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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.

Jan. 08 2026

“Home thoughts from abroad”

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Also known as some year-end reflections from afar… January 2026 For the past several winters, I’ve been lucky enough to spend the holiday season tucked away among the Berkshire hilltowns of western Massachusetts, fairly remote from the city’s clamor or incidental interruptions, as well as from neighbors or interactions of any kind. This also means […]

Nov. 24 2025

Wonder & Whimsy from Happenstance at Theatre Project

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The endlessly inventive, imaginative members of Happenstance Theater return to the stage of Baltimore Theatre Project with their latest devised exploration of the follies, foibles, and frolics of the human condition: Juxtapose, a Theatrical Shadow Box. Performing from December 4th – 21st, and conceived and devised by the full company, Juxtapose takes its inspiration from […]

Nov. 12 2025

Compass Rose delivers Jane Austen for the holidays

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Joining the commemoration of Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, and to add spice to family holiday celebrations, Compass Rose Theater in Annapolis is producing a recent stage adaptation of a perennial favorite from the Austen oeuvre, Pride and Prejudice. In a lean adaptation by Emma Whipday that aims to put fun and family at the forefront, […]

Nov. 03 2025

Making good TROUBLE at Fells Point Corner Theatre

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November 3, 1955. Actor-turned-playwright Alice Childress enjoys the off-Broadway premiere of her new play, Trouble in Mind. at the Greenwich Mews Theatre in New York City. Using a play-within-a-play structure, in which a multi-racial and multi-generational company of actors rehearse a well-meaning melodrama aimed at stirring audience sympathy for the brewing civil rights movement, Childress […]

Oct. 29 2025

Poe haunts Theatre Project in ALONE

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The words of Edgar Allan Poe resound again in Baltimore this Halloween, taking the stage at Baltimore Theatre Project October 31st – November 2nd in the form of the solo performance piece Alone: Tales from Edgar Allan Poe. The work is conceived, curated, and performed by Daniel Hall Kuhn, who also serves in the capacity […]

Oct. 20 2025

Getting ethereal with VESPER at the Voxel

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October 16—November 2 at The Voxel: Vesper A new theatrical exploration, a shared voyage into the unknown or at least into uncertainty for creators and audiences alike, gets its world premiere in Baltimore at The Voxel through November 2nd. Conceived and directed by Jarod Hanson, devised with the collaboration of the entire company, and produced with […]

Oct. 15 2025

ART imitates life at Everyman Theatre

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Kyle Prue, Bruce Randolph Nelson, and Tony K. Nam have been friends and fellow ensemble members in the resident acting company of Everyman Theatre for decades. Now they get to take that friendship and that history onto the stage and tear it apart every night for the sake of their art. Or, in this case, […]

Oct. 13 2025

A spirited tale takes the stage from Ballet Theatre of Maryland

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Just in time for the season of spooky spirits and haunted havoc–not to mention fall colors and pumpkin spice–Ballet Theatre of Maryland will revive Giselle, the ghostly tale of a young villager’s doomed love and deadly dancing. From October 17th – 19th, at Maryland Hall in Annapolis, the company brings to life the beloved Romantic […]

Oct. 01 2025

Spooky Action goes Dragon taming

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Running from September 25th through October 19th at Spooky Action Theater in Washington, DC is a production of Evgeny Shvarts’ 1944 satirical fable, The Dragon, directed by the company’s artistic director, Elizabeth Dinkova, in a new adaptation by Jesse Rasmussen & Yura Kordonsky. Shvarts’ play imagined a town cowering under the brutal menace of a […]

Sep. 17 2025

Opera on a platter from IN Series

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Serving up the unexpected has become the signature of innovative, inventive IN Series opera company, under the artistic leadership of Timothy Nelson. This month, from Oct 2 -12, the troupe is collaborating with New York-based Catapult to produce the first-ever fully staged production of Alessandro Stradella’s 1675 Baroque oratorio, St. John the Baptist. Complete with […]

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