I hope you’ll join us at Round House for our first Bethesda production of 2010. Launching this new year, we have an explosive, thought-provoking play that I’m positive you’ll be discussing long after the final bow – one that should lead to spirited conversation on your way home following the performance! When I first started [...]
Here’s the conclusion of my talk with Permanent Collection playwright Thomas Gibbons. Jacqueline Lawton: Permanent Collection is inspired by the story of the Barnes Foundation and addresses issues of race in America. What compelled you to write this play? How did you decide which characters/points of views would appear in it? Thomas Gibbons: On the most [...]
I recently had a conversation with Permanent Collection playwright Thomas Gibbons. Here’s part one of our talk. Jacqueline Lawton: So to start could you tell me a little bit about where you live (maybe where and what sort of neighborhood)–describe the street where you live–what can you hear if you open a window, what can you [...]
DC Theatre Scene reported last week that the DC city council increased fees for on-street parking and provided readers with only four parking options to cope. To this I respond, COME TO SILVER SPRING! OUR PARKING IS FREE ON WEEKENDS AND WEEKNIGHTS AFTER 8PM! Ahem. So, please come to Silver Spring. Parking is easy, cheap, [...]
We look, and we’re refreshed – maybe even changed, a little. Our own narrow perspective widens, if only by one degree. Over a lifetime of looking, we can learn to see the world in the round. – Paul Barrow, Permanent Collection Art is a testament to someone’s vision. This is true whether we are looking [...]