Theater Critic
Timoth David Copney is well known in Baltimore and beyond, having performed, directed, or choreographed more than 60 productions in the area for the past 25 years. A classically trained dancer, he has done several tours across the country and worked with a number of musical theatre stars, including Eartha Kitt, Florence Henderson, Liz Torres and Lee Merriweather. He is the former theatre columnist for Baltimore Gay Life Magazine, a former writer for DC Metro Theatre Arts, and writes for BroadwayWorld.com, MD Theatre Guide, and BmoreArt.
He sits on the steering committees of both the Arts and Culture Council and the Queer Jewish Arts Council, while serving on the Board of Trustees of Bolton Street Synagogue. Previously, he was the Vice President of the Baltimore Theatre Alliance and Chair of the Baltimore Playwright Festival, where he now serves as the Advisor to the Executive Committee.
He was the Artistic Director of Liberty Showcase Theatre and has been a member of several local theatre boards. He is also a member of the American Theatre Critics Association. He has performed his cabaret show at the Lord Baltimore Hotel, Spirits, and ClubCar, and other Baltimore area music venues.
OGD's Upcoming Production "Nevermore" Premiers at the Voxel in October
A shifting core group of 13 collaborators make up the company of OGD. Each wears multiple hats based on their skill sets—which include technological design, costuming, media design, and filmmaking, as well as being superior dancers.
Ryan Haase and his Theatrical Reimagining of Nightlife in Station North
“I got into theater design because I never considered myself a great visual artist, but I understood architecture,” Haase admits. “I was always drawing a 'perfect world.' Now, I get to provide the room for other artists to do the same.”
World Premier of New Work by Playwright and Resident Member Tuyết Thị Phạm on Stage Through March 1
Dawn straddles two worlds. One unfolds in Cambodia at the rise of the dreaded Khmer Rouge regime. The other takes place in the present day, in the long shadow cast by a young wife and mother’s harrowing past.
Building on Momentum, the 5th Production in Baltimore's August Wilson Century Cycle Celebration Draws Full Houses
Seven Guitars, on stage at Spotlighters Theatre through February 1st, centers on Floyd “Schoolboy” Barton, a talented blues guitarist whose life has ended just as it seemed poised to finally take flight.
The Broadway legend and native son of Baltimore reflects on his roots, artistry, and legacy
De Shields moved with the fluidity of a dancer, knowing exactly how to pose his rangy body with a refined ease that belied his 79 years.
How Everyman Theatre's Founder and Artistic Director, Vincent Lancisi Turned a Dream into One of Baltimore's Most Renowned Theaters
Lancisi’s philosophy is simple but profound: support the artist, tell compelling stories, and remain deeply connected to the community.
A Dream Team is Born with Kurt Weill’s "Street Scene"
With a three performance run, November 14-16 at Morgan State University’s Murphy Fine Arts Center, the venture not only exhibited an extraordinary level of achievement but also elevated both student programs to new heights of artistic excellence.
Latest Entry in Citywide Celebration of the Playwright's American Century Cycle Onstage Through September 28
Presented with humor, pathos, bombast and melancholia, Wilson's characters lay bare their desires and disappointments, hopes and expectations.
Iron Crow Theatre Proves We'll Never Get Tired of The Rocky Horror Show
Oh, fantasy free me! The campy queer sci-fi horror musical gets a timely Pride month revival.
Charles Ludlam's Queertastic Penny Dreadful, 'The Mystery of Irma Vep'
Ludlam wrote the play in the 1980s, and the current production at Everyman Theatre proves the genre has resonated for not only decades but centuries—still just as luridly, in this case also hilariously, entertaining.
"the dance floor, the hospital room, and the kitchen table" revisits the AIDS Crisis with Candor and Courage
Future Ghost, a Queer performance collective that is the brainchild of Lyam B. Gabel and Joseph Amodei, created the production out of a desire to bring light to not just the disease, but to the people who experienced and lived through this uniquely disastrous phenomenon.
Onstage Through May 18
What happens when two women, each born into royal circumstances with claims to the throne of England, grow up to become bitter rivals? We have the makings of an imperial tale of political and religious intrigue that is as riveting now as it must have been almost 500 years ago.
