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

Producing theaters

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company PWYC Line a panorama

* 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 The Capitol Steps was an American political-satire group that performed from 1981 to 2020. Most of the Capitol Steps' material parodied well-known contemporary songs, usually introduced with a short skit. The songs were interspersed with other ro ...

*Charter Theater at Theatre on the Run (folded 2011) *

Constellation Theatre Company Constellation Theatre Company is a non-profit theater company located in Washington, D.C., Washington, D.C. It performs at the Source Theatre, a flexible Black box theater, black box theatre in Washington, D.C. Since its founding in 2007, Conste ...

*Damascus Theatre Company *DC Improv *Discovery Theater at the Smithsonian Ripley Center * Folger Theatre at the Elizabethan Theatre *

Forum Theatre Forum theatre is a type of theatre created by Brazilian theatre director Augusto Boal. It is one of the techniques under the umbrella term of Theatre of the Oppressed (TO). This relates to the engagement of spectators influencing and engaging with ...

GALA Hispanic Theatre GALA (Grupo de Artistas LatinoAmericanos) Hispanic Theatre is a theater located at 3333 14th St NW in Washington, D.C. It hosts plays in Spanish and English, as well as dance, music, poetry, spoken word, art and films. History The GALA Hispan ...

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 George Mason University (George Mason, Mason, or GMU) is a public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia with an independent City of Fairfax, Virginia postal address in the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. The university was origin ...

*Washington Audio Theater *Washington Stage Guild *Wildwood Summer Theatre * Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Presenting and rental theaters

*Anacostia Playhouse *

Atlas Performing Arts Center The Atlas Performing Arts Center is a multiple space performing arts facility located on H Street in the Near Northeast neighborhood of Washington, DC. Housed in a renovated Art Deco movie house, the facility is home to several arts organizatio ...

**Lang Theater **Sprenger Theater **Atlas Theater Lab 1 **Atlas Theater Lab 2 * Carter Barron Amphitheater *

Church Street Theater Church may refer to: Religion * Church (building), a building for Christian religious activities * Church (congregation), a local congregation of a Christian denomination * Church service, a formalized period of Christian communal worship * Chris ...

* Corner Store, The * Dance Place * DAR Constitution Hall *

D.C. Arts Center DC, D.C., D/C, Dc, or dc may refer to: Places * Washington, D.C. (District of Columbia), the capital and the federal territory of the United States * Bogotá, Distrito Capital, the capital city of Colombia * Dubai City, as distinct from the ...

(DCAC) * Ford's Theatre * H Street Playhouse *

Howard Theater The Howard Theatre is a historic theater, located at 620 T Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C. Opened in 1910, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. In its heyday, the theater was known for catering to an Afric ...

* Lisner Auditorium * Jack Guidone Theater at Joy of Motion Dance Center *

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts (formally known as the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, and commonly referred to as the Kennedy Center) is the United States National Cultural Center, located on the Potom ...

**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 Source Theatre Company was a non-profit theater company located in Washington, D.C. Formed 1977, it ceased production in 2002 and legally disbanded in 2006. While active it performed at 1835 14th Street NW, Washington DC in the 14th Street co ...

*DeLaski Theater at the

Sitar Arts Center The sitar ( or ; ) is a plucked stringed instrument, originating from the Indian subcontinent, used in Hindustani classical music. The instrument was invented in medieval India, flourished in the 18th century, and arrived at its present form in ...

* Town Hall Education, Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC) Theater * Warehouse Theatre **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 Brave Spirits Theatre was a small, non-Equity theater based in Arlington, VA. The company was founded in 2011 by Charlene V. Smith and Victoria Reinsel. Brave Spirits was a “feminist-leaning classics troupe”, which produces plays by Shakes ...

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*Didactic Theatre Company
Doorway Arts Ensemble
*dog & pony dc *Faction of Fools Theatre Company *Federal Theatre Project
Flying V Theatre
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*Ganymede Arts (formerly the Actors' Theatre of Washington) *Gross National Product Comedy - founder

John Simmons John Simmons may refer to: Politicians * John H. Simmons (died 1843), American politician from Maryland *John Simmons (Oklahoma politician) (died 1940), American politician, mayor of Tulsa from 1916 to 1918 * John Simmons (Missouri politician), m ...

*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

*The In Series *The Landless Theatre Company *The Rude Mechanicals *The Saartjie Project *

Theater Alliance Theater Alliance is a non-profit professional theater in Washington, DC, professionally incorporated in 2000 with the goal of producing work that would illuminate the experiences, philosophies and interests of DC's diverse population. That goal w ...

*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 Young Playwrights' Theater (YPT) is a not-for-profit theater arts-based education organization in Northwest Washington, D.C. It provides interactive in-school and after-school programs presenting and discussing student-written work to promote ...

*Washington Audio Theater

Educational theater

* Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre,

American University The American University (AU or American) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, mostly in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest D.C. AU was charte ...

* Katzen Arts Center,

**Abramson Family Recital Hall **Studio Theatre *Hartke Theatre,

Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Roman Catholic research university in Washington, D.C. It is a pontifical university of the Catholic Church in the United States and the only institution of higher education founded by U.S. ...

*Elstad Auditorium,

Gallaudet University Gallaudet University ( ) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. for the education of the deaf and hard of hearing. It was founded in 1864 as a grammar school for both deaf and blind children. It was the first sc ...

*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

Takoma Theater Takoma may refer to: * Takoma Park, Maryland, a city located in Montgomery County, Maryland * Takoma, Washington, D.C., a neighborhood in Washington, D.C. * Takoma (Washington Metro), a stop on the Red Line of the Washington Metro subway system * Ta ...

Theater organizations

* theatreWashington *League of Washington Theaters * Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington * Dance/Metro DC

Theater awards

* Helen Hayes Awards * Mary Goldwater Award *Offstage Honors ("The Offies") *

Richard Bauer Richard Bauer (March 14, 1939 – March 1, 1999) was an American actor. He won an Obie Award The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards originally given by ''The Village Voice'' newspaper to theatre artists and groups ...

Award *

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Award *Usher's Favorite Show Award *

Washington Area Theatre Community Honors The Washington Area Theatre Community Honors, better known as the WATCH Awards, are theater awards recognizing excellence in Community theatre, Community theater in the Washington, D.C. area since 2000. During the COVID pandemic, the WATCH Awar ...

(WATCH Awards)

References

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External links

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