1. The Honeycomb Trilogy: The most stunning achievement of the year was the Honeycomb Trilogy by Mac Rogers. Three science-fiction plays telling an epic story of alien invasion and human resistance (Advance Man, Blast Radius, and Soveriegn). Reviews here, here, and here.
Other kudos go out to The Ring Theatre putting on a rousing benefit staging of The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas in the tiny confines of Marie's Crisis Piano Bar, Alberto Bonilla's hilarious clown-inspired staging of Twelfth Night at the Secret Theatre, and Meri Wallace's Tango Fever which featured great performances by actual award-winning tango dancers in a fictional story.
Here's to more great theatre in 2013!
Photo: Elizbeth Carena as the Mad Hatter in Then She Fell