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Accused!
11/20 - 12/14/2025


Accused! is the latest installment in Patricia Milton's Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective trilogy, featuring the return of beloved characters Loveday, Valeria, and Katie as they ...

Accused! The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective Returns! by Patricia Milton


The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective returns in a new adventure! Area Premiere.

Happy Days by Samuel Beckett
Happy Days by Samuel Beckett
1/29 - 2/22/2026


Winnie is inexplicably buried waist-deep in a mound of scorched earth in a bleak landscape, while nearby, her husband Willie dozes.

caesar and cleopatra adapted by Bill Largess from the play by George Bernard Shaw


An exploration of power, politics, vengeance, and mercy - Shaw's historical epic set in ancient Egypt is refocused on the title characters and their fates.



Review: ACCUSED! at The Stage Guild


by Peter Rouleau - November 26, 2025

'Accused!' will appeal to mystery buffs and casual fans alike. It is funny, absorbing, and has more than a few parallels to the contemporary political scene.  The production runs just over two hours with an intermission....

Washington Stage Guild Unveils Special Events For ACCUSED! Third Victorian Ladies Detective Collective Play


by A.A. Cristi - November 14, 2025

Washington Stage Guild will present the area premiere of Accused!, the third play in Patricia Milton’s Victorian Ladies Detective Collective trilogy, November 20–December 14, 2025....

Stage Guild Continues 40th Season With ACCUSED!


by Stephi Wild - October 28, 2025

Accused! – the third play in Patricia Milton's The Victorian Ladies Detective trilogy (which also included The Victorian Ladies Detective Collective and Escape from the Asylum) - will continue The Washington Stage Guild's 40th Season of Determination. ...

Review: THE ONE GOOD THING - OR 'ARE YA PATRICK SWAYZE?' at Washington Stage Guild


by Roger Catlin - October 05, 2025

In a small coastal town in Ireland, a pair of brothers greet each other one glorious morning on the Emerald  Isle. Except one of them announces he is dead. And he spends a lot of time convincing his brother he’s talking to a ghost....

Nancy Daly Will Receive Actors' Equity Foundation's Patrick Quinn Award


by Stephi Wild - May 21, 2025

The Actors' Equity Foundation has announced the final recipient of its awards for 2025: Nancy Daly for the Patrick Quinn Award for Distinguished Service to Actors....

Brandon Victor Dixon and More to Star in FOCUS Reading Directed by Jason Alexander


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 18, 2025

Carl and Jennifer Pasbjerg will present a private industry reading of FOCUS, a new play by Alex Webb, which will be directed by Emmy and Tony Award winner Jason Alexander. Learn more!...

Review: SOFONISBA at Washington Stage Guild


by Jackson Malmgren - April 17, 2025

How do you define yourself in a society where everyone seems to have already accepted their place and purpose? Based on a true story, Washington Stage Guild’s SOFONISBA is both a deserved biography of an overlooked artist and a comedic drama of self-determination....

Washington Stage Guild Unveils 40th Season Including U.S. Premiere of Joe Bravaco’s THE ONE GOOD THING


by Josh Sharpe - April 16, 2025

The 2025-26 productions feature the U.S. premiere of Joe Bravaco’s THE ONE GOOD THING – or “Are ya’ Patrick Swayze?”, Samuel Beckett’s existential classic Happy Days, Patricia Milton’s Accused! and more....

Washington Stage Guild's 2024-25 Season Concludes With SOFONISBA


by Stephi Wild - March 11, 2025

Sofonisba by Callie Kimball will bring The Washington Stage Guild's 2024-2025 season to a close. Learn more ebout the upcoming production and how to get tickets here!...

Review: ESCAPE FROM THE ASYLUM at Washington Stage Guild


by Roger Catlin - February 05, 2025

The latest offering from Washington Stage Guild, “Escape from the Asylum: A Madcap Mystery,” is a sequel to the Patricia Milton play presented there last season, “The Victorian Ladies Detective Collective.”...

Past Shows

The One Good Thing, or Are Ya Patrick Swayze?


In a small cottage perched above the Irish Sea, brothers Jamie and Tommy live side by side, bound by routine, memory, and a lifetime of ...

The One Good Thing, Or Are Ya Patrick Swayze? by Joe Bravaco


Two Irish brothers grapple with love, grief, forgiveness...and the afterlife. U.S. Premiere

Sofonisba
4/10 - 5/4/2025


Sofonisba, an area premiere by Callie Kimball, explores the life of painter Sofonisba Anguissola, who navigates the intricacies of the Spanish royal court as an ...

Shaw’s Shorts
11/21 - 12/15/2024


Shaw’s Shorts presents three of George Bernard Shaw's engaging one-act plays, showcasing his trademark wit and political commentary. Directed by Laura Giannarelli, the production features ...

Endgame by Samuel Beckett
Endgame by Samuel Beckett
1/26 - 2/19/2023


A quartet of characters inhabit a nearly empty room, surrounded by nothing, it seems. Do they want it to end, or can they go on ...

MAJOR BARBARA
MAJOR BARBARA
11/17 - 12/11/2022


The arms trade and The Salvation Army collide in Shaw’s great play about faith, morality, and family battles.Last seen at WSG in our 2001 Helen ...

The Good Doctor
The Good Doctor
9/30 - 10/23/2022


Directed by Laura Giannarelli, featuring Lynn Steinmetz Before he turned to the stage, Chekhov wrote some of the world’s greatest short stories. By turns touching ...

Memoirs of a Forgotten Man
Memoirs of a Forgotten Man
5/5 - 5/29/2022


A 2018 hit at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Gregorys play portrays the determination of a totalitarian regime to erase history, and the tragic effect ...

Memoirs of a Forgotten Man by D.W. Gregory


A 2018 hit at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival, Gregorys play portrays the determination of a totalitarian regime to erase history, and the tragic effect ...

Mrs. Warren's Profession
Mrs. Warren's Profession
3/3 - 3/27/2022


Two of Shaws greatest women clash as Mrs. Warren and her daughter Vivie struggle to connect in light of their very different views on women, ...

SAM AND DEDE, OR MY DINNER WITH ANDRE THE GIANT


an eye-opening account of two very unexpected friends and their influence on each other through the decades. Their unlikely friendship began when aspiring writer Samuel ...

My Children! My Africa!
My Children! My Africa!
11/11 - 12/5/2021


The great South African playwrights meditation on education and its role in the struggle for justice, along with its sad limits in a culture of ...

DEAR LIAR by Jerome Kilty, Adapted from the Correspondence of Bernard Shaw and Mrs. Patrick Campbell


A glimpse into the private life of George Bernard Shaw! At the turn of the 20th century, G. B. Shaw was establishing his place among ...

How He Lied to Her Husband
How He Lied to Her Husband
5/19 - 5/23/2021


How He Lied to Her Husband by George Bernard Shaw, set in a London drawing room, is a witty look at the love triangle, as ...

The Apple Cart
The Apple Cart
4/28 - 5/27/2011


“I am Prime Minister for the same reason that all Prime Ministers have been Prime Ministers: because I am good for nothing else.” Government in ...

Red Herring
Red Herring
3/3 - 3/27/2011


“What J. Edgar doesn’t know won’t hurt him.” “Hoover knows everything. He’s like Santa.” A madcap, irreverent farce of spy versus counter-spy, set in the ...

Magic
Magic
1/6 - 2/6/2011


“The child who doubts about Santa Claus has insomnia. The child who believes has a good night's rest.” A brilliantly witty story of faith versus ...

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