Ray Ficca News

1st Stage, Tysons' award-winning professional theatre, has extended its production of the Pulitzer Prize-winning PROOF by David Auburn through May 8. Artistic Director, Alex Levy directs the production at 1st Stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

On the eve of her 25th birthday, Catherine's life has been turned upside down. After years of caring for her father, a brilliant but unstable mathematician, he has passed away leaving her to pick up the pieces of the life she suspended during her tenure as his caregiver.

The Kennedy Center hosts its 14th annual Page-to-Stage new play festival from Today, September 5 to Monday, September 7, 2015, featuring more than 50 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan area, all with a mission to produce and support new work. The 14th Annual Page-to-Stage event showcases more than 40 new plays by female playwrights and includes nine works that are part of the citywide Women's Voices Theater Festival, which officially begins on September 8.

The Kennedy Center hosts its 14th annual Page-to-Stage new play festival from Saturday, September 5 to Monday, September 7, 2015, featuring more than 50 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan area, all with a mission to produce and support new work. The 14th Annual Page-to-Stage event showcases more than 40 new plays by female playwrights and includes nine works that are part of the citywide Women's Voices Theater Festival, which officially begins on September 8.

The third installment of the offbeat backwoods trilogy 'Route 30 Three!' will premiere at the Capitol Theater, 159 S. Main St in Chambersburg bringing John Putch's local film trilogy to a close.

The third installment of the offbeat backwoods trilogy 'Route 30 Three!' will premiere at the Capitol Theater, 159 S. Main St in Chambersburg bringing John Putch's local film trilogy to a close.

Crash of Rhinos, an endangered little theater company, announced today that, as part of the Kennedy Center's 2014 Page To Stage Festival, it would hold a staged reading of 'Carved in Stone … A Comedy of Terrors,' a new play by Mario Baldessari.

Crash of Rhinos, an endangered little theater company, announced today that, as part of the Kennedy Center's 2014 Page To Stage Festival, it would hold a staged reading of "Carved in Stone … A Comedy of Terrors," a new play by Mario Baldessari.

The 3rd installment of the offbeat backwoods trilogy will premiere at the Majestic Theater in Gettysburg followed by stops in Iowa City, IA and York, PA.

Crash of Rhinos, an endangered little theater company, announced today it was bringing back "Sacred Cows" - Charter Theater's hit comedy from 2005 - for a limited-engagement run this May. An evening of irreverent comedy that skewers religious intolerance, "Sacred Cows" takes theatergoers on a hilarious rollercoaster ride to Heaven, Hell and all points in between. The show runs for three Saturdays only - May 3, 10 and 17 at 7:30 pm - in the black-box theater at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts in Georgetown.

The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts - the only accredited acting studio in the Greater Washington Area - announced today that the award-winning TV and film director (and Pennsylvania native) John Putch was returning to DC to offer a special seminar for East Coast filmmakers, screenwriters, producers and actors that reveals his unique strategies for making and marketing micro-budget movies the anti-hollywood way. The half-day seminar - called 'Making the Anti-Hollywood Movie' - will be held today, March 22, from 11 a.m. till 3 p.m., at the Hyatt Arlington, VA.

The National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts – the only accredited acting studio in the Greater Washington Area – announced today that the award-winning TV and film director (and Pennsylvania native) John Putch was returning to DC to offer a special seminar for East Coast filmmakers, screenwriters, producers and actors that reveals his unique strategies for making and marketing micro-budget movies the anti-hollywood way.

Have you seen enough of Scrooge, His Imperial Crankiness? Are you ready for another take on the old tale? Herndon, Virginia's Next Stop Theatre has just the thing: a production of 'Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol' a one-man marvel performed. As performed by the lithe and wily Ray Ficca, Marley takes us through the trials and tribulations of being not just Scrooge's long-suffering partner, but also his eternally-suffering guardian angel.

NextStop Theatre Company's 2013-2014 season continues with the holiday repertory performances of Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol and The 12 Dates of Christmas Performances begin on December 3rd and 4th, respectively, at the Industrial Strength Theatre in Herndon. Celebrated DC actor Ray Ficca (President, The National Academy of Dramatic Arts) will take on the role of Jacob Marley while DC actress Kari Ginsburg will star as Mary in The 12 Dates of Christmas.

A musical adaptation of a beloved children's book, a co-production of a fairy tale favorite, and the regional premiere of a zany new kid's comedy will all be featured in the first season of the rebranded NextStop Theatre Company, formerly known as Elden Street Players. Under the new program banner of NextStop Family, the company will dedicate even greater focus and funding to producing high quality plays and musicals for kids and their parents.

Rowan Joseph, a nationally-recognized producer and director with over 30 years of experience working in the American Theatre has been named as the new Producing Artistic Director of the Totem Pole Playhouse.

The newly elected chair of the Totem Pole Playhouse Board of Directors announced today changes in the composition of the board. Assuming the position of Chairperson is Dana Witt, of Vice Chairperson is Rose Tripi, and of Secretary/Treasurer is Karl Shreiner. Mary Louise Lucas will serve as Recording Secretary. Martha Walker, Esq. and Jake Kauffman CPA, have offered their professional services in an advisory capacity. The board expressed appreciation to William Gindlesperger, Maxine Gindlesperger, Nathan Rotz, and David Black for their contributions to the board during the past year.

You may not recognize her name, but if you know anything about rock and roll in the mid 1960s, you'll know her songs. Ellie Greenwich wrote or co-wrote many of the songs that became hit records for popular vocal groups produced by Phil Spector and his famous Wall of Sound technique and the legendary production team of Lieber and Stoller. Greenwich's rise from aspiring singer-songwriter and college student from Long Island to writing some of rock and roll's most iconic hits is portrayed in the musical Leader of the Pack, playing at Totem Pole Playhouse from August 20 through September 1.

The show will go on at Totem Pole Playhouse in 2014 as the Board of Directors has announced that the theater will pursue its 64th season next year.