Quotidian Theatre Company

12/10/2021

Season's Greetings from Quotidian Theatre!

At this festive time of year, we thought you might enjoy revisiting a few Christmas' past from QTC's "The Seafarer" by Conor McPherson, "Valentine's Day" by Horton Foote, and the musical of "James Joyce's The Dead." We wish all our patrons, theatre friends, and donors a joyous holiday. Bless you for your support!

11/01/2021

QTC Mourns the Passing of Director/Actor Norman Seltzer Who Directed QTC's "All My Sons"

Our acting community of greater D.C. lost one of its prominent directors and actors with the death of Norman Seltzer on October 12th at the age of 94. Most of us worked with him for years in "Polici v.Clark" at Georgetown Law.

Norm was one of the keystones of Silver Spring Stage for over two decades. He directed its magnificent “Marvin’s Room” which captured four Outstanding nominations, including one for his direction. Over the years, he directed or took significant roles every season at this Maryland theatre.

He also directed and took major roles at Quotidian Theatre in Bethesda. There he directed “All My Sons”, a spectacular performance which The Washington Examiner termed “flawless.” https://quotidiantheatre.org/archives/all-my-sons/ Norm also played major roles in other Quotidian classic plays, including the role of Sorin in “The Sea Gull” in which both the drama and Norm’s performance were praised by The City Paper.

Norm cast several of us as role-players to portray scientists, inventors, and discoverers in the National Science Fair held at the Washington Convention Center. In his later years he was hired as a role player for various legal NITA exercises, including ones at local law schools, continuing these assignments until he was into his 90’s. This remarkable and generous man will certainly be missed in our acting co mmunity.

You can also post your memories of Norm at the web site of the funeral home:

https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/name/norman-seltzer-obituary?id=30144750

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08/27/2021

Just Four More Performances of Horton Foote's "The Day Emily Married" Before QTC Takes its Final Bow and is Out the Door!

TICKETS: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4607938

Photo by Steve LaRocque of Roxanne Fornier Stone as Emily and Elizabeth Darby as Alma as they verbally spar at the door of the Davis home.

Photo of QTC techs and friends Nancy Davis and Joy Wyne in QTC's finally emptied warehouse unit, where QTC stored its props, furniture, tools, and set pieces.

08/25/2021

Last Chance to See "The Day Emily Married" at QTC - https://mailchi.mp/57ffea42f399/quotidian-theatre-company-presents-the-day-emily-married-10448492

08/20/2021

Only Eight More Performances of Critically Acclaimed "The Day Emily Married" Before QTC Takes Its Final Bow!

TICKETS: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4607938

Photo by Steve LaRocque of John Decker as Lee and Star Bobatoon as Addie

08/18/2021

"The Day Emily Married" Continues This Friday at QTC - https://mailchi.mp/2c27e3b36672/quotidian-theatre-company-presents-the-day-emily-married-10330920

08/17/2021

Best SM EVER! Doug Maryott! Thank you!

QTC is blessed to have Doug Maryott, whose home venue is the Victorian Lyric Opera Company, serving as its stage manager for "The Day Emily Married." Easy-going, intelligent, anticipating every need, reliable and more, QTC couldn't have found a better person to manage rehearsals and the chaos backstage during performances. And he even bakes the most delicious cakes to celebrate cast members' birthdays. We couldn't recommend him more if you are searching for the perfect SM! Thank you, thank you, thank you, Doug!

08/13/2021

QTC's Interview with Horton Foote's Daughter, Hallie, To Be Shown at 7:30 on August 14th; Professor Wood to Speak with "The Day Emily Married" Cast Following 8pm Performance on August 14th

Attendees MUST have reservations to see the play. RESERVE at 301-816-1023 or www.quotidiantheatre.org

Watch Interview on YouTube at...
https://youtu.be/YCPq5ZkBL7Y

Special thanks to Hallie Foote, Gerald Wood, Matthew Datcher, and David Dubov for making this interview and video recording possible!

Texas playwright Horton Foote's daughter, the acclaimed actress Hallie Foote, recounts for Horton Foote expert/author Professor Gerald C. Wood what it was li...

08/11/2021

Quotidian Theatre Company's "The Day Emily Married" Continues This Friday -

Set in 1950’s Harrison, Texas. Emily Davis is about to be married and she is determined not to let her parents talk her and her new husband, the strappingly ambitious Richard Murray, into living with them. But Emily’s mother, Lyd, an expert in emotional blackmail, will not be deterred from getti...

08/10/2021

QTC is so Grateful to DC Metro Theatre Arts' Debbie Minter Jackson for her Insightful, Intelligent, and Fun Review of "The Day Emily Married"

"Their last production before closing, this latest example of the fortitude and courageousness from our Quotidian treasure is a final opportunity to catch a truly remarkable work. Don’t miss it." -- Debbie Minter Jackson

https://dcmetrotheaterarts.com/2021/08/10/quotidians-going-away-gift-of-artistry-in-the-day-emily-married/

The treasured theater company's final production is the Horton Foote play it premiered.

08/10/2021

Thanks to MD Theatre Guide's Mary Ann Johnson for the Glowing Endorsement of QTC's "The Day Emily Married"

"The acting is solid; the staging, lighting, and costumes well thought out; and the actors restrained in letting loose the emotionally volatility until it’s needed." -- Mary Ann Johnson

https://mdtheatreguide.com/2021/08/theatre-review-the-day-emily-married-at-quotidian-theatre-company/

Emily (Roxanne Fournier Stone) with Lyd (Jane Squier Bruns). Photograph by Steve LaRocque. Originally titled “The Indian Fighters” in 1954 when Horton Foote wrote the play, it was pres…

08/08/2021

Bless You BWW.com's Andrew White for Your Beautifully Penned Review of QTC's "The Day Emily Married"!

"The Day Emily Married is unforgettable-as a play, for its indelibly-written characters, and as a Quotidian production, it is a beautiful swan song for one of the rare gems of the Washington Theatre scene." -- Andrew White, BWW.com Reviewer

https://www.broadwayworld.com/washington-dc/article/BWW-Review-Quotidian-Theatre-Companys-THE-DAY-EMILY-MARRIED-a-Beautiful-Swan-Song-20210807


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Bethesda's own Quotidian Theatre, which has been a true labor of love and art, after nearly 25 years on the D.C. theatre scene, is making an appropriately subtle, and grand, exit. Horton Foote's intensely psychological drama, The Day Emily Married, is a piece that Artistic Director Jack Sbarbori fam...