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An Unbuilt Life
An Unbuilt Life
4/11 - 5/5/2024


World Premiere by Elizabeth DeSchryver, directed by Helen Hayes Award nominee Steven Carpenter. When Agatha Ganner discovers a mystery painting in her deceased husband’s art collection, she engages ...


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Interview: Theatre Life with Nora Palka


by Elliot Lanes - May 02, 2024

Today’s subject Nora Palka is currently living her theatre life at Signature Theatre playing Jeanie in their current production of Hair. The production runs through July seventh in the MAX. Hair is a homecoming for Nora to be sure. She grew up in the DC area and as you will read, credits Signature ...

MUMMY IN THE CLOSET: EVITA'S RETURN & More Lead Washington, DC's May 2024 Top Theatre Shows


by Team BWW - May 01, 2024

Washington, DC is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for May 2024 include Mummy in the Closet: Evita's Return, Unknown Soldier and more....

Review: AN UNBUILT LIFE at Washington Stage Guild


by Roger Catlin - April 18, 2024

It’s the painting Girl with a Flute, long attributed to Vermeer, that adorns the program cover of the Washington Stage Guild’s world premiere production of “An Unbuilt Life.” ...

Washington Stage Guild Closes Season with World Premiere of AN UNBUILT LIFE


by A.A. Cristi - April 12, 2024

Get the latest cast updates for the Washington Stage Guild's production of AN UNBUILT LIFE....

Washington Stage Guild Closes Season with World Premiere of AN UNBUILT LIFE


by A.A. Cristi - March 21, 2024

Get the latest updates on the area premiere of VICTORIAN LADIES’ DETECTIVE COLLECTIVE by the Washington Stage Guild. Stay tuned for more information about the show....

Judy Kuhn, Kerstin Anderson, Perry Sherman & More to Star in UNKNOWN SOLDIER D.C. Premiere


by Chloe Rabinowitz - February 20, 2024

The cast and creative team has been revealed for Unknown Soldier at Arena Stage. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets....

THE VICTORIAN LADIES' DETECTIVE COLLECTIVE Extends at Washington Stage Guild


by Stephi Wild - February 13, 2024

The Washington Stage Guild is adding an additional week to the run of Paticia Milton’s The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective. ...

Review: THE VICTORIAN LADIES' DETECTIVE COLLECTIVE at Washington Stage Guild


by Ken Kemp - February 09, 2024

There's murder and mayhem afoot at Washington Stage Guild (and a fair amount of mirth, too) in the area premier of Patricia Milton's The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective, a fun and lighthearted addition to the whodunnit genre with a decidedly feminist twist....

Cast and Creative Team Set for TEMPESTUOUS ELEMENTS World Premiere at Arena Stage


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 16, 2024

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for the world premiere of Tempestuous Elements, playwright Kia Corthron’s new work exploring the trailblazing career of visionary Black feminist and educational luminary Anna Julia Cooper....

Washington Stage Guild Presents Area Premiere of THE VICTORIAN LADIES' DETECTIVE COLLECTIVE


by Blair Ingenthron - January 06, 2024

The Washington Stage Guild enters the Winter of their 2023-2024 season with the DC-area premiere of Patricia Milton's The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective. Get all the production details here!...

Past Shows

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 ...

Don Juan In Hell
11/25 - 11/29/2020


Washington Stage Guild will present a "heavenly" online performance of George Bernard Shaw's DON JUAN IN HELL, the famous dream sequence from his play MAN ...


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Bloomsday
1/23 - 2/16/2020


Robert returns to Dublin to reunite with Cait, the woman who captured his heart during a James Joyce literary tour 35 years ago. Dancing backwards ...

Gulf View Drive
1/17 - 2/10/2019


A young couple’s dream of a quiet life is interrupted by some surprising visits from their relatives. Soon the house will become bursting at the ...

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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