Thursday, October 17, 2024
Horror play to open on Halloween in historic Congressional Cemetery
DC Theater Arts: Bob Bartlett, Maryland-based playwright and longtime professor of theater at Bowie State University, is no stranger to staging his work in unusual locations. A few years ago, he premiered his time-bending romantic comedy, The Accident Bear, which sold out its five-
week run to critical acclaim, at a working coin-operated laundromat in historic downtown Annapolis, Maryland.
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I’m not saying I think ghosts or werewolves are real, because they’re not. But if they WERE real, this production would really be asking for it. Especially so close to Halloween?? Anyway, I love the commitment to site-specific theatre, and I think the intimate setting with only 25 audience members has the chance to be really powerful. The fact that they are willing to play to so small an audience if that’s what’s best for the production and means they get to use this venue is very telling––art isn’t always about reaching the most people or making the most money. Sometimes it’s about doing something because it’s new and exciting and it will be good. I wonder what the technical setup looks like. I’m also interested to hear that this is not the Congressional Cemetery’s first foray into being a home for theatre. I never would have thought that that was a common thing, for a cemetery, but like yes go off.
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