Beginning Monday, March 30, 2020, Signature Theatre patrons will have the ability to watch the world premiere production of Easy Women Smoking Loose Cigarettes by DC playwright Dani Stoller …
Last week Mayor Muriel Bowser launched the application for the new $25 million microgrant program to provide relief to local small businesses affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19). Eligible…
Olney Theatre Center's production of The Amateurs by Jordan Harrison and directed by Jason King Jones will be available to stream online beginning Saturday, March 28 at noon through the end …
As the world reels from the COVID-19 global pandemic, the Washington theater community" both institutions and individuals " alongside other entertainment and freelance industries, face finan…
Shepherdstown, WV: For the past decade, the Contemporary American Theater Festival at Shepherd University has hosted a Shepherdstown Sneak Peek. Originally scheduled to be held at the Marino…
Washington might be stuck at home this St. Patrick's Day but that's not stopping Solas Nua from celebrating the best of Irish culture. Over the next two weeks, the DC Irish arts group will b…
(WASHINGTON)" The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts' first-ever Education Artist-in-Residence, Emmy Award®"winning writer and New York Times best-selling author and …
1st Stage Tysons has announced its thirteenth season, opening in September 2020. September 10 " October 11, 2020 Mlima's Tale by Lynn Nottage directed by José Carrasquillo Pulitzer Prize…
The following theaters have recently announced changes to their programming as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Limiting and canceling performances will put great financial pressure on …
Online arts platform Indicoe recently rebranded and relaunched itself under the name Alveo Creative. As Alveo Creative, the company will continue to promote collaboration and support for art…
There's a new theater in town. Encore Theater Company, a new nonprofit theater based in the Takoma Park community, has announced its inaugural season. The 2020/21 season will feature two int…
Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie have announced the theater's ten-show 2020/21 Season. This season, more than half of the playwrights and director…
Head Over Heels, a jukebox musical comedy featuring music by The Go-Go's, will launch its first D.C. metro area production opening Monumental Theater Company's 2020 season. With a book by Ja…
Shakespeare Theatre Company's Artistic Director Simon Godwin announced the Company's 2020/21 Season to a gathering of dedicated theatergoers at the Michael R. Klein Theatre at the Lansburgh …
At a February 3, 2020 celebration honoring theatre excellence on stages across the Washington area, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered in the National Thea…
The following news was released today by theatreWashington: The Washington theater community remains in mourning over the loss of Victor Shargai, long-time theatreWashington board chair, the…
Next Thursday, January 30, please join Theater and Policy Salon for a discussion on Attainment, Fulfillment, and Resilience at Studio Theatre following the 8 pm show of Pipeline. The panel d…
In a ceremony at the Birchmere in Alexandria, Virginia, the WATCH Award committee announced the 2019 WATCH Award nominees. 101 productions (40 musicals, 61 plays) were adjudicated in 2019. T…
The Essential Theatre rings in the New Year by continuing an 18-month celebration of the 30th anniversary of its founding. In partnership with the District of Columbia Public Library System …
What does the New Year bring to downtown Silver Spring? Murder at McGinty's! A Taste For Murder Productions and McGinty's Public House have formed a partnership to present dinner theatre " o…
The National Building Museum announced its partnership with Folger Shakespeare Library, in association with the University of South Carolina, to design the 2020 Summer Block Party exhibition…
The Arcanists in co-production with Science Art Fusion (ScienceAF) announce the launch of The Internet: LIVE!!1, an inventive new live comedy game show. In it, player-performers bring web co…
Studio Theatre and Artistic Director David Muse are pleased to announce that Reginald L. Douglas will join the organization as its new Associate Artistic Director later this month. Douglas c…
As the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them in 2019. In this category, outstanding overall production, we recogn…
The Washington Area Performing Arts Video Archive is holding a free event Monday, December 16th from 7 pm-8 pm at the Chevy Chase neighborhood library. Join WAPAVA's Executive Director Bridg…