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During my time in Washington, D.C., I did freelance reporting and criticism on the local arts scene, primarily the metro area’s undercovered theatre industry.

DC Theater Arts · Oct. 2024

'Babbitt' at Shakespeare Theatre Company is an affable delight

As much as this adaptation of Sinclair Lewis' satirical novel aims for insightful critique, it consistently reverts to a playful sense of comfortability.

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The DC Line · Sept. 2023

At Woolly Mammoth, a play about the war in Ukraine — and so much more

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DC Theater Arts · June 2023

A transfixing dance to identity in 'The Humours of Bandon' from Solas Nua

It’s a niche story that’s as universally human as can be.

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DC Theater Arts · Apr. 2023

An Indigenous story demands to be heard in 'On the Far End' at Round House

The one-woman show about a Muscogee Nation leader is compelling from start to finish, thanks to Mary Kathryn Nagle’s writing and performance.

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DC Theater Arts · Jan. 2023

Begun onstage at Georgetown, 'Remember This' now opening as film

Starring David Strathairn as WWII resistance hero Jan Karski, the film premieres January 27, Holocaust Remembrance Day, in theaters across the U.S.

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DC Theater Arts · Jan. 2023

The cost of not being lost in translation, in 'English' at Studio Theatre

For four students in Iran, learning English as a foreign language is the key to their next step in life — and it comes at a price.

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