1st Stage announced its 2026-2027 season, featuring five productions including Harold Pinter's BETRAYAL, Meg Miroshnik's THE TALL GIRLS, and JACK ABSOLUTE FLIES AGAIN, co-produced with Prologue Theatre.
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How far would you go to keep your loved ones happy? To ensure the very thing that binds you when all else fails, has a satisfactory ending? In the Kennedy Center’s World Premiere Commission, The Sea Beyond the Ocean, 9-year-old Scooter (Ty’Ree Hope Davis) tests those limits to help his sick fath
The 2026 Helen Hayes Award nominations have been announced, recognizing outstanding achievement in Washington-area professional theatre.
1st Stage has announced that Noah Haidle’s Birthday Candles, directed by 1st Stage Artistic Director Alex Levy, has been extended through December 28.
1st Stage’s production of Birthday Candles, directed by Alex Levy and written by Noah Haidle, is a celebration of life, love, and family with a stellar cast led by Deidra LaWan Starnes.
1st Stage wil present Noah Haidle's Birthday Candles.
1st Stage's production of Ella Road's Fair Play, directed by 1st Stage Associate Artistic Director Deidra LaWan Starnes, has been extended.
The competitive world of track and field is the center of 1st Stage’s Fair Play, written by Ella Road and directed by Deidra LaWan Starnes, but there is more to this play than just running.
The 1st Stage production of Fair Play features Makhai Dominique and Camille Pivetta, and welcomes the actors to 1st Stage.
August Wilson is one of America’s greatest playwrights, and The Piano Lesson may be one of his greatest works.
1st Stage has announced that August Wilson's The Piano Lesson, directed by Danielle A.
The 41st Helen Hayes Awards took place on May 19, 2025, at The Anthem, honoring excellence in Washington D.
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this haunting, luminous play is fourth in Wilson's famous American Century Cycle.
On April 28th at 7:30pm the best arts education institution in the DMV will host one of their signature events and trust me, it’s something you really don’t want to miss.
1st Stage has announced the lineup for its 2025-2026 season.
hang takes its time getting to what the play is actually about.
Sofonisba by Callie Kimball will bring The Washington Stage Guild's 2024-2025 season to a close.
Explore the 2025 Helen Hayes Awards Nominees, including standout performances by Bonnie Milligan and Beanie Feldstein.
