News & Press

October 28, 2015
Keegan Mounts Two Main Stage Premieres and Two Staged Readings
This fall, more than 50 of the Washington, D.C. region’s professional theaters are joining together to produce the Women’s Voices Theater Festival. Highlighting the scope of plays being written by...
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October 22, 2015
DC Theatre Scene: The Dealer of Ballynafeigh
"In 'The Dealer of Ballynafeigh,' the newest world premiere from Rosemary Jenkinson and Keegan Theatre, there’s a fun new kind of farce: an Irish farce, full of marble-mouthed word-play, humiliating...
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October 21, 2015
The Washington Post: The Magic Tree
"Sarma’s script takes an intensely poetic turn, smartly complemented by co-directors Keenan and Smith ... Sarma’s brooding portrait — a U.S. premiere — draws a dark parallel. A quiet, disturbing...
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October 21, 2015
The Washington Post: The Dealer of Ballynafeigh
"Irish playwright and Belfast native Rosemary Jenkinson knows her political infighting ... If you’re keeping score on that front, “The Dealer of Ballynafeigh” may strike you as corrosive satire. ......
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October 21, 2015
DC Theatre Scene: The Magic Tree
"Letourneau makes Lamb compelling and complex ... Stinson adeptly balances youthful awkwardness with dawning affection ... Abernathy is chillingly violent and intimidating ... Tumulty is convincing as a reluctant follower...
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October 15, 2015
DC Metro Theater Arts: The Magic Tree
"Directors Matthew J. Keenan and Colin Smith have done a superb job with the script. The acting is exceptionally good, and the staging exciting and unpredictable ... It is an...
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September 15, 2015
MD Theatre Guide: Interview
A "Quick 5" interview with DOGFIGHT's Isabelle Smelkinson.
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August 31, 2015
Helen Hayes Awards Recommends: Dogfight
Keegan's production of Pasek and Paul's DOGFIGHT, directed by Christina A. Coakley and Michael Innocenti has been recommended by the Helen Hayes Awards.
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August 28, 2015
Broadway World: Dogfight
The newly-renovated Keegan Theatre is a beautiful space that will undoubtedly have a long creative future ... Dogfight is a beautiful story, well-told and beautifully sung.
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August 28, 2015
Magic Time: Dogfight
I readily praise this year’s Dogfight as I did last year’s Hair—it is radiant and thrilling; its depiction of love is exuberantly hopeful. Plus the music is wonderfully sung, and...
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August 28, 2015
DC Metro Theatre Arts: Dogfight
A tour de force ... Bravos are in order for Co-Directors Christina A. Coakley and Michael Innocenti ... For an emotional, exciting and mature evening of theatre, do not miss...
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August 28, 2015
Talkin Broadway: Dogfight
Christina A. Coakley and Michael Innocenti have staged a gentle but moving production of the musical Dogfight in its beautifully renovated space, centering on a luminous performance by Isabelle Smelkinson.
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