Samuel Beckett’s critically acclaimed final full-length play, essentially a one-woman tragicomic monologue, has been a tour-de-force for many an actress since its 1961 premiere. Winnie, a woman in her 50s, is inexplicably buried waist-deep in a mound of scorched earth in a bleak landscape, while nearby, her husband Willie dozes. She spends her day going through familiar routines, endlessly chattering and reminiscing about better days almost as a vaudeville routine for one. Then a bell rings, and she starts again. Is she trapped in this cycle or free to leave? Beckett’s absurd satire about the human condition lets you ponder what it all means. Featuring WSG Founding Company Members Lynn Steinmetz and Bill Largess. “Happy Days remains ONE OF THE MOST UNSETTLING AND UNFORGETTABLE PLAYS in the modern canon.” – The New York Times “a STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL attempt to grapple with the fragility of time and the fleeting poetry of optimism” – ArtsHub.com
Thursdays at 7:30, Fridays at 8, Saturdays at 2:30 and 8, Sundays at 2:30
Washington Stage Guild is at Theater: 900 Massachusetts Ave NW Mailing address: 4018 Argyle Terrace, NW, Washington, DC 20011, District of Columbia, DC.
Accused! (11/20/25-12/14/25)
Accused! The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective Returns! by Patricia Milton (11/20/25-12/14/25)
The One Good Thing, Or "Are Ya Patrick Swayze?" by Joe Bravaco (9/25/25-10/19/25)
The One Good Thing, or "Are Ya Patrick Swayze?" (9/25/25-10/19/25)
Sofonisba (4/10/25-5/4/25)
Shaw’s Shorts (11/21/24-12/15/24)
Endgame by Samuel Beckett (1/26/23-2/19/23)
MAJOR BARBARA (11/17/22-12/11/22)
The Good Doctor (9/30/22-10/23/22)
Memoirs of a Forgotten Man (5/5/22-5/29/22)
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Step Afrika!'s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (12/5 - 12/23) | |
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The Snowman and The Snowdog
Imagination Stage (11/22 - 1/4)
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Fremont Ave.
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (10/8 - 12/7) | |
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Chanukah in the Dark
Theater J (12/6 - 12/21) | |
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Guys and Dolls
Shakespeare Theatre Company (12/2 - 1/4) | |
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (11/13 - 12/21) | |
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Catch Me If You Can
Shenandoah Conservatory (2/26 - 3/1) | |
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DOM WE NOW OUR GAY APPAREL
Comedy Loft of DC (12/18 - 12/18) | |
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I & You: The Musical
Olney Theatre Center (4/23 - 5/24) | |
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November 4
Voices Festival Productions (11/12 - 12/7)
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Aesop's Fables
Adventure Theatre MTC (4/24 - 5/24) | |
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Precarious
Mosaic Theater Company (6/4 - 6/28) | |
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