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PERISPHERE THEATER

4508 Walsh St.
Bethesda, MD 20815

The America Play
The America Play
1/31 - 2/15/2025


DC Area Premiere! Perisphere will present  The America Play , by Suzan-Lori Parks, with performances from January 31-February 15, 2025.  The America Play  centers around ...

Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh


Another DC Area Premiere! Co-artistic director Lizzi Albert will direct  Marie Antoinette: The Color of Flesh , by Joel Gross, which will run June 6-21, 2025.  ...


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Washington Stage Guild Season Opens with Area Premiere of FAITHLESS by Jon Klein in September


by Blair Ingenthron - August 24, 2024

The Washington Stage Guild's 2024-2025 Season of Determination opens with the area premiere of a provocative and funny play looking at faith from all angles through the lens of one family –Faithless by Jon Klein....

Perisphere Theater Appoints New Artistic Leadership


by Stephi Wild - February 15, 2024

Montgomery County-based Perisphere Theater has appointed Gerrad Alex Taylor and Lizzi Albert as co-artistic directors, effective April 1, 2024....

SPAMALOT, SWEPT AWAY And More Nominated for 2024 Helen Hayes Awards


by A.A. Cristi - January 22, 2024

Tonight, at a celebration honoring outstanding theatre on stages across the Washington area, theatre artists, administrators, patrons, and special guests gathered at the ATLAS Performing Arts Center for Theatre Washington's announcement of nominees for the 40th Helen Hayes Awards. ...

DC-Area Premiere of HAZARDOUS MATERIALS to Open in Bethesda in November


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 26, 2023

Perisphere Theater, a Helen Hayes Award-winning, nonprofit theater company based in Montgomery County, Md., will open the DC-area premiere of Hazardous Materials....

Kennedy Center GUYS AND DOLLS, Kevin Chamberlin, And More Win Helen Hayes Awards


by A.A. Cristi - May 22, 2023

This evening, the 2023 Helen Hayes Awards took place at The Anthem on the District Wharf, with over 1,600 theatre-makers and theatre supporters in attendance. Esteemed Washington theatre artists Naomi Jacobson, Erika Rose, Holly Twyford, and Christopher Michael Richardson hosted an evening showcasin...

Phillipa Soo, Steven Pasquale, Ali Ewoldt And More Nominated for Helen Hayes Awards


by A.A. Cristi - January 30, 2023

Nominations have been announced for the 37th Helen Hayes Awards, which will be presented on Monday, May 22. Nominees include productions from Arena Stage, Signature Theatre, GALA Hispanic Theatre and more....

Past Shows

Blue Door
Blue Door
2/25 - 3/12/2022


Tanya Barfields "Blue Door," a play with original songs, is about a highly educated and successful Black man who descended from victims of slavery, Jim ...

Time Is On Our Side
Time Is On Our Side
8/12 - 8/28/2021


What if everything you thought you knew about your family history was wrong?Annie and Curtis are friends who produce and host a wildly unpopular podcast ...

Videos


Season 18: CONSTELLATIONS and HEAD OVER HEELS in Washington, DC Season 18: CONSTELLATIONS and HEAD OVER HEELS
Constellation Theatre Company (2/6 - 6/1) Tracker
Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood in Washington, DC Petite Rouge, A Cajun Red Riding Hood
Imagination Stage (12/11 - 2/8) Tracker
Leopoldstadt in Washington, DC Leopoldstadt
Shakespeare Theatre Company (11/30 - 12/29) Tracker
All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain in Washington, DC All the Devils are Here: How Shakespeare Invented the Villain
STC's Klein Theatre (12/6 - 12/29) Tracker
Czech National Philharmonic in Washington, DC Czech National Philharmonic
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (2/7 - 2/7)
Ain't Too Proud (Non-Equity) in Washington, DC Ain't Too Proud (Non-Equity)
National Theatre (7/18 - 7/20)
Virginia Opera: Loving v. Virginia in Washington, DC Virginia Opera: Loving v. Virginia
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (5/3 - 5/4)
Angélique Kidjo in Washington, DC Angélique Kidjo
Center for the Arts at George Mason University (3/2 - 3/2)
Matilda in Concert With Danny DeVito & David Newman in Washington, DC Matilda in Concert With Danny DeVito & David Newman
Concert Hall at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (4/25 - 4/26)
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