Wednesday, September 23, 2015
Today and tomorrow (Sept 23 and 24) the visit of Pope Francis will draw hundreds of thousands of people to the city. Expect intermittent street closures, parking restrictions, bicycling re…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06AMMarilyn Hausfeld will debut Just Between Us – A Piano, A Mic, A Memory, October 1 – 4, 2015. She has performed in numerous theaters in the D.C. area including the Kennedy Center…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:06AMTuesday, September 22, 2015
Christine Evans’ new play, Can’t Complain, debuts at Spooky Action on October 1, 2015. Her award-winning plays have been produced in her native Australia, the US and the UK. World pr…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:10AMMonday, September 21, 2015
Welcome to theatreWashington’s annual theatreWeek where 52 theatre companies are offering tickets at unbelievable prices. Buy during this week for shows throughout the season. But reme…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:48PMFriday, September 18, 2015
Clare Lizzimore’s play Animal debuts at Studio Theatre X on September 30, 2015. She is a playwright and an Olivier-Award winning director. Her first play, Mint (2013), was produced a…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:07AMJennifer Hoppe-House’s play Bad Dog debuts September 30, 2015 at Olney Theatre Center. She has written for theater, film and television (Nurse Jackie and Damages, among others). In …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:04AMThursday, September 17, 2015
Just announced by theatreWashington – Amy Austin, the long-time Publisher of the Washington City Paper, a local news and online destination, has accepted the position as President …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 01:28PMA roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from Solas Nua, Mosaic Theater, City Kids Theatre, Arena Stage, Constellation Theatre Company, and noted critic John Lahr. At the…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:15PMJaci Pulice is director of The October Issue, devised by The October Issue ensemble. The improv debuts September 17, 2015 at Washington Improv Theater. She has trained at Upright Citizen’s…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:43AMGinna Hoben is a professional actor/playwright based out of NYC. Her new play, No Spring Chicken, debuts at NextStop Theatre on September 24, 2015. She has toured all over the country and …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:24AMWednesday, September 16, 2015
Marilyn Ansevin Austin’s new play, The Point, is being given its debut by Arturus Theater Company on September 24, 2015. The longtime D.C. area resident, a psychotherapist in private p…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:20AMSuzan Zeder is one of the leading playwrights for young and family audiences in the United States. Her new play, When She Had Wings, opens at Imagination Stage September 30, 2015. Her plays …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:18AMTuesday, September 15, 2015
Jennie Berman Eng’s new play, Whenever You’re Near Me I Feel Sick, debuts September 17, 2015 at the Trinidad Theatre in Washington, DC. She is a 2014 and 2016 Theater J Locally G…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:37AMInheritance Canyon, Liz Maestri’s new play, debuts September 18, 2015, produced by Taffety Punk. Her full-length plays include SINNER-MAN, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, FALLBEIL, CONDO CONDO CONDOL…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:37AMMonday, September 14, 2015
Karin Coonrod’s play texts&beheadings/ElizabethR debuts at Folger Theatre September 19, 2015. She is a theater maker whose work has been seen and heard across the country and aroun…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:34AMJessica Dickey is creator of the acclaimed The Amish Project, [produced here by Factory 449 in 2014], Charles Ives Take Me Home, and the Civil War reenactor play, Row After Row. Twice nomina…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 06:03AMFriday, September 11, 2015
Shirley Greller Samaniego’s play, Familiar Stranger, won first place in MDC’s 10 minute play contest for 2015. Her play. will be read at Mead Theatre Lab September 11 and 12, 201…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 10:25AMAndrea Assaf will perform her play, Eleven Reflections on September, September 15, 2015 at the Kennedy Center. She is the founding Artistic Director of Art2Action Inc., is a writer, performe…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:15AMAshley Amidon won second place in MDC’s 10 minute play contest for 2015. Her play. That’s That, is being read at Mead Theatre Lab September 11 and 12, 2015. Why are you a playwri…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:10AMThursday, September 10, 2015
Sheri Wilner’s new musical Cake Off debuts at Signature Theatre September 29, 2015. Her plays include Father Joy, Hunger, Bake Off, Labor Day, Relative Strangers, Moving Shortly, Litt…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:48AMStay Awake, Mary Hall Surface’s new play for very young audiences debuts October 2, 2-15 at Atlas Performing Arts Center. She is a four-time nominee for the Charles MacArthur Award for…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:26AMTrivia buffs – brush up your Shakespeare. Shakespeare Theatre Company invites you to show off your knowledge Saturday, September 19th at its Shakespeare Trivia Challenge, ‘That I…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 07:26AMWednesday, September 9, 2015
Sheila Callaghan’s new play, Women Laughing Alone with Salad, is playing at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company through October 4, 2015. Everything You Touch was produced at the Contemporar…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 11:04AMBIO What can you say in a play you can’t say in another medium Writing plays is a practice in rigorous truth-telling and dangerous questioning. In the “real world” there are so many in…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:06AMTuesday, September 8, 2015
Patricia Connelly’s new play Princess Margaret opens September 17, 2015 at the Trinidad Theatre. She is an award-winning playwright and director. Her plays have been presented at the K…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 02:55PMYaël Farber’s adaptation of Solomé opens at Shakespeare Theatre Company on October 6, 2015. She is a multiple award-winning director and playwright of international acclaim. Her prod…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:04AMSept 8, 2015 — Tonight, from the National Museum of Women in the Arts, HowlRound TV will stream the conversation between Tony® Award-winning playwright Lisa Kron and National Public R…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:04AMFriday, September 4, 2015
Jacqueline Goldfinger’s Trish Tinkler Gets Saved opens October 8, 2015 at Unexpected Stage. Skin & Bone won Best New Play at the 2014 Philadelphia Critics Awards and was nominated for …
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:54AMThursday, September 3, 2015
A roundup of some of this week’s theatrical news and notes from The Kennedy Center, Washington Stage Guild and Signature Theatre. The Kennedy Center’s front plaza has been transforme…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 12:42PMGabrielle Fulton’s Uprising is receiving a rolling premiere, opening at MetroStage on September 17. 2015. She was the 2011-2012 National New Play Network Playwright-in-Residence at Atl…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 09:55AMWednesday, September 2, 2015
Martyna Majok’s new play, Ironbound, opens September 9 at Round House Theatre. She was born in Bytom, Poland, and aged in Jersey and Chicago. Her plays include Mouse in a Jar, the frie…
SOURCE: DC Theatre Scene at 08:54AM 
