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Feeling Superstitious: Flowers and the Theatre
Feeling Superstitious: STC’s Elvis Shrines
Feeling Superstitious: Ghost Lights and Whistling Backstage
Feeling Superstitious: The Scottish Play
Highlighting Charlotte Cushman
Highlighting Radical Theatre Company Common Wealth
Highlighting Sarah Bernhardt
Michael Glenn on Great Day Washington
Jaye Ayres-Brown interview with The Washington Blade
Highlighting Playwright Becca Blackwell
RED VELVET production photos
Washington Post: Spotlighting a pioneering Black actor
Highlighting Director Snehal Desai
Amari Cheatom on WTOP News
Meet RED VELVET director Jade King Carroll
Explore ASIDES
Highlighting Playwright Moisés Kaufman
Metro Weekly: Building a Community in OUR TOWN
Interview with the cast of RED VELVET and Academy of Classical Acting Alumni
Director Alan Paul speaks to The Blade about OUR TOWN
Highlighting Playwright Jiehae Park
Playwright Lolita Chakrabarti discusses Ira Aldridge
Director Alan Paul on WTOP News
Highlighting Theatre Actor and Educator Sophia Skiles
The Washington Post: “Cast of OUR TOWN is an all-local affair”
Our Town of Artists Part 3: The Work
OUR TOWN production photos
Highlighting Playwright Young Jean Lee
BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Michael John LaChiusa
Our Town of Artists Part 2: Community
Highlighting Playwright and TV/Film Writer Qui Nguyen
Explore ASIDES
Our Town of Artists Part 1: Relationships
The cast of OUR TOWN in District Fray Magazine
‘A Quick 5’ with Scenic Designer Wilson Chin
Our Town of Artists trailer
OUR TOWN Design Sneak Peek
Washington Post: Jewish diversity on stage
Audience response video
Women’s History Month: Highlighting Playwright Angelina Weld Grimké
The Kol Nidre Prayer
The Merchant of Venice on Shakespeare Hour Live
Women’s History Month: Highlighting Playwright Martyna Majok
Explore ASIDES
Women’s History Month: Highlighting Storyteller Ianne Fields Stewart
The Washington Post’s Spring Arts Preview
Women’s History Month: Highlighting Playwright Quiara Alegría Hudes
Production photos
Black History Month: Highlighting Playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney
Get to know John Douglas Thompson
Black History Month: Highlighting Playwright Lynn Nottage
Arin Arbus and John Douglas Thompson in The New York Times
Black History Month: Highlighting Playwright Lorraine Hansberry
Meet the Swings of OUAOMT!
Washington Post preview
Production photos
Audience reaction video
Explore ASIDES Mobile
“Break the Ice” with Briga Heelan and Emily Skinner
“Break the Ice” with Justin Guarini and Aisha Jackson
Meet STC’s New Resident Casting Director, Danica Rodriguez!
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR ONCE UPON A ONE MORE TIME
Hispanics in Shakespeare – Pedro Pascal
REMEMBER THIS: THE LESSON OF JAN KARSKI trailer
Hispanics in Shakespeare: Raúl Juliá
Explore ASIDES Mobile
David Strathairn interviewed on WTOP
Speaker Pelosi on Remember This
ALL 2021/22 SEASON SHOWS NOW ON SALE AT SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY
SINGLE TICKETS FOR SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY’S PRE-SEASON SHOWS GO ON SALE TODAY AT NOON
DMV THEATRES UNITE TO REQUIRE AUDIENCE VACCINATIONS
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY ANNOUNCES CASTING FOR THE REVIVAL OF JAMES BALDWIN’S THE AMEN CORNER
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY DECLARES “PLAY ON!” FOR 36TH SEASON
Explore ASIDES
SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY WELCOMES NEW BOARD MEMBERS
The Washington Post: A Q&A with actor Patrick Page
The Past Uncovered: James Hewlett
WTOP: STC salutes the Bard’s best villains
Alan Paul and Patrick Page talk to Washington Blade
Patrick Page in Metro Weekly
The Past Uncovered: Henrietta Vinton Davis
The Past Uncovered: Ira Aldridge
TheaterMania Interview with Patrick Page
TICKETS NOW ON SALE FOR ONLINE ACCESS TO PATRICK PAGE’S ALL THE DEVILS ARE HERE: HOW SHAKESPEARE INVENTED THE VILLAIN
ASIDES
PRESS RELEASE: TICKETS FOR BLINDNESS ARE ON SALE NOW AT SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY
Announcing Whitney White and Soyica Colbert as STC Associate Directors
Whitney White—in her own words
Washington Post review: “majestic and sprawling”
ASIDES
Asides
The Washington Post: “A theater highlight for D.C.”
Inside THE AMEN CORNER
MD Theatre Guide: Quick Five with Isabella Star LaBlanc
Washington Post: Adapter Takes Science on an Adventure
Metro Weekly: Director Alan Paul Takes Flight
Washington Post review: “Charming…sweet and saucy”
Washington Post: Long-Running Play Comes to STC
ASIDES
ASIDES
The Stage (UK): Lauren Gunderson feature
From Wags to Riches: A Doggo Star is Born
Designing Neverland
Washington Post: This play’s casting changes nightly
How do you rehearse EVERYBODY when anybody can be Everybody?
Inside first rehearsal for EVERYBODY
ASIDES for Free For All
DC Theatre Scene: Robert Joy is spymaster Polonius
WTOP: Hamlet with a modern espionage twist
Washington Post: Michael Urie wants HAMLET to be for everyone
To Be or Not To Be
Washington Post interview with Michael Urie
Michael Urie visits Good Morning Washington
Farewell, Michael
DCMTA: Not Your Typical Chorus Line
Shakespeare Unlimited Podcast with Michael Kahn
The Georgetowner: Greek Chorus Stands Out
Asides: THE ORESTEIA
Q&A with Kelcey Watson
Washington Post: Five Things to Know About THE ORESTEIA
Interview with Composer Kamala Sankaram
DC Metro Theater Arts: Inside the STC Prop Shop
Q&A with Kelley Curran
Inside first rehearsal for THE ORESTEIA
Q&A with Alyssa Wilmoth Keegan
Asides: VANITY FAIR
A Note from the Playwright
Asides: RICHARD THE THIRD
Q&A with Matthew Rauch
Q&A with Kate Hamill and Jessica Stone
Q&A with Sofiya Cheyenne and Evelyn Spahr
Inside first rehearsal for RICHARD THE THIRD
Teen Critics reflect on THE PANTIES, THE PARTNER AND THE PROFIT
Q&A with Natsu Onoda Power
Q&A with Julia Coffey
Teen Critics reflect on AN INSPECTOR CALLS
Q&A with Carson Elrod
ASIDES: The Panties, The Partner and The Profit
Q&A with James Anthony, author of Shakespeare’s Sonnets, Retold
Q&A with Kimberly Gilbert
ASIDES: An Inspector Calls
Q&A with Christine Kavanagh
Designing THE PANTIES, THE PARTNER AND THE PROFIT
Q&A with Liam Brennan
Teen Critics reflect on THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
The Best Shakespeare-Inspired Couples and Group Costumes
Inside THE ORESTEIA: Notes from the New York Workshop
Bildungswoman by Drew Lichtenberg, Literary Manager
Q&A with Shanara Gabrielle
ASIDES: The Comedy of Errors
Designing the outrageous world of THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Meet Stephen Daldry, director of AN INSPECTOR CALLS
Q&A with Sam and Danaya, our Romeo and Juliet
TONY-AWARD WINNING ACTRESS, PHYLICIA RASHAD TO RECEIVE THE WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE AWARD FOR CLASSICAL THEATRE AT THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY GALA
Q&A with Gregory Wooddell
Every Shakespeare play summed up in a quote from Arrested Development
Ellen McLaughlin’s THE ORESTEIA is a new take on an ancient classic
Lerner and Loewe’s CAMELOT through the Eyes of Teen Critics
Nick Fitzer’s Washington Post Interview
Camelot “Round Table” with WTOP
Creating the costumes of CAMELOT
ACA Rep: Q&A with Director Alec Wild
A Note from the Director
The Myth of Camelot
Druid’s WAITING FOR GODOT through the eyes of Teen Critics
Royal Audience
Legends of a Fall
Garrett Lombard on Lucky in WAITING FOR GODOT
ASIDES Magazine: Camelot
MD THEATRE GUIDE: A Quick 5 with Daniel Clarkson
FAIRFAX COUNTY TIMES: Get your wand ready
Early thoughts on CAMELOT
Change and continuity: Garry Hynes on Druid
STC welcomes Alexandra Silber as Guenevere
Shakespeare March Madness
WTOP: HAMLET with modern espionage twist
NOURA Asides
Michael Urie visits Great Day Washington
DC THEATRE SCENE: Bringing Iraqi women’s stories to the stage
THEATREWASHINGTON: Take Ten with Heather Raffo
DC METRO THEATER ARTS: Interview with Heather Raffo
Heather Raffo’s NOURA through the Eyes of Teen Critics
HAMLET Asides
A Note from the Director, Michael Kahn
HAMLET: Great Play or the Greatest Play?
How to Rehearse HAMLET
Hamlet’s Resistance to Oppression
FRONT MEZZ JUNKIES: Michael Urie dives into HAMLET
DC METRO THEATER ARTS: Magic Time
WASHINGTON BLADE: Michael Urie savors timely HAMLET
METRO WEEKLY: Boys in the Bard
Shakespeare’s HAMLET through the Eyes of Teen Critics
THE GUARDIAN: Heather Raffo challenging stereotypes
ON TAP: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern
To Be or Not To Be
ON TAP: Heather Raffo on NOURA
THE STATE OF SHAKESPEARE: Michael Urie
DC THEATRE SCENE: Robert Joy is spymaster Polonius
WASHINGTON POST: Michael Urie wants HAMLET to be for everyone
THE ZEBRA: Chelsea Mayo talks about HAMLET
BWW: STC to stage Heather Raffo’s NOURA
GEORGETOWN DISH: Kahn introduces the cast of HAMLET
Welcome back an STC Favorite: Keith Baxter
BWW: Photo Flash
TWELFTH NIGHT Passport
ASIDES for TWELFTH NIGHT
Shakespeare’s TWELFTH NIGHT through the Eyes of Teen Critics
TWELFTH NIGHT on Great Day Washington
THE DISTRICT NOW: Combining Music and Shakespeare
BWW: Theatre Life with Jennifer Moeller
THE WASHINGTON POST: Antoinette on Shakespeare
METRO WEEKLY: TWELFTH NIGHT’s fabulous Feste
Director’s Note
Topsy-Turvy
“Youth’s a Stuff Will Not Endure”
THE WASHINGTON POST: Interview with Tyler Bowman and Koral Kent
Director’s Note from Michael Kahn
A Room of One’s Own
Designing A Double Bill
The Sixties Swing
The Heroine’s Journey
DC THEATRE SCENE: Bhavesh Patel gets the romantic lead
THE ZEBRA: Emily Townley talks about TWELFTH NIGHT
Present Mirth
Meet our Olivia, Hannah Yelland
ASIDES for THE LOVER and THE COLLECTION
BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Jack Koenig
STC Unleashes a New Star in THE COLLECTION
Teen Critics on Harold Pinter
Jack Koenig: Back at STC 32 Years Later
Encounter with Patrick Ball of THE LOVER and THE COLLECTION
Meet Lisa Dwan: Beckett and Pinter champion
Props Director Chris Young gave away a few of his bloody secrets.
Washington Post Interview with Michael Urie
The School for Lies: Teen Critics
Create your own Neverland
Great Day Washington visited THE SCHOOL FOR LIES.
A SET above the rest.
DCMTA’s interview with Dorea Schmidt
Washington Post interview with David Ives
ASIDES Magazine for THE SCHOOL FOR LIES
Eyes on Ives: Designing French Comedy
The School for Truth
Malevolent Mendacity
Ives: America’s Best Playwright?
MACBETH visited WTOP to discuss the classic tale’s bloody ambition.
Ives and Kahn: Comedy Gold
On Tap Magazine: Why do they fight?
The NEA interviewed director Liesl Tommy
Great Day Washington went behind the scenes of MACBETH
Nikkole Salter visited the Kojo Nnamdi Show
‘A Quick 5’ with Nikkole Salter and MD Theatre Guide
ASIDES Magazine for MACBETH
The “Scottish” Play
Macbeth’s “Strange Garments”
The Meanings of MACBETH
A Note from the Director
MACBETH: Through the Eyes of Teen Critics
Liesl Tommy, Interviewed
Meet the Macbeths
HuffPo profiles Liesl Tommy
Read: Asides Magazine for 1984
Read: Asides Magazine for OTHELLO
Read: Asides Magazine for THE CRITIC & THE REAL INSPECTOR HOUND
Read: Asides Magazine for KISS ME, KATE
Read: Asides Magazine for SALOMÉ
Read: ASIDES Magazine for THE SELECT (THE SUN ALSO RISES)
Read: On Tap Magazine’s interview with Director John Collins
Read: THE NEW YORK TIMES article about the sound design of THE SELECT
Read: Lives of the Lost Generation
Read: A Work of Genius and Gossip
Read: Meet Elevator Repair Service
Read: The Hemingway Myth
Read: Director’s Note
Read: The ASIDES Magazine for KING CHARLES III
READ: Drewmaturgy: What We Talk About When We Talk About History Plays
Read: Washington Post interview with Robert Joy
Craft: Build your Own Royal Family
Watch: Our PAGE & STAGE discussion, streamed via Facebook
Read: David Muse on Mike Bartlett
Read: “The Queen is Dead. Long Live the King!”
Read: Game of Thrones: An Interview with Mike Bartlett
Read: Robert Joy talks with DC Theatre Scene
Set MACBETH in motion
Pocket Royals: Meet Duchess Camilla!
Pocket Royals: Meet Prince Harry!
Pocket Royals: Meet Princess Diana!
Pocket Royals: Meet Prince William!
Pocket Royals: Meet Princess Kate!
ReDiscovery: Pierre Corneille’s Horace
Read: Shadows of Shakespeare – Prince Hal & Richard II
Read: Shadows of Shakespeare – Kate & Lady Macbeth
Read: Shadows of Shakespeare – Bartlett and the Challenge of Verse
Revisiting Our Real Secret Gardens
Read: One Thousand Years of Whims and Wars
Explore: How does King Charles III Mirror Reality?
Read: Drewmaturgy: Four Favorites by Hemingway
Explore: Hemingway in Earnest, Selected Stories
10 Dramaturgical Resolutions/Articles of Faith for the New Year
Garden of the Week: the Netherlands Carillion near Arlington Cemetery
Read: ASIDES for THE SECRET GARDEN
Through the Eyes of Teen Critics
Three Questions with Playwright Marsha Norman
Green Idea of the Week: Park Rx from NPS
Garden(er) of the Week: Joseph Brunetti of Smithsonian Gardens
Drewmaturgy: Look out old Bertie’s back!
Pocket Royals: Meet Prince Charles!
Smithsonian Garden’s VICTORY GARDEN
Drewmaturgy: Have you met my good friend Bertolt?
Drewmaturgy: Bartlett’s Bardolatry
Brian Barr, Director of Horticulture at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
The Friendship Walk
The Secret Garden at Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens
A Bit of Earth, A Bit of Magic
Marsha Norman: Cultivator of a Theatrical Garden
UP NEXT: King Charles III
In the Garden: The Life of Frances Hodgson Burnett
Read: Asides Magazine for ROMEO & JULIET
DREWMATURGY: The Birth of Modern Tragedy
Romeo & Juliet through the Eyes of Teen Critics
Explore: REAL Secret Gardens
Garden of the Week: Urban Bird Habitat
Meet a Gardener: James Gagliardi
The Pollinator Garden
Listen: Broadway Backstory’s episode on THE SECRET GARDEN
Listen: Daisy Eagan and Anya Rothman visited WTOP
Read: The Washington Post’s interview with Daisy Eagan
Read: Daisy Eagan’s interview with DC Metro Theater Arts
Read: David Armstrong’s interview with OnTap
Read: Daisy Eagan’s interview with BroadwayWorld
Read: Anya Rothman’s interview with DC Metro Theater Arts
Read: Lucy Simon’s interview with BroadwayWorld
Read: Henry Baratz’s interview with DC Metro Theater Arts
Drewmaturgy: Drew Writes an Intro to the Season!
Read: theatreWashington’s “Take Ten” with Andrew Veenstra
Postcards from Verona
A letter from Michael Kahn about ROMEO & JULIET
Killing Joys: Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet
UP NEXT: THE SECRET GARDEN An interview with David Armstrong, Director of The Secret Garden
MAPPING THE PLAY. Juliet: Immortal Lover, Excellent Pen-Pal
FACES AND VOICES: Their First Time: The cast of Romeo & Juliet reflect on their introduction to Shakespeare
ABOUT THE PLAY: The Birth of Modern Tragedy
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Triple-Threat Shakespeare: Alan Paul on Directing Shakespeare, Musicals and Romeo & Juliet
Anno Drewmaturgy
Read: Asides Magazine – THE TEMPEST
Talk: Start a conversation with Juliet_Bot
But This Rough Magic
Director’s Words by Ethan McSweeny
Brave New World
Talk with Juliet_Bot
Read: Asides Magazine – THE TAMING OF THE SHREW
Finishing School Orientation (Extended): Susannah Compton
Read: Oliver Thornton talked with DC Theatre Scene about playing Bianca
Read: Maulik Pancholy sat down with Metro Weekly to talk about coming out to his family, his marriage, and his career
Finishing School Orientation (Extended): Brenda Zhang
Drewmaturgy: Seasons Change
Letter to our patrons: The Taming of the Shrew
Director’s Word: Ed Sylvanus Iskandar
The Taming of the Thing
Mapping the Play: Discovering Kate with Maulik Pancholy
Faces and Voices: Finishing School Orientation
About the Play: Shrewd Ambiguities
About the Artist: Ed Sylvanus Iskandar, Social Director
Sonnet 141: A Poem Full of Hate
Drewmaturgy: On Slys and Sheiks
Play: Redactor
DREWMATURGY: Sheer Cloudy Vagueness, or, the Scourge of the Orwellian
Teen Critic: 1984
Community Responses to Othello: Antoun Issa
DREWMATURGY …From LONDON! Part the Third: Les Blancs
Community Responses to Othello: Student Edition (Round 2)
Teen Critic: Othello
Community Responses to Othello: Paulette Beete
Redactor
Community Responses to Othello: Rahima Shafiq Ullah
Community Responses to Othello: Buck Downs
Community Responses to Othello: Elijah Mendoza
Letter to our patrons: 1984
Community Responses to Othello: Katherine E. Young
Community Responses to Othello: Michael H. Levin
Community Responses to Othello: Jessica Young
Undo Othello
Community Responses to Othello: Student Edition
Drewmaturgy … from London! Part the Second: London Eye
The Consent of the Surveilled by Dr. Paolo Gerbaudo
The Orwellian World By Michael Shelden
Beginning at the End by Dominic Cavendish
Community Response to Othello: Illustrations by Gareth Hinds
Listen: NPR Weekend Edition story on 1984
STC Women in Charge: Sally Glass
Community Responses to Othello: A Reflection by Katherine Peterlin
Drewmaturgy … From London!
STC Women in Charge: Becky Williams
STC Women in Charge: Denise Aitchison
Letter to our patrons: Othello
Behind-the-Scene (Shop): Othello
Giving them Props: Drums in Othello
The Beauty in Complexity: Ron Daniels and Faran Tahir talk Othello
Director’s Word: Ron Daniels
Meet the Directors’ Studio: Jason Schlafstein
“A timely investigation….I wish I could tell my younger self to read this!”
Meet the Directors’ Studio: Angela Pirko
Drewmaturgy: Of Metropolitan, Critics, and Hounds
Meet the Directors’ Studio: Carter Lowe
Drewmaturgy: Finding Othello in Morocco
Meet the Directors’ Studio: Rick Hammerly
“A succinct and quick-witted examination of a venerated craft…told by true masters!”
Giving them Props: Swords in The Critic
Meet the Directors’ Studio: Lee Liebeskind
I, CRITIC by Jeffrey Hatcher
Pragmatic Theatre by Tom Stoppard
Drama Criticism: The Old Age of an Age-Old Profession by Robert Brustein
Meet the Directors’ Studio: Catrin Davies
Drewmaturgy: Critic, Hound, and Kahn
Teen Critic: Kiss Me, Kate
Teen Critic: Lydia Gompper on Kiss Me, Kate
100 (mostly obscure) plays you have to see before you die.
Tying shoes outside Sidney Harman Hall
Drewmaturgy: Pssst… It’s Time to ReDiscover.
Up Next: The Critic and The Real Inspector Hound
It takes Two (Times Two)
The Taming of the Screwball
Kiss Me, Kate Music Director’s Word
Kiss Me, Kate Director’s Word
STC Women in Charge: Anne Kohn
STC Women in Charge: Samantha K. Wyer
Drewmaturgy: Rehearsal Diary, Part 4.
Drewmaturgy: Rehearsal Diary, Week 3.
STC Women in Charge: Wendy Stark Prey
STC Women in Charge: Carter Wooddell
STC Women in Charge: Elaine Sabal
STC Women in Charge: Ellen O’Brien
Drewmaturgy: Rehearsal Diary, Part 2.
Drewmaturgy: Rehearsal Diary, Part 1.
Drewmaturgy: Drew Reports from a Sacred Space.
Drewmaturgy: Drew Gets a New Draft of The Critic
Kiss Me, Kate and “The Bard of Stratford-on-Avon”
Salomé as History and Fetish
Drewmaturgy: Welcome! & Drew goes to Omaha.
ASIDES: Coup de Théâtre
ASIDES: Passion Play
ASIDES: Looking for the Magic of Things
ASIDES: Just Enough to be Funny
Behind the Scenes: Tartuffe
Behind the Scenes: Tartuffe
UP NEXT: Tartuffe
Inside the Shops: Making a Sword Bend
Teen Critics: Man of La Mancha
ASIDES: El Hombre de La Mancha
ASIDES: Men of La Mancha
En un lugar de La Mancha
“Somewhere in La Mancha”
ASIDES: The Impossible Musical
ASIDES: A Cast of Characters
ASIDES: Bienvenidos a la produccion de El hombre de La Mancha
Teen Critics: The Metromaniacs
Poets Are Present: Virtual Poet-in-Residence Courtney Sexton
ASIDES: The Journey Errant
Poets Are Present: Virtual Poet-in-Residence Simone Feigenbaum
Poets Are Present: Kim Peter Kovac
Poets Are Present: Sarah Ann Winn
Poets Are Present: Andrew Jarvis
Poets Are Present: Doritt Carroll
Teen Critics: Dunsinane
Poets Are Present: Buck Downs
Poets Are Present: Jessica Young and Regie Cabico
Poets Are Present: Regie Cabico
Poets Are Present: Beenish Ahmed
Poets Are Present: Sheila McMullin
Poets Are Present: Donald Illich
Poets are Present: Katherine Smith
Poets Are Present: Terrylene
Poets are Present: Andrew Jarvis
Poets are Present: Jessica Young
UP NEXT: Man of La Mancha
Poets are Present: Andrew Ratner
Poets are Present: Katherine E. Young
Guest Post: Dunsinane: Shattering the Vase
Poets are Present: Tafisha Edwards
Poets are Present: Tony Mancus
Poets are Present: Sarah Ann Winn
Poets Are Present: Virtual Poet-in-Residence Gary Logan
Poets are Present: Suzanne Zweizig
Poets are Present: DC Youth Slam Team
Poets are Present: Bob Blair
Poets are Present: Doritt Carroll
Guest Post: Duty and Perseverance in Dunsinane
Guest Post: Scotland, Counter-Insurgency, and Sea Control
An interview with Dunsinane playwright David Greig
Poets are Present: Capitol Hill Writing Group
Poets are Present: Michael H. Levin
Poets are Present: Paulette Beete
Poets are Present: Maureen Thorson
Guest Post: Stumbling on Peace: The Exposition of Strategic Misstep
Guest Post: Knowing and Not Knowing. The Intangible Nature of War.
Poets Are Present: Virtual Poet-in-Residence Tom Gill
Poets are Present: Magus Magnus
Poets are Present: Meg Eden
Inside the Shops: Costumes of The Metromaniacs Part 3
Guest Post: Dunsinane as a Window into War and Warfare
Poets are Present: Pages Matam
Poets are Present: Karren LaLonde Alenier
Poets are Present: J.D. Smith
Poets are Present: Katherine E. Young
Guest Post: Introducing #Shakespeare and Strategy
Poets Are Present: Virtual poet-in-residence Adam LeFevre
Inside the Shops: Costumes of The Metromaniacs Part 2
UP NEXT: The Metromaniacs
Inside the Shops: Bringing the costumes of The Metromaniacs to life
UP NEXT: Dunsinane
The Tempest Teen Critics
ASIDES: These Charms Dissolve: On Shakespeare’s The Tempest
ASIDES: For the Wyn
As You Like It: Teen Critics
ASIDES: Brave New World
ASIDES: Mapping the Play, The Tempest
ASIDES: UP NEXT with The Tempest director Ethan McSweeny
ASIDES: An interview with Zoe Waites and Tara Giordano
ASIDES: Mapping the Play, As You Like It
The Play’s the Thing
ASIDES: The Many Colors of Michael Attenborough
ASIDES: Wanderlust
Welcome to the new ASIDES
Private Lives in Perspective
An Experiment in Chemistry
Potent Glamour – The Starry World of Private Lives
Coward’s Leading Lady
Coward’s fascinating rhythms
Teen Critics reviews: Henry IV, Part 1 & 2
Public Portrayal In Private Lives
Paul Huntley’s wigs make the man
The final Chimes at Midnight by Stacy Keach
Chimes at Midnight with Stacy Keach Week 7
Coffee and Prejudice
Henry IV Production History
Chimes at Midnight with Stacy Keach Week 6
Royal Bodies
Playing at History
Chimes at Midnight with Stacy Keach Week 5
Stacy Keach and Christopher Henley discover what they have in common
The Strange and Unlikely Friendship of King Henry and Sir John Falstaff
Love, Sex and Violence | Henry IV Parts 1 & 2
Chimes at Midnight with Stacy Keach Week 4
More characters in Part 2?!
The Dream of Escape
Brief Encounter: The Back Story
Chimes at Midnight with Stacy Keach Week 3
The Two Sides of Hal
Lunch Break with Michael Kahn
Chimes at Midnight with Stacy Keach Week 2
Too many characters?
The Henry IV repertory in six easy panels
Chimes at Midnight with Stacy Keach Week 1
Teen Critic Reviews: The Importance of Being Earnest
Uneasy Heads (Or, Two Men and a Baby Prince)
Siân Phillips talks about her road to Oscar Wilde’s Lady Bracknell with The Washington Post
The Pleasure of The Importance of Being Earnest
The importance of eating in Earnest.
“All Existence in an Epigram”: The Paradox of Oscar Wilde
Better casting through chemistry, a look at Earnest’s male leads with The Washington Post Express
Hatching Wilde: Jeffrey Hatcher on Oscar Wilde
Wilde’s Aesthetic Ride
Play in Process: The Importance of Being Earnest
Talking Wilde: An Afternoon Tea with Keith Baxter
Manners for Manors
The Science of Comedy
Anton Chekhov’s ‘Man in a Case’ and ‘About Love’
Baryshnikov discusses his love of theatre and Man in a Case with The Washington Post
Tragedy Tomorrow, Comedy Tonight
29 Going on 90
How to Write a Plautine Comedy in 3 Easy Steps!
Behind the Scenes: the Eunuchs’ Costumes
Behind the Scenes: Gymnasia’s Costume
Creative Conversations: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Roman Holiday
Sondheim Speaks!
Yael Farber discusses Mies Julie adaptation with The Washington Post
Teen Critic Reviews: Measure for Measure
The New York Times review of Mies Julie: “The temperature never stops rising”
Measure Cabaret Song #3: Naughty Nuns
Measure Cabaret Song #2: Time and Again
Measure Cabaret Song #1: Measure out the Measure
Into the Weimar Underground
Beyond Expression
See production photos: Measure for Measure
A Tale of Two Cities
The Power to Judge
STC reaches Lansburgh Theatre agreement
Devil’s Advocate: Defending Angelo
Play in Process: Measure for Measure
A Stricter Measure
Pushing the Boundaries
Free For All Support
Shakespearean Quips
Much Ado Production Photos
All’s Fair in Love (And War)
‘Much Ado About Nothing’: Synopsis
Tales Told
Small Cast, Big Impact
Climate Change
Weaving the Tapestry
Mother Courage: The Power of Women in War
How to Unscramble a Teutonic Egg: Wallenstein, or, Democracy in Deutschland
Download the Winter’s Tale Asides
See MORE production photos: The Winter’s Tale
Download the Hero/Traitor Repertory Asides
Director’s Note: Coriolanus
Director’s Words: Wallenstein
See production photos: The Winter’s Tale
Theatricality, Artifice and the Mended World in Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale
Bringing the Music of Shakespeare to Life
See production photos: Wallenstein
See production photos: Coriolanus
The Washington Post: A poet laureate tackles a German classic in Shakespeare Theatre’s Wallenstein
Exploring the percussion in Coriolanus
Creative Conversations: Coriolanus and Wallenstein
How we built the drums for Coriolanus
See Renderings for the Hero/Traitor Repertory
An interview with Wallenstein board game designer Dirk Henn
Quick Questions with Patrick Page (Coriolanus) and Steve Pickering (Wallenstein)
Power Lunches and Marble Columns
An Unlikely Leader: Friedrich Schiller’s Wallenstein
“I banish you”: Shakespeare’s Coriolanus
A Note by Robert Pinsky
STC Internships & Fellowships: Meet Jessica and Max
STC Internships & Fellowships: Meet Hillarie, Jeremy and Kevin
STC Internships & Fellowships: Meet Edwin, Caitlin and Jenny
STC Internships & Fellowships: Meet Shelly, Jon and Alison
STC Internships & Fellowships: Meet Alison, Chris and Kate
See rehearsal photos: Coriolanus/Wallenstein
Play Wallenstein at German Games Night on April 26
2012 Year in Review
Drew’s Desk: Hughie
See production photos: Hughie
The Real American Gangster: Arnold Rothstein
On the Hero/Traitor Repertory
Welcome na de Shrine!
See rehearsal photos: Hughie
A Shared Fascination
Coming, Going and Standing Still
Renderings: Hughie
Coriolanus and The Body Politic: Martius’ Butterfly
Teen Critic Reviews: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Watch the trailer for A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Photos of STC’s Family Week
Opening up New Worlds
STC wins preliminary injunction in Lansburgh lawsuit
Costume Renderings: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Like a Stradivarius
See production photos: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Drew’s Desk: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Washington Post reviews The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
The Dream, Translated
Play in Process: A Midsummer Night’s Dream
The Midsummer Theatre of Transformation
Jules Horne on The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart
Drew’s Desk: The Government Inspector
Get to know the cast of The Government Inspector
Putting Russia On Stage: Gogol’s National Comedy
Holding a Funhouse Mirror Up to Society
Carson Elrod and Steven Epp receive Emery Battis Acting Award
See production photos: The Government Inspector
Gogol’s Giggles: The Dialectic of Corruption and Humor in The Government Inspector
Further Reading
Raising Russia: From Serfdom to Superpower
Seeing Black Watch: A Front Line Perspective
The Godfather of Russian Literature
STC Invites Media/Social Media to Exclusive First Look at “Black Watch”
What Are We Laughing at When We Laugh at Gogol?
Slavic Satire
Play in Process: The Government Inspector
D.C. food trucks are coming to the Free For All
Shakespearean Quips
Shakespeare is Free For All
Students for Shakespeare brings the classroom to the theatre
Sneak a peek at ‘All’s Well That Ends Well’
Growing up with Shakespeare
A Lansburgh Theatre update from Chris Jennings
Richard Schiff to appear in Hughie
What the Critics Said: The Merry Wives of Windsor
Greetings from Camp Shakespeare 2012
Britain and the Great War: A Timeline
Postwar Women: Britain in 1919
Drew’s Desk: Notes and Observations from STC’s Literary Associate
Check out our talented patron’s original cartoon, inspired by The Servant of Two Masters
Watch Michael Kahn accept STC’s Tony Award
Cast interviews: The Merry Wives of Windsor
In Falstaff’s Footsteps
Teen Critic Reviews: The Servant of Two Masters
Download the ‘Merry Wives’ Asides
Director’s Words: The Creation of Windsor
Shakespeare’s England—Where Money Definitely Matters
Creative Conversations: The Merry Wives of Windsor
A How-To Guide for Teaching Comedy
Play in Process
The Washington Post and Washingtonian review The Servant of Two Masters
Spotlight on Rachel Spencer Hewitt
Meet the Cast of The Merry Wives of Windsor
What the Critics Said: The Servant of Two Masters
Drew’s Desk: Notes and Observations from STC’s Literary Associate Drew Lichtenberg
Spotlight on Liz Wisan
Merry Revenge
Lots of Lazzi
Spotlight on Steven Epp
What Makes Me Laugh
Commedia Connections
A Gallery of Rogues
Agents of Chaos
Reviews of Yale Repertory’s The Servant of Two Masters
Director’s Words
Meet the Cast of The Servant of Two Masters
Teen Critic Review: Strange Interlude: Finding Happiness Outside the Box
Watch Michael Kahn on “Charlie Rose”
Strange Interludes from Michael Kahn: Week 8
The New York Times reviews Strange Interlude
Strange Interludes from Michael Kahn: Week 7
Teen Critic Review: Jarring Intimacy Makes Strange Interlude Personal
A Well-Made Comedy: The Legacy of commedia dell’arte & Carlo Goldoni
Preview The Servant of Two Masters: Photos from Yale Repertory Theatre
Creative Conversations: The Servant of Two Masters
Strange Interludes from Michael Kahn: Week 6
“Eugenic O’Neill” and Strange Interlude
Announcing our 2012-2013 STC Presents Series
Strange Interlude: Twitter Night
Spotlight on Strange Interlude’s Ted Koch
What is a “Strange Interlude”?
Strange Interlude: Marx Brothers Style
A Mis-Remembrance of Things Past: O’Neill’s “Nostalgic Comedy”
Strange Interludes from Michael Kahn: Week 5
Spotlight on Strange Interlude’s Joseph Smelser
Remembering Jared Neff: Memorial on April 10
Strange Interlude Production Photos
Strange Interludes from Michael Kahn: Week 4
In Pursuit of Happiness: Michael Kahn’s Journey to Strange Interlude
Spotlight on Strange Interlude’s Robert Stanton
The Battle at Journey’s End: Eugene O’Neill and Carlotta Monterey O’Neill
A Strange Sensation
Abstract Stagecraft
Some words from the STC Interns
Strange Interludes from Michael Kahn: Week 3
The Eugene O’Neill Festival
Some words from the STC Fellows
Strange Interludes from Michael Kahn: Week 2
Play in Process
Explore Petrushka
Director’s Words
Petrushka: A Note from the Creator
Congrats, Two Gents Cast and Crew!
ACA Brings Back Grabowski and Clare to Direct Summer Repertory Season
Teen Critic: Two Gents, Review 3
Strange Interludes from Michael Kahn
Get Cast
Teen Critic: Two Gents, Review 2
On SHAKESPEARIENCE
An Interview with Floyd King – “Don’t Fear”
What is your ideal Valentine’s Day?
Blood/Fights: How Does It Look So Real?
Teen Critic: Students Review Two Gents
A Round of A-paws
Diagnosing the Bard on Twitter: Part 2
A Question of Authorship
Cast: Adam Green
Announcing the 2012-2013 Season
The Two Gentlemen of Verona: Shakespeare’s Apprentice Work
Cast: Nick Dillenburg
Teaser: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Diagnosing the Bard on Twitter: Part 1
Drew’s Desk
Production Photos: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
Cast: Miriam Silverman
Guare & Company
Teenage Dream
Download the Asides PDF!
What the Critics Said
Shouldn’t every D.C. student see a Shakespeare play live?
Creative Conversations: The Two Gentlemen of Verona
A Hundred Two Gentlemen
Play in Process
Director’s Words
Much Ado Young Prose Night Photos
Cuban Coolers
A Responsibility for Discussion
What the Critics Said: Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado Audience Testimonials
Much Ado About Nothing Production Photos
Drew’s Desk
Close and Distant: A Journey to Cuba
The Power of Noting in Much Ado About Nothing
AsidesLIVE Symposium: Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado at STC, Part 2
Download the Asides PDF
Ethan McSweeny chats about his Cuban influence
Much Ado at STC, Part 1
A Letter from Michael Kahn
Why Cuba? ¿Por Qué No?
Play in Process
Derek Smith (Benedick) on Much Ado About Nothing
How to Become a Benedick
News Flash! Take a Tropical Getaway with Much Ado About Nothing!
Much Ado About Something
Creative Conversations
The Descendants of Beatrice and Benedick: Much Ado’s influence through the ages
“Thou teachest like the Fool…”
Comedy Tonight
ReDiscovery at STC: The Life of an Unknown Play
Regnard and the French Comedy after Molière
Building Bridges Between Past and Present
Drew’s Desk
The Mistiness of the Past
Holly Twyford Takes a Pause
Two Directors, Two Directions, One Coffee Break
Commerce and Controversy
The Merchant of Venice: Comedy or Conundrum?
Merchants of Magic: Thank you to our in-kind partners
ShakesPEERS: New Neighborhoods, New Focus
Remembering Sidney Harman
Dressing Wilde: An Interview with Robert Perdziola
Director’s Words
Before the Fall
An Ideal Husband Additional Events
Expanding STC Education
Seeing Black Watch: A Front Line Perspective
An Interview with John Tiffany, director of Black Watch
The Tale of Cymbeline
Director’s Words
Casting a Spell
Leonard Bernstein: Notes on a Legend
The Making of Voltaire’s Candide
Director’s Words
Candide’s Travels
Free For All Returns to Sidney Harman Hall
Director’s Words: Mrs. Warren’s Profession
The Road to Equality
Notes on a Scandal
Welcome letter from Michael Kahn
The Whole Truth About The Liar
Director’s Words
Is All Fair in Love and War?
Don’t Miss a Word
Comic Relief
About the Plays: Family Affair
President Bill Clinton on Shakespeare’s Lessons in Leadership
Director’s Words On Henry V
Director’s Words On Richard II
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