THE ART OF THEATER DESIGN: The Capitol Hill Rag
Featuring Keegan Company Set Designer George Lucas
"George is a painter, a sculptor and a builder. He thinks of the set as sculpture. It has to balance. It has to work as a visual whole. He also understands that a structure has to hold up under 10 dancing people and not sway, creak or complain. He lets the lighting designer supply the color—'otherwise, weird things can happen when the lights hit bright painted surfaces.' He pays a lot of attention to the small details that make something more authentic, like smudges on a door, or scribbles on a wall ..."
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DC THEATRE SCENE INTERVIEW BY KERRY WATERS LUCAS
"Irish actor Des Keogh on playing Da"
"We were delighted to bring Mr. Keogh together with Kerry Waters Lucas, actress and co-artistic director of Keegan Theatre’s New Island Project, which produces the works of Irish playwrights, and, for the past 10 years has joined other Keegan members in touring an American play throughout Ireland. They easily fell into this late night conversation comparing notes on the actors’ process, Irish towns, and its well loved playwrights, old and new."
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KEEGAN THEATRE GETS IRISH:  The Washington Post
"The tragicomic Gdirl from Gdansk by Irish playwright Liam Heylin ("Love, Peace & Robbery") demands vocal precision from its actors. The play is written phonetically in a working-class Cork accent, with lines that appear in print as "I mussgo off around Europe wan a de days" (I must go off around Europe one of these days), or "Do yar brudder’s buddy know ya?" (Does your brother’s buddy know you?).  ... The small theater company, in its 13th season, doesn’t need a dialect coach for Gdirl, because two actors in the cast are visiting from Ireland -- Dublin-based Matthew Keenan and Aidan O’Hare, the latter a Cork native who has appeared in the playwright’s work back home."
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’OF MICE AND MEN’ KICKS OFF KEEGAN THEATRE’S 2009-2010 SEASON
On Tap Magazine
November 2009
"Keegan Theatre, one of Washington, DC’s best kept secrets, is launching its 2009-2010 season with the John Steinbeck classic Of Mice and Men. With a fabulous cast and meticulous set design, Keegan Theatre has been impressing audiences for years and its newest production is no exception. ..."
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KEEGAN THEATRE’S NEW-OLD HOME
The Hill Rag
September 2009
"A homecoming has come full circle with the announcement that the Keegan Theatre will become the full-time resident theater company at the Church Street Theatre in the Dupont Circle neighborhood. ..."
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BACKSTAGE:  FOLLOW SPOT
The Washington Post
September 2, 2009
"Keegan Theatre has announced it will assume full-time residency at Church Street Theater this fall..."
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IT’S A WRAP FOR KEEGAN IN ARLINGTON: After This Weekend, Company Performs Across the River
The Arlington Connection
August 27, 2009
"Ever since 2004, Keegan has split its productions between Arlington venues and the Church Street Theatre, an atmospheric brick building built in the mid-19th century..."
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THEATER 101: What is the best venue for live theater in the D.C. Metro area?
Examiner.com
July 24, 2009
"In some very welcome news for local theatergoers, Keegan Theatre announced that, starting next season, they will the Church Street Theater’s sole, full-time resident theatrical company...."
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THEATER 101: What are the best theater companies in the D.C. Metro area?
Examiner.com
July 17, 2009
"Keegan Theatre takes a close second place, boasting the finest acting ensemble in the area...."
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LEND A HAND AND SEE A SHOW ... FOR FREE
The Washington Post
June 12, 2009
"Enter the Keegan Theatre’s volunteer program, which rewards a bit of time and planning with free entry to its productions...."
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