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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.

Feb. 14 2024

Dontrell takes a Baltimore hero’s journey at the Peale

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Baltimore-based theater company Sisters Freehold presents the local premiere of Charm City-set Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea by Nathan Alan Davis at The Peale from February 16th through March 3rd. To join Dontrell Jones III, his family and friends on this magical, theatrical, poetic quest through the streets of Baltimore, into the Aquarium, and “down-y […]

Feb. 11 2024

Peabody Chamber Opera transforms Theatre Project with SVABDA

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What do you get when you join six sopranos and mezzos, take away the orchestra, add folk dances and wedding customs, and put the whole thing in Serbian? Some of us might end up with nothing short of aa cacaphonous mess; but in the capable hands of composer Ana Sokolović , conductor Djordje Nesic, stage […]

Feb. 06 2024

Jane Eyre comes to Annapolis

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Classical Theatre of Maryland is back with another stage adaptation of a beloved literary classic, this time the world premiere of an original staging of Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre. The production runs from February 8th through 25th, adapted by the creative duo of Laura Rocklyn and Sally Boyett (also the CTM Producing Artistic Director) and […]

Jan. 30 2024

Gathering up CRUMBS FROM THE TABLE OF JOY at Everyman Theatre

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Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage makes another appearance on the Everyman stage in Baltimore, this time in her early, semi-autobiographical reverie, Crumbs from the Table of Joy.  Set against the backdrop of a 1950s Brooklyn as recalled in the vivid, personal memories of then-17-year-old Ernestine Crump, the play follows her as she and her eclectic […]

Jan. 30 2024

I WILL EAT YOU ALIVE takes a big bite out of a tough topic

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From January 25th through February 10th, Baltimore’s Interrobang Productions celebrates their 10th anniversary with the world premiere of a deeply personal but widely resonant new play by their Artistic Director, Katie Hileman: I Will Eat You Alive. The production, which Hileman also directs, offers audiences the option to sit literally at the table with the actors […]

Nov. 29 2023

A new “found” opera is no problem for Acme Corporation

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One of Baltimore’s most adventurous and consistently surprising performing groups, The Acme Corporation, is delivering the world premiere of a new opera, The Lights Went Out Because of a Problem, from November 30th through December 17th at the Voxel–9 W. 25th St in downtown Baltimore. The piece, subtitled “a found opera,” features a libretto alternately found, […]

Nov. 17 2023

Double the fun with holiday fare in rep at CTM

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Sally Boyett, Producing Director of Classic Theatre of Maryland, joined me to talk about the company’s Holiday Rep. This year’s combination of musical and theatrical offerings feature a stage version of the Irving Berlin cinematic classic, White Christmas, playing in repertory with a now-annual tradition–their own adaptation of Dickens’ much-loved seasonal tale, A Christmas Carol, […]

Oct. 23 2023

AGRESTE adds Brazilian flavor to Greek Tragedy at Spooky Action Theater

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From October 26th through November 19th, Washington’s ever-inventive Spooky Action Theater is home to the opening show of their 2023-24 season, the first entirely programmed and produced by their new artistic director, Elizabeth Dinkova. Director and translator Danilo Gambini helms the world premiere of his own new translation of Agreste (Drylands), a play by celebrated […]

Oct. 18 2023

THE CHINESE LADY visits Everyman Theatre

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From October 22nd though November 19th, Baltimore’s resident Everyman Theatre is producing Lloyd Suh’s critically acclaimed 2018 play, The Chinese Lady. The historical drama, which tells the seemingly fantastical tale of Afong Moy–thought to have been the first Chinese woman in America when she arrived, at age 14, in 1834–across some 70 years of her life […]

Sep. 27 2023

E. Faye Butler tells it like it is for the Everyman Theatre gala

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Saturday, September 30th, Everyman Theatre hosts “A Night for Baltimore:” a gala event to benefit their education and community programs as well as to celebrate the many artists and creative spirits who help keep live theater alive and well here in our city. Included with admission will be food and drink, eclectic theatrical experiences throughout […]

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