1st Stage is thrilled to announce its 2025/26 season.
The season will begin with the Logan Festival of Solo Performance from September 18-28, 2025. This one-of-a-kind festival presents national, award-winning solo performers for two weeks of outstanding performances.
From October 16 to November 2, 2025, 1st Stage will present Fair Play by Ella Road, directed by Associate Artistic Director Deidra LaWan Starnes
The clocks are set. The line is drawn. Ann and Sophie have a chance to be champions. As their relationships, their bodies and their very identities are pulled into public scrutiny, does being exceptional come at too high a price? A gripping exploration of the underside of women’s athletics, Fair Play is the new work from Ella Road (The Phlebotomist), “the most promising young playwright in Britain.” – The Telegraph
From December 4 to 21, 2025, 1st Stage will present Birthday Candles by Noah Haidle, directed by Artistic Director Alex Levy
Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her 18th birthday. Even sooner, her 41st. Her 70th. Her 101st. This poignant and funny play takes its audience through the highlights, heartbreaks and extraordinary moments that make up one woman’s ordinary life.
“For my money, Birthday Candles is precisely why people go to the theater.” – Chicago Tribune
From February 19 to March 8, 2026, 1st Stage will present Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by José Carrasquillo
Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Ex-cop and recent widower Walter “Pops” Washington and his newly paroled son Junior have spent a lifetime living between Riverside and crazy. When the struggle to keep one of New York City’s last great rent-stabilized apartments collides with old wounds, sketchy new houseguests, and a final ultimatum, it seems that the old days may be dead and gone.
“…wonderful…a genuine original, one that deserves to be seen…” — Newsday (NY)
From April 9 to 26, 2026, 1st Stage will present Real Women Have Curves by Josefina López, directed by Nadia Guevara
The outrageously funny story of five full-figured Mexican-American women who are racing to meet nearly impossible production deadlines in order to keep their tiny sewing factory from going under. As 18-year-old Ana navigates her mother’s expectations and her own ambitions, she learns to embrace her body, her independence, and her path toward empowerment.
From June 4 to 21, 2026, 1st Stage will present Indecent by Paula Vogel, directed by Artistic Director Alex Levy
From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, a deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s “God of Vengeance”—a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel. Indecent charts the history of an incendiary drama and the path of the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it. “…we are indebted to Vogel…for reminding us of a brave play that fearlessly told the world there’s nothing indecent about love.” — TheaterMania
Subscriptions and Flex Passes are available for savings of up to 50% off regular price tickets. Tickets, Subscriptions, and Flex Passes can be purchased online at www.1ststage.org or by calling the 1st Stage box office at 703-854-1856.
About 1st Stage:
1st Stage Theatre is an award-winning professional theater in the heart of Tysons, Virginia. The company serves as a cultural hub for the community producing first-rate theatrical productions as well as hosting professional musicians, orchestras, and visual artists, and providing educational opportunities for the community. 1st Stage’s production of The Nance was nominated for 11 Helen Hayes Awards in 2025, including Outstanding Production, becoming the most nominated production in the region. Other awards include the American Theatre Wing’s National Theatre Company award. Additionally, 1st Stage is a renewed member of the Spur Local (formerly the Catalogue for Philanthropy) class of 2024-2025. In September 2016, The Wall Street Journal called 1st Stage “one of America’s most impressive smaller regional companies.”
