District Fringe announces 2026 lineup

Second annual festival features 9 multi-night runs, 3 short-run performances, and 4 staged readings from July 10-26 at UDC.

Mosaic Theater Company to present world premiere of ‘Precarious’

Offering reflections on the climate crisis and generational divides, 'Precarious' is a fresh new comedy about starting out and starting over.

Woolly Mammoth announces 2026/27 season

Artistic Director Reggie D. White’s inaugural season is a season of firsts — five world-premiere plays by five playwrights making Woolly Mammoth debuts.

Thank goodness for ‘The Book of Mormon,’ on tour at the...

Fifteen years after the satirical musical’s Broadway premiere, the opening night crowd leaped to their feet in approval.  By ERIC COLCHAMIRO

With ‘Aguardiente’ at GALA, Luis Salgado adds ‘playwright’ to his résumé

The famed director/choreographer and the lead actor Samuel Garnica introduce their new musical about the courage to create something new. By JULIA TUCKER

The demon is a dead president in ‘Everything, Devoured’ from Nu...

There is something genuinely courageous about a script that refuses to look away from the ethical failures of our current moment. By NATASHA PARNIAN

‘44: The Musical’ brings the joy we need right now

Writer Eli Bauman delivers a love note to the Obamas and an irreverent, satirical trip down memory lane. By NICOLE HERTVIK

Not your grandmother’s ‘Streetcar Named Desire’

In the tunnels of Dupont Underground, each line of Tennessee Williams’s classic emits a chilling echo. By MELISSA LIN STURGES

At Rorschach’s ‘Dragon Play,’ come for the dragon sex, stay for...

Staged in a mythical lair, this experiential romantasy is a mixed bag of scorching desire and jumbled themes. By CAROLINE BOCK

Studio Theatre announces cast for ‘Purlie Victorious’

Psalmayene 24 to direct a powerhouse cast in Ossie Davis' Civil Rights-era farce.

Theater J announces 2026/27 season

Season lineup of five productions traverses centuries and continents to explore friendship, identity, love, and the transformative power of human connection.

Pared-down ‘Caesar and Cleopatra’ delights at Washington Stage Guild

WSG has done Washington theatergoers a service by presenting a top-notch, well-paced production featuring excellent acting by the entire cast.  By BOB ASHBY

‘Much Ado About Nothing’ is a masked ball at Faction of...

Shakespeare and Commedia dell’arte, like Beatrice and Benedick, turn out to be a match made in heaven. By SOPHIA HOWES

‘A Good Day to Me Not to You’ at Arena is...

Lameece Issaq’s solo dramedy isn’t afraid to go there (and there, and there, and also there…).  By TREY GRAHAM

Solas Nua opens ‘Tales of Two Cities’ development and exchange partnership

Applications open through April 23 for a fully funded professional development and exchange program for theater artists based in Cork, Ireland and Washington, DC.

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.

‘The Wiz’ on tour at the National Theatre is a joyful...

With a talented company and infinitely hummable songs, the show is a celebration of friendship, strength, and all the places (and people) we call home. By EM SKOW

Small-town secrets tell truths about America in ‘The Minutes’ at Keegan

The story revealed in a cantankerous city council meeting is fiercely funny and totally horrifying. By AMY KOTKIN

A sisterhood tragically shattered in ‘The Lady Bird of Saint John’...

Staged in Dupont Underground through April 12, this is a touching play whose context is U.S. immigration policies but whose heart is pure dramatist’s art. By JOHN STOLTENBERG