List of theaters in Washington, D.C.
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This list of theaters and entertainment venues in Washington, D.C. includes present-day opera houses and theaters, cabarets, music halls and other places of live entertainment in Washington, D.C.
Current theaters
[edit]Theater | Stage | Location | Built | Capacity | Website |
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Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium | Federal Triangle | 1935 | 1000 | [1] | |
Arena Stage | Fichandler Stage | Southwest | 1950 | 683 | [2] |
Arena Stage | Kreeger Theater | Southwest | 1950 | 514 | [3] |
Arena Stage | Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle | Southwest | 1950 | 200 | [4] |
Atlas Performing Arts Center | Lang Theater | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 258 | [5] |
Atlas Performing Arts Center | Sprenger Theater | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 160 | [6] |
Atlas Performing Arts Center | Atlas Lab Theatre I | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 70 | [7] |
Atlas Performing Arts Center | Atlas Lab Theatre II | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 82 | [8] |
Carter Barron Amphitheater | Rock Creek Park | 1949 | 4200 | [9] | |
Anacostia Playhouse | Anacostia | 2013 | 120 | [10] | |
Dance Place | Brookland | 1978 | 0 | [11] | |
DAR Constitution Hall | Downtown | 1929 | 3702 | [12] | |
D.C. Arts Center (DCAC) | Adams Morgan | 1989 | 42 | [13] | |
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Theatre | Georgetown | 800 | [14] | ||
DCJCC | Theater J | Dupont Circle | 1990 | [15] | |
Folger Shakespeare Theater | Capitol Hill | 1932 | 250 | [16] | |
Ford's Theater | Penn Quarter | 1863 | 665 | [17] | |
GALA Hispanic Theatre | Columbia Heights | 1976 | [18] | ||
Hamilton Live | Downtown | ??? | 354 | [19] | |
Howard Theater | Shaw | 1910 | 1100 | [20] | |
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Concert Hall | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 2465 | [21] |
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Opera House | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 2364 | [22] |
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Eisenhower Theater | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 1164 | [23] |
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Family Theater | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 324 | [24] |
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Theater Lab | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 388 | [25] |
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Terrace Theater | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 490 | [26] |
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Millennium Stage | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | [27] | |
Keegan Theatre | Dupont Circle | 1996 | 120 | [28] | |
Lincoln Theatre | U Street | 1922 | 1225 | [29] | |
Lisner Auditorium | Foggy Bottom | 1946 | 1490 | [30] | |
National Theatre | Downtown | 1835 | 1676 | [31] | |
Shakespeare Theatre Company | Lansburgh Theatre | Penn Quarter | 2007 (founded 1970) | 451 | [32] |
Shakespeare Theatre Company | Sidney Harman Hall | Penn Quarter | 2007 (founded 1970) | 774 | [33] |
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue | Chinatown | 2004 (built 1908) | 800 | [34] | |
Sylvan Theater | National Mall | 1917 | |||
Source Theatre | U Street | 2008 | 150 | [35] | |
Sitar Arts Center | Adams Morgan | 2001 | 0 | [36] | |
Studio 1469 | Columbia Heights | [37] | |||
Studio Theatre | Mead Theater | 4th Street | 1978 | 218 | [38] |
Studio Theatre | Metheny Theater | 4th Street | 1978 | 200 | [39] |
Studio Theatre | Milton Theater | 4th Street | 1978 | 187 | [40] |
Studio Theatre | Stage 4 | 4th Street | 1978 | 120 | [41] |
Warner Theatre | Penn Quarter | 1992 (built 1924) | 1847 | [42] | |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Penn Quarter | 2005 (founded 1980) | 265 | [43] |
Producing theaters
[edit]- Adventure Theatre
- Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater - Recipient of the 1976 Regional Theatre Tony Award
- Fichandler Stage
- Kreeger Theater
- The Kogod Cradle
- Capital Fringe Festival, with annual, temporary venues
- Capitol Steps (closed in 2020)
- Constellation Theatre Company
- Damascus Theatre Company
- DC Improv
- Discovery Theater at the Smithsonian Ripley Center
- Folger Theatre at the Elizabethan Theatre
- Forum Theatre
- GALA Hispanic Theatre at the Tivoli Theatre
- Glaser-Luchs Studio Theater at the National Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts
- Hexagon at the Duke Ellington School
- Histrio (Theater), A French Theater
- Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
- Keegan Theatre
- Mosaic Theater Company of DC
- Rorschach Theatre
- Round House Theatre
- Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Harman Center for the Arts - Recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award
- Sidney Harman Hall
- Lansburgh Theatre
- Signature Theatre - Recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award
- Silver Spring Stage
- St Mark's Players
- Studio Theatre
- Mead Theatre
- Milton Theatre
- Metheny Theatre
- Stage 4
- Synetic Theater
- Teatro de la Luna at Casa de la Luna
- Theater J at The Cecile Goldman Theater, Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts
- Theater of the First Amendment at George Mason University
- Washington Audio Theater
- Washington Stage Guild
- Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Presenting and rental theaters
[edit]- Anacostia Playhouse
- Atlas Performing Arts Center
- Lang Theater
- Sprenger Theater
- Atlas Theater Lab 1
- Atlas Theater Lab 2
- Carter Barron Amphitheater
- Church Street Theater
- Corner Store, The
- Dance Place
- DAR Constitution Hall
- D.C. Arts Center (DCAC)
- Ford's Theatre
- H Street Playhouse
- Howard Theater
- Lisner Auditorium
- Jack Guidone Theater at Joy of Motion Dance Center
- John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
- Kennedy Center Concert Hall
- Kennedy Center Opera House
- Eisenhower Theater
- Family Theater
- Theater Lab
- Terrace Theater
- Millennium Stage
- KC Jazz Club
- Lincoln Theatre
- Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint
- Metro Cafe
- National Theatre
- National Sylvan Theater
- Source Theatre
- The Puppet Co.
- DeLaski Theater at the Sitar Arts Center
- Town Hall Education, Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC) Theater
- Warehouse Theatre
- Mainstage
- Second Stage
- Warner Theatre
Independent companies
[edit]- African Continuum Theatre Company
- Ambassador Theater, International Cultural Center
- Artists' Initiative
- banished? productions
- Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions
- Brave Spirits Theatre -- Closing
- Constellation Theatre Company
- Didactic Theatre Company
- Doorway Arts Ensemble
- dog & pony dc
- Faction of Fools Theatre Company
- Federal Theatre Project
- Flying V Theatre
- Forum Theatre
- Ganymede Arts (formerly the Actors' Theatre of Washington)
- Gross National Product Comedy - founder John Simmons
- Happenstance Theater
- Horizons Theatre
- Journeymen Theater Ensemble
- Keegan Theatre
- Lean & Hungry Theatre
- Longacre Lea Productions
- Madcap Players
- MuseFire Productions
- Now This!
- Omaemoda Productions
- Open Circle Theatre
- Pointless Theatre Company
- Quotidian Theatre Company
- SCENA Theatre
- Serenity Players
- Solas Nua
- Spooky Action Theater
- Taffety Punk Theatre Company
- The In Series
- The Landless Theatre Company
- The Puppet Co.
- The Rude Mechanicals
- The Saartjie Project
- Theater Alliance
- Venus Theatre Company
- Washington Audio Theater
- Washington Improv Theater
- Washington National Opera
- Washington Savoyards
- WSC Avant Bard, formerly Washington Shakespeare Company
- Yams Theatre, Inc.
- Young Playwrights' Theater
- Washington Audio Theater
- Wildwood Summer Theatre
Educational theater
[edit]- Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre, American University
- Katzen Arts Center, American University
- Abramson Family Recital Hall
- Studio Theatre
- Hartke Theatre, Catholic University of America
- Elstad Auditorium, Gallaudet University
- Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, George Washington University
- Royden B. Davis, S.J. Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University
- Gonda Theatre
- Devine Studio Theatre
- Walsh Black Box, Georgetown University
- Poulton Hall, Georgetown University
- Fine Arts Complex, Howard University
- Ira Aldridge Theater
- Environmental Theatre Space (ETS)
- Auditorium, University of the District of Columbia
- The Theatre Lab School of Dramatic Arts
Non-operational theaters
[edit]Theater organizations
[edit]- theatreWashington
- League of Washington Theaters
- Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
- Dance/Metro DC
Theater awards
[edit]- Helen Hayes Awards
- Kennedy Center Honors
- Mary Goldwater Award
- Offstage Honors ("The Offies")
- Richard Bauer Award
- Ruby Griffith Award
- Usher's Favorite Show Award
- Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH Awards)