Rex Daugherty News

The Kennedy Center hosts its 11th annual Page-to-Stage new play festival from Saturday, September 1, 2012 to Monday, September 3, 2012, featuring more than 40 theaters from the D.C. metropolitan area, all with a mission to produce and support new work. The three-day, Center-wide event offers a series of free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers.

The beginning of any actor's career is full of uncertainty and anxiety, and brings up many questions that can't be answered right off the bat: Will I get the fame? Will I get the awards? Will I have a long and fulfilling career, or even get to join the union? But before those questions are answered, there's a simpler, more immediate question: will I ever get a job? That question was answered quickly for actor Jackie Robinson, who takes to the stage in Totem Pole Playhouse's fifth offering of its summer season, Almost, Maine, running July 31 through August 12, 2012.

The beginning of any actor's career is full of uncertainty and anxiety, and brings up many questions that can't be answered right off the bat: Will I get the fame? Will I get the awards? Will I have a long and fulfilling career, or even get to join the union? But before those questions are answered, there's a simpler, more immediate question: will I ever get a job? That question was answered quickly for actor Jackie Robinson, who takes to the stage in Totem Pole Playhouse's fifth offering of its summer season, Almost, Maine, running July 31 through August 12, 2012.

W.C. Fields once warned performers to 'never work with animals or children.' The famous line jokingly cautions actors against putting themselves in a position to be upstaged by the charming but often unpredictable antics of child stars and trained seals, but in some cases, working with a younger actor is a piece of cake. Such is the case at Totem Pole Playhouse this summer when 14-year-old Victoria Liebetrau joins the cast for the Playhouse's fourth show of its 62nd summer season, Moon Over the Brewery.

W.C. Fields once warned performers to 'never work with animals or children.' The famous line jokingly cautions actors against putting themselves in a position to be upstaged by the charming but often unpredictable antics of child stars and trained seals, but in some cases, working with a younger actor is a piece of cake. Such is the case at Totem Pole Playhouse this summer when 14-year-old Victoria Liebetrau joins the cast for the Playhouse's fourth show of its 62nd summer season, Moon Over the Brewery.

1st Stage, Tysons Corner's award-winning professional theater, today announced it was continuing to pursue its desire to offer quality, family-friendly, daytime programming this summer by producing "The Prince and the Troubadour," a witty, charming, all-ages musical by local playwrights Rex Daugherty and Doug Wilder. The play is being produced in partnership with Virginia Children's Theater Company.

1st Stage, Tysons Corner's award-winning professional theater, today announced it was continuing to pursue its desire to offer quality, family-friendly, daytime programming this summer by producing "The Prince and the Troubadour," a witty, charming, all-ages musical by local playwrights Rex Daugherty and Doug Wilder. The play is being produced in partnership with Virginia Children's Theater Company.

It's holiday time in Washington, DC with so many gorgeous decorations adorning our Nation's Capital. Our local theatres are booming with new productions and there are holiday tree lightings, concerts, recitals and sing-alongs all through the DC area. Come visit us and see some shows and join in the holiday festivities that we have to offer during this very festive month. Happy Holidays everyone!

First Draft at Charter Theater, a nonprofit organization devoted to developing theater audiences alongside new plays, and supporting local artists and theaters looking to produce new work, announced today that it will launch its second season at the Kennedy Center's Page to Stage Festival over Labor Day Weekend, with the reading of a new comedy, 'Best Men,' by Mario Baldessari and Chris Stezin.

1st Stage, Tysons Corner's own, award-winning, professional theater company, in partnership with First Draft, a nonprofit organization devoted to the development of audiences and new plays, today announced that they will extend performances of "Jack and the Bean-Stalk" through June 26 - adding shows at noon and 3 pm on Saturday, June 25, and another show at noon on Sunday, June 26.

1st Stage, Tysons Corner's award-winning professional theater, in partnership with First Draft at Charter Theater, a nonprofit organization devoted to the development of audiences and new plays, today announced the May 28 premiere of 'Jack and the Bean-Stalk,' a hilarious new adaptation of the classic fairy tale.

1st Stage, Tysons Corner's award-winning professional theater, in partnership with First Draft at Charter Theater, a nonprofit organization devoted to the development of audiences and new plays, today announced the May 28 premiere of 'Jack and the Bean-Stalk,' a hilarious new adaptation of the classic fairy tale.

The DC area is full of spring splendor with so many gorgeous trees and azaleas in full bloom, and our local theatres are filled with new colorful productions. So come visit the Nation's Capital and bask in the city's beauty and the power and joy of our local theatres.

First Draft at Charter Theater, a nonprofit organization devoted to the development of audiences and new plays, announced today that it is teaming with 1st Stage, the award-winning theater company in Tysons Corner, to produce a brand new comic adaptation of 'Jack and the Bean-Stalk,' aimed squarely at families with children.

Following the successful Egg and Spoon, Imagination Stage presents Aquarium, the second show this season that is part of My First Imagination Stage, a program designed for very young audiences - 12 months to five years old.

Following the successful Egg and Spoon, Imagination Stage presents Aquarium, the second show this season that is part of My First Imagination Stage, a program designed for very young audiences - 12 months to five years old.

Following the successful Egg and Spoon, Imagination Stage presents Aquarium, the second show this season that is part of My First Imagination Stage, a program designed for very young audiences - 12 months to five years old.

Following the successful Egg and Spoon, Imagination Stage presents Aquarium, the second show this season that is part of My First Imagination Stage, a program designed for very young audiences - 12 months to five years old.

Following the successful Egg and Spoon, Imagination Stage presents Aquarium, the second show this season that is part of My First Imagination Stage, a program designed for very young audiences - 12 months to five years old.

Happy Holidays everyone! Come visit our Nation's Capital during the holiday season. It's such a beautiful time of the year here, with so many lights shimmering on the monuments, The Mall, and on The White House. As we await the first snow flakes, DC area theatres are chocked full of productions for the whole family filled with elves, reindeers, Santas, and Scrooges.