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Category: Plays

Plays

Clowntime

Baltimore Theatre Project September 30 – October 3, 2021 Tickets available here! See the trailer here. See a 90-second ad here. Hear interview with John Feffer on Fringe in Review here. Clowntime is “a sophisticated and stylish presentation,” writes David Cunningham in British Theatre Guide. “Clowntime takes a refreshing approach to satirising the political abuse… Continue reading Clowntime

Plays

Next Stop: North Korea

        Next Stop: North Korea Written and Performed by John Feffer Directed by Angela Kay Pirko DC Arts Center, March 1 – 24, 2019 Order Tickets HERE. How far would you travel to help other people? How many compromises would you make? In this new one-man show, acclaimed playwright and performer John… Continue reading Next Stop: North Korea

Art, Plays

A Peek at Paper

A teacher and a student argue over a remark in class. Or was it a remark about class? Or was it really about race? Or gender? My new play Paper brings the explosive confrontations on campus around race, class, and gender onto the stage. Take Rashomon, add Mamet, mix in Black Lives Matter, and stand… Continue reading A Peek at Paper

Plays

Paper

              PAPER a new play by John Feffer Teacher and student argue over a remark in class. Or a remark about class. Or was it race? Or gender? Take Rashomon, add Mamet, mix in Black Lives Matter, and stand back. Venue: Trinidad Theatre at Fringe HQ (1358 Florida Ave.,… Continue reading Paper

Plays

Stuff

STUFF                   RETURNING TO DC: SPRING 2016 March 3, 4, 10, 17, 19 @ 8 pm March 13 @ 4 pm Studio 1469 in Columbia Heights (1469 Harvard St) Tickets on sale HERE                   A mother gives away her most cherished possessions and… Continue reading Stuff

Plays

Before/After

BEFORE/AFTER Reading of a new play by John Feffer Part of the European Month of Culture Supported by the Delegation of the European Union to the United States 90 minutes Before/After is a multimedia portrait of the transformation of East-Central Europe told by the people who made it happen. Through words, pictures, video, and music, it tells… Continue reading Before/After

Plays, Uncategorized

Interrogation

Door prizes! Interrogation is the latest dark comedy from John Feffer. Written and performed by John Feffer Directed by Matty Griffiths   Busboys and Poets 5th and K, NW Washington, DC 12/11: 8 pm (talkback with Marc Rotenberg) 12/15: 8 pm (talkback with Greg Nojeim)   Facebook: interrogationatbusboys   $15 suggested donation at the door  … Continue reading Interrogation

Art, Human Rights, Plays, US Domestic Policy

When Government Breaks the Fourth Wall

You’re at the theater. You’re sitting in your seat, paying attention to what’s going on in front of you. If the play is any good, you’ve completely forgotten that you’re sitting in a theater. You are absorbed in the new world unfolding in front of you. The theater has cast a spell over you. Then,… Continue reading When Government Breaks the Fourth Wall

Plays, Uncategorized

The Politician

A crisis is a terrible thing to waste. Peter Peters returns as a ruthless politician in a full-length show that combines last year’s Fringe hit The Pundit with its thrilling sequel. “Deflates its target with a sharp satiric pin,” said The Washington Post of last year’s sold-out run. Written by John Feffer Directed by Doug… Continue reading The Politician

Art, Plays

American Politics Needs More Drama

I like my politics the way I like my baseball. I prefer to wait for the highlights reel. Like baseball, political events in Washington, D.C. tend to be long and boring, punctuated by the occasional home run speech or graceful double-play legislative maneuver in Congress. Have you ever wondered why, when you turn on C-Span,… Continue reading American Politics Needs More Drama

Art, Plays

Playing the Pundit

As a pundit, I’ve had my share of uncomfortable moments. I’ve been in front of the cameras and suddenly blanked on the name of a former South Korean president or the precise year when North Korea conducted its first nuclear test. Such embarrassing lapses, for a Korean expert at least, are comparable to forgetting your… Continue reading Playing the Pundit

Plays

The Pundit

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. Ambitious Washington pundit Peter Peters is an expert on everything, even things he’s never heard of before. His slick media appearances put him on the fast track…until one of his interviews blows up in his face. Written by John Feffer Directed by Doug Krehbel Starring John Feffer as… Continue reading The Pundit

Plays

The Bird

Poland 1989: a man, a woman, a revolution, a revelation.   ABOUT In search of adventure in Poland 1989, a young man discovers a female assassin, a Jewish skinhead, a mysterious bird, and the loss of innocence. John Feffer plays seven characters in this one-man show, with an assist from the bird. Directed by Doug… Continue reading The Bird

Plays

Edible Rex

n this one-man show, a father, a son, and a French chef search for the perfect meal. The adventure begins in a Chinese restaurant and continues to Sweden, North Korea, and Oklahoma. And you thought you were obsessed with food

Plays

Krapp’s Last Power Point

Krapp’s Last Power Point is an almost-one-man performance about technology gone out of control. George Krapp is a scientist giving a presentation on a new drug with miraculous benefits. His presentation is not exactly a slam dunk, however. The drug has controversial side effects, and the government has refused to grant approval for human trials.… Continue reading Krapp’s Last Power Point

Art, Highlighted, Plays

Waiting for the Curtain, Washingtonian

Washingtonian, July 2010

Highlighted Articles

  • What’s Up with the Herd? FPIF
  • Death and the Economy: A Dialogue, FPIF
  • COVID-19 and the Global Economy, Inference
  • Revisiting the Goldilocks Apocalypse, TomDispatch
  • A Global Green New Deal Could Defeat the Far Right—And Save the Planet, Newsweek
  • The Widening Rift Between the US and China, The Nation
  • Between Rocks and a Hard Place, Foreign Policy
  • Deserts vs. Development in China, Global Post
  • Infantilizing North Korea, Hankyoreh
  • Jeju Island: Paradise with a Dark Side, Washington Post
  • Waiting for the Curtain, Washingtonian
  • My Backlogged Pages, New York Times
  • Starting Where North Korea Is, 38North
  • Will Facebook Remake the World? Harvard International Review
  • Are We All North Koreans Now? TomDispatch
  • Bringing a Living Wage to the Farm, Alternet
  • Writers from the Other Asia, The Nation
  • The Forgotten Lessons of Helsinki, World Policy Journal
  • The Politics of Dog, American Prospect
  • Containment Lite: U.S. Policy toward Russia and Its Neighbors, FPIF
  • The Costs and Dangers of NATO Expansion, FPIF
  • The Selling of the Russian President, 1993, Z Magazine
  • The Age of Diminished Expectations (Review), Commonweal
  • Poland’s Solidarity: Who Is in Charge? Z Magazine
  • Corruptions of Empire (Review), Philadelphia City Paper

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