Theater in Washington, D.C.

Theater companies and live theater venues in Washington, DC

Producing Theaters

*Adventure Theatre - [http://www.adventuretheatre.org/ website]
*Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (expected completion 2010) - [http://www.arenastage.org/ website]
**Fichandler Stage
**Kreeger Theater
**The Black Box Theater at Arena Stage
**The Cradle (expected completion 2010)
*Capital Fringe Festival, with annual, temporary venues - [http://www.capfringe.org website]
*Capitol Steps - [http://www.capsteps.com/ website]
*Charter Theatre, The at the Capital Hill Arts Workshop (CHAW) - [http://www.chartertheatre.org/ website]
*DC Improv- [http://www.dcimprov.com/ website]
*Discovery Theater at the Smithsonian Ripley Center - [http://www.discoverytheater.org/ website]
*Folger Theatre at the Elizabethan Theatre - [http://www.folger.edu/welcome.htm website]
*GALA Hispanic Theatre at the Tivoli Theater - [http://www.galatheatre.org/ website]
*Hexagon at the Duke Ellington School - [http://www.hexagon.org/ website]
*Histrio, A French Theater
*Rorschach Theatre - [http://www.rorschachtheatre.com/ website]
*Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Harman Center for the Arts - [http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/ website]
**Sidney Harman Hall
**Lansburgh Theatre
*St Mark's Players - [http://www.stmarksplayers.org website]
*Studio Theatre - [http://www.studiotheatre.org/ website]
**Mead Theatre
**Milton Theatre
**Metheny Theatre
**Stage 4
*Teatro de la Luna at Casa de la Luna - [http://www.teatrodelaluna.org/ website]
*Theater J at The Cecile Goldman Theater, Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts - [http://www.theaterj.org/ website]
*Theater of the First Amendment at George Mason University - [http://www.gmu.edu/cfa/tfa.html website]
*Washington Stage Guild - [http://stageguild.org/ website]
*Woolly Mammoth Theater - [http://www.woollymammoth.net/ website]

Presenting and Rental Theaters

*Atlas Performing Arts Center - [http://www.atlasarts.org website]
**Lang Theater
**Sprenger Theater
**Atlas Theater Lab 1
**Atlas Theater Lab 2
*Carter Barron Amphitheater - [http://www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/cbarron.htm website]
*Church Street Theater - [http://www.smart.net/~esm website]
*Corner Store, The - [http://www.krisswanson.net/ website]
*Dance Place - [http://www.danceplace.org website]
*DAR Constitution Hall - [http://www.dar.org/conthall website]
*D.C. Arts Center (DCAC) - [http://www.dcartscenter.org website]
*Ford's Theatre - [http://www.fordstheatre.org website]
*H Street Playhouse - [http://www.hstreetplayhouse.com/ website]
*Lisner Auditorium - [http://lisner.org website]
*Jack Guidone Theater at Joy of Motion Dance Center - [http://www.joyofmotion.org/perfsched.htm website]
*John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts - [http://www.kennedy-center.org website]
**Kennedy Center Concert Hall
**Kennedy Center Opera House
**Eisenhower Theater
**Family Theater
**Theater Lab
**Terrace Theater
**Millennium Stage
**KC Jazz Club
*Lincoln Theatre - [http://www.thelincolntheatre.org website]
*Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint - [http://www.flashpointtheatre.org website]
*Metro Cafe - [http://metrocafe.home.att.net/ website]
*National Theatre - [http://www.nationaltheatre.org website]
*National Sylvan Theater
*Source Theatre
*DeLaski Theater at the Sitar Arts Center - [http://www.sitarartscenter.org website]
*Town Hall Education, Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC) Theater - [http://www.thearcdc.org/ website]
*Warehouse Theatre - [http://www.warehousetheater.com website]
**Mainstage
**Second Stage
*Warner Theatre - [http://www.warnertheater.com website]

Independent Companies

*Washington National Opera
*Ganymede Arts (formerly the Actors' Theatre of Washington) - [http://www.ganymedearts.org/ website]
*Catalyst Theater Company - [http://www.catalysttheater.org/ website]
*African Continuum Theatre Company - [http://www.africancontinuumtheatre.com/ website]
*Horizons Theatre - [http://www.horizonstheatre.org/ website]
*the In Series - [http://www.inseries.org/ website]
*Theater Alliance - [http://www.theateralliance.com/ website]
*Keegan Theatre - [http://www.keegantheatre.com/ website]
*SCENA Theatre - [http://www.scenatheatre.org/ website]
*Washington Improv Theater - [http://www.washingtonimprovtheater.com/ website]
*Arts United of Washington - [http://artsuniteddc.org website]
*Didactic Theatre Company - [http://www.didactictheatre.com/ website]
*MuseFire Productions - [http://www.musefire.org/ website]
*Spooky Action Theater - [http://www.spookyaction.org/ website]
*Omaemoda Productions - [http://www.youareinvolved.org/ website]
*Now This! - [http://www.nowthisimprov.com/ website]
*Banished? Productions - [http://www.banishedproductions.org/ website]
*Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions - [http://bouncingballtheatre.com/ website]
*Constellation Theatre Company - [http://www.constellationtheatre.com/ website]
*Forum Theatre (DC) - [http://www.forumtheatredc.org/ website]
*Journeymen Theater Ensemble - [http://www.journeymentheater.org/ website]
*The Landless Theatre Company - [http://www.landlesstheatrecompany.org/ website]
*Longacre Lea Productions - [http://www.longacrelea.org/ website]
*Madcap Players - [http://www.madcapplayers.com website]
*Open Circle Theatre - [http://www.opencircletheatre.org/ website]
*The Rude Mechanicals - [http://www.rudemechanicals.com/ website]
*Serenity Players - [http://www.serenityplayers.org/ website]
*Solas Nua - [http://www.solasnua.org/ website]
*Taffety Punk Theatre Company - [http://www.taffetypunk.com/ website]
*Venus Theatre Company - [http://www.venustheatre.org/ website]
*Washington Savoyards - [http://www.savoyards.org/ website]
*Yams Theatre, Inc. - [http://www.yamstheatre.org/home website]
*Young Playwrights' Theater - [http://www.yptdc.org/ website]

Educational Theater

*Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre, American University
*Katzen Arts Center, American University
**Abramson Family Recital Hall
**Studio Theatre
*Hartke Theatre, Catholic University of America
*Elstad Auditorium, Gallaudet University
*Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, George Washington University
*Royden B. Davis, S.J. Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University
**Gonda Theatre
**Devine Studio Theatre
*Walsh Black Box, Georgetown University
*Poulton Hall, Georgetown University
*Fine Arts Complex, Howard University
**Ira Aldridge Theater
**Environmental Theatre Space (ETS)
*Auditorium, University of the District of Columbia

Theater Organizations

*League of Washington Theaters
*Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
*Dance/Metro DC

Theater Awards

*Helen Hayes Awards
*Mary Goldwater Award
*Offstage Honors ("The Offies")
*Richard Bauer Award
*Ruby Griffith Award
*Usher's Favorite Show Award
*Washington Area Theater Community Honors (WATCH Awards)

External links

* [http://www.potomacstages.com/ Potomac Stages]
* [http://www.dctheatrescene.com/ DC Theatre Scene]