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‘War With the Newts’ is a work of historical allegory veiled in science fiction.

‘War With the Newts’ Gives Unique Take on Oppression

By Eleanor Tolf November 13, 2015

Standing at the podium is a student, seemingly uncostumed, making a normal speech about the horrors of texting and flash photography during the play. As he introduces the production, small details...

Theater Review: ‘Julius Caesar’

By Hannah Kaufman November 7, 2014

A maddened woman on the verge of tears speaks out from the front left corner of the stage. Her pleading words drift over the audience, while behind her several men pose still as statues halfway up...

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Golden-Age Musical Brings Fun Back to Theater

By Rita Chang April 4, 2014

  Based on Miklós László’s 1936 play “Parfumerie,” Mask and Bauble’s production of “She Loves Me” offers a two and a half hour pleasurable browse into Maraczek’s Perfumery...

Drama Jumps Into the Deep End

By Lindsay Lee February 28, 2014

“Pool (no water)” is a contemporary play by Mark Ravenhill about a tight knit group of artists struggling with issues of creative jealousy, guilt and addiction, currently being performed by Nomadic...

This One’s Just Right

By Emily Troisi February 21, 2014

Though many of us remember the protagonist in the story of “Goldilocks and the Three Bears” getting away scot-free, Georgetown University Children’s Theater has other ideas for the golden-haired...

‘Hamlet’ Spin-Off Plays With Perceptions

By Simon Redko October 25, 2013

Nomadic Theater’s production of Tom Stoppard’s 1966 play “Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead” is the perfect opportunity to exercise your mind in a new way after weeks of exams and...

Building Laughter From the Stage Up

By Lindsay Lee October 18, 2013

As we find ourselves entrenched in midterms, combing through piles of government notes, it may seem hard to find any humor in politics or even in your daily routine. Mask & Bauble’s production of...

Students Shine in Controversial Play

By Lindsay Lee April 5, 2013

Since its release in 2006, the musical “Spring Awakening” has brought controversy to the stage and left amazed audiences in its wake. These aren’t y  our typicalshowtunes, and these aren’t...

Snapshots of Identity

By Dennis Li February 24, 2013

As I sat in the theater waiting for the show to start, a layer of haze began to shroud the room and give the space a surreal feel. It was almost as if the haze was a shield, designed to protect the world...

‘Black Comedy’ Brings Humor to Light

By Ghazi Bin Hamed February 15, 2013

The theater world often makes it hard to find a play that can sustain itself around one central conceit; however, Peter Shaffer’s one-act farce "Black Comedy" at the Signature Theater succeeds in doing...

Wise Beyond Their Years

By Katherine Foley October 19, 2012

4/5 stars Before going into its press preview on Tuesday evening, I had never really thought about “The History Boys.” To be honest, upon my arrival to Poulton Hall. I was just worried about making...

Modern Drama Evokes Poignancy, Realism

By Caitlin-Marie Ward April 1, 2011

For its fifth performance in its 159th season, The Mask & Bauble Dramatic Society produced a tearjerker with David Lindsay-Abaire's Pulitzer Prize winning play, "Rabbit Hole."  Acted, directed and...

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