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When the power goes out, what stories survive? In Anne Washburn’s Mr. Burns, A Post‑Electric Play, a band of survivors huddles around a fire and retells The Simpsons episode, “Cape Feare.” As the years pass, commercial jingles become parables, pop songs turn into hymns and TV...
How does art survive when despots rule? Powerhouse Golden Globe-winning actor Brian Cox (HBO’s Succession) is directed by the legendary Trevor Nunn (Les Misérables, Cats) in The Score, which pits creativity against the whims of power. In spring 1747, Johann Sebastian Bach (Cox)...
“A visually lush , emotionally rich story.” – Chicago Sun-Times Severo “ brilliantly performs as Frida .” – BroadwayWorld “The most engrossing, finely-produced, well-acted theatre.” – On The Aisle “Severo is marvelous .” – CITY Magazine There is an arttobeing alone. On the eve...
Straight from Off-Broadway comes a timely and important play — Eric Bentley's Are You Now or Have Your Ever Been? , directed by Tony Award winner Anna D. Shapiro. This electrifying docudrama drops you into the tense world of the 1940s House Committee on Un-American Activities...
This musical cabaret follows immigrants from Germany, India, Peru, and Senegal as they navigate the "obstacle race" of integration—confronting the systemic complexities and cultural contradictions of their new home. Through song and storytelling, and plenty of humor, wit, and...
Lies! Mayhem! And a possible ghost! Best Medicine Rep Theater Company presents a farce by Artistic Director John Morogiello. When a man lies about breaking a priceless statue in the private museum owned by his fiancee's mother, it sets off an ever escalating series of lies...
This electrifying musical by Matt Conner and Stephen Gregory Smith travels back to the famous rainy summer of 1816 on Lake Geneva. While a storm rages outside, host Lord Byron challenges his famous literary guests to produce the ultimate tale of terror before the night ends. The...
When two musicians witness a mob hit, they go on the run disguised as women in an all-girl band. Based on the classic film.
The Travelers by Luis Alfaro, directed by José Carrasquillo, takes place in a monastery alongside Highway 99 in Grangeville, California, home to migrant workers. When a stranger stumbles in with a gunshot wound, he is nursed by the brothers of a 936-year-old Carthusian Order...
Written by Joshua Harmon and directed by Studio Associate Artistic Director Jess Chayes in her Studio directorial debut, this sharp-tongued play follows a playwright whose dying grandmother tasks him with writing about the family, requesting he make it as bitter and vitriolic as...
A musical masquerade set in 17th-century England featuring songs of longing, satire, devotion, and melancholy by Dowland, Campion, Purcell, and early Handel. Stage direction is provided by Bill Barclay, Artistic Director of Concert Theatre Works and former Director of Music at...
In Tom Stoppard's Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth is a two-part play that places Shakespeare in two wildly different contexts. In Dogg’s Hamlet, English theater students whose native language is Dogg also rehearse and perform Hamlet, creating a playful and absurd exploration of...
Crowns is a production by ArtsCentric presented at Olney Theatre Center. Generations of Black women in the American South, through good times and bad, at weddings and funerals, on regular Sunday mornings and at festive holiday services, have adorned themselves with a hat for...
Joe Hisaishi's Concerto for Orchestra receives performances by The Philadelphia Orchestra on March 5–7, 2027, as part of an international series following the work's world premiere with the National Symphony Orchestra. Written in five movements and running approximately 45...
Tessa is a brilliant criminal defense attorney who has fought her way to the top of her field, defending men accused of sexual assault. She knows how to win, and she trusts the system that made her success possible. But when the unthinkable happens to her, she finds herself...
6 performances | Feb. 26 & 27 and Mar. 5 & 6 at 8 p.m. | Feb. 28 and Mar. 7 at 2 p.m. **Part of the VLOC 2026-2027 Subscription Series Set in Paris at the turn of the twentieth century, the plot centers on a young woman of great wealth who has recently been widowed. Her...
James and The Giant Peach February 5– March 13, 2027 Book by Timothy Allen McDonald Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Based on the book by Roald Dahl Directed by Kurt Boehm When James is sent by his conniving aunts to chop down their old fruit tree, he discovers a...
Massenet's Don Quichotte, based loosely on Cervantes' novel Don Quixote, blends themes of heroism, humility, comedy, and tragedy. Bass-baritone Christian Van Horn makes his WCO debut in the title role, joined by mezzo-soprano Elizabeth DeShong as La Belle Dulcinée and...
A one-woman play written by Rupert Holmes and directed by Laley Lippard, starring Michelle Azar, who originated the role of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Over ninety fascinating and often funny minutes, RBG welcomes a friend of the family into her chambers to...
In the spirit of Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground , we’re thrilled to present another dramatic encounter with a titan of 20th-century leadership. It is 1963, and Winston Churchill has just been awarded honorary American citizenship by President John F. Kennedy. In this one-man...
Purpose, written by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, is a Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning family drama about faith, inheritance, and long-held secrets. The play centers on the Jaspers, a Black political dynasty of civil rights leaders, pastors, and congressmen, whose carefully...
This world-premiere musical, directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer, features book and lyrics by Psalmayene 24 and music by Deborah Wicks La Puma. When 10-year-old Pandora can't resist opening an oversized, mysterious gift from her grandfather Zeus, she accidentally unleashes a rowdy...
“To be or not to be?” Shakespeare’s most celebrated play returns to the playwright’s American home. Helmed by acclaimed Broadway director Kate Whoriskey, winner of the Drama League Award for Clyde’s , this bold and deeply considered production reexamines Shakespeare’s “poem...
Candela is determined to make music her life’s work and pick up where her father’s drumsticks left off. Her mother, however, has different plans for her future. As Candela studies by day and gigs by night in pursuit of her dream, family secrets are unearthed, loyalties are...
Written and originally directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer and Natasha Holmes, with music composed by Tim Guillot, this interactive and highly visual production follows two children who use their imaginations to turn their room inside out at bedtime. While playing dress-up, a glove...
In a divided America, two families meet at the fault line between what we know and what we choose to believe: a single father devoted to conspiracy, raising a teenage climate activist who sees the world with unflinching precision, crosses paths with an evangelical widow and her...
The Jersey Four A Tribute to Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons, featuring original member Gerry Polci ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY! | Sunday April, 18th 2027 at 3pm The Jersey Four will take you on a journey from the very beginning of The Four Seasons' #1 hits through Frankie Valli's solo...
Bobby Robotowitz is a world premiere play written by Matt Schatz and directed by Woolly Mammoth Company Member Jared Mezzocchi, co-produced with City Theatre of Pittsburgh. Dina, a novelist down on her luck and running out of words, turns to a chatbot named Bobby Robotowitz for...
Jack Absolute Flies Again by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris, directed by Artistic Director Alex Levy, is presented in co-production with Prologue Theatre. Set in 1940s Britain, Pilot Officer Jack Absolute flies home after an aerial dogfight to win the heart of his old flame...
Kimberly Akimbo is the 2023 Tony Award-winning musical with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori, directed by Ethan Heard. Set on a Saturday night at a skating rink in Bergen County, NJ, the story follows 16-year-old Kimberly Levaco, who has a rare...
With power ballads, sharp lyrics, and a book that’s full of laughs, this 2023 Tony Award Winner for Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Score (by Fun Home ’s Jeanine Tesori) sheds light on our universal desire for a meaningful life. It’s Saturday night at a skating rink in Bergen...
Based on the books by Andrea Beaty, with book by Lauren Gunderson, music by Bree Lowdermilk, and lyrics by Kait Kerrigan, this production follows three inquisitive STEM heroes in Ms. Greer's classroom. Rosie Revere has big dreams, Iggy Peck has a relentless passion for...
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Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (10/17-12/06) |
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Frida...A Self Portrait Shakespeare Theatre Company Klein Theatre (10/08-11/08) |
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Mr. Burns: A Post-Electric Play Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center (10/09-10/18) |
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The Score Shakespeare Theatre Company (9/11-10/25) |
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Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret ExPats Theatre (9/30-10/18) |
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Monsters of the Villa Diodati Creative Cauldron (10/08-11/01) |
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Some Like It Hot Bernard Family Theatre, Olney Theatre Center (9/18-11/08) |
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Stonewall's Bust The Writers Center (10/09-10/25) |
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Les Misérables Olney Theatre Center (11/05-1/31) |
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Peter and the Starcatcher Olney Theatre Center (4/29-6/06) |
