Partner Updates The latest news and announcements from our partner theatres and the Washington, DC-area theatre community. Search Filters Sort by Date (Newest First) Update Type Features & Interviews Opinion News Leadership & Staff Fundraising Campaign New Initiative Season Announcement Policy Update Anti-Racism Statement Show ResultsReset filters 1 to 20 items shown of 50 DC Theater Arts How Washington, DC, got its renown as a Shakespeare town (book review) Jan 4, 2025 A new history of the Shakespeare Theatre Company by Drew Lichtenberg and Deborah C. Payne has all the dish and drama. DC Theater Arts Reflecting on his years as a critic, Peter Marks asks, ‘What is theater for?’ May 10, 2024 In advance of his Helen Hayes tribute on May 20, 2024, an invigorating conversation about theater and theater criticism and what he wants to do next. DC Theater Arts Phillip Howze on how he wrote his biting satire ‘Frontiéres Sans Frontiéres’ May 3, 2024 The playwright talks about the artistic process that led to his 'burlesque intended for the talents of artists of color' now playing at Spooky Action. DC Theater Arts Rhiana Yazzie on ‘Nancy,’ her play premiering at Mosaic Theater Mar 25, 2024 Comedy, satire, and pain in a wildly imaginative work about Native American identity and a First Lady descended from Pocahontas. DC Theater Arts Ken Ludwig on flipping the script for ‘Lend Me a Soprano’ at Olney Theatre Feb 19, 2024 The playwright talks about the comedy he gender-swapped from his popular farce 'Lend Me a Tenor.' DC Theater Arts Why ‘Public Obscenities’ is not too long: A Q&A with Shayok Misha Chowdhury Dec 13, 2023 The playwright and director opens up about the deliberate patience built into his three-hour 'theater verité' play at Woolly Mammoth. DC Theater Arts ‘I wanted to create a Jewish superhero’: Jenny Rachel Weiner, whose play ‘The Chameleon’ premieres at Theater J Oct 11, 2023 The wickedly funny playwright talks about assimilation and Jewish identity. DC Theater Arts Timothy Nelson on the high-wire thinking behind IN Series’ ‘Alceste’ Sep 8, 2023 In an in-depth conversation, the artistic director shares the conception and components of a new play with music inspired by a lost Euripides play. DC Theater Arts ‘Power in service for others is real power’: Pearl Cleage on her new play at Ford’s Aug 26, 2023 In 'Something Moving,' the renowned playwright reflects on Atlanta’s first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson, for whom she was press secretary and speech writer. DC Theater Arts ‘Huge themes are the proper domain of theater’: a Q&A with José Rivera Jun 23, 2023 The award-winning playwright and screenwriter on why he writes about life, death, and the soul. DC Theater Arts Musical makers Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith score a Helen Hayes nomination May 13, 2023 Get to know the creative duo who are up for the prestigious Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical. DC Theater Arts A talk with a Holocaust historian and the actor who plays her in ‘Here There Are Blueberries’ May 13, 2023 At Shakespeare Theatre, Elizabeth Stahlmann stars as Dr. Rebecca Erbelding, the real-life archivist who received a mysterious album of Nazi photographs. DC Theater Arts Getting to know Elizabeth Dinkova: ‘I like creating a brave space’ Apr 27, 2023 The incoming artistic director of Spooky Action Theater is the face of renewed hope for a company whose very survival was in doubt just a year ago. DC Theater Arts At play in the ashes of the dead: János Szász on directing ‘Angels in America’ Apr 18, 2023 Inside the creation of the Arena Stage production, which transforms our understanding of a great work in a way that finds in it new truth. DC Theater Arts Playwright E.M. Lewis on how ‘How the Light Gets In’ happened Mar 16, 2023 A chat with friend and playwright Bob Bartlett about her very personal play now at 1st Stage. DC Theater Arts Jason Tamborini and Aria Velz on what takes the cake in ‘The Cake’ Mar 10, 2023 As Prologue's resplendent production transfers to NextStop, the designer and director share their winning recipe for authenticity and astonishment. DC Theater Arts Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn spill the tea on ‘Jane Anger’ at STC Dec 26, 2022 The actors play Shakespeare and his apprentice in their friend Talene Monahan's feminist revenge farce now at Shakespeare Theatre Company. DC Theater Arts Sheldon Epps on being a Black artistic director in the American theater Nov 25, 2022 A frank conversation with the eminent artist about being 'chased by race' and an exclusive excerpt from his inspiring new memoir, 'My Own Directions.' Rep Stage Howard Community College Announces Final Season for Rep Stage Nov 13, 2022 Rep Stage, the professional regional theatre at Howard Community College, will present its final season with “Ghost/Writer” and “Falsettos”. Theatre J Itamar Moses to Receive Theater J’s 2022 Trish Vrandenburg New Jewish Play Prize at November 15th Benefit Nov 9, 2022 Theater J is proud to announce the winner of the 2022 Theater J Trish Vradenburg New Jewish Play Prize: Itamar Moses with his play The Ally. Pagination Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Next page ›› Last page Last »
DC Theater Arts How Washington, DC, got its renown as a Shakespeare town (book review) Jan 4, 2025 A new history of the Shakespeare Theatre Company by Drew Lichtenberg and Deborah C. Payne has all the dish and drama.
DC Theater Arts Reflecting on his years as a critic, Peter Marks asks, ‘What is theater for?’ May 10, 2024 In advance of his Helen Hayes tribute on May 20, 2024, an invigorating conversation about theater and theater criticism and what he wants to do next.
DC Theater Arts Phillip Howze on how he wrote his biting satire ‘Frontiéres Sans Frontiéres’ May 3, 2024 The playwright talks about the artistic process that led to his 'burlesque intended for the talents of artists of color' now playing at Spooky Action.
DC Theater Arts Rhiana Yazzie on ‘Nancy,’ her play premiering at Mosaic Theater Mar 25, 2024 Comedy, satire, and pain in a wildly imaginative work about Native American identity and a First Lady descended from Pocahontas.
DC Theater Arts Ken Ludwig on flipping the script for ‘Lend Me a Soprano’ at Olney Theatre Feb 19, 2024 The playwright talks about the comedy he gender-swapped from his popular farce 'Lend Me a Tenor.'
DC Theater Arts Why ‘Public Obscenities’ is not too long: A Q&A with Shayok Misha Chowdhury Dec 13, 2023 The playwright and director opens up about the deliberate patience built into his three-hour 'theater verité' play at Woolly Mammoth.
DC Theater Arts ‘I wanted to create a Jewish superhero’: Jenny Rachel Weiner, whose play ‘The Chameleon’ premieres at Theater J Oct 11, 2023 The wickedly funny playwright talks about assimilation and Jewish identity.
DC Theater Arts Timothy Nelson on the high-wire thinking behind IN Series’ ‘Alceste’ Sep 8, 2023 In an in-depth conversation, the artistic director shares the conception and components of a new play with music inspired by a lost Euripides play.
DC Theater Arts ‘Power in service for others is real power’: Pearl Cleage on her new play at Ford’s Aug 26, 2023 In 'Something Moving,' the renowned playwright reflects on Atlanta’s first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson, for whom she was press secretary and speech writer.
DC Theater Arts ‘Huge themes are the proper domain of theater’: a Q&A with José Rivera Jun 23, 2023 The award-winning playwright and screenwriter on why he writes about life, death, and the soul.
DC Theater Arts Musical makers Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith score a Helen Hayes nomination May 13, 2023 Get to know the creative duo who are up for the prestigious Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play or Musical.
DC Theater Arts A talk with a Holocaust historian and the actor who plays her in ‘Here There Are Blueberries’ May 13, 2023 At Shakespeare Theatre, Elizabeth Stahlmann stars as Dr. Rebecca Erbelding, the real-life archivist who received a mysterious album of Nazi photographs.
DC Theater Arts Getting to know Elizabeth Dinkova: ‘I like creating a brave space’ Apr 27, 2023 The incoming artistic director of Spooky Action Theater is the face of renewed hope for a company whose very survival was in doubt just a year ago.
DC Theater Arts At play in the ashes of the dead: János Szász on directing ‘Angels in America’ Apr 18, 2023 Inside the creation of the Arena Stage production, which transforms our understanding of a great work in a way that finds in it new truth.
DC Theater Arts Playwright E.M. Lewis on how ‘How the Light Gets In’ happened Mar 16, 2023 A chat with friend and playwright Bob Bartlett about her very personal play now at 1st Stage.
DC Theater Arts Jason Tamborini and Aria Velz on what takes the cake in ‘The Cake’ Mar 10, 2023 As Prologue's resplendent production transfers to NextStop, the designer and director share their winning recipe for authenticity and astonishment.
DC Theater Arts Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn spill the tea on ‘Jane Anger’ at STC Dec 26, 2022 The actors play Shakespeare and his apprentice in their friend Talene Monahan's feminist revenge farce now at Shakespeare Theatre Company.
DC Theater Arts Sheldon Epps on being a Black artistic director in the American theater Nov 25, 2022 A frank conversation with the eminent artist about being 'chased by race' and an exclusive excerpt from his inspiring new memoir, 'My Own Directions.'
Rep Stage Howard Community College Announces Final Season for Rep Stage Nov 13, 2022 Rep Stage, the professional regional theatre at Howard Community College, will present its final season with “Ghost/Writer” and “Falsettos”.
Theatre J Itamar Moses to Receive Theater J’s 2022 Trish Vrandenburg New Jewish Play Prize at November 15th Benefit Nov 9, 2022 Theater J is proud to announce the winner of the 2022 Theater J Trish Vradenburg New Jewish Play Prize: Itamar Moses with his play The Ally.
