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Washington Stage Guild Closes Season with World Premiere of AN UNBUILT LIFE


by A.A. Cristi - April 12, 2024

Get the latest cast updates for the Washington Stage Guild's production of AN UNBUILT LIFE....

Video: Get A First Look At HESTER STREET at Theater J


by Joshua Wright - April 11, 2024

Get a first look at Theater J's world premiere of Hester Stree - a new adaptation of Joan Micklin Silver’s 1975 film was written by Sharyn Rothstein and directed by Oliver Butler. ...

THE ART OF CARE World Premiere & More Set for Mosaic Theater Company 2024-25 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 10, 2024

Mosaic Theater Company is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a season centering iconic artists and new plays. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets....

Ari'el Stachel's OUT OF CHARACTER & More Set for Theater J 2024-25 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 04, 2024

Theater J has unveiled its 2024-2025 season. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets....

Review: HESTER STREET At Theater J


by Mary Lincer - April 02, 2024

What did our critic think of HESTER STREET at Theater J?...

Krysta Rodriguez & More to Perform at Signature Theatre Gala Honoring Nathan Lane


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 27, 2024

On April 29, 2024, Signature Theatre will honor icon of stage and screen Nathan Lane with the company’s thirteenth Stephen Sondheim Award. Learn more!...

Washington Stage Guild Closes Season with World Premiere of AN UNBUILT LIFE


by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2024

Get the latest updates on the area premiere of VICTORIAN LADIES’ DETECTIVE COLLECTIVE by the Washington Stage Guild. Stay tuned for more information about the show....

HUMAN MUSEUM Begins Performances At Rorschach Theatre In April


by A.A. Cristi - March 15, 2024

Rorschach Theatre has announced the world-premiere of HUMAN MUSEUM by Miyoko Conley and directed by Randy Baker, April 12 – May 5, 2024. ...

NANCY Comes to Mosaic Theater Company This Month


by Stephi Wild - March 05, 2024

Mosaic Theater Company will present the world premiere of Nancy, an audacious and funny new play exploring ancestry, ambition and motherhood through the figures of Nancy Reagan and Esmeralda, a Navajo mother. ...

Theater J Launches First-Ever Summer Musical Theater Camp Auditions


by Stephi Wild - February 28, 2024

Theater J has announced auditions for its first-ever Summer Musical Theater Camp programs, The Jungle Book, running from July 1-18, 2024, and The Wizard Of Oz, running from July 22–August 8, 2024....

Past Shows

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

Videos


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Creative Cauldron (4/11 - 4/28) Tracker
Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return in Washington, DC Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return
GALA Hispanic Theatre (5/9 - 6/9) Tracker
Doreen Ketchens • Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler! in Washington, DC Doreen Ketchens • Laissez Les Bons Temps Rouler!
Hylton Performing Arts Center (5/4 - 5/4)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in Washington, DC The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Compass Rose Theater (3/15 - 4/28)
Little Shop of Horrors in Washington, DC Little Shop of Horrors
Ford's Theatre (3/15 - 5/18)
An Unbuilt Life in Washington, DC An Unbuilt Life
Washington Stage Guild at Undercroft Theatre (4/11 - 5/5)
Rose: You Are Who You Eat in Washington, DC Rose: You Are Who You Eat
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (6/5 - 6/23)
The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence in Washington, DC The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence
Arena Stage (6/6 - 7/14)
Momia en el Clóset (Mummy in the Closet) in Washington, DC Momia en el Clóset (Mummy in the Closet)
GALA Hispanic Theatre (5/9 - 6/9)
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