canavan

Register for a crash course in strange love, big dreams, manipulation, and loss of innocence with Miss Clark. You won’t soon forget this class. Miss Clark lives for her students and gives them her...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Isis and Vesco Investigate the Curious Death of Dr. Freud’ by Catherine Aselford

Mary Washington Drama Prof Finds New Challenge in Fringe Show Cate Brewer, a lecturer in theatre at the University of Mary Washington, is spending her summer being treated like a goddess. At least...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘DISTRICTLAND’ by Cristina Bejan

It’s taking me a moment to get your DC-CV straight. A Hill intern. An unemployed Georgetown law grad. A returned Peace Corps volunteer. And a Rhodes Scholar. Together they live in a shared house in a...

Contemporary American Theater Festival Interviews Part 2: An Interview with ‘The Ashes Under Gait City’ Playwright Christina Anderson by Sharon J. Anderson

In Part 2 of a series of interviews, Sharon J. Anderson, The Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) Trustee and Professional Storyteller, interviews Christina Anderson whose play The Ashes...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Tomorrow’s Dawn’ by Jeff Gallon

Tom is in love with Alice, who loves him too. But nothing is easy: they are young; they have parents and teachers. They are teenagers, obviously full of questions and pains. Fortunately, they are not...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘C-’ by Eric Jaffe

In 2008, Eric Jaffe set out to track down and interview all of his formerly hard-partying, now middle-aged fraternity brothers to try to answer the question: What is value of a college education?...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘The Dish’ by Jenny Splitter

What happens when you mix a saucy new play about food and fame with real players from the DC food scene? The Dish is an interactive, semi-improvised new play that blends food, scandal and celebrity...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘In to the Out Side/D.C. al Coda’ by John Sowalsky

This family-friendly comedy started with a daydream. The whole thing grew out of a single enigmatic image: A prison cell, without windows or doors, bisected by a nine-foot wall which does not quite...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Dateline Macbeth’ by Quattro Gatti Theatre Company

Making a Mystery: Quattro Gatti Draws on Shakespeareʼs Macbeth to Create the Ultimate True Crime Progam. On Saturday, June 15th at 4 am, Quattro Gattiʼs company members were all gathered at a row...

Jon Jon Johnson on ‘Flying V Fights: Love is a Battlefield’-Which Plays Through This Sunday at Writer’s Center

I had been approached to audition for projects with Flying V before, and I had always been busy. When I was approached to audition for Flying V Fights, it felt like the stars and planets all aligned....

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Giant Box of Porn’ by Patrick Flynn

“Why is there a giant box of porn in our apartment?” The question is as old as time itself. Or maybe it isn’t. Scholars say we’ll never really know for sure. But it’s a question Kate and Ron have to...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘The Big A: Scenes from a Vanishing Landscape’ by Robert Epstein

The Big “A” is a family drama about Alzheimer’s, cancer, dementia and caregiving, and represents a situation that so many families are dealing with today. While it is a common situation, it is a...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Martin, Love, Sex & Rhythm’ by Alvaro Maldonado

Martin, Love, Sex & Rhythm is a sexy rock/pop musical comprised of an all-male cast that confronts contemporary gay issues against the backdrop of current and classic Top 40 songs. The production...

Opening This Friday at Silver Spring Stage: ‘Good People’: It’s a Complicated Concept by Lennie Magida

When a playwright calls his play Good People, we can assume that the characters will be…you know…good people. Can’t we? In David Lindsay-Abaire’s Good People, opening this Friday at Silver Spring...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘What Would Tina and Amy Do?’ by Austin Kruesi

What Would Tina and Amy Do? is a new play about best friends, Annie and Tinley, and the challenges they face as they try to figure out the real world. To help them overcome the many difficult and...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Interrogation’ by John Feffer

You are being watched. If you’re not under surveillance because of your political views, then you are being tracked because of your economic activities. Or what you do on the web. Or what phone calls...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Will Work For’ by Dacyl Acevedo

Will Work For is a fearless, farcical, huge wake-up call! It’s a rollercoaster ride through the dangers of today’s job market: dodging through booby-trapped interviews, facing demons of employment...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘A Fire in Water’ by Michael Oberhauser

We here at Silver Finch Arts Collective are excited to be back at the Capital Fringe Festival after our last production, Fallen Angels in 2012, was such a great success. This year we’re presenting...

Meet the Cast of ‘Ghost The Musical’–Lauren Alberg, Shannon Taylor, and Aly Murphy and The Production Team-Erin MacDonald, Amy Rawe Weimer, & Iris Shih at Drama Learning Center

TYA Teen Professionals at Drama Learning Center closes its area premiere of Ghost the Musical today at 2 PM. After getting special permission from Theatrical Rights Worldwide to present this title...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Perfect Liars Club’ by Layla McCay

It isn’t impossible to get tickets to Perfect Liars Club. But when the smash-hit underground story interrogation pops up in Washington, tickets do sell out fast. “I set my phone alarm to go off 3...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘Sage of Blackwell’ by Arthur Luby

Much has been written about the travails of the labor movement, virtually all from a macro level stressing the political implications. One need only pick up a paper to read this decline celebrated as...

Capital Fringe 2014 Preview: ‘DECADES’ by Peter J. Orvetti

4&9 Productions presents DECADES: A neat-o, far out, psychedelic, totally tubular improv show by Peter J. Orvetti, cast member Improv gives performers the freedom to take the audience to any place on...