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The Constellation Theatre teams up with renowned instrumentalist Tom Teasley and revives one of the world's most classic stories.

Bringing its 10th Anniversary Season to an epic conclusion, Constellation Theatre Company will present The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman, directed by Allison Arkell Stockman from May 4 - June 4 at Source, 1835 14th Street NW, Washington, DC.

Shakespeare Theatre Company (STC), in association with Seattle Repertory Theatre and San Francisco's American Conservatory Theater, will present Mike Bartlett's King Charles III, a modern history play, at Sidney Harman Hall (610 F Street) from February 7-March 12, 2017. The co-production is directed by David Muse, Artistic Director at Studio Theatre and formerly Associate Artistic Director at STC.

Ford's Theatre Society presents its 35th-annual production of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, now through December 31, 2016. This 'musically high-spirited' and 'infectiously jolly' (The Washington Post) production is adapted by Michael Wilson, directed by Michael Baronand features Craig Wallace as Ebenezer Scrooge. Click below to watch a trailer with footage from the show!

It's that time of year again-and one of the city's grand annual traditions has returned to the stage, with fresh faces to add excitement to an already wonderful celebration of the Yuletide season. Ford's Theatre Society's production of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol brightens downtown Washington with its irrepressible good cheer and optimism-at a time when many are in real need of it.

Ford's Theatre Society presents its 35th-annual production of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, November 17 to December 31, 2016. This "musically high-spirited" and "infectiously jolly" (The Washington Post) production is adapted by Michael Wilson, directed by Michael Baron and features Craig Wallace as Ebenezer Scrooge.

Buried Cities is a promising, if uneven, new play that features both an unsubtle debate on guns and moments of magical allegory.

The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts hosts more than 150 outstanding theater students from colleges and universities across the nation as part of the 48th annual Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival (KCACTF), which runs April 12-16, 2016 in multiple locations throughout the Center. Thousands of student artists from eight regions across the country presented their work at regional festivals from January 5 through February 27, 2016 and more than 150 were selected to travel to the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., for an all-expenses-paid trip to participate in the national festival.

Broadway-bound new musical, Come From Away, presented by Seattle Repertory Theatre, wins four Gypsys, tying with another new musical, Lizard Boy, also produced by Seattle Repertory Theatreand also with four Gypsys, a company that has been known for years as a powerhouse dramatic straight-play playhouse! 

Seattle Theater Writers critics' circle is pleased to present the nomination slate of the fifth annual Gypsy Rose Lee Awards, theater awards devoted to recognizing excellence across the economic spectrum of professional Seattle theaters in the prior calendar year.

Forward Flux Productions is kicking off their inaugural 2015 season in Seattle (after moving here from NYC) by presenting a very special Open Invite edition of The Flux Salon. It will feature a reading of Out of Time, the new play by recent Gregory Award and Seattle Times Footlight Award winner Rachel Atkins (Black Like Us).

Forward Flux Productions will present the North West Regional premiere reading of Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich's beautiful new play Still Life at the next Flux Salon gathering in Seattle. In addition to the reading, there will be a musical performance by beat-box artist Zeke Keeble. The Flux Salon presents new works by fresh voices in intimate spaces throughout the city, and this marks the second in a series of three Salons featuring plays by female playwrights. The Salon is tonight, December 9th at 7:00pm by invitation only (email salon@forwardflux.com for invite).

Forward Flux Productions will present the North West Regional premiere reading of Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich's beautiful new play Still Life at the next Flux Salon gathering in Seattle. In addition to the reading, there will be a musical performance by beat-box artist Zeke Keeble. The Flux Salon presents new works by fresh voices in intimate spaces throughout the city, and this marks the second in a series of three Salons featuring plays by female playwrights. The Salon is December 9th at 7:00pm by invitation only (email salon@forwardflux.com for invite).

How do you put on an autobiographical show, known to be performed by its author, without that author? It's like "700 Sundays" without Billy Crystal or "Elaine Stritch at Liberty" without Elaine Stritch. Well, fledgling theater company Sidecountry Theatre has done just that with their production of "Passing Strange" by Stew and Heidi Rodewald without Stew narrating his own story. And while it's a little odd at first, narrator LeRoy Bell embraces the part and that oddness melts away as his charisma and talent takes center stage.

The Arabian Nights is in previews February 26 & 27 and runs February 28 - March 9. Performances are Wednesday-Saturday at 7:30 pm and Sundays at 2 pm. Tickets range from $10-20 and are available online or over the phone through the UW Arts Ticket Office, 206-543-4880 / drama.uw.edu/performances. The UW Arts Ticket Office is located at 1313 NE 41st Street, open Monday-Friday, 11 am-6 pm.

Classes are back in session and that means the University of Washington School of Drama faculty and students are hard at work on the first show of their 2013?2014 season and we've got a first photo look. This season is particularly meaningful to the UW School of Drama's executive director Sarah Nash Gates because, after 30 years working in the department, she will retire at the end of this season. As executive director she has played an instrumental role in the play selection process each season. Last spring she helped choose Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound as the season opener to spotlight the keen comedic acting talents of many of the third?year UW Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) students.

Classes are back in session and that means the University of Washington School of Drama faculty and students are hard at work on the first show of their 2013-2014 season. This season is particularly meaningful to the UW School of Drama's executive director Sarah Nash Gates because, after 30 years working in the department, she will retire at the end of this season. As executive director she has played an instrumental role in the play selection process each season. Last spring she helped choose Tom Stoppard's The Real Inspector Hound as the season opener to spotlight the keen comedic acting talents of many of the third-year UW Professional Actor Training Program (PATP) students.