Drama Desk Award winner for Outstanding Adaptation and recent Broadway sensation, Amy Herzog’s work unearths the relevance of Ibsen’s tale for our time, weighing the cost of standing up to power when pressured into silence. Ibsen’s tale highlights the reverberating power of citizens who go against the status quo to do what’s right by their community. The story raises powerful questions around the importance of keeping society healthy over economic gain, integrity within influence, and the personal cost of speaking up. The story follows a small-town doctor who considers himself a proud, upstanding member of his close-knit community. When he discovers a catastrophe that risks the lives of everyone in town, he raises the alarm. But he is shaken to his core when those in power, including his own brother, try not only to silence him, but to destroy him.
Theater J is at 1529 Sixteenth Street, NW , Washington, DC.
The Berlin Diaries (6/4/25-6/29/25)
Your Name Means Dream (3/12/25-4/6/25)
Out of Character (1/8/25-1/26/25)
One Jewish Boy (6/7/23-7/2/23)
Two Jews Walk Into a War… (1/11/23-2/5/23)
The Pianist of Willesden Lane (12/6/22-12/18/22)
Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story (9/7/22-9/25/22)
Fires in the Mirror: Crown Heights, Brooklyn and Other Identities (6/9/22-7/3/22)
Nathan the Wise (3/16/22-4/10/22)
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Lie Low
Atlas Performing Arts Center (11/6 - 11/23) | |
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The Last Five Years
NextStop Theatre (10/30 - 11/23) | |
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Damn Yankees
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (9/9 - 11/9) | |
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The Wild Duck
Shakespeare Theatre Company (10/18 - 11/16) | |
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Fremont Ave.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (10/8 - 11/23) | |
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An Enemy of the People
Theater J (10/29 - 11/23) | |
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Parisian Dreams: Ravel and Saint-Saëns
National Chamber Ensemble (11/8 - 11/8) CONCERT | ||
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Precarious
Mosaic Theater Company (6/4 - 6/28) | |
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RENT in Concert
The Music Center at Strathmore (2/25 - 2/25) | |
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Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (12/5 - 12/21) | |
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The Holiday Show
Lincoln Theatre (12/13 - 12/20) | |
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A Good Day to Me Not to You
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (3/27 - 5/3) | |
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