Astro Boy & the God of Comics - Flying V Theatre
REVIEW DC Theater Arts - “It has been quite a while since I’ve left a theater feeling truly energized by the power and presence of this unique art form. Three phrases kept rolling over in my mind as I made my way out of the Silver Spring Black Box: (1) This is what theater is all about. (2) As many people as possible should see this production. (3) What revolutionary work would Flying V be capable of accomplishing with more resources?” “I found myself consistently surprised and elated by the imaginative ways Director Dylan Arredondo and the designers played with theatrical conventions. Held together by the intrepid ensemble, the artistic team created a seamless blend of live performance with technological innovation.”
REVIEW MD Theatre Guide - “I have reviewed more than 100 productions in my seven years with this publication, and Astro Boy and the God of Comics is among the best of them.” “Director Dylan Arredondo serves as an impresario and ringmaster for a wide array of talents.”
REVIEW Washington City Paper - “Astro Boy is still a damn marvel. Flying V’s revival of this hybrid of bio-play and spectacle…is a superpowered delight.”
REVIEW UnProfessional Opinion - SEE IT - “The sky is the limit for Flying V’s scope of imagination. Creatively ambitious and stylistically incomparable, this production overflows with storytelling techniques that kept me eagerly awaiting whatever came next. It was a fascinating theatrical adventure and an impressive artistic feat.”
REVIEW BroadwayWorld - “Dylan Arredondo has ensured clarity of focus.”
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Frontieres Sans Frontieres - Spooky Action Theater
REVIEW UnProfessional Opinion - SEE IT - “Have you ever been watching a production, and as it unfolds, you realize you are watching some of the best acting, design, direction, writing, and theatrical creativity you have ever seen in DC? All in one uniquely captivating show? Frontières Sans Frontières from Spooky Action is an extraordinary artistic accomplishment in every element. It is one of the most uniquely enchanting and robustly creative theatrical experiences I have had in a long time. Bizarre, delightful, intense, and moving, the team at Spooky Action has crafted a work of sprawling vision, continuing their track record as DC theatre’s most exciting worldbuilders.”
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American Theatre Magazine’s Role Call
FEATURE American Theatre Magazine - “Arredondo has ‘no fear or ego when it comes to taking a role or a job, whether it be big or small,’ said actor and director Ryan Sellers. ‘The arts are not a means to an end for him. The art is the point. The story is the goal. He is what theatre is at its best.’”
Monsters of the American Cinema - Prologue Theatre
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Falsettos - Rep Stage
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Fade - Unexpected Stage Company
AWARD Helen Hayes Awards - Nomination of Michael Burgos for Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play (Helen)
REVIEW DC Theater Arts - 2022 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Performances
REVIEW DC Theater Arts - “This complicated and uneven relationship is shaped for the production under the thoughtful direction of Dylan Arredondo. His ability to choreograph the passage of time, in particular, was delightful.” “Lively, sharp, witty, and challenging, Unexpected Stage Company’s Fade makes you question if we have to leave pieces of ourselves and our culture behind as we climb to “the top” and if, in the end, the climb is worth the cost.”
REVIEW MD Theatre Guide - “What makes this production relevant and worth seeing are its tight direction and powerful performances.”
REVIEW K Street Magazine - “Sharp, witty, sensitive, and yes — unexpected — Fade offers insights into race and class within the Mexican-American community.”
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One Man, Two Guvnors - WT Woodson High School
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Parlor Games - Housewarming Theatre Festival - 4615 Theatre Company
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Quixote Nuevo - Round House Theatre
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DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellowship 2020
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The Reclamation Project
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Love Story: A Meal in Five Courses - Joy & Pang Productions
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mochi - Emergent Seed
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Klecksography 2020 - Rorschach Theatre
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Q-Fest 2.0 - 4615 Theatre Company, Adventure Theatre MTC, Convergence Theatre
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The Decameron - Synetic Theater
REVIEW MD Theatre Guide - “These two actors play wonderfully off of each other, and have created an insane comedy worthy of Laurel and Hardy. They both have that level of oddly graceful physicality in these performances. It was a hoot and laugh-out-loud funny but also unexpectedly tender.”
REVIEW DC Theatre Scene - “[Arredondo] proves in his short piece that he has a good sense for comedic acting and how to tell a story through physical action and facial expression. Arredondo has cast Jared Graham as his easily-duped partner, and the two of them give us one of the most unlikely and goofiest odd couples ever.”
REVIEW BroadwayWorld - “And for those who love the old 20's style slapstick, complete with intertitles and upright-piano accompaniment, you can't go wrong with Dylan Arredondo's tale (Day 5), in which he cons his roomie and drinking buddy (the clueless Jared Graham) into thinking he's pregnant.”
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Lab B - Performance Interface Lab
FEATURE No Proscenium - Writers Roundtable: The State of Online/Remote, Immersive Theatre - “For the remote work I’ve seen, I appreciated Performance Interface Lab’s attempt to explore human goodness one-on-one.”
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Much Ado About Nothing - Pandemic Theatre
REVIEW MD Theatre Guide - Acts I, II, & III - “In a humorous comic scene, Dylan Arredondo plays Leonato and Antonia (in drag). It was done quite flamboyantly in mime with subtitles.”
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Lab A - Performance Interface Lab
INTERVIEW Asya Gorovits - Immersive theatre and social distancing: Performance Interface Lab
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REVIEW No Proscenium - woolgatherings - “It’s this need to energize our souls that woolgatherings from Performance Interface Lab explores: an experience about fostering self healing and care arriving at just the perfect time.” “Every moment of self discovery lands perfectly without being steamrolled by the forthcoming activity. I feel my mental storm clouds begin to break apart, allowing in much needed personal happiness.” “It dawns on me that it doesn’t matter how well structured our act of kindness is, but rather that we attempted to connect with someone else at all. And in appreciating and understanding the kindness that Performance Interface Lab has provided me to use and carry forward, I find that to be a valuable and precious gift to have during the pandemic.”
REVIEW No Proscenium - Couples Therapy - "There are two kinds of people in the world: people who want to give other people — even total strangers — advice about their intimate relationships, and rocks. If you are not a rock, you will love Couples Therapy." "They're offering a delicious format that is guaranteed to give the participant a rich experience, an experience of connection, an experience of grappling, and just maybe, a moment of transformation."; OUT OF TIME - “…the instruction for the participants is thoughtful and ties into memories you didn’t think you had…”
PRESS BroadwayWorld - “We artists should not stop making - we should stop making the same old thing in the same old way. What is the nature of creating work that is as rigorous and as intentional now using the tools that we have (and do not have) to our advantage? How can we keep theatre ephemeral and reactive to the time and space that we’re in? When we lack the interactivity of shared space, of togetherness, how must we increase interactivity elsewhere in the work in order to bridge that gap to achieving theatricality?”
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Quarantine Movement Chain Letters
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Unexpected Turbulence - The Fridge DC
REVIEW DC Metro Theater Arts - “As the fictional flight falls into anarchy, it becomes a darkly comic piece full of high order physical slapstick with a camp sensibility.”
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The Beacons - INTAR
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