WSC Avant Bard

Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Holiday Memories’ Part 3: Christopher Henley

In Part 3 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Holiday Memories—a stage adaptation of two classic short stories by Truman Capote, “A Christmas Memory” and “The...

Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Holiday Memories’: Part 1: Séamus Miller

In Part 1 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Holiday Memories—a stage adaptation of two classic short stories by Truman Capote, “A Christmas Memory” and “The...

Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Friendship Betrayed’: Part 10: Mary Myers

In Part 10 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Friendship Betrayed—a classic comedy by Spanish playwright María de Zayas y Sotomayor—meet Mary Myers. Joel: Where...

‘Friendship Betrayed’ at WSC Avant Bard

Put 1630s Spain and 1920s America into a cocktail shaker, shake well, and you get WSC Avant Bard’s sparkling update of María de Zayas y Sotomayor’s 1632 play Friendship Betrayed. Translated by...

Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Friendship Betrayed’: Part 7: Brendan Edward Kennedy

In Part 7 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Friendship Betrayed—a classic comedy by Spanish playwright María de Zayas y Sotomayor—meet Brendan Edward Kennedy....

Enter to Win Two Tickets to WSC Avant Bard’s ‘Friendship Betrayed’ The Weekend of 9/24-26th

WSC Avant Bard is giving away two tickets to Friendship Betrayed for performances the weekend of September 24-26th. That’s a $70 value for free! The winning answer will also be tweeted from...

Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Friendship Betrayed’: Part 5: Zach Roberts

In Part 5 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Friendship Betrayed—a classic comedy by Spanish playwright María de Zayas y Sotomayor—meet Zach Roberts. Joel: Where...

Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Friendship Betrayed’ Part 4: Melissa Marie Hmelnicky

In Part 4 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Friendship Betrayed—a classic comedy by Spanish playwright María de Zayas y Sotomayor—meet Melissa Marie Hmelnicky....

Meet the Cast of Avant Bard’s ‘Friendship Betrayed’: Part 2: Daven Ralston

In Part 2 of a series of interviews with the cast of WSC Avant Bard’s production of Friendship Betrayed—a classic comedy by Spanish playwright María de Zayas y Sotomayor—meet Daven Ralston. Joel:...

Dangereuse: ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot: An Ode to Joy in the Midst of Corruption’

WSC Avant Bard’s current production of Giraudoux’ The Madwoman of Chaillot, an entertaining tribute to the power of joy over despair, reminds us of the importance of the artist in an inevitably...

‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’ at WSC Avant Bard

Under the lively, animated touch of director Christopher Henley, a merry little band of eager Avant Bard players bring The Madwoman of Chaillot, by French playwright Jean Giraudoux (1882-1944) to...

Win a Pair of Tickets to WSC Avant Bard’s ‘The Madwoman of Chaillot’ for Performances The Weekend of June 11th-14th

WSC Avant Bard is giving away two tickets to The Madwoman of Chaillot for performances the weekend of June 11th-14th. TO ENTER: FILL OUT THIS FORM AND Tell us: What worries you about the world? Then...

‘The Mad: A Fracking Fairytale’ at Theatre du Jour

In the words of Countess Aurelia, the title character in Jean Giraudoux’s comedy The Madwoman of Chaillot, ”Nothing is ever so wrong in this world that a sensible woman can’t set right in the course...

We’re Giving Away 2 Pairs of Tickets to WSC Avant Bard’s ‘Othello’ for This Friday, February 27th! Enter by Noon on Thursday!

We Are Giving Away 2 Pairs of Tickets to WSC Avant Bard’s Othello for this Friday, February 27th at 7:30 PM! A story of love, betrayal and uncontrollable compulsions, William Shakespeare’s timeliest...

‘Othello’ at WSC Avant Bard

T.S. Eliot’s great poem The Hollow Men is sometimes said to be about the shell-shocked soldiers of the First World War. (“We are the hollow men/We are the stuffed men/ Leaning together /Headpiece...

Watch The Announcement of 47 Categories as The Helen Hayes Award Nominations are Announced Tonight at 7:30 PM-A Look Back at Last Year’s Awards

UPDATE: Here is the list of 2015 Helen Hayes Award Nominees. Live tonight from The National Theatre at 7:30 PM you can watch a live webcast as theatreWashington unveils 47 categories of nominations...

In the Moment: An Interview with WSC Avant Bard’s Tom Prewitt on ‘Othello’

On horror’s head horrors accumulate. (Othello Act 3, Scene 3) So why did Othello do what he did? Why did he take the life of Desdemona, the woman he loved? Why did he take his own life? Certainly...

‘There is a Happiness that Morning Is’ at WSC Avant Bard

There is one howl of a good time at There is a Happiness that Morning Is at WSC Avant Bard. The production is a masterly feat of acting prowess full of precise, adroit comic work and squinting eye...

Free Tickets to ‘There is a Happiness that Morning Is’ At WSC Avant Bard-Enter Now!

WSC AVANT BARD is Giving Away 5 Pairs of tickets for anytime in their run TO THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS THERE IS A HAPPINESS THAT MORNING IS Lusted. Then busted. A comedy in couplets. Back...

‘Visble Language’ at WSC Avant Bard

This weekend at Gallaudet’s Eastman Studio Theatre WSC Avant Bard and Gallaudet University Theatre and Dance Program opened their world premiere, historically based musical, Visible Language. Aside...

Enter to Win Tickets for ‘Nero/Pseudo’ on May 29th-June 1st! 5 Pairs to Be Given Away-Enter by Mon 5/26 at Midnight

WE ARE GIVING AWAY 5 PAIRS OF TICKETS FOR THURSDAY, MAY 29TH, FRIDAY, MAY 30TH, SATURDAY, MAY 31ST AT 7:30 PM & SATURDAY, MAY 31ST AND SUNDAY, JUNE 1ST AT 2 PM TO WSC AVANT BARD’S BRAND NEW SCORCHING...

‘Nero/Pseudo’ at WSC Avant Bard at Fort Fringe

Celebrities are the new royalty; rock stars are the new idols. With bacchanalian excesses on both sides of the equation, is it any wonder that someone decided to make the comparison literal? In the...

ENTER BY MIDNIGHT TO WIN 1 of 5 pairs of tix for WSC Avant Bard’s brand new, scorching hot glam rock musical NERO/PSEUDO, For TOMORROW NIGHT! 5/8@7:30 PM at Fort Fringe

WIN ONE OF 5 PAIRS OF TICKETS (10 TICKETS TOTAL) for WSC AVANT BARD’S BRAND NEW, SCORCHING HOT GLAM ROCK MUSICAL: NERO/PSEUDO FOR TOMORROW NIGHT-THURSDAY, 5/8 AT 7:30 PM AT FORT FRINGE-THE SHOP 607...

Enter by 8 PM Tonight To Win Free Tickets to NERO/PSEUDO at Washington Avant Bard at Fort Fringe 5/2-4 and 5/6@7:30 PM

ENTER BY 8 PM TONIGHT! WE ARE GIVING AWAY 3 PAIRS OF TICKETS FOR EACH PREVIEW PERFORMANCE: (12 PAIRS OF TICKETS -24 TOTAL TICKETS!-Only One Pair Per Winner) TO WSC AVANT BARD’S BRAND NEW SCORCHING HOT...

We Are Giving Away 12 pairs of Tickets to WSC Avant Bard’s brand new, scorching hot glam rock musical NERO/PSEUDO for Previews on May 2-4 & 6! Enter by TONIGHT AT 8 PM

ENTER BY TONIGHT AT 8 PM! WE ARE GIVING AWAY 3 PAIRS OF TICKETS FOR EACH PREVIEW PERFORMANCE: (12 PAIRS OF TICKETS -24 TOTAL TICKETS!-Only One Pair Per Winner) TO WSC AVANT BARD’S BRAND NEW SCORCHING...

‘Inside “Nero/Pseudo” at WSC Avant Bard’ by Dramaturg Alan Katz

WSC Avant Bard’s next production, Nero/Pseudo, is world premiere glam rock musical—with book and lyrics by Richard Byrne, and original music by two indie rock luminaries: Jon Langford (of the Mekons,...

Playing (with) Gender in WSC Avant Bard’s ‘Orlando’: Acting Insights from Sara Barker and Jay Hardee by John Stoltenberg

Orlando, WSC Avant Bard’s upcoming production, is based on Virginia Woolf’s classic 1928 novel in which Woolf based the character Orlando on the woman she was madly in love with. In both the book and...

20 Questions with The Cast of WSC Avant Bard’s ‘King John’: Part 1: Kim Curtis (Essex) by Christopher Henley

Kim Curtis is, other than me, the King John actor with the longest history with WSC Avant Bard. In King John, he plays the murderous monk Essex. His first show with us was Edward II at Church Street...

‘King John’ at WSC Avant Bard by Sophia Howes

King John: Love and Fear in a Fallout Shelter King John is famously known as one of Shakespeare’s least-performed plays, but there are many reasons to see it. It is a credit to WSC Avant Bard and its...

‘Caesar and Dada’ at WSC Avant Bard by Terry Byrne

“Shakespeare does not need your help,” barks Franz, the jaded, tyrannical director character in WSC Avant Bard’s world premiere of Caesar and Dada. The irony is that repackaging the bard’s trunkful of...

‘No Man’s Land’ at WSC Avant Bard by Audrey Thornton

True to author Harold Pinter’s many talented literary works and dark psychological themes, the opening night of No Man’s Land on May 2, 2013, in the WSC Avant Bard’s new space at Theater on the Run,...

WSC Avant Bard Makes Season Changes & Performs at Theatre on the Run & Catholic University

WSC Avant Bard has made some changes to its Season Schedule and will be performing at Theatre on the Run and Catholic University’s Callan Theatre. Harold Pinter’s No Man’s Land will replace the...

WSC Avant Bard Looking for a New Home and Artisphere Responds

WSC Avant Bard is now looking for a new home. Managing Director Kyle Jean Fisher and Artistic Director Christopher Henley explain why: “After two years as the resident theatre company at Arlington...

‘Six Characters in Search of an Author’ at WSC Avant Bard by Francine Schwartz

Nobel Prize-winning playwright Luigi Pirandello’s Six Characters in Search of an Author opened WSC Avant Bard’s new season. The theatre is located in the Arisphere, in downtown Roslyn – two blocks...

Coming to the Capital Fringe Festival: ‘Despertar’ by Jon Jon Johnson

I felt the need to write a show, so I did. I was listening to “The Five Tango Sensations” by Astor Piazzolla at the time, and inspiration struck. The movements of the piece are titled: “Asleep”,...

‘The Tooth of Crime’ at WSC Avant Bard by Amanda Gunther

Sam Shepard’s lost play The Tooth of Crime comes to WSC Avant Bard. Directed by Kathleen Akerley this play explores a battle of music, style, motor metaphors, and puts a unique twist on what it’s like...

‘The Bacchae’ at WSC Avant Bard by Pat Davis

Until the drumming began and the guitars wound their gypsy music across the stage and members of the chorus began to gyrate, I didn’t realize how much I was longing to see something new. How delighted...