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Studio Theatre

1501 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20005
Washington, DC, DC

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Wish You Were Here

Sep 1 – Oct 31, 2026

Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner Sanaz Toossi and directed by Sivan Battat, this play follows Salme and her four best friends as they prepare for her wedding in 1978 Karaj, on the eve of the Iranian Revolution. Over the next decade, everything changes for these tightknit...

Wilderness Generation

Nov 1 – Dec 31, 2026

Written by Pulitzer Prize-winner James Ijames and directed by Taibi Magar, this family drama follows four cousins reuniting at their grandmother's house in Tidewater Virginia to pack up her belongings. Over a weekend of board games and in-jokes, the cousins crack each other up...

New Pages, New Stages

Feb 5 – Feb 7, 2027

New Pages, New Stages is the second annual new play reading festival hosted by Studio Theatre in cooperation with Olney Theatre Center, Spooky Action Theater, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Five new plays will be presented, one of which will be workshopped over two weeks...

We Had a World

Jan 1 – Feb 28, 2027

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...

Liberation

Mar 1 – Apr 30, 2027

Written by Bess Wohl and directed by Whitney White, this 2026 Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner is a co-production with Berkeley Repertory Theatre and Geffen Playhouse. Set in 1970 Ohio, the play follows journalist Lizzie as she joins a women's consciousness-raising group, while...

Wine in the Wilderness

May 1 – Jun 30, 2027

Written by Alice Childress and directed by Psalmayene 24, this 1969 classic follows Bill, a painter sheltering during the Harlem riots of July 1964, who is introduced to a woman his friends think could model for his series on Black womanhood. As their borough burns, Tommy and...

Punch

Jul 1 – Aug 31, 2027

Written by James Graham, winner of the 2026 Olivier Award for Best New Play, and directed by David Muse in his final production as Studio's Artistic Director, this play follows Jacob, whose impulsive punch during a pub fight has fatal consequences. When Jacob returns from...

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Studio Theatre
7/21-8/20/26

Review: TOSCA at Wolf Trap Opera

Review: TOSCA at Wolf Trap Opera

by Roger Catlin · August 10, 2026

She bounds on stage in sunglasses, fur and foulard like she’s just taken a Vespa from the Trevi Fountain. The Floria Tosca in Wolf Trap Opera’s stylish new production of Puccini’s classic is fully 20th century woman — an Italian film star of 1970s Rome whose poster hangs alongside those for…

Review: HISTORY ON FOOT at Ford’s Theatre and on the Streets Of DC

Review: HISTORY ON FOOT at Ford’s Theatre and on the Streets Of DC

by Elliot Lanes · July 28, 2026

Good theatre can take place practically anywhere if you know what you want out of the experience. Since 2008 Ford’s Theatre has been conducting walking tours under the banner of History On Foot. The tour takes you around to several places that all have some kind of connection to the assassination …

Review: MACBETH at Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy

Review: MACBETH at Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy

by Abby Korb · July 28, 2026

This production of Macbeth took a classic play and, through the use of minimal stage design, presents it in a unique way. Macbeth draws the audience in from the moment the lights go down, and has you on the edge of your seat until curtain call.…

Review: THE WELL at District Fringe

Review: THE WELL at District Fringe

by Pamela Roberts · July 21, 2026

THE WELL is a memorable and powerful production that will stay with you long after the house lights come up. Only three performances remain before it closes on Sunday, July 26 — don't miss it.…

Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy

Review: TWELFTH NIGHT at Shakespeare Theatre Company Academy

by Abby Korb · July 21, 2026

STC Academy's Summer Repertory wows with their production of Twelfth Night. The cast of young actors, nearing the completion of their graduate training at the Academy, deliver a professional caliber performance of the renowned comedy.…

Past Shows

27 total · showing 11–20

Problems Between Sisters

Problems Between Sisters

May 8 – Jun 16, 2024

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...

At the Wedding

At the Wedding

Mar 13 – Apr 21, 2024

Carlo crashes her ex’s wedding with three simple goals: Don’t get drunk. Don’t make any kids cry. Don’t try to win back the bride, no matter how boring the groom is. (She’ll ultimately fail at all three.) A very, very funny play about loneliness, estrangement, and a slow-burn...

Espejos: Clean

Espejos: Clean

Sep 13 – Oct 22, 2023

Adriana manages the housekeeping staff at a Cancún resort, 200 miles and a world away from the home she left. Sarah, sister of the bride and the self-declared disaster of the family, is just trying to keep it together at this destination wedding. When a storm floods the roads...

Good Bones

Good Bones

May 10 – Jun 18, 2023

Aisha’s moved back to the block, but the neighborhood’s changed. She’s an urban planner, returning to her hometown, renovating a townhouse that’s seen better days. Aisha tries to convince her husband to spring for crown molding and endures the noise that blares from the street...

Clyde's

Clyde's

Mar 1 – Apr 2, 2023

No one would accuse Clyde of having a soft heart. Sure, she hires former convicts for the greasy kitchen of her truck-stop sandwich joint, but she knows what they owe her and holds that power tight. Her line cooks might be stuck, but their hopes haven’t flickered out yet, fed by...

English

English

Jan 11 – Feb 12, 2023

“English Only.” It’s 2008 in Karaj, Iran and four adult students are studying for the Test of English as a Foreign Language, the key to their green card, medical school, family reunification. Playing out in awkward lessons of word games and mistranslation, English is both a...

The Hot Wing King

The Hot Wing King

Jun 22 – Jul 31, 2022

Its August in Memphis, time to crown the new Hot Wang King. Backed by his best friends and boyfriend Dwayne, who serve as his fry crew The New Wing Order, Cordell has a feeling that this is his year. But then a family emergency throws Dwaynes nephew into the house on prep night...

John Proctor is the Villain

John Proctor is the Villain

Apr 27 – Jun 5, 2022

Things are unsettled at Helen County High in rural Georgia-rumors are swirling around a students dad, another student blew up her life and left for Atlanta, and Mr. Smiths junior English class has to make it through sex ed before they can finally start The Crucible. But what one...

Flight

Flight

Dec 16 – Mar 6, 2022

With their small inheritance stitched into their clothes, two children set off on an epic journey across Europe-orphaned brothers on a desperate odyssey to freedom and safety. Wearing headphones and viewing a handcrafted diorama from a personal booth, audience members are...

White Noise

White Noise

Jan 12 – Feb 20, 2022

Leo, Dawn, Ralph, and Misha are four longtime friends and sometimes lovers who are coming into their own in the city, until a violent police encounter prompts Leo to suggest an audacious experiment that unmasks long-simmering secrets among the group. Pulitzer Prize-winning...

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