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
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 ...
RELATED STORIES
Bonnie Milligan, Beanie Feldstein and More Nominated for 2025 Helen Hayes Awards
by A.A. Cristi - February 10, 2025
Theatre Washington has announced nominees for the 41st Helen Hayes Awards, which will be presented on Monday, May 19 at an event at The Anthem. The nominations are for productions in the Washington, DC, region in the 2024 calendar year.
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YOUR NAME MEANS DREAM Comes to Theater J
by Stephi Wild - February 05, 2025
Theater J will present the extremely timely, humorous, and important Your Name Means Dream. The play is written and directed by José Rivera. Learn more here!...
1st Stage Launches The Directors' Residency And Commission To Develop Regional Directors
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 27, 2025
1st Stage is launching the Directors’ Residency and Commission program to help develop early career directors who live and work in the region. Learn ore....
Theater J Hosts Convening of Years-Long Initiative to Foster Diverse Jewish Playwrights
by Stephi Wild - January 22, 2025
Theater J will bring together six playwrights from across North America who have been working for three years on writing new plays that center around the stories of ethnically and racially diverse Jews....
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...
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
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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
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Past Shows
Out of Character
1/8 - 1/26/2025
A Berkeley Rep Production co-presented by Theater J and Mosaic Theater Company of DC. Tony Award-winner Ari’el Stachel’s one-man show brings to life a full ...
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 ...
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 ...
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
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
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…
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
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
9/7 - 9/25/2022
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
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
6/9 - 7/3/2022
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
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
1/26 - 2/20/2022
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
12/17 - 12/25/2021
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
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
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
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 ...
Compulsion or The House Behind
6/4 - 7/5/2020
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The Wanderers
2/19
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, Talleys 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
4/5 - 5/14/2017
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....
The Tale of the Allergist's Wife
6/3 - 7/5/2015
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....
Life Sucks (Or the Present Ridiculous)
1/14 - 2/15/2015
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....
Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie
11/29 - 12/14/2013
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....
Boged: An Enemy of the People
1/12 - 2/3/2013
- 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....
The History of Invulnerability
6/6 - 7/8/2012
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
New Jerusalem: The Interrogation of Baruch de Spinoza
2/29 - 4/1/2012
The Kinsey Sicks Take (A)Back America!
2/4 - 2/19/2012
Locally Grown: Community Supported Art/ From Our Own Garden Festival
1/10 - 2/13/2012
The Religion Thing
1/4 - 1/29/2012
After The Fall
10/26 - 11/27/2011
Imagining Madoff
8/31 - 9/25/2011
Videos
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Season 18: CONSTELLATIONS and HEAD OVER HEELS
Constellation Theatre Company (2/6 - 6/1) | |
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CONSTELLATIONS
Constellation Theatre Company (2/6 - 3/9) | |
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Blame It On Beckett
The Writers Center (3/14 - 3/30) | |
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Kunene and the King
Klein Theatre - Shakespeare Theatre Company (2/16 - 3/16) | |
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Fuenteovejuna
GALA Hispanic Theatre (2/6 - 3/2) | |
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Parade
Kennedy Center [Opera House] (8/19 - 9/7) | |
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Eureka Day
The Kennedy Center - Eisenhower Theater (3/4 - 3/22) | |
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Duckomenta im Focke-Museum - Er kam, sah und quakte
Focke-Museum Bremen (3/23 - 3/23) | |
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Mother Goose
Imagination Stage (3/1 - 4/13) | |
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Keyboard Conversations® with Jeffrey Siegel: A Few of Our Favorite Things
Hylton Performing Arts Center (3/2 - 3/2) | |
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