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Signature, Keegan, and 1st Stage Lead Wins at 41st Annual Helen Hayes Awards
by Joshua Wright - May 20, 2025

The 41st Helen Hayes Awards took place on May 19, 2025, at The Anthem, honoring excellence in Washington D.C. theatre. Signature Theatre led with six wins. Awards were presented in 41 categories from 165 eligible 2024 productions.

Review: Spectacle, Realpolitik, and Mixed Motives: MARY STUART at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
by Jack L. B. Gohn - Apr 30, 2025

The case for this production rests most firmly on the sheer spectacle and melodrama of the clash of the queens. Lesley Malin as Elizabeth, and Lisa Bruneau as Mary deliver that clash in fine fashion.

Photos: THE AGE OF INNOCENCE At Arena Stage
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 8, 2025

Check out photos of Arena Stage's new production of The Age of Innocence, running through March 30, 2025, directed by Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif. 

Bonnie Milligan, Beanie Feldstein and More Nominated for 2025 Helen Hayes Awards
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 11, 2025

Explore the 2025 Helen Hayes Awards Nominees, including standout performances by Bonnie Milligan and Beanie Feldstein. The awards will be presented on Monday, May 19 at an event at The Anthem. The nominations are for productions in the Washington, DC, region in the 2024 calendar year.

Cast and Creative Team Set for THE AGE OF INNOCENCE at Arena Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 30, 2025

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for The Age of Innocence. See who is starring in the production and learn how to purchase tickets.

Review: WHO CARES: THE CAREGIVER INTERVIEW PROJECT at Voices Festival Productions
by Roger Catlin - Jan 17, 2025

Health care systems and society in general has never adjusted to just how long people are living these days. It’s fallen largely to family members to do their best to help their elders stay at home as long as possible. The strained efforts have had a huge effect on all these volunteer caregivers, trying to help loved ones, in addition to life’s usual work and family obligations.

Voices Festival Productions Presents the World Premiere Of WHO CARES: THE CAREGIVER INTERVIEW PROJECT
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 3, 2025

Voices Festival Productions' world-premiere story of evolving relationships within a multi-generational, caregiver support group will start performances on January 9, 2024.

Irish Repertory Theatre Reveals Plays & Cast Members for NEW WORKS FALL FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 31, 2024

Irish Repertory Theatre has revealed the plays and casting for the New Works Fall Festival, featuring four readings spotlighting the work of Northern Irish artists. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Cast and Creative Team Set for WHO CARES: THE CAREGIVER INTERVIEW PROJECT at Voices Festival Productions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 15, 2024

Voices Festival Productions announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of WHO CARES: THE CAREGIVER INTERVIEW PROJECT, with free readings in November. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Review: THE TRAGEDIE OF MACBETH at Taffety Punk
by Roger Catlin - Oct 3, 2024

It figures that a Riot Grrrls version of “The Tragedie of Macbeth” at Taffety Punk would focus on the witches - or three wyrd sisters, as they’re called here 

Photos: Riot Grrrls Presents THE TRAGEDIE OF MACBETH
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 27, 2024

Fresh from their Helen Hayes Awards win for Outstanding Production (La Salpêtrière) the Taffety Punks bring back the Riot Grrrls to show us how Shakespeare is done. See photos from The Tragedie of Macbeth.

Taffety Punk's Riot Grrrls to Perform THE TRAGEDIE OF MACBETH
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 23, 2024

Taffety Punk's Riot Grrrls will perform THE TRAGEDIE OF MACBETH, featuring an all-female cast. The production explores themes of ambition and power in Shakespeare's classic play. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

Stephanie J. Block, Rob McClure, and More Receive 2024 Helen Hayes Awards
by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2024

On May 20, 2024, the 40th Helen Hayes Awards took place at The Anthem on the District Wharf, with over 1,600 theatre-makers and theatre supporters in attendance. Learn more about the winners here!

Review: VENUS AND ADONIS at Taffety Punk Theatre Company
by Jackson Malmgren - Apr 23, 2024

What did our critic think of TAFFETY PUNK THEATRE COMPANY'S VENUS AND ADONIS at Taffety Punk Theatre Company?

Review: The Atreides Are Us in THE ORESTEIA at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company
by Jack L. B. Gohn - Feb 19, 2024

There are great depths here, and great wisdom, and Playwright Ellen McLoughlin’s handiwork and that of Chesapeake Shakespeare convey them well. It is good to see a Shakespeare-oriented theater applying its tools and insights to other material from time to time, particularly classical material that is not often produced in these parts.

SPAMALOT, SWEPT AWAY And More Nominated for 2024 Helen Hayes Awards
by A.A. Cristi - Jan 23, 2024

Tonight, at a celebration honoring outstanding theatre on stages across the Washington area, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered at the ATLAS Performing Arts Center for Theatre Washington's announcement of nominees for the 40th Helen Hayes Awards.

REVIEW: SOLAS NUA: THE HONEY TRAP At the Atlas Performing Arts Center
by Jackson Malmgren - Nov 8, 2023

How do individuals and communities heal after decades of violence? THE HONEY TRAP, a world premiere presented by Solas Nua, focuses on one night in Belfast during The Troubles and how the events that transpire that night forever change the lives of diametrically opposed young adults.

Interview: Theatre Life with Danielle A. Drakes and Kelsey Mesa
by Elliot Lanes - Sep 29, 2023

Today’s subjects Danielle A. Drakes and Kelsey Mesa are currently living their theatre lives as the director and playwright respectively of Taffety Punk Theatre Company’s World Premiere production of La Salpêtrière. The show runs through October fourteenth at the company’s artistic home Capitol Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW).

AS YOU LIKE IT, ROMEO AND JULIET, and More Set For Chesapeake Shakespeare's 2023/24 Season
by Stephi Wild - Apr 14, 2023

Following an exhilarating 20th anniversary season, Chesapeake Shakespeare Company (CSC) has announced a line-up of five iconic productions for 2023-24. CSC presents RULE-BREAKERS, a celebration of mavericks.  Learn more about the full lineup here!

Asolo Rep Presents INCIDENT AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP; Casting Announced
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 17, 2023

Asolo Repertory Theatre presents Katie Forgette's INCIDENT AT OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL HELP as the fourth and final play in its 2023 repertory season.