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Staged within the historic stone cellar of Aldie Mill Historic Park, this site-specific production places audiences just feet away from Stephen King's classic thriller.
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FeaturedComing to America: An Immigrant Cabaret
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...
Dracula
This world premiere ballet, choreographed by Artistic Director Edwaard Liang to an original score by Oliver Peter Graber, tells an original story centered on the man behind the monster. The production examines the character of Dracula from a new perspective, bringing humanity to...
Wake Up, Brother Bear!
Written and originally directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer and Janet Stanford, this production invites audiences into the world of Brother and Sister Bear as they follow a year through the seasons. Children sit on the floor around the stage and may join in the action as the...
The Imposter Unmasked
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...
A Song Flung Up to Heaven: Honoring 65 Years of TWC
The Washington Chorus presents a concert juxtaposing Nkeiru Okoye's When the Caged Bird Sings and Poulenc's Gloria, two major works that treat sacred themes with a blend of reverence and theatricality. The centerpiece is the East Coast premiere of Okoye's dramatic work, a...
Almost, Maine
Almost, Maine is a poignant romantic comedy presented by Compass Rose Theater in partnership with Live Arts Maryland at the Annapolis Mall. The production is the third of three shows in the collaboration between Compass Rose Theater and Live Arts Maryland during the 2026-27...
Avaaz
Avaaz is a solo performance written and performed by Michael Shayan, structured around a Nowruz (Persian New Year) dinner party. As he portrays his mother Roya, Shayan explores his Iranian heritage, his family's complicated history, and the journey that brought them from Iran to...
Ten Grand
Ten Grand is a world premiere play by Princess Grace Award winner Kate Cortesi, directed by Reggie D. White. Set in a Boston-area Goodwill store, employees and customers form quiet alliances, rituals, and rivalries amid donated goods, while one detail-oriented worker navigates a...
The Travelers
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...
We Had a World
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...
The Imposter Unmasked
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...
Joe Hisaishi: Concerto for Orchestra
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...
Victorian Lyric Opera Company presents "The Merry Widow"
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...
Purpose
Purpose, written by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, is a 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 who have long anchored...
Purpose
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...
Godspell
Godspell is a beloved musical that closes Compass Rose Theater's 2026-27 season. The production marks a return to Maryland Hall, where Compass Rose will perform in the newly renovated Bowen Theater.
Pandora: Out of the Box!
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...
Hamlet
“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...
7th Street Echo
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...
Inside Out and Backwards
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...
Bobby Robotowitz
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...
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Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret ExPats Theatre (9/30-10/18) |
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Misery Aldie Mill Historic Park (8/20-8/30) |
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Stonewall's Bust The Writers Center (10/09-10/25) |
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The Jersey Four A Tribute to Frankie Valli and The 4 Seasons, featuring original member Gerry Polci F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (9/13-9/13) |
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Hamlet Folger Shakespeare Library (3/02-4/11) |
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Measure for Measure Folger Shakespeare Library (9/22-11/01) |
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Doja Cat at Capital One Arena Capital One Arena (11/11-12/11) |
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Rockville Little Theatre presents "Lettice & Lovage" F. Scott Fitzgerald Theatre (1/29-2/07) |
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Body Language The Allan Lefcowitz Theater at The Writer's Center (9/25-9/27) PHOTOS |
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Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Tour with Ellen Greene (the Original Audrey) Lincoln Theatre (9/25-9/25) |