Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

100 Plays Produced as CATF Kicks off Ambitious 23rd Season by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Over the last 22 years, the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF) in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and has become a leading center for the production and development of new plays, having fully...

‘The Playwright’s Playground’: Allyson Currin-Part 2 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Welcome back to the new Playwright interview series –The Playwright’s Playground – a monthly in-depth conversation with a local female playwright in the D.C. theatre community. Female theatre artists...

‘The Playwright’s Playground’: Allyson Currin-Part 1 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Welcome back to the new Playwright interview series –The Playwright’s Playground – a monthly in-depth conversation with a local female playwright in the D.C. Theatre community. Female Theatre artists...

AFI DOCS Film Festival – A Year of Exciting Change by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

AFI Docs, presented June 19-23, 2013, celebrates its 11th year and excellence in documentary filmmaking and storytelling on a variety of topics. The rebranded AFI Docs (formerly AFI Silverdocs)...

An Interview with Caroline Clay of ‘Clementine and the Lower 9′ at Forum Theatre Pt. 2 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Caroline Clay is a phenomenal woman. Her extraordinary acting skills and God’s gift of performance talent are only preceded by her grace, beauty, and kindness Forum Theatre’s Clementine and the Lower...

An Interview with Caroline Clay of ‘Clementine and the Lower 9′ at Forum Theatre Pt. 1 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Caroline Clay is a phenomenal woman. Her extraordinary acting skills and God’s gift of performance talent are only preceded by her grace, beauty, and kindness. Caroline plays the title character,...

‘Becky Shaw’ at Round House Theatre’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. The harsh dose of reality … Sometimes it takes the truth of a stranger to show us who really are. For many, it is easier to perpetuate a false truth or a lie, than to...

‘Clementine in the Lower 9′ at Forum Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Heart, Soul, and the Blues There is a calm before any storm. The hurricane of human turmoil, and the whirlwind of hope that remains afterwards, is the story of Clementine in the Lower 9. The profound,...

‘The Real Thing’ at The Studio Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Does art influence life? Or, is life imitating the art? What is love and at it what cost? What is right? What is real? It’s all a game of sorts. The Studio Theatre in its final production of the...

‘The Playwright’s Playground Series’: Jacqueline E. Lawton Part 3 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Welcome to the new in-depth interview series ‘The Playwright’s Playground‘ – highlighting local female playwrights in the D.C. Theatre community. Female Theatre artists make up more than 50 percent of...

‘The Playwright’s Playground Series’: Jacqueline E. Lawton Part 2 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Welcome to the new in-depth interview series ‘The Playwright’s Playground’ – highlighting local female playwrights in the D.C. Theatre community. Female Theatre artists make up more than 50 percent of...

Film Review: ‘Stories We Tell’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Desperately Seeking Stories . . . Every family has a story. When you are in the midst of an account, it isn’t really a story at all. Only afterwards, does it become a story when you are telling it to...

Film Review: ‘The Iceman’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Devoted husband, loving father, and cold-blooded contract killer. Told in flashback, The Iceman is bookend with a prison confessional, as a convicted killer speaks of his reputation, regrets (there...

‘The Playwright’s Playground Series’: Jacqueline E. Lawton Part 1 by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Welcome to the new in-depth interview series The Playwright’s Playground Series, highlighting local female playwrights in the D.C. Theatre community. Female theatre artists make up over fifty percent...

‘DC-7: The Roberto Clemente Story’ at Gala Hispanic Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Memory and myth are intertwined in the DC-7: Roberto Clemente Story. The mythic aspects of sports, and baseball in particular, usually draw on nostalgia for how things used to be and cliches of the...

Filmfest DC 2013 Opens: ’10 Must-See Films’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Filmfest DC 2013 ***** 10 MUST SEES! by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins Filmfest DC 2013‘s spirit of cinematic celebration is five star entertainment, and has become an important Washington showcase for new...

‘Fanny and Alexander’ at Nordic Cool 2013 at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

An audacious four-hour stage adaptation of Ingmar Bergman’s Oscar-winning feature film – Fanny and Alexander by Stockholm’s Royal Dramatic Theater highlights the Nordic Cool 2013 Festival in its U.S....

‘Home’ at Rep Stage by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Who says you can’t go home again? Think about the word home, and what it means to you. Home can be the place that you grew up in, or any place that you spend a significant amount of time. More than a...

Hedda Gabler at Nordic Cool 2013 at The Kennedy Center by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

The Kennedy Center’s Nordic Cool 2013 Festival’s month long programming offerings of a variety of Scandinavian art have been the tip of the iceberg . . . until now! Nothing may be cooler than the...

Part 2: An Interview with Duane Boutté – the Director of Rep Stage’s ‘Home’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Rep Stage celebrates Black History Month and their 20th season with the 1980 Tony Award-nominated production of Home, written by Samm-Art Williams, in a limited run from February 27- March 17, 2013....

Part 1: An Interview with Duane Boutté – the Director of Rep Stage’s ‘Home’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Rep Stage celebrates Black History Month and their 20th season with the 1980 Tony Award-nominated production of Home, written by Samm-Art Williams, in a limited run from February 27- March 17, 2013....

‘Race’ at Theater J by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Race Matters The Crime: Rape. Or is it Race? The Defendant: Charles Strickland is a man who doesn’t comprehend being told “No,” and one who has never had to beg for anything. A wealthy, older white...

‘The Motherfucker with the Hat’ at The Studio Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Life is messy, and sometimes painful, especially when it comes to matters of the heart. For many, love hurts. As our experiences grow and we mature, hopefully it is learned that true love isn’t...

‘Tryst’ at Washington Stage Guild by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

It’s a thin line between love and hate. Oh, the things that we will do for love, or the semblance thereof. More than a wishful, flight of fancy, love is a basic human need. Love is the powerful,...

‘Les Liaisons Dangereuses’ at Shakespeare Theatre Company by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Betrayal. Seduction. Revenge. To them, it’s just a game “Oh what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive!” Sir Walter Scott’s oft-used expression on the complexities of lies and...

‘The Aliens’ at The Studio Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

“you may not believe it but there are people who go through life with very little friction or distress.” – excerpted from Charles Bukowski’s poem, “The Aliens” What makes ordinary people and ordinary...

Part 3: An Interview With “Master Harold” … and the boys’ Baakari Wilder by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

This is Part 3 of my series of 3 interviews with the cast of “Master Harold”. . . and the boys at Bay Theatre Company. The innovative and versatile Baakari Wilder, delights as “Willie” in “Master...

Part 2: An Interview With “Master Harold” … and the boys’ Michael Anthony Williams by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

This is Part 2 of my series of 3 interviews with the cast of “Master Harold”. . . and the boys at Bay Theatre Company. Next: Part Three with Baakari Wilder. The fascinating and multi-talented Michael...

An Interview with Sean McComas of ‘Master Harold”…and the boys’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

This is Part 1 of my series of 3 interviews with the cast of “Master Harold”. . . and the boys. Tomorrow: Michael Anthony Williams. Sean McComas, a recent Acting graduate of the University of Maryland...

‘Mary Rose’ at Rep Stage by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

A new light is shone on the familiar Peter Pan childhood classic, as J.M. Barrie writes for adults in Mary Rose, the little seen mysterious tale of grown up fantasy. Continuing its 20th anniversary...

‘A Clockwork Orange’ at Scena Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Good. Is being good truly good if it is not by choice? Evil has to exist along with good, in order that moral choice may operate. Evil. Which is worse, chosen evil or forced good? “A man who cannot...

‘Hedda Gabler’ at Catholic University by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Dramatist Henrik Ibsen’s works are filled with strong women and insights into the human condition. Hedda Gabler, one of the idiomatic Ibsen’s most noted and popular productions, is no exception....

“Master Harold”…and the boys at Bay Theatre Company by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

“Master Harold” …and the boys is the potential life-changing, pulse racing drama playing in Annapolis, MD., that marks the 11th season opener for Bay Theatre Company. The Company’s mission is to...

‘Invisible Man’ at The Studio Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

‘I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.’ – Ralph Ellison, Invisible Man Everyone at some time has walked into a room and felt invisible. Who hasn’t had a moment of...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘The Mercy Seat’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Life can be tough. Some people are born with the cards stacked against them. For others, life is a series of miscalculations and bad decisions… It’s the day after 09-11-2001. Life is tough for the two...

‘Big Love’ at The Hub Theatre by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Love, Marriage, and Mayhem. Aeschylus is often described as the father of Greek tragedy. In his play The Suppliants, Danaids unveils the original tale of a King who tries to form political alliances...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Domino’s Pizza Saved My Life’ by Sydney- Chanele Dawkins

The art of oral storytelling is a dying one. The natural grace and easy that monologist Dylan Fresco has sharing the intimate details of his personal life, and the heartaches and triumphs of his...

Capital Fringe Review: ‘Young Republicans’ by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Young Republicans is 65 entertaining minutes of fresh, insightful humor, and heart. You certainly don’t have to be young or Republican to enjoy this Capital Fringe show! Frankly, when I saw that Helen...

‘All the King’s Women’ at The Little Theatre of Alexandria by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Elvis Presley, one of the iconic cultural figures in the 20th century, might be dead, but the spirit of the ‘King of Rock and Roll’ is alive in admiration and reverence with The Little Theatre of...

‘November’ at Dominion Stage by Sydney-Chanele Dawkins

Power + Corruption = Success Looking for a theater production to kick off your countdown to Election Day? Search no further than Dominion Stage’s thoroughly entertaining production of David Mamet’s...