Kia Corthron’s new play explores the trailblazing career of Black feminist Anna Julia Cooper. By Molly Higgins for Playbill.com January 17, 2024 Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage has announced the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Kia Corthron’s Tempestuous Elements. The production will run at the Mead Center for American Theater’s Fichandler Stage...
Discussion with award-winning Crime & Punishment adapters/playwrights Sue Campbell and Curt Columbus
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THE HAPPIEST MAN ON EARTH by Mark St. Germain Wins a Berkie
The seventh annual Berkshire Theatre Critics Association Awards, known as the Berkies took place this week, where a total of 27 awards in 22 categories were presented for shows that were produced between Oct. 1, 2022 and Sept. 30, 2023 at theaters in and around the Berkshires. The Sally and Robert Sugarman Award for...
In a new D.C. play, Lincoln’s head goes missing. Cue the laugh track.
‘Monumental Travesties’ at Mosaic Theater Company makes the vandalism of a controversial statue a source of comedy Review by Peter Marks for The Washington Post What says ally-ship quite like a White man with Black Lives Matter emblazoned on his tighty whities? It’s a question you’ve probably never thought of asking. But playwright Psalmayene...
A playwright, Psalmayene 24, takes down a problematic memorial, with comedy
In Mosaic Theater’s ‘Monumental Travesties,’ playwright Psalmayene 24 critiques D.C.’s controversial Emancipation Memorial By Celia Wren for The Washington Post The new play “Monumental Travesties” is a comedy, but the perception that sparked it was no laughing matter. “The seeds of it started with my disdain for the monument,” says playwright Psalmayene 24, speaking...