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 →
Actors Bruns, Decker Recall Favorite Roles in Previous Horton Foote Plays
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 →
QTC Finishes Its 2016-17 Season With Horton Foote’s NIGHT SEASONS
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 →
Chelsea Mayo Reflects on Taking on the Habit in QTC’s Production of DOUBT: A PARABLE
“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 →
Don Slater Shines a Light on QTC’s 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 →
QTC Exclusive Interview with John Patrick Shanley, Author of 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 →
NIGHT SEASONS by Horton Foote – July 14 – August 13, 2017
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 →
Acting Backwards by Elliott Kashner
Quotidian Theatre welcomes Elliott Kashner, who will be playing the charismatic Father Flynn in QTC’s upcoming production of John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable. Even though rehearsals have not yet begun, Elliott was asked to provide a few thoughts on his approach to taking on the enigmatic character. "Brian O’Byrne and Cherry Jones used to... Continue Reading →
Stevie Zimmerman to Direct QTC Production of Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable
QTC welcomes Stevie Zimmerman who will direct John Patrick Shanley’s Doubt: A Parable opening on 7 April and playing weekends through 7 May. Originally from London, England, Stevie received a B.A. at Oxford University and an M.A. in Directing from the University of Leeds. Stevie has lived in the U.S. since 1993, and in the D.C. area... Continue Reading →