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Perisphere Theater Appoints New Artistic Leadership


by Stephi Wild - February 15, 2024

Montgomery County-based Perisphere Theater has appointed Gerrad Alex Taylor and Lizzi Albert as co-artistic directors, effective April 1, 2024....

Cast and Creative Team Set for TEMPESTUOUS ELEMENTS World Premiere at Arena Stage


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 16, 2024

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Tempestuous Elements, playwright Kia Corthron’s new work exploring the trailblazing career of visionary Black feminist and educational luminary Anna Julia Cooper....

DC-Area Premiere of HAZARDOUS MATERIALS to Open in Bethesda in November


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 26, 2023

Perisphere Theater, a Helen Hayes Award-winning, nonprofit theater company based in Montgomery County, Md., will open the DC-area premiere of Hazardous Materials....

Patrick Page to Star in KING LEAR at Shakespeare Theatre Company


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 21, 2022

Shakespeare Theatre Company has announced the cast and creative team for the upcoming production of King Lear. STC favorite Patrick Page will star as the titular king. See who else is in the cast, how to purchase tickets, and more!...

Virginia Madsen Joins Six-City East Coast Tour Of Suicide Awareness Play RIGHT BEFORE I GO


by A.A. Cristi - September 14, 2022

Virginia Madsen, Academy Award nominee from the hit movie 'Sideways', has been added to the east coast tour of Stan Zimmerman's suicide awareness play, 'Right Before I Go', highlighting the raw struggles of people in all walks of life that have died by suicide. ...

Unexpected Stage Company Presents Tanya Saracho's FADE Next Month


by Stephi Wild - September 14, 2022

As part of its thirteenth season, Unexpected Stage Company presents Fade by Tanya Saracho (How To Get Away With Murder, Looking), directed by Dylan Arredondo (Parlor Games, Chushingura). ...

Suicide Awareness Play RIGHT BEFORE I GO. Reunites 'Gilmore' Cast Members For Six City Tour


by A.A. Cristi - July 15, 2022

Seedling Events announced an east coast tour of Stan Zimmerman's suicide awareness play, 'Right Before I Go.', highlighting the raw struggles of people in all walks of life that have died by suicide. ...

Unexpected Stage Company Presents Keith Powell's SOPHISTICATED NEW ONES


by A.A. Cristi - May 16, 2022

As part of its thirteenth season, Unexpected Stage Company presents Sophisticated New Ones by Keith Powell (This Is Us, 30 Rock), directed by Dawn Thomas Reidy (Raisin in the Sun at Chesapeake Shakespeare Company). The production will run June 15 to July 3 in the Fireside Room, an intimate 30-seat v...

Washington Stage Guild to Present MEMOIRS OF A FORGOTTEN MAN


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 18, 2022

The Washington Stage Guild will conclude its 2021-2022 season with Memoirs of a Forgotten Man by D.W. Gregory. The play, which had its world premiere at The Contemporary American Theatre Festival in 2018, takes place in the Stalinist Soviet Union, where a man’s inability to forget those whom the gov...

Washington Stage Guild to Return to the Stage With MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA!


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 22, 2021

The Washington Stage Guild will return to the stage with a masterwork by one of the modern theatre’s most important figures: My Children! My Africa!, the great South African playwright Athol Fugard’s meditation on education and its role in the struggle for justice, along with its sad limits in a cul...

Past Shows

Dracula (Dietz)
10/4 - 11/2/2019


"I want your fear. For your fear, like a current, rushes through your body. Your fear makes your heart pound, it renders your veins rich ...


Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman Chesapeake Shakespeare Company...

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