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Calendar: Play Readings, Workshops, and Short-Run Theater Events in the DMV
Check back regularly for the most up-to-date information about workshops, readings, and short-run/single-performance events. Play readings and workshops offer a chance to see exciting new work at ...
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Two great actors in a great play face off in ‘Kunene and the King’ at STC
The power struggle between the two men is piercingly honest, sometimes brutal, sometimes shot through with humor. John Kani’s Kunene and the King, a U.S. premiere, brings us two great actors in a ...
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Captivating writing in new play ‘Primary Trust’ at Everyman Theatre
Reginald L. Douglas directs an excellent production of the 2024 Pulitzer Prize winner by Eboni Booth. Primary Trust is the name of a bank in the show, but also the theme of the show. Who do you turn ...
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‘The Play That Goes Wrong’ by The Arlington Players is one giant laugh fest
The technical creatives and crew deserve a standing ovation for their coordination and delivery of some spectacular and hilarious effects. The Arlington Players’ current production of The Play That ...
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Raised voices power Bethesda Little Theatre’s new musical ‘Got It Good’
In a creative take on the jukebox musical, two sisters and their mother consider the choices and inflection points in their lives. Life is filled with inflection points that challenge us to reaffirm, ...
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‘The Rivals’ brings a 19th-century rom-com to the stage at Catholic University
Incredibly well-trained college actors draw the audience into a comical whirlwind of wit and imagination. Austen-style love triangles and dresses with hoop skirts combine with Shakespearean ...
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Sarah Silverman’s hilarious and poignant ‘The Bedwetter’ opens at Arena Stage
The new musical zings along with high-end energy, an exceptional cast, excellent staging, and songs that drive the plot with humor, nuance, and tenderness. A new city, a new school, and divorcing ...
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‘In the Heights’ at Signature Theatre pulses with unrestrained joy
The people of 'In the Heights' meet America's challenges of caste, race, and cultural gatekeeping with fierce determination, exuberance, and pride. The Heights that the title of the musical In the ...
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Mask and Bauble’s one-act festival opens with heart at Georgetown University
The range displayed by the directors and actors across three challenging scripts testifies to their talent and enthusiasm for art. God-killers face mortality, superheroes make peace with civilian life ...
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Lessons learned through a lifelong bond in the hilarious and heartwarming ‘Conversations with Mother’ Off-Broadway at Theater 555
In his new semi-autobiographical comedy Conversations with Mother, Matthew Lombardo examines the dynamics of the mother-son relationship between the feisty Italian Catholic matriarch Maria Collavechio ...
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Triune’s ‘Joseph’ soars with dreamy vocals and a fresh take on a beloved musical
Triune Entertainment's production of 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat' is a vibrant and high-energy celebration of hope and persistence. Director Matt Moore presents the Webber and Rice ...
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A lot of talk, a lot of time, and a lot of baring offer no feminist solutions in ‘Liberation’ Off-Broadway at Roundabout
Roundabout Theatre Company’s world-premiere of Liberation by playwright Bess Wohl addresses the efforts and failures of the Women’s Movement over the 50+ years since 1970, in a meta-theatrical go-back ...