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REVIEWS/PRESS

A puppet, a record store and a king obsessed with figs (review) - The Washington Post
Good news about good dudes in ‘Love and Vinyl’ at Byrdland Records (review) - DC Theatre Arts
Love and Vinyl at Byrdland Records (review) - MD Theatre Guide
Predator Meets Prey in Gay Cruising AllegoryPlaywright Bob Bartlett invites audiences to a graveyard for his lyrical gay horror tale "Lýkos Ánthrōpos"
- Metro Weekly
Erotica, Werewolves, and the Congressional Cemetery: Lýkos Ánthrōpos Invites You to a Campfire Fable - The Washington City Paper
A carnal encounter on a graveyard shift in ‘Lýkos Ánthrōpos’ - DC Theatre Arts
‘Love and Vinyl’ spins a fascinating and funny story in a real record shop - DC Theatre Arts
Love and Vinyl’ by Bob Bartlett at KA-CHUNK Records - MD Theatre Guide
‘Love and Vinyl’ to mix it up at KA-CHUNK!! Records in Annapolis - DC Theatre Arts
A play about a werewolf, with the audience in the middle of the woods - The Washington Post
Psychological Drama Lures Guests Into the Woods - The Bay Weekly
See Bob Bartlett’s ‘Lýkos Ánthrōpos’ if you dare - DC Theatre Arts
Making Up Stories with Bob Bartlett - The Dramatist
Why Bob Bartlett is Putting on His New Play in His Own Backyard - DC Theatre Arts
Artists persist: Playwright Bob Bartlett writes Starbucks romance MIXTAPE for Facebook audiences
Games, both old and new, power this reboot of ‘Edward II’ - The Washington Post
Stunning E2 Examines the Intersection of Sexuality and Power in Rep Stage Production- The Baltimore Sun
E2. British royals behaving badly. Bob Bartlett’s ambitious play gets a sexy production at Rep Stage - DC Theatre Arts
‘E2’ – Whipping up a royal froth of glitz and tragedy at Rep Stage - DC Theatre Arts
Accident Bear. How you can see the sold-out laundromat show - DC Theatre Arts
‘The Accident Bear’ at The Avenue Laundromat - Maryland Theatre Guide
Trying to Fall Out of Love in a Laundromat: Playwright Bob Bartlett on ‘The Accident Bear’ - DC Theatre Arts
A play… in a laundromat?? on Maryland Avenue?  - Eye on Annapolis
The Accident Bear, Bob Bartlett’s latest, born and now staged in an Annapolis laundromat - DC Theatre Arts
‘Swimming With Whales’ explores deep feelings at 1st Stage - The Washington Post 
Bob Bartlett's Swimming with Whales Outstanding Debut at 1st Stage - DC Theatre Arts
Swimming With Whales at 1st Stage - Broadway World
How Playwright Bob Bartlett's personal story became part of Swimming With Whales - DC Theatre Arts
“Bareback Ink”: Ancient Greek Story of Ganymede Gets New Life on New York Stage - Huffington Post
happiness (and other reasons to die) - Washington Post
happiness (and other reasons to die) - DC Theatre Arts

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cover photo: Ethan Miller, SWIMMING WITH WHALES, 1st Stage (Teresa Castracane Photography)

“Affecting and inventive” - The Washington Post

“Dripping with sexual tension” - Huffington Post

“Gritty, poetic and opaque” - The Baltimore Sun

“Joyful, funny, and surprising” - Broadway World

"Funny and provacative" - DC Theatre Scene

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