News & Press

January 7, 2016
Two Announcements for the New Year
The Keegan Theatre unveils its new website and announces a change to the 2016-2017 season lineup.
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January 4, 2016
Steve Martin’s “Picasso at the Lapine Agile” Opens January 16
The long running Off-Broadway absurdist comedy takes us to a Parisian bar in 1904, where the young Picasso and Einstein are just a few years away from creations that will...
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December 17, 2015
DC Theatre Scene: An Irish Carol
An Irish Carol is a tale of Christmas redemption that tastes not of sugar cookies and eggnog, but salted peanuts and shots of Jameson. The spirits here are of the...
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December 15, 2015
Broadway World: An Irish Carol
This holiday season, Dublin, Ireland has its own "Scrooge" to reform on a windy Christmas Eve in the Keegan Theatre's beloved holiday tradition, AN IRISH CAROL. Written by Matthew J...
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December 14, 2015
DC Metro Theatre Arts: How to Catch a Leprechaun
This being a show meant for kids, I defer to a critical opinion I overheard right afterward, voiced by a child not yet 5: “That was really cool! Really funny...
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December 5, 2015
Broadway World: The Magic Tree
"A dark and stormy night in Dublin; the setting, an empty house punctuated by flashes of lightning. Suddenly a window is broken, and one after another a small group of...
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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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