DC

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Ferocious queer ghost story debuts April 17.

The new hip-hop musical invites audiences to see themselves inside the movement that shaped modern America. By TENIOLA AYOOLA

Translator/director Karin Rosnizeck and Austrian playwright Arad Dabiri reflect on the play's origins, language, and emotional core. By NICOLE HERTVIK

Izzard gives us a one-actor version of Shakespeare’s greatest tragedy that is filled with surprises and touching insights. By ANDREW WALKER WHITE

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.

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

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

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

The festival of new operas — ‘Only the Air,’ ‘Passio,’ and ‘For Women Serving Time’ — filled the Dupont Underground with startling images and evocative text. By GREGORY FORD 

While the play is humorous and witty, it turns a horrific time in history into a performance that leaves a lasting impression.  By MARY V. HOLIMAN

Lola Chakrabati’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel captivates with layered performances yet falters in a final act that resolves too little, too quickly. By VICTORIA SOSA

The stars of ‘Beauty and the Beast' now at the National share their experience creating ‘that place of childlike wonder.’ By JULIA TUCKER

Artistic Director Francesca Zambello gives us a quintessential American story and makes every moment emotionally riveting. By SUSAN GALBRAITH