Two pregnant sisters—one visual artist, one con artist—converge on a remote family cabin in Vermont. Jess races to finish her long-awaited solo show; Rory sees a new audience for her latest scam. When Rory hatches a plan for an art project of her own, the problems between the sisters flare into a collision of family baggage, personal morality, and artistic taste. A response to True West, Sam Shepard’s surreal psychodrama about brothers with problems, Problems Between Sisters is a funny and savage take on domestication, creativity, and the elusive demands of the Primal Female. This world premiere is a part of Julia May Jonas’s five-play ALTAS cycle (“All Long True American Stories”), in which she reimagines canonical 20th-century American male-experience plays as they’d be experienced by other people, mostly women.
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Now in its 41st season, Studio has carved out a distinctive place for itself by investing in excellence up close and by producing plays of big ideas on a human scale—plays that challenge assumptions, spark conversations, and offer both surprise and connection. Over its four decades, Studio has produced an eclectic mix of works that reflect the contemporary world, offering a repertoire of provocative new and contemporary writing from around the world and inventive stagings of contemporary classics.
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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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Guys and Dolls
Shakespeare Theatre Company (12/2 - 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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The Snowman and The Snowdog
Imagination Stage (11/22 - 1/4)
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ho ho ho ha ha ha ha
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (11/13 - 12/21) | |
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Chanukah in the Dark
Theater J (12/6 - 12/21) | |
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Catch Me If You Can
Shenandoah Conservatory (2/26 - 3/1) | |
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The Dreidel Players Present...Best Hanukkah Show Ever
Sandy Spring Theatre Group (11/28 - 12/14)
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Our Town
Shenandoah Conservatory (3/26 - 3/29) | |
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Hello, Dolly!
Olney Theatre Center (11/6 - 1/4) | |
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Lea Salonga: Stage, Screen & Everything In Between
The Music Center at Strathmore (12/6 - 12/6) | |
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Appropriate
Olney Theatre Center (3/18 - 4/19) | |
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