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Author Archives: Melissa Lin Sturges

Kill The Ripper
Posted inArts

Kill the Ripper Tells an Edgy Tale in Which Jack the Ripper’s Targets Fight Back

by Melissa Lin Sturges November 8th, 2023November 8th, 2023

Fairlith Harvey’s feminist revenge tragedy follows three women working in the wake of Jack the Ripper.

Agreste (Drylands)
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Agreste (Drylands) Spins a Folkloric Tale of Queer Love and Violence

by Melissa Lin Sturges November 3rd, 2023November 3rd, 2023
Louis E. Davis as Chance, Jonathan Feuer as Adam and Renee Elizabeth Wilson as Brenda in Mosaic Theater’s production of Monumental Travesties by Psalmayene 24. Photo by Chris Banks.
Posted inArts

In Two New Plays, Psalmayene 24 Celebrates D.C.’s Talent and Confronts its History

by Melissa Lin Sturges September 12th, 2023September 14th, 2023
The Bridges of Madison County
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The Guilty Pleasures of The Bridges of Madison County

by Melissa Lin Sturges August 18th, 2023August 21st, 2023
IN Series’ Chuck and Eva inspired by Chuck Brown and Eva Cassidy’s 1992 collaboration, Chuck and Eva: Songs from the Other Side
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Wait, Who Wrote IN Series’ Chuck and Eva?

by Melissa Lin Sturges June 27th, 2023June 27th, 2023
Chuck and Eva
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IN Series’ Chuck and Eva Defies Artificial Hierarchies of High and Low Art

by Melissa Lin Sturges June 23rd, 2023June 23rd, 2023
2023-24 Season at STC
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D.C. Theater’s 2023-24 Season: A Year of Epics and Odysseys

by Melissa Lin Sturges June 7th, 2023June 7th, 2023
Passing Strange
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Signature Theatre’s Passing Strange Is a Constellation of Self-Discovery

by Melissa Lin Sturges May 10th, 2023May 10th, 2023
The Cassette Shop
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Theatre Prometheus’ The Cassette Shop Remasters Documentary-Style Theater

by Melissa Lin Sturges May 5th, 2023May 8th, 2023
Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea
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Childlike Candor and Adult Love Soar in Sometimes the Rain, Sometimes the Sea

by Melissa Lin Sturges April 7th, 2023April 7th, 2023

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