Arena Stage announces cast and creative team for ‘The Motion’

Obie Award-winner Christopher Chen's play journeys through memory, identity, and the fragile boundaries of belief.

Monologue Madness celebrates 15 years of showcasing DC’s top acting talent

Created by actor-entrepreneur Edward Daniels, Monologue Madness features 32 local actors in a high-energy, single-elimination tournament in front of a live audience.

Calendar: Play Readings, Workshops, and Short-Run Theater Events in the DMV

Check back regularly for the most up-to-date information about workshops, readings, and short-run/single-performance events.

Baltimore Center Stage announces 2026/27 season

Bold lineup of world premieres, musical celebrations, and American classics continues to position Baltimore as a home for what’s next in American theater.

As sweeping layoffs diminish WaPo theater coverage, critics reckon with what’s...

Writers trace a decades-long shift toward metrics and cost-cutting that has steadily eroded arts coverage at The Washington Post. By TENIOLA AYOOLA

Chesapeake Shakespeare Company announces 2026/27 season

Spanning horror, historical drama, and Shakespearean comedy, season explores the fragility and strength of human nature.

Nu Sass to premiere Katherine Gwynn’s ‘Everything, Devoured’

Ferocious queer ghost story debuts April 17.

‘I Know How to Curse: a re-blackening of shakespeare’ to premiere...

Solo show by Perisphere Co-Artistic Director Gerrad Alex Taylor uses the structure of a minstrel show to critique the casting politics of the classical canon.

Round House Theatre announces 50th season

2026/27 season includes two world premieres, three regional premieres, a major co-production of an August Wilson classic, and '50 for 50' free events.

Everyman Theatre announces 2026/27 season

Final season curated by Founding Artistic Director Vincent M. Lancisi is the first to be led by incoming Artistic Director Brandon Weinbrenner.

Folger Theatre announces full roster of Shakespeare’s plays for 2026/27 season

Season features 'Hamlet' (returning to the Folger for the first time in over a decade) and the rarely-produced 'Measure for Measure,' last seen at the Folger in 2006.

Shakespeare Theatre Company announces 2026/27 season

Season includes Brian Cox as Johann Sebastian Bach in the US premiere of 'The Score.'

Mosaic Theater Company announces first slate of programming for 2026/27 season

Season to include two world premieres and a DC premiere, with additional programming to be announced.

Arena Stage adds Felicia Curry and Kennedy Holmes to the cast...

Felicia Curry and Kennedy Holmes to join Holli' Gabrielle Conway, Jade Milan, and Stoney B. Woods in world premiere opening June 12.

WNO’s Francesca Zambello inducted into OPERA America’s Opera Hall of Fame

Zambello, Washington National Opera's artistic director since 2013, was honored March 20.

24th annual WATCH Awards winners announced

Rockville Musical Theatre and Silver Spring Stage take home 7 top honors each, among 94 productions by 28 local community theaters.

GALA to premiere new musical ‘Aguardiente’

Cast and crew announced for world premiere GALA commission, running April 30-May 24,

Palestinian playwright and performer denied entry to the U.S.  

Studio Theatre forced to cancel planned production of Alaa Shehada’s ‘The Horse of Jenin.’ His solo show to screen on film instead.  By NICOLE HERTVIK

Cast announced for Olney’s world premiere of ‘I & You: The...

J. Antonio Rodriguez and Alex De Bard to star in musical adaptation of Lauren Gunderson's hit play.

Broadway at the National announces 2026/27 season

Season includes 5 DC premieres, a new production of 'Dirty Dancing,' the return of the Broadway phenomenon 'Hamilton,' and more.