QTC's 2017-2018 SEASON Horton Foote's A Coffin in Egypt in rep with Conor McPherson's St Nicholas November 15 -  December 17, 2017 QTC marks its 20th Anniversary season by celebrating two of its very favorite playwrights with two actors who have excelled in bringing their works to life. Horton Foote's masterpiece, The Trip to Bountiful,… Continue reading 2017-2018 Season

The stars of the upcoming Night Seasons, Jane Squier Bruns (Josie Weems) and John Decker (Mr. Weems), are both QTC acting company members who have performed in numerous Horton Foote plays at QTC over almost 20 years. Each was posed the following questions: What was your favorite role in a play by Horton Foote? Jane… Continue reading Actors Bruns, Decker Recall Favorite Roles in Previous Horton Foote Plays

The play is framed by the occasion of Josie's 93rd birthday, on which the elderly woman, who has outlived her husband and daughter, begins to realize that her longevity may be her punishment. "Night Seasons is an examination of the quietly destructive effects of a life defined by bank balances.  (Daughter) Laura Lee is shown… Continue reading QTC Finishes Its 2016-17 Season With Horton Foote’s NIGHT SEASONS

“I am working within constraints,” says Sister Aloysius early in Doubt: A Parable. She's referring to a shortage of experienced nuns at St. Nicholas School, but the line also reminds me of the physical constraints Stephanie Mumford (Sister Aloysius) and I are working within. Shanley specifies the nuns are of The Sisters of Charity, an… Continue reading Chelsea Mayo Reflects on Taking on the Habit in QTC’s Production of DOUBT: A PARABLE

When you are part of a theater company for a long time, many aspects of the work become much easier because everyone knows what everyone else is doing. Not to mention why they are doing it and how they are doing it. This very true of my role as QTC’s resident lighting designer. For a… Continue reading Don Slater Shines a Light on QTC’s DOUBT: A PARABLE

DUBOV: I’m joined today by John Patrick Shanley, the author – playwright – of DOUBT: A PARABLE, and we’re going to speak to him about his thoughts on the play and our production of it coming up in April, in Bethesda, Maryland. You call it DOUBT: A PARABLE. How does the metaphorical structure of parable,… Continue reading QTC Exclusive Interview with John Patrick Shanley, Author of DOUBT: A PARABLE

The play is framed by the occasion of Josie's 93rd birthday, on which the old woman, who has outlived her husband and daughter, begins to realize that her longevity may be her punishment... Night Seasons is an examination of the quietly destructive effects of a life defined by bank balances.  (Daughter) Laura Lee is shown… Continue reading NIGHT SEASONS by Horton Foote – July 14 – August 13, 2017