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June 1 - August 17, 2021

three strangers sitting around a backyard firepit at two in the morning listening to Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska (October 30-November 7, 2020), directed by A. Lorraine Robinson (staged in my back yard!!) with Regina Aquino, Gary-Kayi Fletcher, and James Whalen

 

DC Metro Theatre Arts: Why Bob Bartlett is Putting on His New Play in His Own Backyard

three strangers sitting around a backyar

METRO WEEKLY: The King’s Man: REP Stage’s ‘E2’ offers a queer, modern spin on an English king: Playwright Bob Bartlett reimagines the queer classic Edward II as a modern scandal of sex, lies, and video

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World Premiere of SWIMMING WITH WHALES at 1st Stage is Helen Hayes Recommended

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“Affecting and inventive” - The Washington Post

“Dripping with sexual tension” - Huffington Post

“Gritty, poetic and opaque” - The Baltimore Sun

“Joyful, funny, and surprising” - Broadway World

"Funny and provacative" - DC Theatre Scene

© 2025 Bob Bartlett

 

cover photo: Ethan Miller, SWIMMING WITH WHALES, 1st Stage (2018) (Teresa Castracane Photography)

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