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.
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Theater | Location | Built | Capacity | Website |
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Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium | 750 | [1] | ||
Arena Stage | Southwest | 1379 | [2] | |
Arena Stage : Fichandler Stage | Southwest | 683 | [3] | |
Arena Stage : Kreeger Theater | Southwest | 514 | [4] | |
Arena Stage : Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle | Southwest | 200 | [5] | |
Atlas Performing Arts Center | H Street NE | 712 | [6] | |
Atlas - Lang Theater | H Street NE | 262 | [7] | |
Atlas - Sprenger Theater | H Street NE | 280 | [8] | |
Atlas - Atlas Lab Theatre I | H Street NE | 80 | [9] | |
Atlas Lab Theatre II | H Street NE | 90 | [10] | |
Carter Barron Amphitheater | Rock Creek Park | 4200 | [11] | |
115 | [12] | |||
0 | [13] | |||
Dance Place | 0 | [14] | ||
DAR Constitution Hall | 3702 | [15] | ||
(DCAC) | 0 | [16] | ||
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Theatre | Georgetown | 800 | [17] | |
Folger Shakespeare Library, Elizabethan Theatre | 250 | [18] | ||
H Street Playhouse | 100 | [19][1] | ||
at Joy of Motion Dance Center | 0 | [20] | ||
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | 7195 | [21] | ||
Kennedy Center Concert Hall | 2465 | |||
Kennedy Center Opera House | 2364 | |||
Eisenhower Theater | 1164 | |||
Family Theater | 324 | |||
Theater Lab | 388 | |||
Terrace Theater | 490 | |||
Millennium Stage | 0 | |||
KC Jazz Club | 160 | |||
Lansburgh Theatre | 451 | [22] | ||
Lincoln Theatre | U Street | 1225 | [23] | |
Lisner Auditorium | Foggy Bottom | 1490 | [24] | |
Mead Theatre Lab at | 75 | [25] | ||
Metro Cafe | 0 | [26] | ||
National Theatre | 1676 | [27] | ||
National Sylvan Theater | 0 | |||
Sidney Harman Hall | 774 | [28] | ||
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue | 800 | [29] | ||
120 | [30] | |||
DeLaski Theater at the | 0 | [31] | ||
0 | [32] | |||
120 | [33] | |||
Warner Theatre | Penn Quarter | 1992 (originally a cinema, opened in 1924) | 1847 | [34] |
Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Penn Quarter | 2005 (founded 1980) | 265 | [35] |
Producing theaters[]
- Adventure Theatre
- Ambassador Theater at Flashpoint
- 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
- Charter Theater at Theatre on the Run (folded 2011)[2]
- 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
- Wildwood Summer Theatre
- Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Presenting and rental theaters[]
- Anacostia Playhouse
- Atlas Performing Arts Center
- Lang Theater
- Sprenger Theater
- Atlas Theater Lab 1
- Atlas Theater Lab 2
- Carter Barron Amphitheater
- Dance Place
- DAR Constitution Hall
- (DCAC)
- Ford's Theatre
- H Street Playhouse
- Lisner Auditorium
- 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
- Metro Cafe
- National Theatre
- National Sylvan Theater
- DeLaski Theater at the
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- Mainstage
- Second Stage
- Warner Theatre
Independent companies[]
- African Continuum Theatre Company
- Ambassador Theater, International Cultural Center
- Artists' Initiative
- banished? productions
- Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions
- Brave Spirits Theatre
- 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 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
Educational theater[]
- 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
Non-operational theaters[]
- Howard Theater
Theater organizations[]
- League of Washington Theaters
- Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
Theater awards[]
- Helen Hayes Awards
- Award
- Offstage Honors ("The Offies")
- Richard Bauer Award
- Award
- Usher's Favorite Show Award
- (WATCH Awards)
References[]
- ^ About the H Street Playhouse Archived 2012-01-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Charter Theatre Final Website". Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.
External links[]
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