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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.

WWIT showcase of new plays and music by women+ starts June...

Washington Women in Theatre will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a festival of staged readings and cabarets June 9–12 and June 15–18.

Rorschach Theatre announces free staged readings of three new plays

As part of the company's 'Magic in Rough Spaces' new play lab series, the readings will be held April 1-2 at Atlas Arts Center.

Keegan’s Boiler Room Series announces seven new play workshops

The workshops will culminate in Pay What You Can public table readings from April 10 to May 15.

2023 Women’s Storytelling Festival to feature 27 performers

Better Said Than Done will host the festival March 24 to 26 both in-person in Fairfax City, VA, and online.

A celebratory evening with ‘Broadway Bound: The Musicals that Never Came...

The third installment of the series Broadway Bound: The Musicals that Never Came to Broadway, co-hosted by podcasters Robert W. Schneider and Charles Kirsch, brought...

NYC’s 2023 Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre presented at a star-studded...

Awards for the 33rd annual Kleban Prize for Musical Theatre, totaling $100,000 each and payable over two years, were presented to Most Promising Musical Theatre...

Flashback to the disco era of Studio 54 with ‘Turn the...

If you want to revisit the mood, music, and moves of the disco era, 54 Below has the perfect flashback for you on the...

Free readings of new plays by BIPOC writers this weekend at...

Artistic associates Sheldon Epps and José Carrasquillo talk about the initiative's focus on playwrights who identify as Black, Indigenous, and People of Color. Readings are February 2 to 4.

Creating anti-racist theater is topic of three convos on Zoom Mondays...

George Mason University School of Theater's Guest Artist Series features LGBTQ+ theater-makers who are leading practices around anti-racism and inclusion in theatrical spaces.

NYC book launch for Julian Schlossberg’s memoir ‘Try Not To Hold...

Stars of the stage and screen turned out at Sardi’s iconic restaurant in the Broadway theater district to commemorate the 81st birthday of veteran...

Signature Theatre announces three new plays for SigWorks series

Works by local playwrights Audrey Cefaly, Jennifer Barclay, and Nayna Agrawal have been selected for the seventh season of Monday night readings.

Celebrating ‘The American Theatre as seen by Hirschfeld’ at NYC’s Algonquin...

On Tuesday evening, December 6, The Al Hirschfeld Foundation celebrated The American Theatre as seen by Hirschfeld with a launch party for the new...

Annapolis Opera looks back at 50 years and it’s a sight...

Marking the company's 50th anniversary, a gallery of costumes, photos, and other items celebrates their variety and talents over the years.

Family-friendly fun under the big top with ‘Circus Vazquez’ at NY’s...

Founded in Mexico City in 1969, the four-generations-old Circus Vazquez is now celebrating twenty years of performing in NYC since its first appearance in...

Cathedral Choral Society’s ‘Roméo and Juliette’

The Atlanta Ballet joins the Cathedral Choral Society for a dramatic rendering of Hector Berlioz's 'Roméo and Juliette,' a first-of-its-kind collaboration.

Our amazing afternoon at the multi-abled Omnium Circus

Two DC theater critics take in the world's most inclusive circus and are blown away.

Studio Theatre gives its building upgrade a ‘Hi, sign!’

New exterior signage lights up to mark completion of a $20-million renovation.

All the feelings and the moves from ‘The Boy Band Project:...

Along with shining a spotlight on the group’s sizzling Broadway-caliber talent, The Boy Band Project: Holiday Edition, which played at Feinstein’s/54 Below on Monday,...

Off-Broadway’s ‘Blue Man Group’ celebrates its 30th anniversary at Astor Place...

There’s good reason why the iconic award-winning Blue Man Group is celebrating the major milestone of its 30th anniversary this month at the intimate...