Articles Tagged With: Steven Todd Smith

Pete Sheldon (left) as Prince Hal and Steven Todd Smith (right) as Hotspur in Henry IV Part 1 with Unstrung Harpist 📷 Cody James

Henry IV Part 1 at Unstrung Harpist

Reviews July 11, 2026 Amanda N. Gunther

Is not truth the truth? Instinct is a great matter. And your instincts ought be telling you to get thee to Frederick for the inaugural production of the 2026 Frederick Shakespeare Festival— Henry IV Part 1 as presented by Unstrung Harpist. Directed by Evan Crump, this jam-packed history can turn even the most skeptical of audient into a history appreciator if not wholly an enthusiast. Remarkably well executed, this sword-clashing, heartbreaking, villainously ripe tale doth tread upon the heels of Richard II,

Steven Todd Smith (lapped) as Hotspur and Maureen O'Neal (holding) as Lady Percy in a micro-scene from Henry IV Part 1 at the opening ceremony for the 8th annual Frederick Shakespeare Festival. 📷 Mandy Gunther

All O’ Frederick’s A Stage: And Unstrung Harpist, ESP, and Ardeo its Players

News June 30, 2026 Amanda N. Gunther

‘Zounds, I will speak of it; and let my soul want mercy, if I do not join with them!

And speak on’t I shall. Borrowing some words in true wordsmith fashion, a call to attend! Attend thyselves upon this festival of merriment, this festival of drawn-daggers and teacups (every family has one) and knavery and bloody history and comedy and tragedy and all! Tis true— tis The Frederick Shakespeare Festival upon which I dote and dare speak (and will be waiting for two of the directors to flounce me round the ears for my bastardization of Shakespeare’s tongue,

While You Live Tell Truth and Shame The Devil: An Interview with Evan Crump and Aaron Angello {mostly} on Henry IV Pt1 (and also a lil Much Ado)

Interviews June 26, 2026 Amanda N. Gunther

For let them be Diana’s foresters, gentlemen of the shade (and indoor air-conditioning!) minions of the moon! Said Falstaff, Act I Scene ii, more or less. In a TheatreBloom sit-down, we’re chit-chatting all around the moon minions— or at least with two of them— Evan Crump, Artistic Director of Unstrung Harpist and director of Henry IV Part I, and Aaron Angello, Co-Artistic Director of Ardeo Theatre Company and director of Much Ado About Nothing— AND they’re both acting in each other’s Shakespeare offerings in the 2026 Frederick Shakespeare Festival!

(L to R) Gillian Shelly as Martha, Steven Todd Smith as Nick, Maureen O'Neal as Honey, and Aaron Angelo as George in Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Ardeo Theatre Company 📷Michael Mason Studios

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at Ardeo Theatre Company

Reviews May 21, 2026 Amanda N. Gunther

We all peel labels. The most innocuous, seemingly mundane line to not only land but stick indefinitely from a production that has arguably thousands of lines to choose from or resonate with. Edward Albee and Betty Brevity are not besties (spoiler: neither are she and I!) but there’s a reason his verbose textual structure has garnered him the success and accolades that it has through the decades of his works’ existence. But that one line— “we all peel labels” is the most brutally exacting descriptor for what’s happening in this current production of Who’s Afraid of Virigina Woolf?

Gregory Burgess (center) as Scrooge and the cast of Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s A Christmas Carol 📷Kiirstn Pagan Photography.

A Christmas Carol at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Reviews November 30, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Tis the season of hospitality, merriment, and openheartedness! Come in and know them better, man! Tis the season— their 11th, in fact— for putting that timeless holiday classic, A Christmas Carol, upon their stage. Tis the season for uplifting spirits, for heartwarming festivities, and for radical, positive change. Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s A Christmas Carol is truly a cherished stage tradition, nestled right in the heart of Charm City and is bringing jubilation amid the bleakness that 2025 has turned out to be;

Greg Burgess as Ebenezer Scrooge in the 2022 production of A Christmas Carol at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Bah! Humbug! Christmas Chatter with Greg Burgess on 11 years of playing Ebenezer Scrooge with Chesapeake Shakespeare Company

Interviews November 22, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

Bah! Humbug! The Christmas season is upon us. Again. Already. (Baltimore’s local 101.9 even had flipped the switch to their Christmas music on Thursday 11/20/25 as I was driving home to ring up Greg Burgess and interview him!) The holidays are upon us whether you’re ready or not. And in a world of so much darkness and chaos, aren’t the holidays meant to be what spreads a little love, a little light, a little joy?

Kevin Corbett (left) as Robert Shaw with Steven Todd Smith (center) as Roy Scheider and Willem Rogers (right) as Richard Dreyfuss in The Shark Is Broken at Maryland Ensemble Theatre 📸spencephoto

The Shark Is Broken at Maryland Ensemble Theatre

Reviews September 13, 2025 Amanda N. Gunther

“You’re gonna need a bigger boat.” ~Chief Brody; Jaws 1975

Who knew that a line like that would still be titillating audiences literally 50 years later? I mean, “The human race won’t exist someday and here we are worrying about some stupid movie.” (Ian Shaw & Joseph Nixon; The Shark Is Broken.) As the Spielberg iconic film enters its actual 50th year of cinematic relevance, the Maryland Ensemble Theatre kicks off their 2025/2026 Main-Stage season with this wild new production The Shark Is Broken,