Rick Hammerly News

The Ford's Theatre 2010-2011 season continues with "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens and adapted by Michael Wilson, November 20, 2010, to January 2, 2011.

The Ford's Theatre 2010-2011 season continues with "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens and adapted by Michael Wilson, November 20, 2010, to January 2, 2011.

Factory 449: a theatre collective, coming off the success of its award-winning 4.48 Psychosis, is excited to announce the lineup of plays for Season 2 (2010-11). Featured are World Premieres by Erik Ehn (Wolf at the Door) and Caridad Svich (Iphigenia Crash Land Falls on the Neon Shell That Was Once Her Heart). In addition, Factory 449 will produce its 2nd Annual Factory Made: a reading series and the DC Premiere of Alberto Pedro's Mar Nuestro, translated by Caridad Svich.

Signature's free open house is back with a full day filled with music and mayhem on July 17, 2010. The weekend will feature performances and events in the Theatre and out on the plaza.

Jeffrey Johnson will bring his Little Edie to Joe's Pub on December 29th. His revival of his 1978 performance of 'Edith Beale Live at Reno Sweeney' will perform in AFTER THE GARDEN. Written by Gerald Duval, Edie Beale's manager for the Reno Sweeney event, After the Garden brings back to life those 7 nights in 1978 that only a handful of people had the opportunity to see.

Factory 449: a theatre collective debuts with its inaugural production of 4.48 PSYCHOSIS by Sarah Kane, author of Crave and Blasted. The production, a remount of Factory 449's award-winning workshop production staged as part of the 2009 Capital Fringe Festival, was recognized as "Best Drama" & "Best Overall Production" by the Festival and "Favorite Festival Play" by DC Theatre Scene. Directed by John Moletress and produced by Rick Hammerly, the cast features Factory 449 company members Sara Barker, Lisa Hodsoll and Brian Hemmingsen.

t was a boisterous crowd that filled the seats of the beautifully restored Warner Theatre where the Greater Washington theater community came together to applaud itself and recognize those artists who achieved greatness during the past theater season. How many people attended shows this past season? Would you believe close to two million people, the highest attendance in four years?

Granymede Arts Announces their upcoming productions, starting with After the Garden Edith Beale Live at Reno Sweeney by Gerald Duval, with Jeffrey Johnson as Little Edie Beale. Directed by Rick Hammerly and Jeffrey Johnson. Inaugural performance at Miss Pixie's Backroom Palace - 1626 14th Street NW Thursday, March 5th at 7:30PM (the only Thursday in the run) Friday's at 8:00PM & 10:30PM Saturdays at 8:00PM (with viewings of the films Grey Gardens and The Beales of Grey Gardens show alternating Saturdays at 10:15PM) Sundays at 7:00PM Performed at Pixies Backroom Palace - located in the back warehouse of Miss Pixies on 14th St. NW just south of R Street, NW

The Actors' Theatre of Washington is serving up a double act evening of Joe Orton's Ruffian on the Stair and Charles Busch's Vampire Lesbians of Sodom; the effect is of a grandly filling entree after an under-spiced appetizer