Photo by Carol Pratt
The Big Meal

Matt Dougherty, Sam O'Brien, Hyla Matthews, Maya Brettell, Chris Genebach, and Annie Houston in The Big Meal at The Studio Theatre.

Photo by C. Stanley Photography
Wives & Wits

Michael Glenn and Rana Kay in Wives & Wits at Washington Stage Guild.

Photo by Scott Suchman
God of Carnage

Naomi Jacobson and Paul Morella in Signature Theatre's production of God of Carnage.

Photo by Veronica Hunter
The Seafarer

Joe Palka in The Seafarer at SCENA Theatre.

Photo by Gary Mester
Women of the Blues

Shayla Simmons and Bruce Turner in Creative Cauldron's Women of the Blues.

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Carolyn Cole: Making Her Moves on DC

For Carolyn Cole, the third time was not the charm. In fact, it took the steadfast singer-actress some 40 auditions within nine years to get the role she coveted. Admittedly “frustrated,” she says, “I had come to terms with the fact that it would...

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Nova Y. Payton: A Star that Shines Bright

More than seven years before her birth, Nova Y. Payton’s fate was sealed. The DC native has proven her mother’s prescience in deciding to name her not-yet conceived daughter after a bright star. Payton just received a Helen Hayes Award for...

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Shakespeare Theatre Company to Receive Regional Tony Award

One week after the 28th Helen Hayes Awards, Washington theatre continues to receive national recognition: The American Theatre Wing announced today, May 1, 2012, that the Shakespeare Theatre Company has been named the 2012 recipient of the...

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A Community Celebrating Craft

On Monday night I had the privilege of attending the Helen Hayes Awards and what a night it was! I moved to Washington DC from NYC in August of 2011. For all of the theatre being done in NY, there is little to no sense of community or belonging...

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Coming Out of a Long Darkness Into the Light

There were sixteen of us there. Me, my fellow director Thomas Workman, and fourteen homeless women in substance abuse recovery. As we strolled the long red carpet, one of the women said to me, “I can’t believe this is happening. It’s like coming out of a long darkness into the light.” We were at The Kennedy Center. Not because . . .

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Backstage Videos & Photos: 2012 Helen Hayes Awards

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