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Archive for January, 2008

Montgomery Playhouse Looking for Actors

By Laura & Mike Clark • Jan 11th, 2008 • Category: News

The directors of Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare are still looking for a few actors. Several roles are available for young men in their late teens (18+) - 30, and one role for a man 30 - mid 50s. There is one role available for a woman (30s - 50s). These are not [...]



Community Theater Schedule Wallpaper

By Laura & Mike Clark • Jan 10th, 2008 • Category: ShowBizRadio

We were wondering what else we could do to encourage local community theater. Would it be handy to have some custom wallpaper for your computer’s desktop showing all the shows in that month? Here are all of the community theater shows playing in January. There are two designs, one uses squares for opening and closing [...]



Reviews for January 11-13

By Laura & Mike Clark • Jan 9th, 2008 • Category: ShowBizRadio

This weekend we are planning to review these shows:

January 11: Wild Party, Dominion Stage, Arlington, Virginia
January 12: Cinderella, Encore Stage and Studio, Arlington, Virginia
January 12: Seascape, Silver Spring Stage, Silver Spring, Maryland
January 13: Enchanted April, Colonial Players, Annapolis, Maryland

For the next week (Monday, January 14 through Sunday, January 20), there are a lot of different [...]



Maryland Community Theatre Festival Jan. 18-20 at La Plata

By Laura & Mike Clark • Jan 8th, 2008 • Category: News

The 23rd Maryland Theatre Festival will take place at the Port Tobacco Players Theater in La Plata, Maryland the weekend of January 18 through the 20th. Eleven productions will be performed by community theaters, kicked off by the Winner of the 2007 Festival Never Swim Alone, performed by Port Tobacco Players. Never Swim Alone also [...]



NVTA Announces Important Dates for This Year’s One Act Festival

By Laura & Mike Clark • Jan 7th, 2008 • Category: NVTA, News

Zina Bleck and Deb Crawford, co-chairs of the 2008 NVTA One Act Festival, announced today the dates of this year’s One Act Festival, as well as important deadlines for groups interested in performing. The festival will be held at the James Lee Center in Falls Church, Virginia, on June 13, 14, 20, 21, with the [...]



Tapestry Theatre Company Shutting Down After the 2008 Season

By Laura & Mike Clark • Jan 7th, 2008 • Category: News

The Tapestry Theatre Company announced on Saturday on their web site that this year’s season will be their last. They will produce Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters First 100 Years again in February (our review of the February 2007 production is available), and Richard III in May. In their note to the theater community, [...]



American Century Theater Cops

By Laura & Mike Clark • Jan 6th, 2008 • Category: Reviews

Listen to our review of the Amercan Century Theater production of Cops [MP3 4:46 2.2MB]; or read the transcript.



Two Companies Join WATCH

By Laura & Mike Clark • Jan 5th, 2008 • Category: News

The GreenBelt Arts Center in Greenbelt, Maryland and Rooftop Productions in Manassas, Virginia have joined WATCH, the Washington Area Community Theater Honors. There are now 29 local community theatre companies in WATCH, covering a large geographic area from Fauquier, Virginia to Annapolis, Maryland. There are 114 productions planned to be adjudicated in 2008.
The WATCH Awards [...]



ShowBizRadio Welcomes 2008 by Looking Back and Forward

By Laura & Mike Clark • Jan 1st, 2008 • Category: ShowBizRadio

Listen to ShowBizRadio Welcomes 2008 by Looking Back and Forward [MP3 6:29 3MB]; or read the transcript.