February 10 – March 4, 2012 WORLD PREMIERE! HERCULES IN RUSSIA by Allyson Currin directed by Jessica Lefkow Starring: Ricardo Frederick Evans with Sarah Ulstrup, Gordon Adams, DeJeanette Horne, Andrew Ferlo, and Jasmin Johnson             News & Reviews! "When a Washington-area playwright completes a work which is intellectually provocative, artistically satisfying, and powerfully authentic, it is a cause for celebration for those who love local theater. We have moved one step further in developing our own theatrical voice – mature, subtle, complex, full of moral conflict and, above all, fully conscious of the real-world considerations which weigh upon our desire to do good. Brothers and sisters, break out the champagne. We have a winner." - Tim Treanor, DC Theatre Scene Washington Post "Backstage" by Jessica Goldstein - 2/1/12 Allyson Currin - Keeping All the Balls in the Air by Manny Strauss - TheatreWashington - 2/2/12 Hercules In Russia is supported in part by funding from the Montgomery County government and the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County. EXTRAORDINARY BATTLEGROUNDS NATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTING COMPETITION

	April 29 through May 22, 2011 THE RACE by John Milosich directed by Regie Cabico Produced by Perry Schwartz Co-Produced by Claire Myles An Autobiographical Solo Play Performed by John Milosich
Photo by Perry Schwartz

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	February 18 through March 13, 2011 TETHER by Julie Taiwo Oni Directed by Jessica Lefkow Featuring: Gwen Grastorf and Jade Wheeler
Photo by Colin Hovde

TETHER Reviews and NEWS!!!

Nelson Pressley in the Washington Post
Jane Horwitz Washington Post column Backstage talks about the production
Ben Demers of DC Theatre Scene
Montgomery County Gazette
The Slate 

Funding in part for TETHER was made possible by the Puffin Foundation

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	October 29 through November 21, 2010 ENDGAME by Samuel Beckett Producer/Director: Perry T. Schwartz Co-Producer: Claire Myles Featuring: Gordon Adams and Michael Harris with Susan Holliday and Doug Krentzlin
Photo by Perry Schwartz

Reviews:
DC Theatre Scene Spotlight!
AllArtsReview4U: Critics Choice and Best Acting

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	STAGED READINGS The Playground Series, a festival of new, one act plays, features three winning plays from Doorway Arts Ensembles first play writing competition. Playwrights were asked to submit unproduced new plays where the stories unfold on or at the “playground”. The winners were selected from over 100 submissions from playwrights throughout the US and Canada.
Bleed by Renee Calarco Directed by Matt Ripa Featuring: Bruce Rauscher and Christine Hirrel An Ordinary Afternoon by Mary Watters Directed by Jason Schlafstein Featuring: Blair Bowers, Luke Cieslewicz, Allison Corke, John Down, Colin Grube, Susan Holliday, and Charity Pomeroy MUZUNGU by David Myers Directed by Hunter Styles Featuring: Kevin Hasser and Soneyet Mohammad

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The 9th Annual J.F. Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage Festival in Washington, D.C. September 4, 2010 on the Millennium Stage South

Doorway Arts Ensemble Theater Company presented..

A Reading of HUTTO by Rose-Mary Harrington, directed by Christopher Gerken
produced by Tammy Roberts

Featuring:  Ariana Almajan, Andra Garcia Guyker, Christopher Gerken, Bethany Hoffman, Madeleine Russell, Justin Radano, Alex James Svatko, and Sammy Zeisel
 

SEX AND EDUCATION by Lissa Levin, A Learning Experience in One Act
Directed by Matt Ripa
Producing Director: Claire Myles
Cast: Carly J. Bales, Sarah Holt and Hunter Hoffman

This world premiere of SEX AND EDUCATION was produced as part of the Capital Fringe Festival from July 16-25, 2010

Reviews: DC Theater Scene http://dctheatrescene.com/2010/07/22/sex-and-education-a-learning-experience-in-one-act/

 In SEX AND EDUCATION, Sex and syntax converge in this smart and scintillating comedy. Written by award-winning Los Angeles playwright Lissa Levin. Directed by Matt Ripa, the play met with standing ovations as Doorway Arts Ensembles entry in last year’s Kennedy Center Page-to-Stage Festival. This world premiere production tells the story of Joe Marks, a basketball star whose college scholarship is suddenly in jeopardy when his attempt to pass a lascivious note to Hannah, his cheerleader girlfriend, is intercepted by his high school English teacher, Miss Edwards. With nothing to lose as she bids farewell to her teaching career, she puts an unorthodox approach to the test to see if she can light an intellectual flame under one last underachiever.

HERBIE: POET OF THE WILD WEST by Adam Szymkowicz
Directed by Cyana Cook
Producing Director: Claire Myles
Cast: Juan Carlos Sanchez, Christopher Herring, Branda Lock, Jim Epstein, Dave Bobb, Tammy Roberts, Madeline Russell, Bethany Hoffman, David Berkenbilt, Claire Myles

This world premiere of HERBIE was produced as part of the Capital Fringe Festival from July 15-26, 2009

"spirited light fare...and an energetic all around talented cast...that really doesn't have a weak link"
- David Winkler DC Theater Scene

"Herbie: Poet of the Wild West" by Adam Szymkowicz is a total laugh-out-loud parody of the "Hamlet" story done with gunslingers rather than dueling swords... Some additional characters...just added more laughs to the evening. The top star…Ophelia (Branda Lock as Amelia) with her languishing, contortionist body…has all of the comedic talent and "takes" of a Carole Burnett. Juan Carlos Sanchez as Hamlet (Herbie) gave a powerful extensive range of emotions as the "put upon" Dane..."
- Bob Anthony allartsreview4u.com

HERBIE: POET OF THE WILD WEST by the award winning Playwright Adam Szymkowicz offers a raucous parody of Hamlet. The play, set when the west was still wild, tells how Herbie the poet plans revenge on his uncle Dead Eye Dan, who has murdered his father, married Herbie’s mother and taken over the family’s saloon. The play humorously follows the action of Herbie’s quest for revenge, his Uncle’s lust for power, and a posse of clowns including a blind gunslinger, a performing bear, a desperately ugly saloon girl and a lesbian cowgirl.

Photos by Michael Paolantonio