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KEEGAN THEATRE

1742 Church St NW Washington DC
Washington DC, DC 20036

The Elephant in the Room
The Elephant in the Room
6/6 - 6/22/2024


“One-Woman Wonder” Priyanka Shetty’s THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM is a witty, dark comedy about just your typical Indian metalhead and software-engineer-turned-actor who must navigate ...


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THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM Comes to the Keegan Theatre in June


by Stephi Wild - May 30, 2024

The Keegan Theatre has announced the opening of Priyanka Shetty’s acclaimed one-woman play THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM, making its DC Premiere June 1-23, 2024. ...

Stephanie J. Block, Rob McClure, and More Receive 2024 Helen Hayes Awards


by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2024

On May 20, 2024, the 40th Helen Hayes Awards took place at The Anthem on the District Wharf, with over 1,600 theatre-makers and theatre supporters in attendance. Learn more about the winners here!...

OYEME, THE BEAUTIFUL Comes to GALA Theatre This Week


by Stephi Wild - May 20, 2024

GALA Theatre will present the premiere of Óyeme, The Beautiful, a powerful production brought to life by the talented students of Paso Nuevo, GALA’s esteemed youth program. ...

Review: EXPECTING at the Keegan Theatre


by Jake Bridges - May 19, 2024

What did our critic think of EXPECTING at C21 Theatre Company/The Keegan Theatre?...

Exclusive: Olivia Puckett Sings 'Easy To Be Hard' from Signature Theatre's HAIR


by Joshua Wright - May 08, 2024

Watch Olivia Puckett sing 'Easy to Be Hard' Signature Theatre's production of the rock musical HAIR in action in this all-new video. Hair has music by Galt MacDermot and book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado....

Interview: Theatre Life with Nora Palka


by Elliot Lanes - May 02, 2024

Today’s subject Nora Palka is currently living her theatre life at Signature Theatre playing Jeanie in their current production of Hair. The production runs through July seventh in the MAX. Hair is a homecoming for Nora to be sure. She grew up in the DC area and as you will read, credits Signature ...

MUMMY IN THE CLOSET: EVITA'S RETURN & More Lead Washington, DC's May 2024 Top Theatre Shows


by Team BWW - May 01, 2024

Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for May 2024 include Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return, Unknown Soldier and more....

Photos: Get a First Look at HAIR at Signature Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 24, 2024

Get a first look at Hair at Signature Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!...

Exclusive Video: Get A First Look at Signature Theatre's HAIR


by Alan Henry - April 24, 2024

Get a first look at the cast of Signature Theatre's production of the rock musical HAIR in action in this all-new video. Hair has music by Galt MacDermot and book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado....

Priyanka Shetty And Sangeeta Agrawal to Join The Women's Storytelling Salon In DC


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 11, 2024

Join internationally acclaimed actors Priyanka Shetty and Sangeeta Agrawal at The Keegan Theatre for The Women’s Storytelling Salon in DC. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

Past Shows

Webster's Bitch
Webster's Bitch
4/6 - 5/5/2024


When their Editor-in-Chief gets caught using some unexpected profanity, the employees of Webster’s Dictionary find themselves at the center of an internet uprising over gender ...

Merrily We Roll Along
Merrily We Roll Along
2/3 - 3/10/2024


The authors of the landmark musical COMPANY reunite to turn the traditional showbiz musical on its head in this thrilling and compelling Broadway fable about ...

An Irish Carol
An Irish Carol
11/25 - 12/31/2023


An original work by Keegan favorite Matthew J. Keenan, AN IRISH CAROL is an homage to Dickens’ classic – told as only the Irish can. ...

The Team Room
The Team Room
10/7 - 10/28/2023


The Story of a Special Forces Team... and the Day the World Changed Forever

The Team Room
The Team Room
10/10 - 10/26/2023


Special Forces A-Team 824 serves at Camp Diamond, West Virginia. On the morning of September 10th, 2001, they report for a routine week of duty ...

The Wilting Point
The Wilting Point
4/13 - 4/30/2023


Audiences travel with Mina Melo, the producer of the award-winning podcast  Clime , back to the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in Southern Colorado, where she ...

Fire: A Reading and Talkback


Mina travels to Apex, North Carolina, where she is producing the fourth and last season of Clime. She’s joined by River, who lost their grandmother, ...

Earth: A Reading and Talkback


Mina and River travel to Mt. Desert Island, Maine, where they are producing the third season of Clime. Akari is a master gardener and the ...

Air: A Reading and Talkback


Mina and River travel to Fairbanks, Alaska, where they are producing the second season of Clime. Ahnah is a world-renowned indigenous glass artist and art ...

Push the Button
Push the Button
3/25 - 4/7/2023


In a town beset by the sordid shenanigans of a prank-prone Villain, justice finally seems to be served when the celebrated Hero accuses Villain of ...

The Lifespan of a Fact
The Lifespan of a Fact
1/28 - 2/25/2023


Jim Fingal is a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John D’Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay ...

The Outsider
The Outsider
8/27 - 9/24/2022


Ned Newley doesnt even want to be governor. Hes terrified of public speaking, and his poll numbers are impressively bad. To his ever-supportive Chief of ...

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
6/18 - 7/16/2022


Young Will Shakespeare has writers block the deadline for his new play is fast approaching but hes in desperate need of inspiration. That is, until ...

Gruesome Playground Injuries
10/28 - 11/27/2021


Over the course of 30 years, the lives of Kayleen and Doug intersect at the most bizarre intervals, leading the two childhood friends to compare ...

Buzzer
10/28 - 11/20/2021


Tracey Scott Wilson Keegan Theatre...

The Weir
8/14 - 9/12/2021


Written by Conor McPherson In a remote country pub in Ireland, newcomer Valerie arrives and becomes spellbound by an evening of ghostly stories told by ...

Annapurna
7/3


After twenty years apart, Emma tracks Ulysses to a trailer park in the middle of nowhere for a final reckoning. What unfolds is a visceral ...

Heisenberg
2/6 - 4/4/2021


Amidst the bustle of a crowded London train station, Georgie spots Alex, a much older man, and plants a kiss on his neck. This electric ...

A Walk in the Woods
2/6 - 4/3/2021


Keegan Theatre Lee Blessing...

Going to St. Ives
2/5 - 4/3/2021


Keegan Theatre Lee Blessing...

The Pillowman
10/29 - 11/21/2020


by Martin McDonagh With echoes of Stoppard, Kafka, and the Brothers Grimm, THE PILLOWMAN centers on a writer in an unnamed totalitarian state who is ...

The Galaween Special
10/24 - 10/31/2020


The event features original Halloween-themed entertainment written and directed by Monique Midgette and featuring some of DC's favorite artists, including Oscar Ceville, Solomon Parker, Rebecca ...

Good People
9/11 - 10/11/2020


Welcome to Southie, a Boston neighborhood where a night on the town means a few rounds of bingo, where this month’s paycheck covers last month’s ...

Sweat
9/11 - 10/10/2020


Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...

Hedwig and the Angry Inch
7/24 - 8/22/2020


text by John Cameron Mitchell, music and lyrics by Stephen Trask Keegan Theatre...

Sex with Strangers
5/30 - 6/20/2020


How far will you go to get what you want? Will you be the same person if you finally do? When star sex blogger and ...

Boy (Ziegler)
2/7 - 2/29/2020


Anna Ziegler Lake Dillon Theatre...

Boy
2/7


The Alaska premiere of the contemporary opera Glory Denied by Tom Cipullo. Based on a book of the same name, with a foreword written by ...


** KEEGANS BELOVED HOLIDAY TRADITION ** The original cast returns for AN IRISH CAROLs 10th anniversary production! An original work by Keegan company member Matthew ...

Airness
11/8


A newbie to the world of competitive air guitar, Nina thinks it’ll be a cinch to take home a win. Spoiler alert: It’s definitely not. ...

LEGALLY BLONDE
8/3 - 9/8/2019


Elle Woods, a bubbly sorority girl known for her love of pink and all things fashion, isn't taken seriously. But when her boyfriend Warner dumps ...

Ripcord
6/15 - 7/6/2019


A sunny room on an upper floor is prime real estate in the Bristol Place Assisted Living Facility, so when the cantankerous Abby is forced ...

Quietly
5/4 - 5/26/2019


There’s more to the truth than facts. Belfast is a place where things need to be said. Jimmy and Ian are meeting tonight for the ...

God of Carnage
5/4 - 5/25/2019


Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton Keegan Theatre...

The Baltimore Waltz
1/19 - 2/10/2019


Paula Vogel Keegan Theatre...


THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY, one of the most romantic stories ever written, is now an irresistible, two-time Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Based on the ...

PARADE
3/11 - 4/8/2017


In the gripping musical Parade, history unfolds with a haunting melody. Set in 1913 Georgia, the story follows Leo Frank, a Jewish American factory manager, ...

NEXT TO NORMAL
6/11 - 7/9/2016


Next to Normal delves into the raw and complex world of mental illness, specifically focusing on bipolar disorder. The story centers around Diana, a wife ...

AMERICAN IDIOT
3/12 - 4/16/2016


American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by rock band Green Day. After a run at ...

AMERICAN IDIOT
3/5 - 4/2/2016


American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by rock band Green Day. After a run at ...

DOGFIGHT
8/15 - 9/19/2015


The hauntingly beautiful musical, Dogfight, by Pasek and Paul (Edges, James and the Giant Peach, A Christmas Story) and Peter Duchan, was praised by countless ...

DOGFIGHT
4/4 - 5/3/2015


The hauntingly beautiful musical, Dogfight, by Pasek and Paul (Edges, James and the Giant Peach, A Christmas Story) and Peter Duchan, was praised by countless ...

PARADE
4/4 - 5/3/2015


In the gripping musical Parade, history unfolds with a haunting melody. Set in 1913 Georgia, the story follows Leo Frank, a Jewish American factory manager, ...


From the moment his tall, red-and-white-striped hat appears around the door, Sally and her brother know that THE CAT IN THE HAT is the funniest, ...

THE FULL MONTY
5/4 - 6/2/2013


Seeing how much their wives enjoy watching male strippers during their "Girls' Night Out," unemployed steelworkers in Buffalo, New York come up with a bold ...

SPRING AWAKENING
6/1 - 7/8/2012


Winner of 8 TONY Awards, including BEST MUSICAL, strongSPRING AWAKENING/strong celebrates the unforgettable journey from youth to adulthood with a power, poignancy, and passion that ...

WORKING
4/13 - 5/13/2012


The hopes, dreams, joys and concerns of the average working American are the focus of this unique, extraordinary musical. That the everyday lives of ?common? ...

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