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Home / Arts / Performing Arts / Theatre / Theatres and Troupes / North America / United States / Washington, DC
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- Actors' Theatre of Washington - With a strong commitment to developing new work, the theatre was founded to foster social and cultural awareness through the production of challenging, thought-provoking plays that address current issues.
members.aol.com/safford
- Arena Stage - Founded in 1950, Arena was an early leader in the resident theater movement. Over the next 40 years, it has evolved into a diverse, multifaceted, internationally renowned institution. Now in its fifth decade,the theater continues to provide Washington with theater of the highest quality.
www.arena-stage.org
- Asian Stories In America (ASIA) Theatre - Providing the best Asian American culture has to offer to the Washington, D.C. theatre community.
www.asianstoriesinamerica.com
- Cherry Red Productions - A sleazy bunch of Washington D.C. actors, directors and playwrights committed to delivering quality adult-oriented B-theatre.
www.cherryredproductions.com
- Discovery Theater - Children's theater at the Smithsonian Institution!
www.si.edu/tsa/disctheater
- Discovery Theater - Entertaining and educational theater for children at the Smithsonian.
discoverytheater.org
- District of Columbia Arts Center - The District of Columbia Arts Center is a nonprofit organization located in the Adams Morgan neighborhood of Washington, DC. DCAC supports emerging artists who are trying to get a foothold in the public arena.
www.dcartscenter.org
- Folger Theatre - The Elizabethan Theatre with three-tiered gallery, carved oak columns, and sky canopy has walls of timber and plaster. The inner and outer stages, balcony, and "heavens" are reminiscent of an innyard theatre of Shakespeares time and provide an ideal setting for lectures, musical and theatre productions. The theatre seats 200 people in the orchestra level (the "pit" in Shakespeares day) and an additional 50 in the upper galleries.
www.folger.edu/public/theater/menu.asp
- Ford's Theatre - Ford's Theatre produces musicals and plays that embody family values, underscore multiculturalism, and illuminate the eclectic character of American life. Best known as theatre in which President Abraham Lincoln was shot.
www.fordstheatre.org
- Fraudulent Productions - Founded in 1984, Fraudulent Productions is an independent, alternative, experimental performance ensemble dedicated to producing new and innovative works from the highly influential and largely overlooked traditions of avant-garde, post-modern and experimental.
www.fraudulent.org
- Histrio Theater - Specializing in classic French Theater.
www.frenchtheater.com
- Interact Theatre Company - A company of professional artists dedicated to presenting and producing innovative, high quality productions and original thematic entertainments inspired by the past, which relate to the present, stimulate thought, provide escapism and above all, entertain audiences.
www.InteractTheatre.com
- Open Theatre / TUTA - Utopian Theatre Asylum; presenting atypical scripts, reinvigorating the theatre-going experience; political theatre.
www.visuallink.net/optuta
- Rorschach Theatre - Past, current, and upcoming shows, history, and ticket details.
www.rorschachtheatre.com
- Source Theatre Company - Source Theatre Company is a not-for-profit professional theatre located in Washington, DC's 14th Street Arts Corridor. Source is currently in its 24th season, led by Artistic Director Joe Banno. Source provides a home for DC's established and new artists while providing the community with a vital season of new plays, contemporary works and bold reinterpretations of the classics.
users.starpower.net/sourcetheatre
- The Capitol Steps - The Capitol Steps, the only group in America that attempts to be funnier than the Congress, is a troupe of current and former Congressional staffers who monitor events and personalities on Capitol Hill, in the Oval Office, and in other centers of power and prestige around the world and then take a humorous look at serious issues while providing a nationwide laugh for millions.
www.capsteps.com
- The Shakespeare Theatre - The Shakespeare Theatre has dedicated itself to becoming the nations premier classical theatre. Each season, The Shakespeare Theatre presents five plays by Shakespeare and other classical playwrights.
www.shakespearedc.org
- The Studio Theatre - Founded in 1978. As the downtown anchor of the 14th Street Arts District, it maintains a commitment to the cultural revival of this arts and entertainment area, working in partnership with the city's urban renewal efforts.
www.studiotheatre.org
- The Studio Theatre Secondstage - Washington's creative home for new artistic voices. Current production, box office and ticket information.
www.studiotheatre.org/pages/secondstage.htm
- The Warner Theatre - Live stage entertainment. First opened as the Earle Theatre on December 27, 1924, as a movie theatre and vaudeville house. Reopened its doors in 1992 after a $10 million renovation. Hosts the best of Broadway, dance, comedy, and music concerts.
www.warnertheater.com
- The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company - Dedicated to developing and producing unconventional new plays that are highly charged emotionally, verbally and intellectually; nurturing superb Washington theatre artists; and sponsoring community arts projects that meet pressing needs in the Theatre's metropolitan neighborhood. Through its programs, the theatre engages audiences in an energetic exchange of ideas, promotes education and dialogue among diverse people and acts as a constructive citizen of Washington, DC.
www.woollymammoth.net
- Theater J - Produces classic and contemporary plays and musicals that provoke and entertain, celebrating the vitality and intensity of the Jewish experience while addressing the pressing moral questions and shared concerns of the Washington community.
www.dcjcc.org/theaterj.htm
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