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Who Cares: ♥ The Caregiver Interview Project


Based on dozens of deeply personal interviews with local colleagues, elder justice advocates, and close friends whose lives have been disrupted – but also transformed ...

AJAX
AJAX
1/17 - 2/9/2025


Scena Theatre presents an epic theatrical event. Join us for a modern reimagining of the famous tragedy AJAX by the Greek writer / philosopher, Sophocles. ...

Kindertransport
Kindertransport
1/31 - 2/9/2025


Rockville Little Theatre presents "Kindertransport" 6 performances | January 31 and February 1, 7 & 8 at 8 p.m. | February 2 & 9 at ...

Playboy of the Western World


A fresh take on J.M. Synge’s classic comedy about a young man who gains unexpected fame in a rural Irish village by claiming to have ...

The Acting Company: The Comedy of Errors


The Acting Company presents 2022 Tony Award nominee Christina Anderson’s delightful adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s earliest works, The Comedy of Errors. In this farcical ...

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 ...

The Acting Company: August Wilson’s Two Trains Running


The Acting Company returns with August Wilson’s Tony Award-winning play Two Trains Running. Set during the civil rights movement, the drama centers on Memphis Lee, ...

The Play That Goes Wrong
The Play That Goes Wrong
2/1 - 2/16/2025


Watch as a troupe of accident-prone thespians battle against all odds to make it through their disastrous production, with hilarious consequences! Part Monty Python, part Sherlock ...

for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf


2nd Star Productions Presents: for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf Written By Ntozake Shange This groundbreaking "choreopoem" is ...

The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence
2/28 - 3/30/2025


Against the lavish backdrop of 1870s New York, where hypocrisy thrives and hidden passions simmer, Karen Zacarías brings Edith Wharton's timeless masterpiece,  The Age of ...

Your Name Means Dream
Your Name Means Dream
3/12 - 3/30/2025


Written and Directed by José Rivera STARRING NAOMI JACOBSON AND SARA KOVIAK  Internationally acclaimed playwright José Rivera directs his profoundly intimate tragicomedy that asks what it means to ...

A Room in the Castle
A Room in the Castle
3/4 - 4/6/2025


How does a woman survive the court of Denmark?  A  Room in the Castle  finds Ophelia, her handmaid, and her Queen Gertrude on the other ...

Murder at the Mansion presents Bingo B4 Murder


Murder at the Mansion presents "Bingo B4 Murder"             AT GLENVIEW MANSION 3 Performances | April 4 & 5 at 8 p.m. | April 6 ...

Testosterone
Testosterone
3/15 - 4/6/2025


Inspired by the Grimm brother’s “The Story of a Boy Who Went Forth to Learn Fear”, German playwright Rebekka Kricheldorf re-imagines the tale of the ...

cullud wattah
cullud wattah
4/3 - 4/27/2025


It is 2016, and it has been 936 days and counting since Flint, Michigan has had clean water. Third-generation General Motors employee Marion finds herself ...

Fake It Until You Make It
Fake It Until You Make It
4/3 - 5/4/2025


In Larissa FastHorse's uproarious comedy, a collision of friends and foes within the non-profit sector sets the stage for a whirlwind of competition, chaos, and ...

Rockville Little Theatre presents The Foreigner


Rockville Little Theatre presents "The Foreigner" 6 Performances | April 25 & 26 and May 2 & 3 at 8 p.m. | April 27 and ...

 We Are Gathered
We Are Gathered
5/16 - 6/15/2025


A new play about queer love and forest magic from the Oscar-winning screenwriter of  Moonlight Wilson and Free met in a dark park searching for fun not ...

 We Are Gathered
We Are Gathered
5/16 - 6/15/2025


A new play about queer love and forest magic from the Oscar-winning screenwriter of  Moonlight Wilson and Free met in a dark park searching for fun not ...

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.  ...

The Berlin Diaries
The Berlin Diaries
6/4 - 6/22/2025


By Andrea Stolowitz Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz opens the pages of her great-grandfather’s journal to discover a previously unknown genealogy in  The Berlin ...

Andy Warhol in Tehran
Andy Warhol in Tehran
5/29 - 6/29/2025


In 1976, pop artist Andy Warhol travels to Tehran to paint a portrait of the Shah of Iran’s wife. Amidst taking in the Crown Jewels ...



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Review: WHAT THE CONSTITUTION MEANS TO ME at Round House Theatre


by David Friscic - January 23, 2025

The fine playwright Heidi Schreck has written an impassioned play about the many undercurrents and issues that percolate throughout the United States Constitution in the stimulating and invigorating production What the Constitution Means to Me. The constant tension between this cherished document as...

Review: The State Ballet of Ukraine’s SWAN LAKE at The Music Center at Strathmore


by Audrey Cahak - January 21, 2025

An Evening with Swan Lake, presented by Classical Arts Entertainment and performed by the State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine at The Music Center at Strathmore, was a fantastic flurry of feathers and flawless footwork, but it needed more finesse in the finale. ...

Review: SHAPESHIFT'S GREY SKIES BLUE at Kennedy Center's Family Theater


by Emily Berger - January 19, 2025

It’s a unique work for young audiences that treats those audiences like adults, ready to experience the joy and also grapple with the loss and confusion that come with adulthood. ...

Review: WHO CARES: THE CAREGIVER INTERVIEW PROJECT at Voices Festival Productions


by Roger Catlin - January 17, 2025

Health care systems and society in general has never adjusted to just how long people are living these days. It’s fallen largely to family members to do their best to help their elders stay at home as long as possible. The strained efforts have had a huge effect on all these volunteer caregivers, tr...

Review: OUT OF CHARACTER at Theater J


by David Friscic - January 16, 2025

The solo show Out of Character (now being produced as a joint production between Theater J and the Mosaic Theater) introduces us to the talented Tony award -winning actor and vocalist Ari’el Stachel (Broadway’s The Band’s Visit) ---Mr. Stachel also wrote this performance piece. The first part of thi...

Review: DOWNSTATE at Studio Theatre


by Roger Catlin - January 16, 2025

Even after serving jail time, they get something of a life sentence with ankle bracelets monitoring every move, large swaths of the city cut off from them because of proximity to elementary schools, forced to live with no WiFi among people they probably wouldn’t have chosen and forever carry the sco...

Review: PETITE ROUGE: A CAJUN RED RIDING HOOD at Imagination Stage


by Tavish Young - January 07, 2025

Deep in the bayou of the American south lies the brassy and vibrant Petite Rouge: A Cajun Red Riding Hood. A warm tale for these cold months, Petite Rouge is, of course, a cajun take on the classic Grimm tale, featuring a bright world of animals, songs, and life lessons. ...

Review: & JULIET at The Kennedy Center


by Rachael F. Goldberg - December 23, 2024

With a clever script, beloved music, and strong teams both on and off the stage, '& Juliet' is an incredibly witty, thoughtful, and joyful show, and the National Tour’s run at the Kennedy Center is the perfect way to cap off the year....

Review: LIFE OF PI at The Kennedy Center


by Dara Homer - December 22, 2024

With breathtaking visuals and puppetry, the stage adaptation of Life of Pi stays true to the novel while putting spectacle in the spotlight. Through a heart-wrenching odyssey across the Pacific, this production will make you believe in the power of stories—beautifully told, with imagery that sticks—...

Review: THE SPIRIT OF KWANZAA at Atlas Performing Arts Center


by Emily Berger - December 22, 2024

This year's performance was poignant and joyful, featuring more than 40 dancers from the school....



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