Interviews and Features

Translator/director Karin Rosnizeck and Austrian playwright Arad Dabiri reflect on the play's origins, language, and emotional core. By NICOLE HERTVIK

The stars of ‘Beauty and the Beast' now at the National share their experience creating ‘that place of childlike wonder.’ By JULIA TUCKER

The Passion may be one of Western theater’s oldest surviving forms — but in this festival of three premieres, it feels less like a relic and more like a reckoning. By GREGORY FORD

The renowned DC writing duo Drew Anderson and Dwayne Lawson-Brown disclose ‘the Bugs Bunny formula’ in their new show for middle schoolers. By JULIA TUCKER

An urgent message from ELGIN MARTIN, executive director, in response to what has happened at The Kennedy Center and The Washington Post.

Guest writer LEEANÉT NOBLE reflects on her experience developing the program and directing this year’s reading.

The organization’s first reading of 2026 — 'The Joy of Theatre' — will take place this Monday, February 23.  By NICOLE HERTVIK

I tried, I really tried, to think of something positive to say in the wake of this week’s Kennedy Center and WaPo news. By NICOLE HERTVIK

Spunky seniors face catastrophes with joy in ‘The World to Come’ at Woolly Mammoth. The director and playwright tell why. By CELIA WREN

Marcus Kid narrates the riveting heroic saga in a pop-up bar at Capital Hill Arts Workshop from February 12 to 28.

reflections on a career that involves being perceived online, responses to 'Octet,’ and a song about my writing apps. by daniella ignacio 

Playwright Psalmayene 24 and director Reginald L. Douglas preview ‘Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest,’ opening March 26. By TENIOLA AYOOLA

I cannot wait to experience these readings in full productions one day.  By CAROLINE BOCK

The character of Velma in Dave Malloy’s musical has resonated deeply with audiences. A personally affected writer talks with the actor who plays her. By NATHAN PUGH

Our staff honors productions in the DMV that achieved artistic distinction while also engaging deeply with urgent social and political issues of our time. By NICOLE HERTVIK

The DC theater’s incoming artistic director reflects on his path to leadership, the importance of risk-taking, and possibilities for brave new theater.  By DANIELLA IGNACIO

A childhood friend reflects on the real Carl Vogel after watching Paula Vogel’s ‘The Mother Play’ at Studio Theatre. By ALAN ABRAMS

Actors Kevin Adams and Timothy H. Lynch, who have appeared in the play for 15 years, reflect on its legacy and the importance of tradition. By LUCILLE RIEKE

After taking his mother to see Paula Vogel’s play (now at Studio), the writer reflects on parenting and growing up queer.  (A long-form personal essay.) By NATHAN PUGH

I attended the Honors hoping to evaluate it on artistic merit, but politics was the star of this show. Now I just want to fund a production of 'Lesbian Othello.' By NICOLE HERTVIK