Constellation Theatre Company

Constellation Theatre Company
	Constellation Theatre Company Logo
Formation	2007
Type	Theatre group
Purpose	Epic, ensemble theatre from around the world
Location	Washington, D.C.;
Artistic director(s)	Allison Arkell Stockman (Founding Artistic Director)
Website	http://www.constellationtheatre.org/

Constellation Theatre Company is a non-profit theater company located in Washington, D.C. It performs at Source, a flexible black box theatre in Washington, D.C. Since its founding in 2007, Constellation has received several Helen Hayes Awards including The John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company in 2009.

Facilities[]

The Source Theater, Washington DC during the run of Constellation Theatre Company's production of Zorro

Constellation Theatre Company uses the facilities of CulturalDC's Source at 1835 14th St NW. It features a 120-seat black box performance space. The upper floor has a rehearsal room, conference room, and office space^[1]

Artistic leadership[]

Constellation Theatre Company's founding artistic director is Allison Arkell Stockman. A 1996 graduate of Princeton University and a 2001 graduate of Carnegie Mellon School of Drama, Allison was a freelance director in Washington, DC and New York City. In 2006 she quit her job as a teacher, took short-term jobs for a year, and then started the theater company in 2007.^[2]

Productions[]

Current productions[]

2018-2019 Season: Epic Love

by Sarah Ruhl
Aida with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang
The Master and Margarita adapted by Edward Kemp
The White Snake by Mary Zimmerman, based on the Chinese legend of the white snake

Production history[]

2017-2018 Season: Survival Instincts

The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the silent film with live music by Tom Teasley
The Wild Party with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa
The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht

2016-2017 Season

Metropolis, the silent film with live music by Tom Teasley
Urinetown music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann, book and lyrics by Greg Kotis
Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice
The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman

2015-2016 Season – Playtime for Grownups^[3]

The Adventures of Prince Achmed by Lotte Reiniger with live music by Tom Teasley
Avenue Q music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty
Equus by Peter Shaffer
Journey to the West by Mary Zimmerman, based on the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West

2014-2015 Season

Absolutely {Perhaps} by Luigi Pirandello (and sometimes titled So It Is (If You Think So) in English) adapted by Martin Sherman
The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
The Fire and the Rain, by Girish Karnad and drawn from The Mahabharata

2013-2014 Season

36 Views by Naomi Iizuka
Scapin by Bill Irwin and Mark O'Donnell adapted from Les Fourberies de Scapin by Molière
The Love of the Nightingale, by Timberlake Wertenbaker

2012-2013 Season

Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn
Zorro^* by Janet Allard and Eleanor Holdridge
Gilgamesh, Poetry by Yusef Komunyakaa, concept & dramaturgy by Chad Gracia

^* world premier

2011-2012 Season

The Ramayana (remount)
Arms and the Man
Blood Wedding
Metamorphoses

2010-2011 Season

2009-2010 Season

2008-2009 Season

Temptation
The Marriage of Figaro
Crazyface

2007-2008 Season

A Dream Play by August Strindberg adapted by Caryl Churchill^[4]
The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman^[5]
The Good Woman of Setzuan^[6]
The Oresteia

Grants[]

In September 2013, the American Theatre Wing, (the Founder of the Tony Awards) awarded a National Theatre Company Grant to Constellation Theatre.^[7] The grant is for general operating support to companies that "have articulated a distinctive mission, cultivated an audience, and nurtured a community of artists in ways that strengthen and demonstrate the quality, diversity, and dynamism of American theatre".^[8]

Awards[]

The Constellation Theatre Company and its productions have been awarded the following Helen Hayes Awards.^[9]

2013 – The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor Resident Play , Matthew McGee, Taking Steps^[10]

The Constellation Theatre Company was nominated for the following Audience Choice Awards

2008 Crazyface (Favorite Ensemble)^[11]
2009 Three Sisters (Favorite Plays, Favorite Actress in a Play)^[12]
2013 Taking Steps (Best Play, Best Actor in a Play), Zorro (Best Ensemble Cast, Best Actor in a Play) ^[13]

Costume Designer Kendra Rai was awarded a 2014 Princess Grace Foundation honorarium to be used for the company's 2014–2015 season costumes^[14]

References[]

^ "Source Rental". Cultural D.C. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ Jacobson, Louis (7 March 2012). "The D.C. theater scene". The Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
^ Playtime for Grownups – 2015–2016 Season Mailing. Constellation Theatre Company. July 2015.
^ Treanor, Lorraine (21 June 2007). "A Dream Play". DCtheatrescene.com. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
^ Pressley, Nelson (6 October 2007). "Constellation Sparkles In 'Arabian Nights'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 May 2013.
^ Horwitz, Jane (April 9, 2008). "Bertolt Brecht's Human Touch Constellation's 'Good Woman of Setzuan' Isn't About Isms". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ "AMERICAN THEATRE WING ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF 2013 NATIONAL THEATRE COMPANY GRANTS". StageLight Magazine. 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2017-12-01.
^ "American Theatre Wing Reveals Recipients of 2013 National Theatre Company Grants". broadwayworld.com. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.
^ "HHA Nominees & Recipients". theatreWashington. Retrieved February 7, 2013.
^ Pressley, Nelson (8 April 2013). "The 29th Annual Helen Hayes Awards Recipients". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
^ Treanor, Loraine (2009-09-20). "Audience Choice Awards – 2008/09 Season". dctheatrescene.com. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ Treanor, Lorraine (2010-08-26). "Voting ends tonight for Audience Choice Awards". dctheatrescene. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ Treanor, Lorraine (2013-08-08). "Audience Choice Awards 2012–2013". DC Theatre Scene. Retrieved 26 August 2013.
^ "Theater Honoraria: Kendra Rai". pgfusa.com. Princess Grace Foundation-USA. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

[1] "Source Rental". Cultural D.C. Archived from the original on 1 November 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[2] Jacobson, Louis (7 March 2012). "The D.C. theater scene". The Princeton Alumni Weekly. Retrieved 6 March 2013.

[3] Playtime for Grownups – 2015–2016 Season Mailing. Constellation Theatre Company. July 2015.

[4] Treanor, Lorraine (21 June 2007). "A Dream Play". DCtheatrescene.com. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

[5] Pressley, Nelson (6 October 2007). "Constellation Sparkles In 'Arabian Nights'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 7 May 2013.

[6] Horwitz, Jane (April 9, 2008). "Bertolt Brecht's Human Touch Constellation's 'Good Woman of Setzuan' Isn't About Isms". The Washington Post. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[7] "AMERICAN THEATRE WING ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF 2013 NATIONAL THEATRE COMPANY GRANTS". StageLight Magazine. 2013-09-03. Retrieved 2017-12-01.

[8] "American Theatre Wing Reveals Recipients of 2013 National Theatre Company Grants". broadwayworld.com. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 5 September 2013.

[9] "HHA Nominees & Recipients". theatreWashington. Retrieved February 7, 2013.

[10] Pressley, Nelson (8 April 2013). "The 29th Annual Helen Hayes Awards Recipients". The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 April 2013.

[11] Treanor, Loraine (2009-09-20). "Audience Choice Awards – 2008/09 Season". dctheatrescene.com. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[12] Treanor, Lorraine (2010-08-26). "Voting ends tonight for Audience Choice Awards". dctheatrescene. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[13] Treanor, Lorraine (2013-08-08). "Audience Choice Awards 2012–2013". DC Theatre Scene. Retrieved 26 August 2013.

[14] "Theater Honoraria: Kendra Rai". pgfusa.com. Princess Grace Foundation-USA. Retrieved 21 August 2014.

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