31 theaters in Washington, District of Columbia. 11 shows playing or coming up, 24 camps and classes, 2 crew calls.
Tina Howe
Our fall staged reading series concludes with Museum, which takes place on the final day of a group show of three contemporary American artists being exhibited in a major museum of modern art—where everyone from art lovers, lost souls, students, skeptics, and more pass through the museum. Fall 2026 Reading Series September 29 — Framing the News THE FRONT PAGE by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur featuring guest artist Michael Russotto as Walter Burns October 6 — Framing the Self SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR by Luigi Pirandello featuring guest artist Thomas Adrian Simpson as Father October 13 — Framing the Past THE HISTORY BOYS by Alan Bennett featuring guest artist Buzz Mauro as Hector October 20 — Framing the Arts MUSEUM by Tina Howe featuring guest artist Kim Schraf as Chloe Performance Details 🕛 Time: Tuesdays at 7:30pm 📍Location: The Theatre Lab (900 Massachusetts Ave NW | Plan Your Visit) 🎟️ Tickets: Free Admission (Reserve Seats) About This Staged Reading Led by Theatre Lab Co-Executive Director Deb Gottesman, this reading series is the culmination of our popular Acting in a Professional Production class, a series of staged readings featuring acting and directing from celebrated DC actors and directors performing alongside a talented company of emerging student artists.
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Checked against the theater's site on Mon Oct 19
Created by Rorschach Theatre; concept and story by Jenny McConnell Frederick; written by Jenny McConnell Frederick, Randy Baker and others
An immersive new story inspired by true events of 1933: two lovers disappear in a once-in-a-lifetime storm and a neighborhood tries to explain the unexplainable.
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Checked against the theater's site on Sat Oct 3
The Sirens of Sin, Nu Sass's gender-inclusive burlesque troupe, present an original jukebox musical burlesque built around a murder mystery in which the audience tries to unravel the clues.
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Checked against the theater's site on Sat Oct 3
Howard E. Koch (based on the novel by H.G. Wells)
A staging of the 1938 radio script about a menacing alien invasion, performed at 7:30pm with an intermission. Special evenings include opening night (Oct 29), Halloween (Oct 31), a Sherry night (Nov 6) and Industry night (Nov 9).
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Checked against the theater's site on Sat Oct 3
Visionaries of the Creative Arts (VOCA)
Three solo performances by Deaf and hard of hearing BIPOC artists (Oct 29 Treshelle Edmond, Oct 30 Fred M. Beam, Oct 31 Rosa Lee Timm), presented in American Sign Language and spoken English. The theatre lists ages 13+ and a content advisory including references to self-harm, sexual content, sexual assault and drug use.
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Checked against the theater's site on Sat Oct 10
Inna Goncharova (translated by John Farndon)
Alliance for New Music-Theatre
Immersive remount of the Ukrainian play about a trumpeter, the last survivor of a military band, trapped below the Mariupol steelworks during the 2022 Russian siege, staged in the bunker-like tunnel of Dupont Underground. Directed by Janos Szasz with the original actors Michael Kevin Darnall and Lise Bruneau, trumpeter Kevin McKee and a male chorus of Ukrainian singers. The company says the January 2026 run was Helen Hayes Recommended and sold out.
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Checked against the theater's site on Sat Oct 3
Alliance for New Music-Theatre
Bimonthly cabaret series with a Weimar-era theme, each evening devised by a company artist: Suzy Plays the Saxophone (Oct 6, silent film SAXOPHON SUSY with live score and songs), Curtain Calls: Howard Edition (Dec 1), A Gatsby for Our Time (Feb 2), Carmen Meets Lola (Apr 6), Sing the Unsung (May 4) and Mephisto as a Weimar Cabaret (Jun 1). Ticket includes a signature cocktail and small bites; bar opens at 6:30 PM and the show starts at 7:00 PM.
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Checked against the theater's site on Sat Oct 3
William Shakespeare (adapted)
A karaoke-flavored adaptation of Twelfth Night with singing and speaking roles, performed by an open-cast ensemble.
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Checked against the theater's site on Sat Oct 3
Stanton Wood (adapted from Hans Christian Andersen)
Fall Production class for ages 9-13 presents the Snow Queen tale that inspired Disney's Frozen, performed by two student casts.
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Checked against the theater's site on Sat Oct 3
Andrea and Michael Pemberton (book and lyrics), Michael Pemberton (music)
World premiere rock musical in co-production with Avant Bard Theatre, reimagining King Lear as a televangelist whose mind may be slipping. This is the Spooky Action part of the run (April 8 to 18, 2027); Avant Bard performs the rest at Gunston Arts Center in Arlington.
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Checked against the theater's site on Sat Oct 3
Gaby FeBland
World premiere nonverbal puppet pageant about a rat girl uncovering a conspiracy in a neon underworld, in association with LaMaMa Experimental Theatre Club.
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Checked against the theater's site on Sat Oct 3
The Center for Movement Theatre
The Center for Movement Theatre
A Washington nonprofit that develops and produces original music-theater, cabaret and Ukrainian-themed plays, mostly at Dupont Underground and the Arts Club of Washington. Its Live & About subscription series also takes members to other companies' shows.
The Trumpeter opens Nov 4 · 1 more show coming up
Founded in 2017 by Anthony Green, Cagedbirds Productions is a Black LGBTQ+ playwright-led company that also runs the Uncaged Film Festival.
Nothing announced right now
youth theater
A community arts center offering youth theater classes and a theater production apprenticeship for young adults.
Nothing announced right now
youth theater
A youth-powered nonprofit for teens in Wards 7 and 8, with a summer 10-Minute Play Festival program, family productions and an after-school program.
Nothing announced right now
Founded in 2019 by Karin Rosnizeck, ExPats Theatre is a small company producing plays on global themes at the Atlas Performing Arts Center on H Street NE.
Nothing announced right now
semi-professional theater company
A Commedia dell'Arte company based at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.
Nothing announced right now
youth theater
GALA Hispanic Theatre's year-round bilingual theater education program for high school students ages 14 to 19, covering acting, playwriting and music, with student-performed shows at GALA.
Nothing announced right now
A young classical-works theater company launched in November 2025, a nonprofit without a fixed home venue.
Nothing announced right now
A group that writes and stages an annual original political satire revue to benefit charity.
1 crew call
A queer Latine-owned company in residence at Dupont Underground since November 2025.
Nothing announced right now
semi-professional theater company
A musical theater company serving the DC area, with open calls for local performers.
Nothing announced right now
youth theater
Founded in January 2025, National Children's Theatre is a Capitol Hill youth theater education nonprofit offering Saturday and weekday conservatory classes for ages 3 to 18 with student productions, summer camps, school programs and Childcare Matinees at DC theaters.
The Snow Queen opens Dec 12 · 3 camps and classes
semi-professional theater company
Founded in 2009, Nu Sass Productions supports marginalized genders in DC theater through three branches: Nu Sass (plays), Pinky Swear Productions (musicals) and The Sirens of Sin (burlesque musicals). It has its own space, Nu Sass Theatre, and also plays other DC venues.
Now playing: Cluelesque: A Musical Murder Mystery Burlesque through Oct 25
A DC company known for immersive, site-specific work, with offices at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.
Sparked: The Vanishing at Buzzard Point opens Oct 22
youth theater
A youth arts center whose afterschool program includes drama courses.
Nothing announced right now
A Greek-tragedy company of artists trained at the Studio Acting Conservatory, with a mission to support recently trained DC actors in the move from amateur to professional work. It presents one fall production a year at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.
Nothing announced right now
An experimental company in residence at the Universalist National Memorial Church on 16th Street NW, producing new and devised work, often in association with other DC companies.
Father Lear opens Apr 8 · 1 more show coming up
A Capitol Hill community theater based at St. Mark's Episcopal Church.
1 crew call
An acting school in Columbia Heights with conservatory classes, weekend workshops and a Young Actors Program.
Nothing announced right now
A company-member ensemble in residence at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop black box, known for affordable tickets.
Nothing announced right now
A teaching studio run by Dody DiSanto, who is Lecoq-trained and on the faculty of the Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy, offering weekend clown and bouffon workshops for adults.
2 camps and classes
semi-professional theater company
A Capitol Hill company that stages Shakespeare adaptations at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop and holds open auditions.
Twelfth Night: Karaoke Marina opens Dec 4
A theater school offering acting and musical theater classes and camps for children, teens and adults.
Now playing: Museum · 19 camps and classes
semi-professional theater company
A playwrights' collective that produces its members' new plays and casts actors by audition. A recent production played at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Arts.
Nothing announced right now
youth theater
Founded in 2017, Theatre 202 is a youth community theater company that co-creates productions with DC students, including cabarets at GALA Hispanic Theatre.
Nothing announced right now
An actor-centered company working through codified group improvisation, directed by B. Stanley, and performing in the DC Arts Center black box.
Nothing announced right now
A small DC company producing new plays.
Nothing announced right now
A Deaf-led theater and dance company with offices at the Atlas Performing Arts Center. It holds open casting calls for Deaf, hard of hearing and hearing performers, with no professional experience required.
Deaf BIPOC Solo Shows III opens Oct 29
A nonprofit improv theater in residence at Studio Theatre, offering improv classes and weekly ensemble shows.
Nothing announced right now
Founded in 2012, We Happy Few Productions is a classical theater company performing at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop.
The War of the Worlds: The 1938 Radio Script opens Oct 28
A new DC company founded by director Mediombo Singo Fofana to give multilingual and multicultural, underrepresented actors a home for classical, Greek and new work. It has no home venue and takes headshots and resumes through its casting page.
Nothing announced right now
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