Director
Look Both Ways
by El Chelito & Raymond O. Caldwell
“Caldwell’s ambitious production is nuanced. It’s dynamic. It’s engaging. Moreover, it’s necessary in these times when adults are making harmful choices for young people…” — DC Theater Arts
One in Two
by Donja R. Love
“…in director Raymond O. Caldwell’s amusing Mosaic Theater Company production at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, the 2019 play’s sequential episodes give us a robust impression of how much one’s HIV status can define one’s life — at a time when the world’s rapt attention has long since shifted away from AIDS.” — The Washington Post
Passing Strange
Book/Lyrics/Music by Stew & Heidi Rodewald
“Intimacy is integral to director Raymond O. Caldwell’s sublime revival of “Passing Strange,” now shaking up Signature Theatre with a guitar-plucking treatise on art, identity and the complexities of harmonizing the two.” — The Washington Post
Nollywood Dreams
by Jocelyn Bioh
“Caldwell’s production is a cut above the original off-Broadway version, which tended to overstress the sitcom mechanics. Caldwell drills down on character, and so the improbable plot better serves Bioh’s amusingly driven personalities.” — The Washington Post
The Thanksgiving Play
by Larissa FastHorse
“…superb comic timing… a comedy that more often deliberately operates in smart, effective satirical-blast mode…” — The Washington Post
The Blackest Battle
by Psalmayene 24
“Raymond O. Caldwell’s realization of Psalmayene 24’s The Blackest Battle — a graphic novel come to life as a hip-hop musical — is a feast of virtuosity.” – DC Metro Theater Arts
City in Transition: The Quadrant Series
by Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, Avery Collins, Shalom Omo-Osagie and Leslie Scott-Jones
“… Caldwell and Theater Alliance are posing profound questions here for all of Washington to ponder. And what more can we ask of a theater company, than to do just that?” — The Washington Post
Sleep Deprivation Chamber
by Adam P. Kennedy and Adrienne Kennedy
“ … Blackness exists in a kind of time loop, trapped in the tragedies of the past. It’s why “Sleep Deprivation Chamber,” co-written with her son Adam P. Kennedy, feels prescient — even though it was first produced in 1996.” – New York Times
Strategize, Organize, Mobilize: A Protest in 8
by Roney Jones, Alric Davis, Savina Barini, Emmanuel Key, Kayla Parker, Tehya Merritt, Naima Randolph, Carmin Wong
“… a powerful educational tool that is meant to challenge perceptions around controversial and complex issues, expanding viewpoints in the process.” – DC Theatre Scene
Zomo the Rabbit
by Psalmayene 24
“ Raymond O. Caldwell, brings back old school hip-hop for a fun, interactive show for kids and adults.” - Broadway World
Day of Absence
by Douglas Turner Ward
“ … artistic director Raymond O. Caldwell takes the sendups of white stereotypes in Ward’s play and, through slapstick and exaggerated costumes and wigs, reflect the ugly, distorted and disrespectful images of America’s sins right back at the audience.” - DC Theatre Scene
The Diary of Anne Frank
Adapted by Wendy Kesselman
National Players is a unique ensemble bringing innovative theater to communities large and small across the United States. Founded in 1949, National Players stimulates youthful imagination and critical thinking by presenting classic plays in invigorating ways for modern audiences. - NATIONAL PLAYERS
Les Deux Noirs
by Psalmayene 24
“Director Raymond O. Caldwell sets a tone that allows for everything from food fights to a startling photo montage of black power and painful stereotypes zooming across the 20th century.” - The Washington Post
Blood at the Root
by Dominique Morisseau
“In director Raymond O. Caldwell’s canny production, the tree’s silhouette often glows from a wall of graffiti-scrawled lockers. The branches are rigid, static. In contrast, the students of Cedar High are a hive of restless energy.” The Washington Post
The Frederick Douglass Project
by Deirdre Kinahan & Psalmayene 24
“Director Raymond O. Caldwell has a fine cast that speaks well and executes fluid bursts of movement accompanied by live music. The historical sense in both parts of the project is nimble, and so is the adventurous downtown theatrical spirit.” The Washington Post
All the Way Live!
by Baye StraightForward Harrell & Paige Hernandez
“Director Raymond O. Caldwell does a great job of letting the material breathe while leaving enough room for audience interaction. He's even worked in something to get the audience quiet if they get too rowdy.” – Broadway World
House Halfway
by Norman Allen
“Raymond O. Caldwell direction highlights their interactions and deals with the play’s uncertainties with a delicate touch.” - DC Theater Scene
In the Blood
by Suzan-Lori Parks
“… [Caldwell] fits the play with a visually striking, and thematically apt, dreamlike opening…” The Washington Post