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Astro Boy Washington audiences have been flocking to Astro Boy and the God of Comics, the live action  retro sci-fi piece about the 1960s animation series Astro Boy and its creator …
WAMU 88.5 and Lean & Hungry Theater will present a live-to-air broadcast of Shakespeare’s The Tempest, at 6 p.m. on March 4, 2012. The performance can be seen at Wilson High Sch…
Pinky Swear Productions is a small theatre company in DC that has recently graduated from doing Fringe shows to full productions. We’re looking for a sound designer for our next show, …
On Saturday, March 3rd, Frank Ferrante will perform his acclaimed solo show An Evening with Groucho at the Alden Theatre in McLean Virginia. Last week, we had the chance to talk about …
Shakespeare Theatre Company is accepting registration for two classes being taught by Mark Jaster and Sabrina Mandell, who together create original stylized works as Happenstance Theater. Ma…
Philanthropist Jane Lang, who turned the abandoned Atlas 1930′s movie house on H Street into the Atlas Performing Arts Center, a $20 million,  modern, state of the art venue was …
The  Contemporary American Theater Festival, held each year  in Shepherdstown, West Virinia is one of the Washington area’s favorite out of town summer festivals. This year…
With their announcement today, Imagination Stage has taken a creative leap from the stage to the page. Â P. Nokio, the popular hip-hop musical playing at Imagination Stage, is now availabl…
Washington Savoyards announces auditions for the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical revue A Grand Night for Singing. Directed by Kurt Boehm. This is an open call, Non-Equity. All performer…
Seeking burlesque performers and actors/variety performers who can do burlesque! 4&9 Productions  is seeking 3 female or female-presenting principal burlesque performers for our 2012 …
In 2008, arts marketer Chad Bauman was handed one of the toughest marketing jobs in town. Arena Stage would vacate its SE home base for two years, while crews moved in to construct a brand n…
When a critic writes a review, he doesn’t expect to find himself interviewed on a news radio station. But that’s what happened to one writer from DC Theatre Scene. Critic Larry B…
How Mike Daisey has changed America Mike Daisey brought his provocative, withering attack on the state of regional theater, How Theater Failed America, to Woolly Mammoth in 2009. Why are suc…
Calling all Klingons! WSC Avant Bard announces an open casting call for Klingon and Shakespeare extras to appear in our March 4, 2012 gala event Shakespeare in Klingon II: The Wrath of (Mich…
The Arlington Players is casting  14 singing actors and 4 non-singing actors for the Sondheim/Wheeler musical A Little Night Music. There are parts for both men (5) and women (9), ages 12…
Two classes in improv will be held Sat, Feb 25th at Theater on the Run in Arlington, VA, taught by Chicago actor Dunbar Dicks: Intro to Improvisation, from 10am to 1pm and Improvisation for …
Mary Zimmerman, the MacArthur Genius Grant recipient whose adaptations of Candide and The Arabian Nights played here to critical acclaim and box-office success, will bring Metamorphoses, her…
“Hello, I am Michael Kahn, the Artistic Director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company. Welcome to my new blog.” So begins the first entry in what will be a series of eight weekly a…
Well, all right, you've got some money in your pocket, and you feel like unleashing your own personal stimulus program for Washington area theaters. You know the primary benefit of your tax-…
Love comes naturally to the actors in Love Letters For the busy theatrical couple Nigel Reed and Valerie Leonard, Valentine's Day is more than a once a year affair. It's nearly the definitio…
The 2012 DC Theatre Technician Cattle Call will be held over two days, Sunday April 15 and Monday April 16 from 10:00 Am until 6:00 PM on both days, at the Harman Center for the Art…
Auditions Feb 8 from 2 to 8pm Impossible Theater Company is looking for five (5) multi-faceted actors to devise a site-specific performance about the Apocalypse and our connection to the Div…
Drama Learning Center is pleased to announce upcoming auditions for DLC's Teen Professional Company, Teaching Young Actors (TYA), and their production of Les Miserables February 13-17, 2012.…
Thurs, Feb 2, 2012 – MetroStage has told DCTS that due to the illness of a cast member, tonight’s preview  of Josephine Tonight as well as the Saturday matinee on February 4th…
This just in - Source Festival is holding an open, NON-Equity call to cast eighteen 10-Minute Plays and three Full-Length Plays. Â Auditions will run from 10am to 6pm on February 1, 2, 3 a…
