Constellation Theatre Company announces Season 19, “The Expanding Universe,” at its new performance location at Atlas Performing Arts Center, featuring Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors running January 23 through February 15 and Or, running May 15 through June 7. Together, these productions invite audiences to experience the unexpected: horror turned hilarity, history turned farce, and characters who reveal their multitudes in moments of both danger and delight. Constellation Theatre Company maintains its mission as an established DC company dedicated to telling big, powerful stories in intimate spaces. Fall events and experiences accompanying the season will be announced at a later date.
DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS
By Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
Directed By Nick Martin
January 23 – February 15, 2026
Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002)
Bram Stoker’s iconic vampire tale takes on an outrageous new life in Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors — a madcap, laugh-out-loud comedy full of camp, lusty encounters, and hilarious spectacle. With a cast of five actors shapeshifting through multiple roles, the production transforms gothic horror into a feast of physical comedy, surprise, and unhinged seduction.
Directed by Constellation Theatre’s Associate Artistic Director Nick Martin.
OR,
Written by Liz Duffy Adams
Directed By Allison Arkell Stockman
May 15 – June 7, 2026
Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002)
Liz Duffy Adams’ play entitled Or, is a fast-paced, witty comedy that blends history, feminism, and espionage in 1660s England. The farce follows Aphra Behn — spy, poet, and the first professional female playwright — as she races to finish a script, navigate secret missions, and juggle romantic entanglements, all in one chaotic night. With clever wordplay and rapid costume changes, Or, is a celebration of art, friendship, and sexual freedom.
Directed by Constellation Theatre’s Founding Artistic Director Allison Arkell Stockman.
Tickets to these productions will go on sale at a later date. For more information, visit www.ConstellationTheatre.org
ABOUT CONSTELLATION THEATRE COMPANY
Constellation Theatre Company tells big, powerful stories in an intimate space. They spark curiosity and imagination with plays and musicals from all over the world that feature visual spectacle, original music, dynamic movement, and passionate acting ensembles. They draw from the genres of fantasy, farce, and epic adventure to transport audiences to dramatic worlds where the action is larger than life. Since 2007, Constellation has brought to life numerous diverse and vibrant stories. Constellation received the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company from the Helen Hayes Awards in 2009 and the prestigious National Theatre Company Award from the American Theatre Wing in 2013. According to Metro Weekly magazine, Constellation “does some of the best, most adventurous, most reliable work in town, all presented on an epic scale with a level of intimacy that can’t be beat.”