PREVIEW – World premiere production: Feeding the Dragon roars at City Theatre
NEXTpittsburgh | by Jennifer Baron Oct. 25, 2016 Taking on the symbolic character of a “fire-breathing, insatiable dragon,” the gigantic library furnace becomes a metaphor for a captivating play that...
View ArticlePREVIEW: Follow the journey from childhood in a library to a life on a stage
TribLIVE.com | By Alice Carter Oct. 26, 2016 To many people — particularly book lovers — Sharon Washington’s childhood sounded like a fairy tale. Her father worked as a live-in custodian for a branch...
View ArticleTheatre Review: ‘Feeding the Dragon’ at City Theatre
PA Theatre Guide | By Joanna Chaney Oct. 30, 2016 Using only her voice, the stage, some lighting, a little background music, a stool, and some books, Sharon captivates her audience for a full 90...
View ArticleREVIEW: “Feeding the Dragon”– A Modern Day Fairy Tale
Pittsburgh Owl Scribe | By Dave Zuchowski Oct. 30, 2016 Amazingly, [Sharon Washington] wondrously captures the accents of the characters she introduces – five at my last count, be it the Southern drawl...
View ArticleREVIEW: Feeding the Dragon
PGH in the Round | By Victor C. Leroi Oct. 31, 2016 The expert dance between plotting both hilarious and tragic moments in the play is done with such alarming audacity that at times I was simply taken...
View ArticleREVIEW: “Feeding the Dragon” at City Theatre
Pittsburgh Tatler | By Wendy Arons Oct. 31, 2016 Like Benjamin Scheuer’s The Lion, which played last season at City Theatre, Washington’s engrossing and moving play provokes rumination on how hard it...
View ArticleStage review: Actress gets real about family life in a library
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | by Sharon Eberson Nov. 1, 2016 The new play has been nurtured at City Theatre with dramaturg Clare Drobot and directed by Maria Mileaf. This is a top-to-bottom women’s team...
View ArticleFeeding the Dragon at City Theatre
Pittsburgh City Paper | By Ted Hoover Nov. 2, 2016 There’s something about Sharon Washington that’s so warm and gracious you’d happily, blissfully spend hours wrapped up in her gorgeous presence....
View ArticleGrowing up in the hidden apartments of New York City’s libraries
CBC Radio Canada Nov. 4, 2016 For any booklover, living in a library might sound like a dream. But for Sharon Washington, it was a reality. <Read the full article at CBC Radio Canada>
View ArticleDRAMATURGY: The Dragon that is (Possibly) My Career
By Val “Jay” Garcia Jr., Literary Intern Being a part of rehearsals for Feeding the Dragon reaffirmed my love for theatrical exploration and ignited my love for new play development. The play is a...
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