#BlackMenFeel is a new artistic project designed to address mental, emotional, and spiritual challenges experienced by Black men, specifically Black Queer men. Produced by Brave Soul Collect…
Culminating the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards recognizing outstanding work on Washington-area stages in 2019, the theater community will gather for one singular celebration in three successive dig…
IN Series launches its groundbreaking 2020"2021 digital opera season with a Festival Weekend of world premieres September 17 to 19, 2020. The season, characterized by genre-defying collabora…
Announcing its 2020"2021 season, GALA Hispanic Theatre revealed plans to resume indoor live performances in late October"the first professional theater to do so in Metro DC since stages went…
The Humans"Stephen Karam's Tony Award"winning family dramedy"was slated for a run at Olney Theatre Center this season, but that physical production was shelved this summer when the COVID wou…
Against the backdrop of COVID-19, racial injustice, and the upcoming election, CulturalDC is staging one of the first large-scale productions in the Washington, DC, area since the pandemic b…
Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Simon Godwin has announced that Whitney White and Soyica Colbert"the director and the dramaturg for The Amen Corner"are joining STC as associate…
Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) has announced that Savannah Miller and Adanna Paul are its first two participants in the 2020-2021 Young Playwrights in Progress (YPIP) new play development …
Studio Theatre has commissioned seven Black artists who are attending the 57th anniversary March on Washington Friday, August 28, to create artistic responses that bear witness to their expe…
theatreWashington has announced updated plans for the 36th annual Helen Hayes Awards"originally scheduled to take place at The Anthem on May 18, 2020, but postponed because of COVID. Celebra…
Sheldon Epps will join the Ford's Theatre leadership team as Senior Artistic Advisor. He steps into the new role as the theater reevaluates its 2020"2021 season amid the national reckoning f…
American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia, has announced that their Summer 2020 SafeStart Season will be available for online viewing in partnership with Marquee TV. Dubbed "BlkFrs L…
Announced today, the Black Artist Coalition (BAC) has formed in response to the increasing awareness of both macro- and microaggressions that have more often than not tainted Black artists' …
DMV rapper "Litty Official" releases their mixtape He Could Never on Spotify, Soundcloud, and iTunes. Jade Jones, the artist behind Litty, has crafted a standout lo-fi trap mixtape for the m…
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announces its 2020"2021 season featuring the return of a postponed production, new partnerships, a digital season, an evolution of Woolly's subscription plan, …
Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, announces Black Trans Women at the Center: An Evening of Short Plays, a celebration of Black trans talent and experience coproduced by Lady Dane…
In a swift pivot, Arena Stage has recently announced an upcoming season that reflects their commitment to compelling, dynamic work packed with drama, humor, music, and first-class storyte…
Shugoll Research, a national marketing research company in Bethesda, Maryland, has released findings from a Wave 2 online survey it conducted with 743 DC-area theatergoers about three pressi…
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has recently revealed a plan for several ongoing and long-term social impact initiatives " and the urgency and importance of this work has …
Mosaic Theater Company has canceled its plans to open Alexandra Petri's Inherit the Wind in August and announced suspension of its on-stage season through 2020. At the same time, Mosaic anno…
Something new and engaging is coming our way. A singular opportunity for area theatergoers who want to learn more about how theater is made: 1st Stage in Tysons is offering a Virtual Classro…
As COVID-19 continues to ravage the country, its effects on the arts have been devastating. Many organizations have turned to creative ways to raise funds in an effort to offset losses from …
With the fall season and following seasons still only tentatively planned, arts organizations are taking the time to focus on a reopening strategy that makes the most sense for their staff, …
Four pieces developed by Rorschach Theatre artists will be showcased in online readings this weekend, June 27 and 28, 2020, as "Magic in Rough Spaces." Three works are brand new; one is a "b…
Brave Soul Collective (BSC) launches their virtual performance season Sunday, June 28, 2020, at 7 pm EST with Question Marks"an online event of raw, thought-provoking theater that addresses …