Fans of Oscar Wilde will be treated to The Importance of Being Earnest in two livestream performances by Virtual Repertory Theatre Collective on Zoom May 8 and 9, 2021. The new company, foun…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:35PMDespite the ongoing pandemic, high school and college arts students are cautiously optimistic and still committed to pursuing their dreams of being a part of the arts community, according to…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:14AMThe Arcanists, creators of the cult-hit interactive variety show The Tarot Reading, have devised a new site-specific experience called Shrines, led by multi-award-winning scenic and costume…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:39PMA new guard is stepping in at Imagination Stage, led by longtime Artistic Director, now Producing Artistic Director Janet Stanford. Rounding out the leadership trifecta are Meghann Babo-Shro…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:48PMFor its first production since shutdown, Rep Stage explores how love can help us connect and heal in a time of isolation and unrest. The fully produced, filmed theater event of ten original …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:07AMMosaic Theater Company announces and celebrates the talented winners of its inaugural Playwriting Contest for high school students. Each winning play will receive a reading by professional a…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 12:49PMTheater history will long remember that 2020 was the year that COVID canceled live performance. It canceled lots else, of course, including, tragically, hundreds of thousands of lifetimes. B…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 07:37AMTrue to its mission—to present “socially conscious, thought-provoking work” that engages audiences “in active dialogue”—Theater Alliance has launched a series of eight short play…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 09:08AMMeshaun Labrone—the actor, writer, musician, and former DC Police officer whose solo stage plays Spook and Power! Stokely Carmichael were Capital Fringe hits—recently signed a production…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:42PMThe 2020 Helen Hayes Awards—recognizing outstanding work produced on Washington-area stages in 2019—are being celebrated as a series of virtual events, from August 31 to September 11, 20…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:39AM“We call on theaters to #OpenYourLobby in support of protestors,” said the impassioned post on social media. Do not equate the property violence of protestors to the massive, state-sanct…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:33AMNormally we who cover theater for DC Metro Theater Arts collect our favorites as the year draws to a close, but this has not been a normal year. In mid-March the 2020 season was interrupted …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 01:00PMNormally we who cover theater for DC Metro Theater Arts collect our favorites as the year draws to a close, but this has not been a normal year. In mid-March, the 2020 season was interrupted…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:20PMNormally we who cover theater for DC Metro Theater Arts collect our favorites as the year draws to a close, but this has not been a normal year. In mid-March the 2020 season was interrupted …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 11:10AMNormally we who cover theater for DC Metro Theater Arts collect our favorites as the year draws to a close, but this has not been a normal year. In mid-March, the 2020 season was interrupted…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 05:30AMDuring these difficult, uncertain times of the COVID-19 pandemic, we at DCMTA want to inform the theater community about financial relief that becomes available to nonprofits and individuals…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 03:56PMSurprise! 4615 Theatre Company is thrilled to announce its first piece of #quarantinetheatre: a live online reading of This Vessel Is A Fragile Thing, by DC-based playwright Britt A Willis. …
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:45AMAs passionate theater lovers and as members of the DC Metro Theater Arts leadership team, we applaud the DMV theaters that have announced closure or postponement of current and upcoming prod…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 04:15PMAs the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them in 2019. In this category, outstanding professional design, we recog…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 02:12PMAs the year draws to a close, we asked DCMTA writers to think back on the performances that left an indelible impression on them in 2019. Here are the professional performances that made the…
SOURCE: DC Metro Theater Arts at 10:33AMWe were saddened to learn of the passing of Victor Shargai. The philanthropist and Helen Hayes Award founding board member passed away yesterday. His loss will be felt by the many theaters a…
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