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Georgetown Voice Story on H Street
October 26, 2009
the Georgetown Voice revisits H Street three years after an initial story ran about development along the Corridor.
H Street Businesses on the Kojo Nnamdi Show!
October 1, 2009
The rapidly developing H Street Corridor owes much to the many new restaurants and bars who have chosen to open up here. WAMU talk show host Kojo Nnamdi speaks with a few who have made the commitment to H Street.
February 12 & 13, 2010
Nobody's Perfect
The Kennedy Center - Theater for Young Audiences

February 19, 2010 - March 7, 2010, Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00 PM, Sundays at 2:00 PM
Treemonisha
Washington Savoyards as part of Intersections: A New America Arts Festival

Friday, February 19, 2010 at 7:30 PM; Saturday, Feburary 20, 2010 at 7:30 PM; Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 4:30 PM & 7:30 PM; Friday, February 26, 2010 at 7:30 PM; Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 9:30 PM; Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Kathleen Gonzales: The Bridge of Bodies
INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival

The Bridge of Bodies, a one-woman, sixteen character unfolding of a Haitian-American’s mission of self-discovery.
For audiences ages 13 and up.
After captivating critics in a successful run at the Flashpoint Theatre in the summer of 2008, actress/playwright Kathleen Gonzales brings her compelling solo performance to INTERSECTIONS. Inspired by her own personal history, Gonzales weaves a story about Marie-Therese Pierre who, haunted by recurring dreams and her mother's silence about their shared past, journeys to her native Haiti in search of an identity. Upon arrival, she embarks on a magically realistic mystery tour, encountering long-lost family members, buried memories and strangers who seem to know her. The sites and sounds of Haiti’s troubled past are intimately captured in this moving, hopeful drama. Ms. Gonzales embodies sixteen different characters that all help Marie-Therese connect the dots of her past and discover her future. Be sure to see The Bridge of Bodies -- one of the featured festival productions focusing on the lives of first and second generation Americans.
http://www.kathleengonzales.com/
Saturday, February 20 at 7:30 PM; Sunday, February 21, 2010 at 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
An Evening with Marva: Celebrating the Gospel Truth
INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival
An Evening with Marva: Celebrating the Gospel Truth, a rich musical journey through song with singer Marva Hicks from her gospel roots to Broadway and beyond. Tickets: $25
Sunday, February 28, 2010 and Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Arena Stage’s Voices of Now Mentor Ensemble
INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival

For audiences ages 11 and up.
An ensemble of young performing artists vividly explore events that have shaped their lives in Encounter, a lively production that interweaves monologue, dialogue, poetry, movement and music to tell each teen's unique story. An ideal event for young people and their families to experience together, Encounter celebrates the artistry of young voices and offers a compelling window into world of young people today. The talented young performers exuberantly embrace the opportunity presented by Arena Stage's Voices of Now Mentor's ensemble to be effective communicators and positive role models and create a production that will both delight and inspire.
Sunday, February 28, 2010 at 4:30 PM
Vertical Voices Playback Theatre: Intersect: Let Your Life Speak
INTERSECTIONS: A New America Arts Festival
Intersect: Let Your Life Speak, an interactive performance created by DC’s Sidwell Friends School performers probing the festival theme.Let your stories be told through Playback Theatre, an international phenomenon inspired by the ancient practice of oral tradition as well as by contemporary forms of improvisational theatre. The Vertical Voices Playback Theatre of Sidwell Friends School honors the human experience by inviting audience members to share their personal stories and then watch as the actors use improvisation, careful listening and insight to bring these experiences to life. Imagine your stories of the intersections in your life and culture, being brought to life by these vibrant young performers. Celebrate and explore the festival theme through a theatre form designed to promote the dignity of the human experience and build community. And it’s fun! Come intersect with a style of theatre practiced in a global network covering six continents and more than thirty countries.
Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 7:30 PM
David Emerson Toney and Chris Youstra: Elysian Fields
David Emerson Toney and Chris Youstra

For audiences ages 13 and up.
Be the first to experience the compelling words of playwright David Emerson Toney and the haunting music of composer Chris Youstra in a word premier reading of Act One of Elysian Fields. Actor/singers will bring to life the story an old freed black slave in the Civil-War-Era South who, after a windfall, divides his property among his children. Inspired by Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy, King Lear, this musical asks: "When can we no longer blame the world around us for our own shortcomings?" The audience will be invited to share their responses to this powerful new work in a post-reading talk-back. The Atlas is proud to welcome back the playwright-composer team who created its opening production, Coming Home.
April 9, 2010 - April 25, 2010, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30 PM, Sundays at 2:30 PM
Mikado
Washington Savoyards
Gilbert and Sullivan’s hilarious Mikado returns to the Washington Savoyards stage under the direction of Cindy Oxberry with Shawn Burke-Storer as music director. Nanki-Poo is escaping marriage to Katisha, Yum-Yum thinks Nanki-Poo is cute and would rather marry him than Ko-Ko, Ko-Ko wants to marry Yum-Yum but would also like to keep his head, and the Mikado would like his son back. Pooh-Bah is, of course, Lord High Absolutely Everything, but Ko-Ko has his little list.
Purchase tickets to Mikado
April 15, 2010-May 15, 2010; Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 3:30 PM
The Old Settler
African Continuum Theatre Company
