The McLean Drama Company, a 501(c) 3 non-profit Organization, stages theatrical productions and dramatic readings emphasizing its mission – to present and inspire dramatic writing and new plays by area playwrights. That primary focus has been concentrated in McLean and Fairfax County, Virginia, but it also includes Montgomery County, Maryland, and Washington, D.C.

The McLean Drama Company was founded to fill the
fundamental need for original scripts and dramatic works
in McLean and the greater Washington, D.C. area.
Rachael Bail, the founder and president of the McLean
Drama Company is a playwright, producer and journalist. She
is also a former Voice of America editor and Supreme Court correspondent. She was married to Hal Prince’s concertmaster, having spent years within the Broadway community and as
an author in New York City.
During several years living and working in Rome, Italy, she
wrote a column for the Rome Daily American.

Coming up…

“Thousands of Years -- Rome”, a new play by Rachael Bail
will be presented by the McLean Drama Company at the Alden Theatre in McLean, Va. Friday, June 27 and Saturday the 28 at 8pm. Sunday, June 29, the performance is at 2pm. Kim Curtis and Maureen Kerrigan are directing the romantic drama.

“Thousands of Years -- Rome” takes a young Roman couple from their parting in the Roman Forum in the 1st Century AD through various vicissitudes to their reunion and marriage in the Forum in the 21st Century. It covers the Roman battles in Britain, the Roman conquest of Spain, the Renaissance, the unification of Italy, the Nazi occupation of Rome, and the Iraq war. Following the performance June 29, the McLean Drama Company will also present the winner of its 10-minute play contest, "Open Communication" a comedy by Katie and
Alex Lewis. Robert Griffin won second and third prizes for
"Irish-American Misunderstanding" and "You Can Bank On It".

“Thousands of Years -- Rome” will also be presented at the Capital Fringe Festival in July at Flashpoint's Mead Theatre,
916 G Street, NW in Washington, D. C.'s theatre district. It will be directed by Jamie Roberts. Dates and times are: Sunday,
July 20, 9pm; Thursday, July 24, 9:30pm; Friday, July 25, 6pm; Saturday, July 26, 1pm; Sunday, July 27, Noon.

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Earlier original works staged in full productions by the McLean
Drama Company at the Alden Theatre include: “Tales of the Decameron”, a dramatization of famed Italian author Giovanni Boccaccio’s masterpiece; “Lady MacBeth Revealed”, a new look at Shakespeare’s famous character where she is portrayed not as the villainess he presented, but as a loyal Scotswoman; and “Return to Vietnam”, a look at that war through the eyes and heart of a Vietnamese woman and an American serviceman.

For a video clip from "Return to Vietnam"

The McLean Drama Company has also produced "Emily and I”, which explores domestic violence in the context of a CIA officer and his wife in McLean, and staged dramatic readings of winners of the high school students’ 10-Minute Play Contest.

Professionally staged dramatic readings of those productions, and others, have been presented for over a decade at the
National Press Club in Washington, D.C.