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Calendar: Play Readings, Workshops, and Short-Run Theater Events in the DMV

Check back regularly for the most up-to-date information about workshops, readings, and short-run/single-performance events.

Craig Wallace will again be Ebenezer Scrooge in Ford’s ‘A Christmas...

Beloved DC holiday tradition, running for over 40 years, returns to the Ford's Theatre stage November 20.

Round House Theatre announces cast for U.S. premiere of ‘Rules for...

British playwright Sam Holcroft's Yuletide farce, newly adapted for American audiences, opens December 3.

Baltimore Center Stage announces next Lab410 cohort

Three Baltimore-area playwrights selected for 2025/26 residency.

DC-area theaters offer free and discounted tickets to federal workers affected...

Full list of participating theaters and offers available through Theatre Washington.

Round House Theatre announces passing of Jerry Whiddon

Longtime artistic director of Round House died October 17 at age 77, surrounded by family and friends.

After 27 years, CulturalDC announces sunset and legacy gifts

Legacy gifts include a half-million-dollar endowment to Howard University’s Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts and a $250,000 gift to Theatre Alliance.

GALA Hispanic Theatre to present 21st international Fuego Flamenco Festival

Beloved annual tradition celebrates flamenco as a universal art form that champions tradition, fun, and innovation.

Studio Theatre welcomes new associate artistic director Jess Chayes

The award-winning director and producer of new work 'knows the DC scene well,' says Artistic Director David Muse.

Mosaic Theater Company launches ‘Young John Lewis’ reflection series

Season-long slate of community conversations, performances, and special events across DC's 8 wards leading up to and surrounding the world premiere of 'Young John Lewis.'

Guide our future: DC Theater Arts seeks its next Executive Director

The region’s go-to source for theater journalism seeks a qualified individual to guide the nonprofit into the future.

Mosaic Theater to present DC premiere of ‘A Case for the...

Critically acclaimed play by MacArthur 'Genius' Samuel D. Hunter opens November 13.

Keegan Theatre announces cast and creative team for ‘Lizzie the Musical’

Fueled by rage, retribution, and a blistering all-female rock score, 'Lizzie' opens October 31.

1st Stage to present ‘Fair Play’ by Ella Road

Gripping exploration of the underside of women's athletics opens October 16.

DC theaters to collaborate on festival of new work at Studio...

Five DC theaters - Studio Theater, Arena Stage, Theater Alliance, Theater J, and Solas Nua - to present staged readings of new work in January 2026 'New Pages, New Stages' festival.

Nova Y. Payton and Moses Villarama to star in ‘Hello, Dolly!’...

Frequent collaborator Kevin S. McAllister directs the classic musical of love, money, and mayhem that begins November 6 and runs through the New Year.

For spooky season, We Happy Few to present ‘A Midnight Dreary’

The production tells three Edgar Allan Poe tales after dark in a perennial company classic.

Voices Festival Productions announces ‘November 4’ cast

World-premiere musical kicks off VFP's 25th Voices From A Changing Middle East Festival.

Theater J to present timely adaptation of Ibsen’s ‘An Enemy of...

Directed by János Szász, this award-winning adaptation of Ibsen’s acclaimed work, and recent Broadway sensation, examines the personal cost of speaking up.

Perisphere Theater announces 2026 season lineup

Season includes Lauren Gunderson hit and a world premiere one-man show by Perisphere co-artistic director Gerrad Alex Taylor.