Articles Tagged With: John Morogiello

producing artistic director Tad Janes (left) with Rona Mensah (right)

Cheers to 29 Years: Maryland Ensemble Theatre Launches 2026/2027 Season

You wish to go to the— METstival? And it’ll be AGONY if you don’t get a ticket? A season ticket!? Or a ticket to any of their terrific five-mainstage, four-Fun-company— yeah it doesn’t really work after that because their Comedy Nights are sooooo expansive— at least five active teams plus the return/kickstart of some other fun endeavors— but you get the idea! Maryland Ensemble Theatre is kicking off their 29th season and there is so much in-store— you might even say they are not throwin’ away their shot!*

In fantastical Maryland Ensemble Theatre fashion,

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L to R: Jean Rosolino as Mom, Evan Crump as Gary, Kathleen Barth as Wendy, Abigail Weinel as Karen, and Mickey Trimarchi as Dad in On The Farce Day of Christmas. Photo: Elizabeth Kemmerer.

On The Farce Day of Christmas at Best Medicine Rep

“Any holiday that forces families to get together is evil.” The latest of quotable nonsense from acclaimed entertainment-writer Ken Levine. This time its from his new work, On The Farce Day of Christmas, now appearing live on stage (with streaming options!) at Best Medicine Rep Theatre in Gaithersburg. Directed by Ken Levine, this holiday hilarity is quite the cute little comedy and will tickle your funny bone just in time for the never-ending December holiday season,

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Variant Strains at Best Medicine Rep

As the 17-year brood-X cicadas are upon us, I recall distinctively the last time they were here— 2004. I recall it not because I remember the cicadas but because it forced my high school graduation ceremony indoors. In chain-reaction style thinking, I thought of my 11th grade American History teacher, who asked the class a question that garnered no clear answer then and plagues my mind ambiguously now: What makes an event history? Or more accurately,

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