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THEATER J

1529 16th Street NW
Washington, DC 20036

Out of Character
Out of Character
1/8 - 1/26/2025


Written and performed by Ari’el Stachel Directed by Tony Taccone A Berkeley Rep production co-presented by Theater J and Mosaic Theater Company Tony Award-winner Ari’el ...

Out of Character
Out of Character
1/8 - 1/26/2025


Tony Award-winner Ari’el Stachel’s one-man show Out of Character brings to life a full ensemble of characters from his past, illuminating what it means to ...

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 ...

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 ...


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Ari'el Stachel's OUT OF CHARACTER to be Presented at Theater J


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 10, 2024

Theater J and Mosaic Theater Company of DC have teamed up to bring the timely, humorous, and important Out of Character to the stage this winter. Learn how to purchase tickets....

Review: PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC at Theater J


by Mary Lincer - November 05, 2024

In an elegant coincidence (or a charming conspiracy by the theatre gods), DC audiences will be able to see two absolutely engrossing plays about Jewish family life in 20th and 21st century Europe, back to back: Tom Stoppard's Tony award-winning Leopoldstadt next month at the Shakespeare Theatre and ...

Interview: Theatre Life with Kate Kilbane


by Elliot Lanes - October 07, 2024

Today’s subject Kate Kilbane is currently living her theatre life as one of the most important positions in the theatre. She is the Production Stage Manager for Primary Trust at Signature Theatre. The show runs through October 20th in Signature’s ARK space....

PRAYER FOR THE FRENCH REPUBLIC Comes to Theater J


by Stephi Wild - October 02, 2024

Beginning on Oct 30 and running through November 24, 2024, Theater J brings the timely and important Prayer for the French Republic to the stage. Written by the highly acclaimed playwright Joshua Harmon, the play was a Broadway hit, a Tony Award nominee and won the inaugural Trish Vradenburg Jewish ...

Theater J To Present Encore of Sun Mee Chomet's HOW TO BE A KOREAN WOMAN


by A.A. Cristi - July 31, 2024

Theater J will present HOW TO BE A KOREAN WOMAN, a one-person play, from September 12-22, 2024. Don't miss this acclaimed performance exploring identity and culture....

Real Life Father/Son Acting Duo to Star in A NUMBER at Edge of the Universe Theater


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 11, 2024

Edge of the Universe Theater will bring A Number to the stage in August. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets....

OVER HER DEAD BODY Returns to Capital Fringe


by Stephi Wild - June 27, 2024

Pinky Swear will revive their most award-winning, popular hit musical at this year’s Capital Fringe Festival with their award-winning hit, Over Her Dead Body! The show has been updated and has an exciting new cast and director for this revival....

Review: THE HATMAKER'S WIFE at Theater J


by Rachael F. Goldberg - June 14, 2024

Theater J closes new Artistic Director Hayley Finn’s first season on an enchanting high note. 'The Hatmaker’s Wife' is an emotional, charming, and thoughtful story about love in all its complexities....

THE MATCHBOX MAGIC FLUTE & More Lead Washington, DC's June 2024 Top Theatre Shows


by Team BWW - June 03, 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 June 2024 include The Matchbox Magic Flute, Bye Bye Birdie, and more!...

The Colonial Players Will Co-Produce Premiere Production by Local Playwright at D.C. Festival


by Stephi Wild - May 24, 2024

The Colonial Players will expand its support for emerging artists by collaborating with upstart Otherwise Theater Company to premier Martin Thompson's new play, The Returned at D.C.'s Capital Fringe Festival....

Past Shows

Prayer for the French Republic
Prayer for the French Republic
10/30 - 11/24/2024


By Joshua Harmon DIRECTED BY HAYLEY FINN  2024 BEST PLAY TONY AWARD® NOMINATION WINNER OF THE 2020 TRISH VRADENBURG NEW JEWISH PLAY PRIZE The Benhamou ...

How To Be A Korean Woman
How To Be A Korean Woman
9/12 - 9/22/2024


WRITTEN AND PERFORMED BY SUN MEE CHOMET DIRECTION AND DRAMATURGY BY ZARAAWAR MISTRY Back by popular demand after its sold-out January 2024 run.  How to ...

The Hatmaker's Wife
The Hatmaker's Wife
6/5 - 6/25/2024


A play by Lauren Yee Directed by Dan Rothenberg The Hatmaker’s Wife  runs approximately 115 minutes. The 2023-2024 Theater J season wraps up with a ...

One Jewish Boy
6/7 - 7/2/2023


In this bittersweet, sophisticated and quick-fire new British comedy about antisemitism, Jesse, a nice Jewish boy, falls in love with Alex, a nice mixed-race girl. ...

Gloria: A Life
3/8 - 4/9/2023


This new play about Gloria Steinem and the women she has partnered with in a decades-long fight for equality is brought to life by a ...

Two Jews Walk Into a War…
Two Jews Walk Into a War…
1/11 - 2/5/2023


Ishaq and Zeblyan are the last remaining Jews in Afghanistan. They share the only remaining synagogue that has not been destroyed by the Taliban. They ...

The Pianist of Willesden Lane
The Pianist of Willesden Lane
12/6 - 12/18/2022


After a sold-out run at the Kennedy Center, Grammy®-nominated pianist Mona Golabek makes her triumphant return in one of the most powerful performances in Theater ...

Intimate Apparel
10/19 - 11/20/2022


INTIMATE APPAREL, set in 1905 in turn of the century New York, tells the story of Esther, a lonely, single African-American woman who makes her ...

Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story


Sex, religion, and refugeesOld Stock: A Refugee Love Story has it all! A funny and edgy love story interwoven with a high-energy klezmer concert, this ...

The Hello Girls
The Hello Girls
7/14 - 7/16/2022


The Musical Theatre Institute for Teens presentsThe Hello GirlsMusic and Lyrics by Peter Mills; Book by Peter Mills and Cara ReichelDirected by Deb GottesmanMusic Direction ...

Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities


FIRES IN THE MIRROR: Crown Heights, Brooklyn, and Other Identities JUNE 9-JULY 3, 2022 Conceived, Written, and Originally Performed by Anna Deavere Smith Co-Directed by ...

Nathan the Wise
Nathan the Wise
3/16 - 4/10/2022


NATHAN THE WISEMARCH 16-APRIL 10, 2022Written by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing Adapted by Michael Bloom Directed by Adam ImmerwahrProduced in Association with Folger TheatreAN 18TH-CENTURY SHAKESPEAREAN ...

Compulsion or the House Behind


COMPULSION OR THE HOUSE BEHIND JANUARY 26-FEBRUARY 20, 2022 Written by Rinne B. Groff Directed by Johanna Gruenhut Starring Kimberly Gilbert, Marcus Kyd, and Paul ...

The Kinsey Sicks' Oy Vey in a Manger


The Kinsey Sicks OY VEY IN A MANGERDECEMBER 17-DECEMBER 25, 2021The Kinsey Sicks are back! Full of their signature panache and perfect harmonies, these chicks ...

Tuesdays with Morrie
Tuesdays with Morrie
11/10 - 12/5/2021


TUESDAYS WITH MORRIENOVEMBER 10-DECEMBER 5, 2021Written by Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch AlbomBased on the book by Mitch AlbomDirected by Jenna PlaceStarring Michael Russotto and Cody ...

Becoming Dr. Ruth
Becoming Dr. Ruth
9/30 - 10/24/2021


Becoming Dr. RuthBy Mark St. GermainDirected by Holly TwyfordStarring Naomi JacobsonAMERICAS FAVORITE SEX THERAPIST RETURNS!Dont miss the return of this triumphant and life-affirming story of ...


Anna Deavere Smith Milwaukee Chamber Theatre...

Tuesdays with Morrie
12/2 - 12/27/2020


Theater J Jeffrey Hatcher and Mitch Albom, based on the book by Mitch Albom...

ABOMINATION
ABOMINATION
12/17


In the early 2000s, Naftali, Dov, and Yitzithree queer, closeted, ultra-Orthodox Jewsfind one another in an internet chat room. As their friendships deepen, their mutual ...


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Sheltered
1/9 - 2/2/2020


Alix Sobler; dir: Kimberly Senior. Actor's Express:...

Sheltered
1/9


Alix Sobler; dir: Kimberly Senior. Actor's Express:...

Edward Albee's OCCUPANT
11/7 - 12/8/2019


WingSpan Theatre Company continues to Celebrate our 20th Anniversary Season with Edward Albee's OCCUPANT. The production will run October 5- 21, 2017 at The Bath ...

Occupant
11/7


SuitCase Productions...

Love Sick
9/4 - 9/29/2019


Ofra Daniel; book: Ofra Daniel; lyrics: Lior Ben-Hur, Ofra Daniel; music: Ofra Daniel; dir: Christopher Renshaw....

The Jewish Queen Lear
3/13 - 4/7/2019


The Gonda Theatre: Jacob Gordin; trans: Nahma Sandrow; dir: Adam Immerwahr....

Talley's Folly
12/7 - 12/30/2018


Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in Drama, Talleys Folly is a lyrical romance that follows the unlikely courtship of young Sally Talley and her much ...

Actually
10/17 - 11/18/2018


Anna Ziegler; dir: Johanna Gruenhut....

Becoming Dr. Ruth
2/21 - 3/18/2018


Karola Ruth Siegel is more than just “Dr. Ruth.” Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. ...

Everything is Illuminated
1/11 - 2/4/2018


adapt: Jonathan Safran Foer from Simon Block; dir: Aaron Posner....

Sotto Voce
10/3 - 10/29/2017


The Joyce & Seward Johnson Theater: Nilo Cruz....

Broken Glass
6/14 - 7/9/2017


Arthur Miller....

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs
4/5 - 5/14/2017

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Brighton Beach Memoirs
4/9 - 5/7/2017


Coming of age may not be easy—but it sure can be hilarious. Eugene Morris Jerome is 15, lives in 1930’s Brooklyn and thinks of little ...

The How and The Why
2/15 - 3/12/2017


On the eve of a prestigious conference, an up-and-coming evolutionary biologist wrestles for the truth with an established leader in the field. Their real challenge ...

Copenhagen
1/5 - 1/29/2017


Michael Frayn; dir: Eleanor Holdridge....

Oy Vey in a Manger
12/20 - 12/28/2016


Kinsey Sicks....

Oy Vey in a Manger
12/20 - 12/28/2016


Kinsey Sicks....

The Christians
11/16 - 12/11/2016


Twenty years ago, Pastor Paul’s church was nothing more than a modest storefront. Now he presides over a congregation of thousands, with classrooms for Sunday ...

The Christians
11/16 - 12/11/2016


Twenty years ago, Pastor Paul’s church was nothing more than a modest storefront. Now he presides over a congregation of thousands, with classrooms for Sunday ...

The Last Schwartz
9/7 - 10/2/2016


The Schwartz family is on its last legs. Their father is dead and their Catskills home is going up for sale. Norma Schwartz' husband hasn't ...

The Last Schwartz
9/7 - 10/2/2016


The Schwartz family is on its last legs. Their father is dead and their Catskills home is going up for sale. Norma Schwartz' husband hasn't ...

Another Way Home
6/23 - 7/24/2016


Anna Ziegler; dir: Shirley Serotsky....

The Body of an American
4/27 - 5/29/2016


Dan O'Brien; dir: José Carrasquillo....

The Sisters Rosensweig
1/13 - 2/21/2016


Wendy Wasserstein; dir: Kasi Campbell....

Stars of David: Story to Song
12/22 - 12/27/2015


adapt: Aaron Harnick, Abigail Pogrebin; music: Marvin Hamlisch, Sheldon Harnick, Tom Kitt, Steven Sater, Duncan Sheik, Jeanine Tesori; dir: Shirley Serotsky....

Sons of the Prophet
11/18 - 12/20/2015


Stephen Karam; dir: Gregg Henry....

Queens Girl in the World
9/16 - 10/11/2015


Caleen Sinnette-Jennings; dir: Eleanor Holdridge....


Charles Busch; dir: Eleanor Holdridge....

The Call
5/6 - 5/31/2015


Tanya Barfield; dir: Jennifer Nelson....

G-d's Honest Truth
3/18 - 4/19/2015


Renee Calarco; dir: Jenny McConnell Frederick....


Aaron Posner; dir: Aaron Posner....

The Admission
3/20 - 4/27/2014


Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theatre: Motti Lerner....

Yellow Face
1/29 - 2/23/2014


The lines between truth and fiction blur with hilarious and moving results in David Henry Hwang’s unreliable memoir. Asian-American playwright DHH, fresh off his Tony ...

Our Suburb
12/29 - 1/12/2014


Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theatre: Darrah Cloud; dir: Judith Ivey....


Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theatre: adapt: Nick Corley, David M. Lutken; lyrics: Woody Guthrie; music: Woody Guthrie....

The Argument
10/23 - 11/24/2013


Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theatre: Alexandra Gersten Vassilaros; dir: Shirley Serotsky....

After the Revolution
9/7 - 10/6/2013


Amy Herzog; dir: Eleanor Holdridge....

The Hampton Years
5/29 - 6/30/2013


Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater: - Jacqueline E. Lawton; dir: Shirley Serotsky....

Andy and the Shadows
4/3 - 4/28/2013


Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater: - Ari Roth; dir: Daniella Topol....

Race
2/6 - 3/17/2013


Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater: - David Mamet; dir: John Vreeke....


- Nir Erez, Boaz Gaon; dir: Joseph Megel....

Apples from The Desert
12/15 - 1/6/2013


Aaron & Cecile Goldman Theater: - Savyon Liebrecht; dir: Johanna Gruenhut....


Superman—the man of steel—is invulnerable. Jerry Siegel, the creator of Superman, was exceedingly vulnerable. Siegel was one of many Jews who created the cartoon superheroes ...

The Whipping Man
4/18 - 5/20/2012

The Religion Thing
1/4 - 1/29/2012

After The Fall
10/26 - 11/27/2011

Imagining Madoff
8/31 - 9/25/2011

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