News & Press

February 16, 2011
Helen Hayes Recommends: The Weir
Keegan Theatre’s production of Conor McPherson's THE WEIR has received a recommendation from the Helen Hayes awards. by Conor McPherson Directed by Mark A. Rhea FEBRUARY 12 - MARCH 13, 2011 Featuring...
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February 15, 2011
Washington Post Express: The War at Home: ‘Basra Boy’
On Saturday, the Keegan Theatre welcomes "Basra Boy" to the Church Street Theater for a world premiere. Penned by Northern Irish playwright Rosemary Jenkinson, the play follows two trouble-making teens...
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January 30, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: Basra Boy
A one-man tour de force, BASRA BOY features Josh Sticklin playing all the characters, a thrilling challenge for actor and director alike. "This play speaks to me on many levels,”...
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January 21, 2011
PRESS RELEASE: The Weir
THE WEIR, called “beautiful and devious” by The New York Times, will be directed by four-time Helen Hayes nominee and Keegan Artistic Director Mark A. Rhea. The cast of THE...
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January 18, 2011
Helen Hayes Recommends “A Shadow of Honor”
Keegan Theatre's world premiere of Peter Coy's "A Shadow of Honor" has received a recommendation from the Helen Hayes awards. See the show before it closes.  Only two weekends remain! Thursdays-Saturdays...
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January 14, 2011
DCist: “A Shadow of Honor”
After you walk into the cavernous converted church to see A Shadow of Honor, the new play by Peter Coy being premiered by Keegan Theatre one of the first things...
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January 13, 2011
Review Round-Up: “A Shadow of Honor”
The actors do an admirable job of injecting life into their characters ... Herren is splendidly natural as Caroline Ruffin, and Rhea is forceful as her thuggishly idealistic husband ......
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January 3, 2011
Keegan named ‘The Best Stage of 2010?
Metro Weekly named Keegan's production of Dancing at Lughnasa one of the best of 2010: Dancing at Lughnasa, The Keegan Theatre -- One of the first e-mails I ever got...
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January 3, 2011
RENT Rocks City Paper
In its annual round-up of the year in theater, the Washington City Paper says: ...RENT; I know you’ve been around the block a few times, but when your Alphabet City...
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December 4, 2010
DC Theatre Scene: “Golden Boy”
This being a Clifford Odets play, told with tender humanism, we see our own lives right away in the plight of the young boxer. ... Lynch and Keena do nice...
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December 4, 2010
Washington Post: “Golden Boy Packs a Wallop”
“Keegan’s production of this Clifford Odets play packs a wallop . . . director Lee Mikeska Gardner deftly orchestrates the rhythms and intensities of this 1937 work ... ”
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December 3, 2010
Washington Examiner: “Golden Boy”
The Keegan Theatre is doing a production of "Golden Boy" that seeks to represent Odets very faithfully, touching on the war between the starving artist and the financially successful man,...
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