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The announcement that Lin-Manuel Miranda has composed music for the new STAR WARS movie has inspired two comic hashtags.

The hardest parts of a journey are staying the course and overcoming obstacles. The Oregon Trail, written by Bekah Brunstetter, follows Jane though her own struggles from a teenager in the late 1990's to a present day adult with depression. Whenever Jane hits rock bottom, she relies on escaping into the world of the computer game, The Oregon Trail. Simultaneously, another Jane from Missouri is told that she must leave her home with her sister, Mary Jane, and her father, Clancy, to journey to Oregon in a small covered wagon. Flying V Theatre's The Oregon Trail, directed by Amber McGinnis Jackson, does not successfully complete its journey due to a bumpy production that is full of too much 90's nostalgia, unrelatable present day female characters, and stale jokes.

'Flying V Fights: Heroes & Monsters' marks a return to truly exciting form, performed by this year's Aniello Award-winning emerging theatre, a thrilling evening devoted to stage combat.  If you are a big fan of action on the screen, on your hand-held, wherever, this is just the dream spectacle  you need to get your summer off to a roaring start.

Returning for its fifth year, The Theatre Lab's Dramathon, May 15 at 10:30 p.m. at Theater J, once again joins together the talents of some of the DC area's most well-known actors and accomplished playwrights - along with Theatre Lab students and alumni - in world premiere staged readings of short plays written for that night. All proceeds generated by the event go toward The Theatre Lab's scholarship fund.

Director Amber Jackson has assembled a brilliant cast, creating an anarchic and, yes, surreal atmosphere in which anything and everything can happen. Zachary Fernebok's performance of Dali is priceless, and Jos. B. Musumeci Jr.'s set is a perfect evocation of the surreal atmosphere of Obolensky's play.

Love. Toxic frustration. Pillow fight weapons that look like something George R. R. Martin would design for Playskool. These are just a few of the things to be seen in FLYING V FIGHTS: LOVE IS A BATTLEFIELD, currently playing at The Writer's Center in Bethesda.

Round House Theatre and the New York based company, The One-Minute Play Festival (#1MPF) have created a dynamic partnership to present The 1st Washington, D.C. One-Minute Play Festival, to be performed July 12 - 14, 2014 at Round House Theatre. Following sold-out performances in more than 20 cities, this festival aims to celebrate local voices and investigate the local zeitgeist through this exciting process. Performances are at 8pm on Saturday, July 12, Sunday, July 13, and Monday, July 14.

Cultural DC's production of Samuel Beckett's Happy Days offers audiences a fresh look at a play that has become a legend in theatre circles, not least because of its unprecedented demands on the actress who has to perform the lead role. How refreshing it is, then, to see Karen Lange's resilience in the role; she understands that Winnie's quest for survival is what gets her up every morning like clockwork, and drives her with only an occasional glimmer in her eyes of the panic that most of us would feel.

Flying V Theatre, which we last saw with their loose and loopy 'Pirate Laureate of Port Town,' has created an unforgettable evening of theatre that touches you in more ways than you imagined possible. The standing ovation I witnessed last weekend was well deserved, and I hope is just one of many for the run of this show.

The very best of the Internet's most iconic advertisement and missed connection website is reimagined on stage in this newly devised play, conceived by Edward Daniels, and created by the artists of Flying V. The Best of Craigslist, directed by Flying V Producing Artistic Director Jason Schlafstein, runs tonight, June 14 through June 30 at The Writer's Center. BroadwayWorld has more production shots below!

The very best of the Internet's most iconic advertisement and missed connection website is reimagined on stage in this newly devised play, conceived by Edward Daniels, and created by the artists of Flying V. The Best of Craigslist, directed by Flying V Producing Artistic Director Jason Schlafstein, runs tonight, June 14 through June 30 at The Writer's Center. BroadwayWorld has a first look below!

Minor quibbles aside, Forum Theatre has opened its season strong with this play. I hope Michael Dove keeps on this path of premiering new plays that raise important questions. It's needed.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) is pleased to announce the return of Tour of the Parks running August 7 through August 19. As part of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's educational outreach program, Shakespeare on Love will be touring several local parks to encourage youth and families to discover the beauty of Shakespeare's work and the magic of live theater.

Commonwealth Shakespeare Company (CSC) is pleased to announce the return of Tour of the Parks running August 7 through August 19. As part of Commonwealth Shakespeare Company's educational outreach program, Shakespeare on Love will be touring several local parks to encourage youth and families to discover the beauty of Shakespeare's work and the magic of live theater.

2nd Story Theatre presents Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama 'A Streetcar Named Desire', a smoldering tale of passion and illusion set in steamy New Orleans. Directed by Ed Shea, 'A Streetcar Names Desire' runs from April 24 through May 24. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm; ticket price is $10 for preview and $25 for regular performances.

2nd Story Theatre presents Tennessee Williams' Pulitzer Prize-winning drama 'A Streetcar Named Desire', a smoldering tale of passion and illusion set in steamy New Orleans. Directed by Ed Shea, 'A Streetcar Names Desire' runs from April 24 through May 24. Performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 8:00pm and Sundays at 3:00pm; ticket price is $10 for preview and $25 for regular performances.

Directed by Ed Shea, this family drama by William Inge is a slice of life, with subtext a la mode

Under Ed Shea's direction, Lillian Hellman's prequel to 'The Little Foxes' keeps its bite.

Moieses Kaufman's Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde will be presented at the Bristol Statehouse through October 28th.

The Bristol Statehouse is the stage for this stellar production of Gross Indecency. 107 years after his death, Oscar Wilde still fascinates.