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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.

Nov. 29 2023

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

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs | Comments Off on A new “found” opera is no problem for Acme Corporation

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

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Double the fun with holiday fare in rep at CTM

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

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on AGRESTE adds Brazilian flavor to Greek Tragedy at Spooky Action Theater

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

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on THE CHINESE LADY visits Everyman Theatre

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

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on E. Faye Butler tells it like it is for the Everyman Theatre gala

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 […]

Sep. 11 2023

Classic Theatre of Maryland kicks of 2023-24 season with a 1920s cabaret

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Classic Theatre of Maryland kicks of 2023-24 season with a 1920s cabaret

Before their fully produced mainstage season launches in November with a signature Holiday Rep, featuring a double bill of the musical White Christmas and a homegrown adaptation of A Christmas Carol, Anne Arundel’s only resident regional producing theater brings audiences a swell and swanky musical appetizer. Their monthly cabaret series (now extended to Monday AND Tuesday […]

Sep. 06 2023

Joanie Schultz refines and revisits A DOLL’S HOUSE for Everyman

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Joanie Schultz refines and revisits A DOLL’S HOUSE for Everyman

For anyone who’s been required to sit through a production of Henrik Ibsen’s now-iconic domestic drama, A Doll’s House, or maybe been assigned to read it for a class, and found it either cumbersomely lengthy or maybe a little unbalanced in its sympathies, well your time has come. Until September 28th, Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre is […]

Jul. 27 2023

Last chance for CODE SWITCH at Theatre Project

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Last chance for CODE SWITCH at Theatre Project

The Sisters Freehold world premiere production of Shakill Jamal’s hilarious, provocative new play The Code Switch enters its final weekend at Baltimore Theater Project–with performances Thursday July 27th through Sunday July 30th. More information and tickets are here or at the Theatre Project website. Jamal’s play, which he both wrote and directed, uses multiple theatrical devices […]

Jul. 09 2023

Switching it up with CODE SWITCH at Sisters Freehold

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Switching it up with CODE SWITCH at Sisters Freehold

To switch, or not to switch? This is the question posed by playwright (and director) Shakill Jamal in his brand new play, The Code Switch, debuting with Baltimore’s intrepid Sisters Freehold theater company from July 15-30. Specifically, the play probes the question of codeswitching, whether out of necessity in navigating the fraught dynamics of a […]

Jun. 23 2023

Going Round with Kevin McAlister at Everyman Theatre

By Gavin Witt | Posted in Interviews, Staff Blogs, WBJC Programs | Comments Off on Going Round with Kevin McAlister at Everyman Theatre

The much-loved, oft-performed musical revue And the World Goes Round, featuring treasured selections from the songbook of iconic musical theater duo Kander and Ebb (creators of such enduring treasures as Cabaret and Chicago), gets a fresh update and brand new take in a production now running at Baltimore’s Everyman Theatre. This latest version of a show […]

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