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By Lauren Gunderson Directed by Rick Hammerly Brilliant. Passionate. Defiant. Tonight the 18th-century scientific genius Emilie du Châtelet is back and determined to answer the question she died with: love or philosophy, head or heart? In this seductively theatrical rediscovery of one of history's most intriguing women, Emilie defends her life and loves, and in the process creates a legacy that alters the course of physics. Starring Acting Company member Sara Barker as Emilie.
WSC Avant Bard's Script in Play Festival, started in 2016, has been an opportunity to test out shows for full production treatment through the guise of a series of staged readings and post-play discussions. Written and performed by rising professional talent, these readings have led to some memorable productions, including new versions of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew and Twelfth Night and Lauren Gunderson's hit Emilie: La Marquise Du Chatelet Defends Her Life Tonight. In 2017, a reading of playwright Matt Minnicino's 'distillation' - not 'adaptation,' as we get into below - of Moliere's The Misanthrope was performed. Written entirely in rhyming couplets, it follows a professional cynic who falls in love with an ingenue, and finds his devotion to insincerity tested. Now, it's the capper of Avant Bard's 29th season. I spoke to Minnicino about his career thus far, the adaptation process, and why audiences should be excited for this show.
Rainbow Theatre Project continues their sixth season with Tennessee Williams' Clothes for a Summer Hotel. Performances will begin April 4, 2019 and run through April 28, 2019 at the District of Columbia Arts Center.
Avant Bard theatre is proud to announce the 2019 edition of Scripts in Play Festival, its signature play-reading series, February 8 to 24, 2019. This year's selection features seven plays over two weekends followed by a weekend-long encore presentation of the 2018 Capital Fringe hit A Two Woman Hamlet in full production.
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Marjorie Prime
Prologue Theatre (4/26 - 5/19) | ||
Chicks in Heavem
Creative Cauldron (4/11 - 4/28) | ||
Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return
GALA Hispanic Theatre (5/9 - 6/9) | ||
Little Shop of Horrors
Ford's Theatre (3/16 - 5/18) | ||
The Wizard of Oz
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts (5/22 - 7/14) | ||
The 35th Annual: Evening of Comedy
The Barns at Wolf Trap (4/26 - 4/27) | ||
Shakespeare's Macbeth
1301 W St NE (4/9 - 5/5) | ||
The Fab Four: The Ultimate Tribute
Warner Theatre DC (4/26 - 4/26) | ||
Unknown Soldier
Kreeger Theater at Arena Stage (3/29 - 5/24) | ||
Macbeth
1301 W St NE (4/9 - 5/5) | ||
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