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Marys Seacole

Marys Seacole

Mosaic Theater Jordan Wright May 10, 2022 Special to The Zebra

Tina Fabrique as Duppy Mary and Kim Bey as Mary (Photo/Margot Schulman)

Born in Jamaica to a Scottish seafaring father and Jamaican mother, Mary considered herself Creole but above all a daughter and defender of the British […]

John Proctor is the Villain

John Proctor is the Villain

Studio Theatre Jordan Wright May 5, 2022 Special to TheZebra.org

Mr. Smith’s classroom. Dave Register (center, standing) leads a lesson for students at Helen County High. Photo: Margot Schulman.

Drawing on Arthur Miller’s iconic American play, “The Crucible”, Playwright Kimberly Belflower returns to her Appalachian roots […]

“The Servant of Two Masters” is a Master Class in Pantomime

“The Servant of Two Masters” is a Master Class in Pantomime

Synetic Theater Jordan Wright April 9, 2022 Special to The Alexandria Times

Vato Tsikurishvili as Truffaldino and Maryam Najafzada as Smeraldina in Synetic’s The Servantof Two Masters. Photo by Johnny Shryock Photography

In a triumphant post-Covid return to the stage, […]

Grace

Grace

Ford’s Theatre Jordan Wright March 30, 2022 Special to The Zebra

Photo/André Chung

In one of the most exciting new productions of the season, eight members of the Philadelphia Minton family are preparing a memorial supper to send their Gran’Me off in style. “Here We Go Making Preparations” sets the […]

America’s Requiem – A Knee on The Neck

America’s Requiem – A Knee on The Neck

Capital One Hall Jordan Wright March 30, 2022

The world premiere of composer Adolphus Hailstork and librettist Herbert Martin’s Requiem Cantata in memory of George Floyd

Soprano Janai Brugger, mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, Music Director Piotr Gajewski, tenor Norman Shankle, baritone Kenneth Overton, the […]

The Merchant of Venice

The Merchant of Venice

Shakespeare Theatre Company Jordan Wright March 29, 2022

Held in the recently rebranded The Michael R. Klein Theatre at the Lansburgh, Director and Obie Award-winner, Arin Arbus’s modernist vision of The Merchant of Venice is an exercise in portraying Shylock as a sympathetic character and his Venetian enemies […]