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About Gavin

WBJC listeners and Baltimore audiences may know Gavin from his nearly 20 years as dramaturg and associate artistic director at Baltimore Center Stage (in which capacity he was a frequent guest on WBJC to talk about programs and events), or from regular appearances alongside Jonathan Palevsky at the Charles Theater for Cinema Sundays discussions. A director, dramaturg, producer, translator, and adaptor who also teaches on the theater faculty at Towson University, Gavin is a recent addition to the WBJC team and delighted to play this new role.

Mar. 10 2023

HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN at 1st Stage in Tysons, VA

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN at 1st Stage in Tysons, VA

Cast members Tonya Beckman and Jacob Yeh spoke with me about their experience in, and audience response to, the current production of How the Light Gets In by E.M. Lewis, playing Thu-Sun through March 26th at 1st Stage in Tysons, Virginia. How the Light Gets In stars Joel Ashur, Tonya Beckman, Madeleine Regina, and Jacob Yeh. The […]

Mar. 08 2023

Unearthing Baltimore history with playwrights Chloe and Kaylah Harvey

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Unearthing Baltimore history with playwrights Chloe and Kaylah Harvey

Playwrights (and sisters) Chloe and Kaylah Harvey spoke with me about their world-premiere play finishing its run at 7.30 PM on March 9th and 10th at the Turpin-Lamb Theater in Murphy Fine Arts Center of Morgan State University. What began as a one-semester credit has evolved over the years into a two-act epic family drama […]

Feb. 16 2023

Charlie Barnett’s new musical, TRUE NORTH, gets a first hearing

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Charlie Barnett’s new musical, TRUE NORTH, gets a first hearing

Longtime WBJC listener and successful local musician Charlie Barnett–whose career has included orchestral and film composing, jazz performance, and much more–has now turned his creative skills to the theatrical stage. He has written book, lyrics, and music for a new musical, True North, that will have its very first public reading at 8pm on Saturday, […]

Feb. 09 2023

Lila Rose Kaplan’s THE MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER at Spooky Action Theater

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Lila Rose Kaplan’s THE MAGICIAN’S DAUGHTER at Spooky Action Theater

Earlier, I had the welcome opportunity to chat briefly with playwright Lila Rose Kaplan, whose intimate but magical, profound but wonderfully mischievous new play, The Magician’s Daughter, will have a free public reading on Monday, February 13th at 7pm at Washington, DC’s Spooky Action Theater. We chatted about the play’s origins out of a silent […]

Dec. 05 2022

Monster Calling: an interview with director & assistant director of Towson Theater Dept’s production of A MONSTER CALLS

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Monster Calling: an interview with director & assistant director of Towson Theater Dept’s production of A MONSTER CALLS

Joining me in the WBJC studio were Towson University Department of Theater Professor Tavia La Follette and graduating senior Gina Matucci, the director and assistant director respectively of A Monster Calls–playing on campus December 7th through 10th at 7.30pm in the Studio Theater at Towson’s Center for the Arts. Tickets and more information (including a […]

Nov. 07 2022

“Mystery on the Docks” at Towson’s Kaplan Hall

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on “Mystery on the Docks” at Towson’s Kaplan Hall

  I had the welcome opportunity to talk with multi-talented, multi-faceted Courtney Kalbacker, Lecturer in Voice and Opera Stage Director in Towson’s Department of Music, about the production of the charming opera-for-all-ages Mystery on the Docks, which will be performed by Towson’s Children’s Opera Outreach Ensemble Saturday Nov. 12th at both 9.30 and 11.00 a.m. […]

Sep. 28 2022

A brand new OUR TOWN at Baltimore Center Stage

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Host Blogs, Interviews | Comments Off on A brand new OUR TOWN at Baltimore Center Stage

I had a chance to sit down with Annalisa Dias, Director of Community Programs and Innovation at Baltimore Center Stage, to talk about the current revival of Thornton Wilder’s classic play, Our Town, that is opening the theater’s 60th Anniversary Season–and features an all-local cast.

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