About the Theatre
Founded in the spring of 2011, Compass Rose Theater is a small non-profit professional theater, which produces productions of the highest caliber. Driven by our passion to produce plays which leave the audience moved, and even transformed by the experience of the show, we hire actors and theater artists who are accomplished professionals to produce plays that range from classic to contemporary. Discovering the truth of each script, and striving to achieve excellence in each production, we hold ourselves to the standards. In April 2013, we relocated from our first home, a renovated storefront, moving to a former rug cleaners, which we rehabbed into a lobby, classroom, and 80 seat theater.Auditions
by Pamela Roberts - April 29, 2026
I & You: The Musical, premiering at Olney Theatre Center, is ambitious. It’s full of tremendous verve, emotion and promise. But it’s not without flaws....
by Laurie Sara Oliver - April 27, 2026
What did our critic think of 44 THE MUSICAL at KLEIN THEATRE?...
by Itai Yasur - April 27, 2026
Tennessee William's iconic work crackles to life at site of DC's long abadoned streetcar. See what our critic had to say....
by Rachael F. Goldberg - April 27, 2026
Prologue Theatre’s evocative production of Sam Holcroft's 'A Mirror' is a wonderful examination of storytelling in an age where our sense of truth and reality feels constantly under attack....
by Roger Catlin - April 24, 2026
Dragons are fire-breathing their way back into the culture, from the animated series “How to Train Your Dragon” to the fierce special effect triumphs in “Game of Thrones.” Their images date back thousands of years to ancient Mesopotamia....
by Aidan O'Connor - April 19, 2026
Picture former United States President Ronald Reagan as a demon drag queen summoned to the Chicago apartment of a group of twenty somethings. A bit bizarre to think about. On paper, the far-fetched, extraordinarily unique pitch shouldn’t work. Yet, in the world premiere production of Everything, D...
by David Friscic - April 17, 2026
Sixteen characters are portrayed by the character of the narrator ----Constance Zaytoun---who carries the one-person play entitled A Good Day To Me Not To You now playing at the Arena Stage. The intimacy of the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle is perfectly geared towards the inward psychological thrus...
by Aidan O'Connor - April 15, 2026
Faction of Fools’ production of the beloved piece chaperones fresh connotation to the prose via masked physical comedy....
by Doug Poms - April 14, 2026
Young Americans, the thought-provoking and entertaining play by Lauren Yee about the American immigrant experience is currently in performances at 1st Stage through April 26....
by Mary Lincer - April 13, 2026
What did our critic think of CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA at Washington Stage Guild?...
Past Shows
Compass Rose Theater and Anne Arundel Community College join forces to present the award-winning musical Rent from February 6 to March 8, 2026. This collaborative...
Compass Rose Theater, an award-winning and critically acclaimed professional theater and nonprofit teaching company in Annapolis, MD, announces its upcoming production of The Wizard of...
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