Matt Conner

Review: PETER PAN AND WENDY at Creative Cauldron
by Audrey Cahak - Nov 18, 2025

Creative Cauldron is uplifting children’s theater and giving young actors opportunities to fly in their original, musical adaptation of Peter Pan and Wendy. However, the script could use some more fairy dust to adapt it for a modern rendition. 

Review: THE TURN OF THE SCREW: THE MUSICAL at Creative Cauldron
by David Friscic - Oct 8, 2025

The directing, composing, and writing team of the talented Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith are presenting an intriguing revival of their 2015 world premiere of their intense and enigmatically ambitious production of The Turn of the Screw: The Musical. This adaptation from the acclaimed author Henry James’ novella—The Turn of the Screw, is highly provocative and moves along swiftly in a highly coiled and compressed eighty-minutes in the intimacy of the Creative Cauldron Theatre space.

THE TURN OF THE SCREW: THE MUSICAL Comes to Creative Cauldron
by Stephi Wild - Sep 11, 2025

 Opening the 2025–26 season, Creative Cauldron will present a professional production of The Turn of the Screw: The Musical. Learn more about the upcoming show here!

LITTLE WOMEN: THE MUSICAL and More Announced for Creative Cauldron 2025-26 Season
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 16, 2025

Creative Cauldron has announced its 2025-26 Season — the first full season in its stunning new home at Broad & Washington. Featuring a dynamic mix of beloved favorites and exciting new musicals, this season promises unforgettable productions that will captivate and inspire.

Emergent TheatreWorks Kicks Off Season With FUGITIVE SONGS
by Stephi Wild - Jun 6, 2025

 Emergent TheatreWorks will kick off their season with FUGITIVE SONGS, a song cycle from award-winning songwriters Chris Miller and Nathan Tysen, which is a 19-song journey across America.  

Creative Cauldron Produces Annual Summer PASSPORT MUSIC FESTIVAL
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 6, 2025

Creative Cauldron's annual “Summer Passport Music Festival” is back again for a summer of music, featuring some of the most talented and diverse musicians in the Metro D.C. area and beyond.

Winners Announced For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards
by BWW Awards - Jan 16, 2025

Winners have been announced for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! The 2024 Regional Awards honor regional productions, touring shows, and more which had their first performance between October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.

Last Chance To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; MONARCH at Creative Cauldron Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 27, 2024

This is the last chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Final Week To Vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; Creative Cauldron Leads Favorite Local Theatre!
by BWW Awards - Dec 23, 2024

This is the final week to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Vote For The 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards; MONARCH at Creative Cauldron Leads Best Musical!
by BWW Awards - Dec 16, 2024

Voting continues for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Latest Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Washington, DC Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 9, 2024

Don't miss your chance to vote for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

First Standings Announced For The 2024 BWW Washington, DC Awards
by BWW Awards - Dec 2, 2024

Check out the first stats for the 2024 BroadwayWorld Washington, DC Awards! Voting ends on 12/31 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!

Creative Cauldron Presents Annual Holiday Musical MADELINE'S CHRISTMAS
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 29, 2024

Creative Cauldron brings back its annual Holiday show with the heart-warming musical Madeline's Christmas. The production runs from December 6 - 22, 2024.

Creative Cauldron Rings in the Holiday Season with Annual Holiday Cabaret Series
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 22, 2024

Creative Cauldron's annual Holiday Cabaret Series, produced by Associate Artistic Director, Matt Conner, features performances by veterans of past Cauldron performances and cabarets, and some talented newcomers.

Review: SONDHEIM TRIBUTE REVUE at Creative Cauldron
by Peter Rouleau - Oct 8, 2024

Few American composers have been as influential as Stephen Sondheim, who passed away in 2021 at the age of 91. His large catalogue, with subjects and settings that vary from a modern single man navigating social relationships among his married friends to a murderous pie-shop keeper in Victorian London, to an amalgam of fairy tales, is widely performed and much beloved around the world.

Creative Cauldron Announces 2024-25 Season And Transition To Its New Home
by A.A. Cristi - Jul 12, 2024

Creative Cauldron reveals its 2024-25 season lineup and details its move to a new location in Falls Church, VA, promising an exciting array of performances and community engagement.

Creative Cauldron Announces 2024 Summer Concert Series!
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 10, 2024

Creative Cauldron has announced its 2024 Summer Concert Series in Falls Church, VA, featuring a diverse lineup of performances to celebrate the season.

THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA Comes to Creative Cauldron in March
by Stephi Wild - Feb 22, 2024

Creative Cauldron's 2023-24 season will continue with an adaptation of the classic story by Hans Christian Anderson, The Princess and The Pea.

Spotlight: WORKING at Creative Cauldron
by BWW Special Offer - Feb 16, 2024

Creative Cauldron launches Working a musical adaptation of the Best-Selling Studs Terkel book about American Workers. Working paints a vivid portrait of the workers that the world so often takes for granted: the school teacher, the phone operator, the waitress, the millworker, the mason and the housewife, just to name a few.

WORKING Comes to Creative Cauldron in February
by Stephi Wild - Jan 16, 2024

 In February, Creative Cauldron will mount a production of Working, a musical based on the Studs Terkel Book: Working: People Talk About What They Do All Day and How They Feel About What They Do. Learn more about the production here!