762 stories by "News Desk"
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company has launched Reset, a new, free digital assemblage of Black artistry featuring historical resources, excerpts, and video performances. Curated by six Black cis…
In Silence Is Violence: The Future of the Field"the latest installment of Young Playwrights' Theater's (YPT) social justice performance series"three Black characters in the early stages o…
Shakespeare Theatre Company's annual Mock Trial""the funniest, most entertaining event in Washington" (Roll Call) and "a Washington wonk's dream (The New York Times)"will be in session vi…
The findings of a new study of DC-area theatergoers reveal a dramatic shift in attitudes toward theater as a result of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement. T…
Tired of figuring out what to cook for dinner? Bored with everything Netflix has to offer? Then Francesca Chilcote and Connor Hogan have just the show for you. In Dinner! Franny and Connor W…
Continuing its 13th season as the only brick-and-mortar company in Baltimore dedicated to celebrating womxn's diverse voices and perspectives, The Strand Theater Company presents the regiona…
Round House Theatre plans a spring 2021 season with virtual productions of three moving one-person performances: Colman Domingo's A Boy and His Soul, directed by Craig Wallace; Lucy Alibar's…
After the double blow of the pandemic and the death of Artistic Director Tom Prewitt in November, Arlington's Avant Bard Theatre is moving ahead under a new model of artistic partnership.…
An accountability report released by the We See You, White American Theater collective (WSYWAT) points to more than 100 theater institutions nationwide that have responded to the group's BIP…
The family of W. Thompson (Tom) Prewitt and the nonprofit organization Embracing Arlington Arts have launched a memorial fund to honor the legacy and contributions of longtime DC-area theate…
Theatre Prometheus"following its "arresting, provocative, and hauntingly relevant" production of 14, José Casas's play about immigration"has announced two new projects in 2021 highlighting …
Everyman Theatre actors, designers, and crew are back in the rehearsal room preparing for the run of Molly Smith Metzler's 2017 play, Cry It Out. The full production will be filmed at the th…
Synetic Theater has announced the launch of a new digital streaming app as well as the creation of a film production arm, Synetic Motion Pictures. The streaming service, dubbed "Synetic Stre…
Shakespeare Theatre Company's first-ever online-only production, All the Devils Are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain, a performance written by and starring STC Affiliated Artist Pa…
TheSharedScreen's powerful adaptation of Stephen Belber's hit play Tape"featured last month in DC Metro Theater Arts (Using Zoom in a new way to create theater that transforms how we see)"re…
Podcasts have been popular for a long time, but the shutdown has brought house-bound theater professionals many new reasons to create their own audio recordings. The combination of having mo…
Young Playwrights' Theater's (YPT) new script development program, Young Playwrights in Progress (YPIP), will present the work of two talented young playwrights through virtual play readings…
Signature Theatre announces the full cast and streaming dates for Simply Sondheim, the first production in the Signature Features 2021 Season. Starring 12 singers and an orchestr…
Given the ongoing pandemic and challenges to safely presenting live performances, Studio Theatre has taken its five-play season entirely digital. Productions will be filmed in Studio's intim…
Silver Spring Stage proudly presents the area community theater premiere of Lauren Gunderson's Ada and the Engine, directed by Jon Jon Johnson and produced by Alika Codispoti and Maura Suile…
Studio Theatre looks back at the politics and precariousness of 2020 through two intimate and immediate Studio in Your Ears audio plays available for free now on its website. Studio's fi…
In The Catastrophist, Lauren Gunderson has written a story for this moment in time about Dr. Nathan Wolfe, the award-winning virologist who years before the COVID-19 outbreak proposed a plan…
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in association with IAMA Theatre Company present Ryan J. Haddad's celebrated autobiographical solo show Hi, Are You Single? directed by Laura Savia and Jess Mc…
Hot off of winning the 2020 John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company, the 4615 Theatre has created a multifaceted solution to meet the challenge posed by the pandemic. For…
Two enterprising Catholic University of America seniors are hosting a new podcast to connect current theater industry professionals with future theater industry professionals through intervi…