Wednesday, October 14, 2020
Just in time for Halloween, The Alden Theatre in McLean continues its unique Drive-Thru Drama performances with Objects in Mirror May Be SPOOKIER Than They Appear, October 16 to November 1, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:18AM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 13, 2020
The trials and tribulations of a talk show host's family. A date between two extreme opposites that gets dangerous. These are the themes of the two winning entries in Dominion Stage's first …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:42AM[SHARE]Sunday, October 11, 2020
The lineup for Shakespeare Theater Company's 2020"2021 season"as announced by Artistic Director Simon Godwin and Executive Director Chris Jennings"is signficantly different from plans first …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:13PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 10, 2020
A monthslong period of intensive introspection and evolution at Mosaic Theater Company, led by a recommitment to anti-racism, has culminated in the company's recent announcement of fall prog…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:54PM[SHARE]Thursday, October 8, 2020
In response to the ongoing social upheaval and protests for racial justice, Olney Theatre Center is hosting a virtual social justice arts festival amplifying the voices of BIPOC artists and …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:44PM[SHARE]The irrepressibly entertaining Happenstance Theater will perform its Pinot & Augustine clown show on Saturday, October 10, 2020, at 2 pm and 6 pm, in the parking lot at Joe's Movement Em…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:25PM[SHARE]Tuesday, October 6, 2020
The Black Artist Coalition (BAC) releases its second visual project, "I Am…" A Celebration of Black Artistry Thursday, October 8, 2020. One of the pillars of the Black Artist Coalition is …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:33PM[SHARE]The Forum for Cultural Engagement has announced Flash Acts, a free six-day, bilingual, virtual theater festival October 8 to 13, 2020. This one-of-a-kind performance festival brings together…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:19PM[SHARE]Saturday, October 3, 2020
The Reclamation Project"an idea inspired by We See You, White American Theater, "Hot button issues for Black theater: A roundtable on revolution," and "Gender Diverse Black Theatre Leadershi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:23PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 30, 2020
As part of its ongoing commitment to creating diverse, modern work by leading playwrights and performers during the prolonged COVID-19 theater closure, 1st Stage has announced eleven new art…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:13PM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 29, 2020
Round House Theatre has announced an updated lineup of plays, conversations, and education offerings, including digital programming for the fall and winter and a return to live productions i…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:58PM[SHARE]Sunday, September 27, 2020
Celebrating Solas Nua's 15th anniversary, the DC-based Irish arts organization has commissioned a series of digital plays from African-American playwright Jeremy Keith Hunter and Irish playw…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:02AM[SHARE]Tuesday, September 22, 2020
#BlackMenFeel is a new artistic project designed to address mental, emotional, and spiritual challenges experienced by Black men, specifically Black Queer men. Produced by Brave Soul Collect…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:55PM[SHARE]Thursday, September 17, 2020
Culminating the 2020 Helen Hayes Awards recognizing outstanding work on Washington-area stages in 2019, the theater community will gather for one singular celebration in three successive dig…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:16PM[SHARE]Monday, September 14, 2020
IN Series launches its groundbreaking 2020"2021 digital opera season with a Festival Weekend of world premieres September 17 to 19, 2020. The season, characterized by genre-defying collabora…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:08AM[SHARE]Saturday, September 12, 2020
Announcing its 2020"2021 season, GALA Hispanic Theatre revealed plans to resume indoor live performances in late October"the first professional theater to do so in Metro DC since stages went…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:41PM[SHARE]Friday, September 11, 2020
The Humans"Stephen Karam's Tony Award"winning family dramedy"was slated for a run at Olney Theatre Center this season, but that physical production was shelved this summer when the COVID wou…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:15PM[SHARE]Wednesday, September 9, 2020
Against the backdrop of COVID-19, racial injustice, and the upcoming election, CulturalDC is staging one of the first large-scale productions in the Washington, DC, area since the pandemic b…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:31AM[SHARE]Sunday, August 30, 2020
Shakespeare Theatre Company Artistic Director Simon Godwin has announced that Whitney White and Soyica Colbert"the director and the dramaturg for The Amen Corner"are joining STC as associate…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:00AM[SHARE]Friday, August 28, 2020
Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) has announced that Savannah Miller and Adanna Paul are its first two participants in the 2020-2021 Young Playwrights in Progress (YPIP) new play development …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:00PM[SHARE]Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Studio Theatre has commissioned seven Black artists who are attending the 57th anniversary March on Washington Friday, August 28, to create artistic responses that bear witness to their expe…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:20PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 22, 2020
theatreWashington has announced updated plans for the 36th annual Helen Hayes Awards"originally scheduled to take place at The Anthem on May 18, 2020, but postponed because of COVID. Celebra…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 06:26PM[SHARE]Thursday, August 20, 2020
Sheldon Epps will join the Ford's Theatre leadership team as Senior Artistic Advisor. He steps into the new role as the theater reevaluates its 2020"2021 season amid the national reckoning f…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:41PM[SHARE]Monday, August 17, 2020
American Shakespeare Center in Staunton, Virginia, has announced that their Summer 2020 SafeStart Season will be available for online viewing in partnership with Marquee TV. Dubbed "BlkFrs L…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:15PM[SHARE]Announced today, the Black Artist Coalition (BAC) has formed in response to the increasing awareness of both macro- and microaggressions that have more often than not tainted Black artists' …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:00PM[SHARE]Friday, August 7, 2020
DMV rapper "Litty Official" releases their mixtape He Could Never on Spotify, Soundcloud, and iTunes. Jade Jones, the artist behind Litty, has crafted a standout lo-fi trap mixtape for the m…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 08:07PM[SHARE]Saturday, August 1, 2020
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company announces its 2020"2021 season featuring the return of a postponed production, new partnerships, a digital season, an evolution of Woolly's subscription plan, …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:44PM[SHARE]Friday, July 31, 2020
Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, announces Black Trans Women at the Center: An Evening of Short Plays, a celebration of Black trans talent and experience coproduced by Lady Dane…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:00PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 21, 2020
In a swift pivot, Arena Stage has recently announced an upcoming season that reflects their commitment to compelling, dynamic work packed with drama, humor, music, and first-class storyte…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:11PM[SHARE]Saturday, July 18, 2020
Shugoll Research, a national marketing research company in Bethesda, Maryland, has released findings from a Wave 2 online survey it conducted with 743 DC-area theatergoers about three pressi…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:06PM[SHARE]Tuesday, July 14, 2020
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has recently revealed a plan for several ongoing and long-term social impact initiatives " and the urgency and importance of this work has …
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