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The World Premiere of Tempestuous Elements Shines Brightly at Arena Stage

The World Premiere of Tempestuous Elements Shines Brightly at Arena Stage

Arena Stage Jordan Wright February 26, 2024 Special to The Zebra

Illustration by Loveis Wise. Courtesy of Arena Stage.

Whether Psalmayene 24 is directing or writing, I know it’s a production I want to see. The pairing of “Psalm” as […]

A Deeply Moving Drama Unfolds at Signature Theatre

A Deeply Moving Drama Unfolds at Signature Theatre

Selling Kabul Signature Theatre Jordan Wright March 8, 2023 Special to The Zebra

Yousof Sultani and Awesta Zarif (Photo/Christopher Mueller)

As the repercussions ripple out across the world after the U. S. retreat from the war in Afghanistan, its people continue to be […]

The Color Purple – Emotional and Brave with a Story and Music That Will Grab Your Heartstrings

The Color Purple – Emotional and Brave with a Story and Music That Will Grab Your Heartstrings

Signature Theatre Jordan Wright August 26, 2022 Special to The Zebra

Nova Y. Payton (Celie) and the cast of The Color Purple at Signature Theatre. (Photo byChristopher Mueller)

The power of The Color Purple […]

The Merry Wives of Windsor ~ Folger Shakespeare Theatre

Jordan Wright January 23, 2020

For his staging of The Merry Wives of Windsor, Director Aaron Posner adapts this delectable comedy about sexual jealousy to the 20th C… specifically the burgeoning hippie styles and Mod culture of 1972. It’s the perfect imaginary moment. The Women’s Liberation movement was in full swing and the times […]

Amadeus ~ Folger Theatre

Jordan Wright November 13, 2019

The Viennese court awaits to hear what the Emperor thinks of Mozart’s latest opera ~ Photography by C. Stanley Photography

Tony Cisek’s brilliant set design featuring the golden curvature of a stringed instrument’s f-hole with its strings running the height of the stage. Festooned with crystal chandeliers, […]

Nell Gwynn ~ Folger Theatre

Jordan Wright February 13, 2019

For Playwright Jessica Swale, who cleverly mixes factual events with a lively imagination, Nell Gwynn (Alison Luff), the orange seller who rose from her mother’s Coal Pan Alley brothel to become King Charles II’s most adored paramour, is the perfect vehicle to celebrate the rise of women’s roles in […]