Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is pleased to announce its 2016-2017 season, beginning with a world premiere and continuing with hotly-anticipated new plays by award-winning playwrights. Woolly’s new season features the work of Jen Silverman, Guillermo Calderón, Clare Barron, Nilaja Sun, Taylor Mac, and The Second City.
Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie are pleased to announce An Evening with Ana Gasteyer, an exclusive celebration that includes the inaugural presentation of the Beth Newburger Schwartz Award, Monday, May 9, 2016 at the Mead Center for American Theater.
This February, the Shakespeare Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare’s Othello, helmed by internationally acclaimed director Ron Daniels and featuring stage and screen performer Faran Tahir in the titular role and Jonno Roberts as Iago. Director Ron Daniels, an honorary associate director at the Royal Shakespeare Company, brings his sure hand with Shakespeare to one of the Bard’s greatest tragedies. Othello runs at STC’s Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street NW) from February 23 through March 27.
2015 Aniello Awarding Winning Theatre Company, Flying V teams up with the Jewish Community Center of Greater Washington to bring you The Bleeding Heart Show: A Collection Of New Plays (Inspired by the Music of The New Pornographers)
Turning away from what she calls Oscar Wilde’s “Dance of Death” and instead creating a “Dance of Life,” internationally acclaimed adaptor-director Yaël Farber has reinterpreted the biblical figure known as Salomé as an agent of revolution whose mysterious act—demanding the head of John the Baptist—changed the course of history. The world premiere of Salomé opens the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s 2015–2016 Mainstage Season and marks the Company’s entry in the Women’s Voices Theater Festival. The production runs October 6–November 8, 2015, at the Lansburgh Theatre (450 7th Street NW).
Tony Award® nominee Brandon Uranowitz, currently appearing in An American in Paris, joins the cast of the 2015 Will on the Hill event at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. A favorite bipartisan event of theatre and political fans alike, Will on the Hill returns to the Shakespeare Theatre Company on Monday, June 15, 2015. The cast will also feature special guest performers, STC Affiliated Artist Edward Gero and Samira Wiley, known for her role in Orange is the New Black.
Members of Congress & Distinguished D.C. Insiders Take the Stage, Featuring Special Guests Actor Samira Wiley & STC Affiliated Artist Edward Gero
What makes a hero a hero and a monster a monster? Can one be both? Is it merely perception and point of view?
Murder Ballad conceived and with book by Julia Jordan. Music and lyrics by Juliana Nash. Directed by David Muse. Now through May 31, 2015
