Two-time Helen Hayes Award winner E. Faye Butler returns to Arena Stage to take on the iconic role of civil and voting rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer in Cheryl L. West's play Fannie …
The Breath Project"a new theatrical initiative formed in response to racial injustice against Black people"will stream as a free virtual festival October 24 and 25, 2020. In partnership with…
The Edge of the Universe Players 2, a DC-based company dedicated to deep meanings in the form of theatrical high entertainment, had planned to continue exploring that territory in the 2020 F…
UrbanArias has partnered with eight other American opera companies to create a newly commissioned operatic video series, Tales From a Safe Distance, inspired by Boccaccio's The Decameron. Ea…
Just in time for Halloween, The Alden Theatre in McLean continues its unique Drive-Thru Drama performances with Objects in Mirror May Be SPOOKIER Than They Appear, October 16 to November 1, …
The trials and tribulations of a talk show host's family. A date between two extreme opposites that gets dangerous. These are the themes of the two winning entries in Dominion Stage's first …
The lineup for Shakespeare Theater Company's 2020"2021 season"as announced by Artistic Director Simon Godwin and Executive Director Chris Jennings"is signficantly different from plans first …
A monthslong period of intensive introspection and evolution at Mosaic Theater Company, led by a recommitment to anti-racism, has culminated in the company's recent announcement of fall prog…
In response to the ongoing social upheaval and protests for racial justice, Olney Theatre Center is hosting a virtual social justice arts festival amplifying the voices of BIPOC artists and …
The irrepressibly entertaining Happenstance Theater will perform its Pinot & Augustine clown show on Saturday, October 10, 2020, at 2 pm and 6 pm, in the parking lot at Joe's Movement Em…
The Black Artist Coalition (BAC) releases its second visual project, "I Am…" A Celebration of Black Artistry Thursday, October 8, 2020. One of the pillars of the Black Artist Coalition is …
The Forum for Cultural Engagement has announced Flash Acts, a free six-day, bilingual, virtual theater festival October 8 to 13, 2020. This one-of-a-kind performance festival brings together…
The Reclamation Project"an idea inspired by We See You, White American Theater, "Hot button issues for Black theater: A roundtable on revolution," and "Gender Diverse Black Theatre Leadershi…
As part of its ongoing commitment to creating diverse, modern work by leading playwrights and performers during the prolonged COVID-19 theater closure, 1st Stage has announced eleven new art…
Round House Theatre has announced an updated lineup of plays, conversations, and education offerings, including digital programming for the fall and winter and a return to live productions i…
Celebrating Solas Nua's 15th anniversary, the DC-based Irish arts organization has commissioned a series of digital plays from African-American playwright Jeremy Keith Hunter and Irish playw…
#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…