Brittany Proudfoot Ginder

Editor. Storyteller. Collaborator. Communicator.

Media Relations

I am a publicist and communications specialist with a focus on non-profit organizations and the performing arts sector. I work closely with artists and journalists to get the best press for their shared needs.

Selected Press Releases

BroadwayWorld.com •

Whitney White Returns For MACBETH IN STRIDE at Shakespeare Theatre Company

Shakespeare Theatre Company, in association with Philadelphia Theatre Company and Brooklyn Academy of Music, has announced the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of Macbeth In Stride. Created and performed by STC Associate Director Whitney White, this rock 'n' roll play with music turns Macbeth on its head—and is a great complement to STC's spring production of Macbeth.

The cast features Whitney White as Woman (Director of STC's The Amen Corner and Broadway's Jaja's African Hair
DC Theater Arts •

Shakespeare Theatre Company reveals sixth show of the 2023/24 season

Shakespeare Theatre Company and Artistic Director Simon Godwin are thrilled to announce the final show of the 23/24 Season: Mary Zimmerman’s The Matchbox Magic Flute.

“It’s such a joy to have Mary return to STC fresh on the heels of her brilliant production of The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci last season,” said Godwin. “Her newest adaptation tackles the famous opera with creative vim and vigor and I am thrilled that we get to bring this mini, magical piece to the Klein Theatre in the spring.”
TheaterMania.com - •

Moisés Kaufman's Here There Are Blueberries to Run at Shakespeare Theatre Company - TheaterMania.com

Here There Are Blueberries, an acclaimed new production from Tectonic Theater Project, will join Shakespeare Theatre Company's 2023 season. The production will run at the Washington, D.C. company's Harmon Hall from May 7-28. Casting will be announced at a later date.

Conceived and directed by Moisés Kaufman (Founding Artistic Director of Tectonic Theater Project) and written by Kaufman and Amanda Gronich, Here There Are Blueberries is based on true events surrounding a mysterious album of never
BroadwayWorld.com •

Patrick Page-Led KING LEAR Now Available to Stream on Demand

Shakespeare Theatre Company's thrice-extended and freshly sold-out King Lear, directed by Simon Godwin and featuring Patrick Page in the title role, is now streaming on demand through April 16, 2023.

There is a limited number of virtual tickets available. Once the virtual ticket allotment is gone, they are gone for good. Virtual tickets are $40, and only one ticket is required per household (though donations to the theatre are welcome).

"I continue to be humbled and thrilled by the wonderful r
BroadwayWorld.com •

Patrick Page to Star in KING LEAR at Shakespeare Theatre Company

Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of King Lear.

Hot on the heels of his successful Much Ado About Nothing this fall, STC Artistic Director Simon Godwin will helm this timeless tragedy with STC favorite Patrick Page (Hadestown, All the Devils Are Here) as the titular king.

"I have lived with King Lear in my head for the past 40 years," says Page. "To do the play in the nation's capital under the direction of Simon Godwin is a true b
DC Theater Arts •

Classic meets funky in Shakespeare Theatre Company's new look

Shakespeare Theatre Company is proud to present its new visual identity. Crafted by Marina Willer of renowned design firm Pentagram, this bold new look combines the past, present, and future identities of STC. For a company spread across multiple locations in DC, this fresh redesign aims to visually unify STC, no matter which space you are visiting.

In our new logo we’re using two fonts,” explains STC Artistic Director Simon Godwin in this video — “one a little bit more classic, one a little bi

Shakespeare Theatre Company Announces Full Lineup for Mock Trial

(Washington, D.C., February 16, 2022) Shakespeare Theatre Company is proud to present the
annual Mock Trial on March 21, 2022, at 7:30 PM live at Sidney Harman Hall. This beloved
in-person event features Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer presiding over an
esteemed bench including Judge Patricia Tolliver Giles, Judge James E. Boasberg, Judge
Patricia Millett, and Judge Amy Berman Jackson. Pamela Talkin will perform the role of the
Marshal of the court. Our extraordinary advocates arguing the case will be Second Gentleman
Douglas Emhoff and D.C. litigator Debra Katz. STC Bard Association Chair Abbe Lowell
and STC Artistic Director Simon Godwin will also hold a riveting conversation on
Shakespeare and the law during the judges' deliberation.

Selected Features

The New York Times •

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Darling of the Avant-Garde?

But “Evita,” “Cats” and “Sunset Boulevard” won best musical Tony Awards, and all four shows are widely staged and enormously popular. These new productions, reflecting contemporary trends, are emphasizing psychology and politics over spectacle and sentiment. Lloyd Webber, 75, said in an interview that there is no grand strategy at work here — that the directors individually sought permission to stage the shows. But he also said he believes that it is healthy to allow others to explore older mate
AMERICAN THEATRE •

Better Together: How Co-Productions Spread the Love (and Risk) Around

The cast of "Ink" at Round House Theatre, co-produced with Olney Theatre Center. (Photo by Margot Schulman)

In the waning days of the 2022-23 season, I had a realization: Much of what appeared to be thriving onstage where I live in the Washington, D.C., area had been born elsewhere. This was the case for two personal favorites: Aaron Posner and Teller’s magical rendition of Shakespeare’s The Tempest at Round House Theatre in Bethesda, and Joe Murphy and Joe Robinson’s The Jungle, brought to D.C
WCP •

How D.C.’s 2023-24 Theater Season Got Made - WCP

If you’re an avid theatergoer, chances are two things have flooded your inbox over the past few months: season announcements and dire reports on the state of the art form. Regional nonprofit theaters across the country are facing a serious financial pinch, prompting some to lay off staff, some to pause programming, and others to close down entirely. Fortunately, for many theaters in D.C., the show, and the 2023-24 season as a whole, goes on. It’s down to leaders and staff to thread a tricky prog
The New York Times •

A Crisis in America’s Theaters Leaves Prestigious Stages Dark

As they struggle to recover after the pandemic, regional theaters are staging fewer shows, giving fewer performances, laying off staff and, in some cases, closing.

There is less theater in America these days. Fewer venues. Fewer productions. Fewer performances. Cal Shakes, a Bay Area favorite that staged Shakespeare in an outdoor amphitheater, is producing no shows this year. Chicago’s Lookingglass Theater, where Mary Zimmerman’s “Metamorphoses” had its premiere before coming to Broadway, has h
WCP •

Shakespeare Theatre Company Wants to Make Theater a Place for Everyone - WCP

With the ever-increasing availability of wide arrays of media that can be accessed from the comfort of one’s home, a trip to the theater can seem less desirable these days. Why bother buying a ticket for something you can only see once and could cost substantially more than the monthly subscription to a streaming service when you can binge watch to your heart’s content on the couch?

This is the question regional theaters across the country are asking themselves in the wake of the pandemic. Answ
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine •

Role Model

Growing up in New York City, Danica Rodriguez ’18 was always drawn to theater. She began acting in school productions at age 6, but found her behind-the-scenes calling at Dartmouth. As a film and media studies major around the time the #OscarsSoWhite movement was calling attention to the lack of diversity in Hollywood, Rodriguez used her thesis to “examine power dynamics in an audition space,” she says. After undergrad casting internships, Rodriguez landed at New York’s Public Theater. Last Nove
WBUR •

D.C.'s 'Awesome Con': Where comics and cosplay meet NASA and the FBI

From humble origins, it’s grown to become Washington D.C.’s largest all-purpose fan convention, with more than 61,000 attendees this past weekend.

But besides the celebrity panels, games and lavish exhibitor booths, you’ll also find capital institutions: the National Science Foundation and NASA, along with recruiters for the military and the FBI.

In fact, FBI Jobs wasn’t just any old display on the show floor — it was one of the event’s main sponsors. FBI Jobs social media lead Velicia Darquen
BBC •

Radio 4 - One to One, Critics and the Criticised: Luke Jones meets Simon Godwin

What's it like when your new show is about to be exposed to the acid wit of the critics? Top theatre director Simon Godwin bares his soul on the weird experience of being reviewed.

Imagine this: you've spent months, years even, working on a show. Now it's press night. Sat in a silent row, or peppered around the theatre, are the people whose life's work is to criticise yours - the critics. So what’s it like when your lovingly crafted new play opens and you see them out there, ready to tell the w
GW Today •

When Theaters Close, What Happens to Actors? | | The George Washington University

When the coronavirus pandemic started racing through cities around the world, theaters shut their doors. Where did the actors go?

Students in the George Washington University’s graduate program in Classical Acting, a joint project of the Shakespeare Theatre Company and the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design housed in GW’s Columbian College of Arts and Sciences, moved their plays to the radio.

The director of the one-year degree program, Alec Wild, said there is a profound connection betwee
PoPville - Welcome to the beautiful life •

"they told us Ukrainian flags are not permitted by Capital One Arena"

Last night my friend and I came to a hockey game and when security personnel saw Ukrainian flags, they told us Ukrainian flags are not permitted by Capital One Arena and wouldn’t let us in unless we get rid of the flags.

Keep in mind Ovechkin, the captain of Capitals still has a profile photo on his Instagram with Putin.”

Ed. Note: Marcy sends the photo of the Harman Center/Shakespeare Theatre below, across the street from the Capitol One Center:

“Unless otherwise specified by teams or event

Opinion | Zelensky Answers Hamlet

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WASHINGTON — For actors, it is the most gripping, feared line ever written. “It is the Mona Lisa of literature,” said Simon Godwin, the director of the Shakespeare Theater Company here. “It is something we’re so deeply familiar with, it is hard to bring new context to, and to make it live again.” So it was stunning when an actor not known for classical performance spoke the opening of Hamlet’s soliloq

“Volveré y seré millones” » Danzahoy - Danza en español

Una versión de la ópera rock con música de Andrew Lloyd Webber y letra de Tim Rice, se presenta en Washington DC del 5 de septiembre al 15 de octubre. La producción de Shakespeare Theatre Company y American Repertory Theater tiene como protagonista a la soprano Shereen Pimentel.

Desde su estreno en 1978 ya han pasado 45 años y “Evita”, la ópera rock con música de Andrew Lloyd Webber y letra de Tim Rice, sigue vigente. Tan vigente como Eva Perón. Y más allá de las opiniones políticas encontradas
EW.com •

Patrick Page on 'Schmigadoon!,' season 2 of 'The Gilded Age,' and 'Succession'

"The fact that I get to do all of these things at once is a dream come true," says the stage and screen actor.

"My whole life I wanted to play King Lear at a great theater, in a great production," he tells EW. "I dreamt about it for a long time. In my life, I wanted to be involved in something like Schmicago. I would watch Christopher Guest movies, Waiting For Guffman, and thought, 'Oh, that looks like heaven for an actor. And I'd wanted to be in a major period television show. I would watch Do
Folger •

Patrick Page on King Lear and Shakespeare's Villains | Folger Shakespeare Library

WITMORE: From the Folger Shakespeare Library, this is Shakespeare Unlimited. I’m Michael Witmore, the Folger Director.

You might recognize Patrick Page from films like Spirited, or shows like The Gilded Age, or from his Broadway roles as Hades in Hadestown for which he was nominated for a Tony.

[CLIP from the Broadway musical Hadestown. Patrick Page is Hades]

HADES: [singing] Why do we build the wall, my children? My children? Why do we build the wall?

But Page is also an accomplished Shakes
District Fray •

A Feminist Revenge Farce: Shakespeare Theatre Company presents “Jane Anger”

Set to play at Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Michael R. Klein Theatre from December 13 to January 8, “Jane Anger,” tells the story of Shakespeare and his assistant Francis attempting to create during the plague. There was a period during our own pandemic where people threw around tweets and memes reading, “Shakespeare wrote ‘King Lear’ during the plague.” They asked what next great work would be born out of our quarantine — an idea that “Jane Anger” playwright Talene Monahon both criticized and
Metro Weekly •

Michael Urie and Ryan Spahn: An Interview of Shakespearean Proportions

“Who do you know that is most likely to not change their underwear daily?”

Urie, along with his partner and fellow actor Ryan Spahn, are engaging in a quick round of random stupid questions during a recent Zoom interview.

“That’s what I was going to say! Colin Bates!” says Spahn.

“He’s a former classmate of Ryan’s who we really love,” says Urie, who then turns to Spahn and, with a note of concern, says, “Is it okay that we’re throwing him under this bus?”

“Yeah,” replies Spahn. “He’s like a
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