As 2023 drew to a close, we asked DCTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them. Here are the shows that stuck in our writer’s minds as outstanding overall productions.

2023 DC Theater Arts Staff Favorites for Outstanding Community Production

25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Prince William Little Theatre
As You Dig It, Lumina Studio Theatre
Avenue Q, Reston Community Players

Beauty and the Beast, Hope Theater
Big Fish, City of Fairfax Theatre Company
By the Way, Meet Vera Stark, Rooftop Productions
Cabaret, Reston Community Players

Charlie Ross Comedy and Magic, at Capital Fringe Festival
Cinderella, Upper Room Theatre Ministry
Dead Man’s Cell Phone, NOVA Nightsky Theatre
Don’t Dress for Dinner, Providence Players of Fairfax
Head Over Heels, Annapolis Summer Garden Theatre

He Creeps, 3rd Eye Productions
John Proctor Is the Villain, presented by Mask and Bauble Dramatic Society at Georgetown University
Larry, the Big Time Broadway Producer, Triune Entertainment
Making the Go-Go Band: a new musical, presented by Georgetown University’s Department of Performing Arts Theater and Performance Studies Program in partnership with Black Theatre Ensemble

Oliver, Prince William Little Theatre and Manassas Symphony Orchestra
Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem, Kentlands Community Players
Shut Up, Martha!, at Capital Fringe Festival
Silent Sky, Providence Players of Fairfax
Sister Act, Little Theatre of Alexandria

Something Rotten!, 2nd Star Productions
Something Rotten!, Montgomery County Summer Dinner Theatre
Stick Fly, Rockville Little Theatre
The Book of Will, Colonia Players of Annapolis
The Nacirema Society, Little Theatre of Alexandria
Titanic, Good Shepherd Productions
Young Frankenstein, Little Theatre of Alexandria

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As 2023 drew to a close, we asked DCTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them. In this category, Outstanding Performances (Community), we recognize individual and ensemble performances that stood out to our writers.

Note: DC Theater Arts does not publish a “best of” list. If you got on a stage this year, we think you are the best. Since our writers all see different shows, and no DCTA writer sees all the shows produced in our region, this list only represents the subjective opinions and recollections of our writers.

Individual Performances

Eitan Amster as Brother Jeremiah in Something Rotten! at Montgomery County Summer Dinner Theatre
Melisande Short-Colomb in Here I Am presented by the Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics at Georgetown University

Cor Estoll as Sherlock Holmes in Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem at Kentlands Community Players

Adam Goldsmith as Plankton in The SpongeBob Musical at Silhouette Stages
Pauline Griller-Mitchell as Mrs. Hudson in Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem at Kentlands Community Players
Meredith Iodice as Mary Bennet in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberly at Montgomery Playhouse
Colleen Isaiah as Clown 2 in The 39 Steps at UpStage Artists
Neva Keuroglian Sullivan as Bea in Something Rotten! at 2nd Star Productions
Maura Lacy as Sandra in Big Fish at City of Fairfax Theatre Company
Noah Mutterperl as Dr. Frederick Frankenstein in Young Frankenstein at Little Theatre of Alexandria
Meg Nemeth as Agatha Trunchbull in Matilda at 2nd Star Productions

Taylor Peppers as Arthur de Bourgh in Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley at Montgomery Playhouse
Anthony Pohl as George in Stop Kiss at Reston Community Players
Faheem Abdus Salaam as Al in He Creeps at 3rd Eye Productions
Matt Scarborough as Ernst Ludwig in Cabaret at Reston Community Players
Andy Shaw as Amos in Big Fish at City of Fairfax Theatre Company
Liz Weber as Fraulein Schneider in Cabaret at Reston Community Players
Matt Wetzel as SpongeBob in The SpongeBob Musical at Silhouette Stages

Ensemble Performances

Avenue Q at Reston Community Players
Cinderella at Upper Room Theatre Ministry
Ordinary Days at NOVA Nightsky Theater
Overture at American University Department of Performing Arts

Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem at Kentlands Community Players
Titanic at Good Shepherd Players

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As 2023 drew to a close, we asked DCTA writers to think back on the shows that left an indelible impression on them. In this category, Outstanding Creative Components (Community), we recognize:

• Designers (including set, sound, lighting, and costume)
• Directors (including choreographers and music directors)

A round of applause to everyone who works hard to make our theater community a great place!

As You Dig It at Lumina Studio Theatre
Sophie Cameron and Meg Lebow, direction
David Minton, adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It

Big Fish at City of Fairfax Theatre Company
Paul Pesnell, sound design

Cabaret at Reston Community Players
Duane Monahan and Catherine Oh, choreography

Cinderella at Upper Room Theatre Ministry
Rob Tessier, direction
Chris Zavadowski, music direction
Marianna Constable, choreography

Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley at Montgomery Playhouse
Jennifer Georgia, direction, set design, costume design

Sherlock Holmes and the American Problem at Kentlands Community Players
Vanessa Markowitz, direction
Stephenie Yee, costume design

Something Rotten! at Montgomery College Summer Dinner Theatre
Matt Basset, direction
Lucia LaNave, music direction
Stefan Sittig, choreography

Stick Fly at Rockville Little Theatre
Maggie Modig, set design

Titanic at Good Shepherd Players
Colin Taylor, music direction, and the 27-member orchestra

Twelfth Night at Port Tobacco Players
Chris Magee, set design

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Much of the work of theater designers is done before a show opens. Sets are conceived and built, costumes sewn with care. Even directors, whose vision for a production determines its look and feel, largely step aside once the curtain rises. But the work of designers, choreographers, playwrights, and directors takes a play from blank canvas to a whole new world, inducing wows and sighs when done right.

Today we celebrate some of the designers, choreographers, directors, and playwrights who caught our writers’ attention this year. As always, this list is subjective and there is sure to be fabulous work that didn’t make our list. Share your favorites in the comments and join us in a big high five to all the artists who created art this year. You truly make our community a better place.

Designers and Directors

(Includes set, sound, lighting, projection, and costume designers and choreographers and music directors)

Agreste (Drylands) at Spooky Action Theater
Colin K. Bills, lighting design
Danilo Gambini, direction
Danielle Preston, costume design
Giorgos Tsappas, scenic design
Aria Velz, sound design

Angel Number Nine at Rorschach Theatre
Nadir Bey, set design
Kylos Brannon, video design
Ashlynne Ludwig, costume design
Marianne Meadows, lighting design
Ian Vespermann, sound design

Angels in America at Arena Stage
Maruti Evans, set design
János Szász, direction

Arms and the Man at Washington Stage Guild
Cheryl Yancey, costume design

As You Like It at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Carmen Alatorre, costume design

Ben Butler at Washington Stage Guild 
Megan Holden, scenic design

Chinese Lady at Everyman Theatre
Emma Deane, lighting design
Meghan Raham, scenic design

Evita at Shakespeare Theatre Company (in association with the American Repertory Theater)
Sammi Cannold, direction
Bradley King, lighting design
Emily Maltby and Valeria Solomonoff, choreography
Jason Sherwood, scenic design
Alejo Vietti, costume design

Fela! at Olney Theatre Center (co-production with Round House Theatre)
Matt Rowe, sound design

Ghost/Writer at Rep Stage
Andrew R. Cohen, scenic design

Hubba Hubba at Baltimore Theatre Project
Alex and Olmsted, puppets

Incendiary at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Andrew Boyce, scenic design

Ink at Round House Theatre (co-production with Olney Theatre Center)
Tony Cisek, scenic design
Minjoo Kim, lighting design
Jason Loewith, direction
Matthew M. Nielson, sound design and composer
Debra Kim Sivigny, costume design
Mike Tutaj, projections design

Fiddler on the Roof at Olney Theatre Center
Max Doolittle, lighting design

Fitting In at Arts on the Horizon
Emily Erickson (original music composition) and navi (music production)

Fun Home at Studio Theatre
David Muse, direction

Harvey at Everyman Theatre
Daniel Ettinger and Emily Lotz, set design

Here There Are Blueberries at Shakespeare Theatre Company
David Lander and David Bengali, lighting and projection design

How the Light Gets In at 1st Stage
Kathryn Kawecki, set design
Helen Garcia-Alton, lighting design

King Lear at Shakespeare Theatre Company
Simon Godwin, direction

Kinky Boots at Olney Theatre Center
Jeanne Vallee, choreography
Milagros Ponce de León, set design

Last Match at 1st Stage
Jessica Alexandra Cancino, set design

Monarch at Creative Cauldron
Daniel Primo, projection design

My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Misha Kachman, set design
Venus Gulbranson, lighting design
Kelly Colburn, projection design
Michael Kiley, sound design

Never in Our Image – ACT III – Gun Transformation Opera presented by CulturalDC at Source Theatre
Stephanie Mercedes, creation and direction

Orlando at Constellation Theatre  
Sarah Beth Hall, scenic design
Kitt Crescenzo, costume design
Venus Gulbranson, lighting design

Out of the Vinyard at Joe’s Movement Emporium
Luis Garcia, projection design

Pacific Overtures at Signature Theatre
Ethan Heard, direction

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive at Arena Stage
Margot Bordelon, direction

SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! at Ford’s Theatre
Sheilah V. Walker, music direction

Snow Maiden at Synetic Theater
Irina Tsikurishvili, direction

Sonnets for an Old Century at Spooky Action Theater
Elizabeth Dinkova, direction

Strong Wind at Scena Theatre
Roger Doyle and Andrew Bellware, music
Andrew Bellware, sound design

Swept Away at Arena Stage
Rachel Hauck, set design
Michael Mayer, direction

The Cake at Prologue Theatre in association with NextStop Theatre
Jason Tamborini, set design
Aria Velz, direction

The Honey Trap at Solas Nua
Matt Torney, direction

The Jungle at Shakespeare Theatre Company (co-production with Woolly Mammoth Theatre)
Miriam Buether, set design
Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin, direction
Catherine Kodicek, costume design
Jon Clark, lighting design
Paul Arditti, sound design
John Pfumojena, composer
Tristan Shepherd and Duncan McLean, video design

The Mortification of Fovea Munson at The Kennedy Center
Justin Huertas, music and lyrics
Steven Tran, arrangements and orchestrations

The School for Lies at Constellation Theatre
Frank Labovitz, costume design
Sarah Reed, scenic design
Brittany Shemuga, lighting design

The Tell-Tale Heart at Synetic Theatre
Erik Teague, costume design
Paata Tsikurishvili, direction

The Winter’s Tale at Folger Shakespeare Theatre
Tamilla Woodard, direction

Playwrights

(Sorry, Shakespeare, this category is only for recently written plays and plays making their regional or national debut in the DC region)

• Bob Bartlett, Love and Vinyl, self-produced at KA-CHUNK!! Records
• Dane Figueroa Edidi, Ghost/Writer at Rep Stage
• Morgan Gould, Jennifer, Who Is Leaving at Round House Theatre
• Chisa Hutchinson, Redeemed at the Contemporary American Theatre Festival
• Joan Kane, Almost 13 at the Capital Fringe Festival
• E. M. Lewis, How the Light Gets In at 1st Stage,
• John Logan, Swept Away at Arena Stage
• Patrick Lord and Megan Thrift, Fitting In at Arts on the Horizon
• Donja R. Love, one in two at Mosaic Theater
• Dominique Morriseau, Confederates at Mosaic Theater
• Leo McGann, The Honey Trap at Solas Nua
• Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson, The Jungle at Shakespeare Theatre Company (with Woolly Mammoth Theatre)
• Asa Ogawa, The Nosebleed at Woolly Mammoth Theatre
• Psalmayene 24, Monumental Travesties at Mosaic Theater
• Jenny Rachel Weiner, The Chameleon at Theater J
• Lauren Yee, Cambodian Rock Band at Arena Stage

SEE ALSO:
DCTA 2023 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Productions
DCTA 2023 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Performances

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The talented performances listed below were an emotional balm to DMV audiences as we navigated life’s stressors in 2023. Be it Michael Kevin Darnall’s heart-wrenching portrayal of Louis in Angels in America (Arena Stage), the comic delight of Louis E. Davis as an in-your-face performance artist in Monumental Travesties (Mosaic Theater), or the delightful whimsy of the Happenstance Theater troupe, DC’s performers escorted audiences through the full range of human emotions, helping us explore the most pressing issues of mankind.

Nancy Robinette, no stranger to awards and accolades, made our list for three separate performances this year, while Quinn Titcomb, likely the youngest performer on the list, caught our reviewer’s attention for her “subtle but piercing” performance as Young Alison in Studio Theatre’s production of Fun Home. DC stalwart Kimberly Gilbert appears twice on our list, taking over as the Ghost of Christmas Present in Ford’s Theatre’s A Christmas Carol and originating the role of Jennifer in Round House Theatre’s Jennifer Who Is Leaving.

From all of us here at DCTA, we send a heartfelt thank you to every performer in the DMV. You make our lives sparkle. And we could all use that extra bit of spark these days.

Cheers,
Nicole Hertvik
Editor-in-Chief and Publisher, DC Theater Arts

Individual Performances

Melody A. Betts as Funmilayo in Fela! at Olney Theatre Center (co-production with Round House Theatre)
Ro Bodie as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in The Mountaintop at Round House Theatre

Zach Brewster-Geisz as David Malter in The Chosen at 1st Stage
Lise Bruneau as Sonia in The Honey Trap at Solas Nua
Tamieka Chavis as Miz Adeline in The Hula Hoopin’ Queen at Imagination Stage
Andrew Cownden as Jaques in As You Like It at STC
Michael Kevin Darnell as Louis in Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches at Arena Stage
Louis E. Davis as Chance in Monumental Travesties at Mosaic Theater Company
Maboud Ebrahimzadeh as Brian McConnell in Ink at Round House Theatre
Adrian Blake Enscoe as Little Brother in Swept Away at Arena Stage
Jordan Friend as Nate in A Delicate Ship at 4615 Theatre Company
John Gallagher Jr. as Mate in Swept Away at Arena Stage
Edward Gero as Roy Cohn in Angels in America Part 1: Millennium Approaches at Arena Stage
Kimberly Gilbert as the Ghost of Christmas Present in A Christmas Carol at Ford’s Theatre
Tori Gomez as Medea in Mojada at 1st Stage
Nicole Halmos as Della in The Cake at Prologue Theatre in association with NextStop Theatre Company

Doug Harris as Trevor Barlow in Redeemed at Contemporary American Theatre Festival
Ixchel Hernandez as Nina in In the Heights at NextStop Theatre Company
Bruni Herring as Abuela Claudia in In the Heights at NextStop Theatre Company
Shinah Hey as Ocean O’Connell Rosenberg in Ride the Cyclone at Arena Stage
DeJeaneatte Horne as Felix in The Brothers Paranormal at Olney Theatre Center
Francis Jue as Duch in Cambodian Rock Band at Arena Stage
Stephen Kime as Cosmo Disney in Pitchfork Disney at Red Rat Productions
Fletcher Lowe as Pup in Monsters of the American Cinema at Prologue Theatre
Bryonha Marie as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd at Signature Theatre Company
Ethan Miller as Sergei in The Last Match at 1st Stage
Maryam Najafzada in Snow Maiden in Snow Maiden at Synetic Theater Company
Joe Ngo as Chum in Cambodian Rock Band at Arena Stage
Cody Nickell as Larry Lamb in Ink at Round House Theatre
Patrick Page as Lear in King Lear at Shakespeare Theatre Company

Shereen Pimentel as Eva in Evita at Shakespeare Theatre Company (in association with the American Repertory Theater)
Christopher Michael Richardson as Beadle Bamford in Sweeney Todd at Signature Theatre
Nancy Robinette as Nan in Jennifer Who Is Leaving at Round House Theatre
Nancy Robinette as Bubbe in The Chameleon at Theater J
Theodore Sapp as Shepard Mallory in Ben Butler at Washington Stage Guild
Danielle Scott as Dorra in The Body of a Woman at ExPats Theatre
Awa Sal Secka as Sarah in Ragtime at Signature Theatre
Bobby Smith as Bruce Bechdel in Fun Home at Studio Theatre
Deidra LaWan Starnes as Dorothy in Dorothy’s Dictionary at Washington Stage Guild

Quinn Titcomb as Small Alison in Fun Home at Studio Theatre
Drew Kopas as Tim in The Last Match at 1st Stage
Vato Tsikurishvili as The Boy in Snow Maiden at Synetic Theatre Company
Holly Twyford as Mama in My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Nick Westrate as Prior Walter in Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches at Arena Stage

Ensemble and Collaboration

Adrift by Happenstance Theatre featuring Gwen Grastorf, Mark Jaster, Sabrina Mandell, Sarah Olmsted Thomas, and Alex Vernon

Angels in America Part I: Millennium Approaches at Arena Stage featuring John Austin, Frank Britton, Michael Kevin Darnall, Veronica del Cerro, Edward Gero, Brandon Haagenson, Billie Krishawn, Susan Rome, Justin Weaks, Nick Westrate and Deborah Ann Woll

Cambodian Rock Band at Arena Stage featuring Joe Ngo, Abraham Kim, Brooke Ishibashi, Jane Lui, and Tim Liu

Confederates at Mosaic Theatre featuring Joel Ashur, Stori Ayers, Tamieka Chavis, Caro Dubberly, Nikkole Salter, and Deidre Staples

Ride the Cyclone at Arena Stage featuring Kyle Dalsimer, Gabrielle Dominique, Marc Geller, Shinah Hey, Ashlyn Maddox, Nick Martinez, Eli Mayer, Katie Mariko Murray, Ashley D. Nguyen, Matthew Boyd Snyder

The Cake at Prologue Theatre featuring Tara Forseth, Nicole Halmos, Sam Lunay, and Sabrina Lynne Sawyer

The Chameleon at Theatre J featuring Sarah Corey, Eric Hissom, Arielle Moore, RJ Pavel, Nancy Robinette, Ryan Sellers, Dina Thomas and Emma Wallach

The Nosebleed at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company featuring Drae Campbell, Ashil Lee, Cody Nickell, Aya Ogawa, Kaili Y. Turner, and Saori Tsukada

Bars and Measures at Mosaic Theater Company: Joel Ashur as Eric and Louis E. Davis as Bilal

Jennifer Who Is Leaving at Round House Theatre featuring Kimberly Gilbert as Jennifer and Nancy Robinette as Nan

one in two at Mosaic Theater Company featuring Michael Kevin Darnall, Ryan Jamaal Swain, and Justin Weaks

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive at Arena Stage: Felicia Curry as Margaret and Sarah-Anne Martinez as Dusty

SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! at Ford’s Theatre: Carrie Compere as Sister Rosetta Tharpe and Kelli Blackwell as Mahalia Jackson

This Girl Laughs, This Girl Cries, This Girl Does Nothing at Theater Alliance: full cast (Ezinne Elele as Beatrix, Natalia Fyfe as Albienne, Anna Shafer as Carmen, DeJeanette Horne as the Father and others, Lolita Marie as the Mother and others)

SEE ALSO:
DCTA 2023 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Productions
DCTA 2023 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Creative Components (Professional)

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While “normal” still feels a long way off when it comes to producing theater post-COVID, 2023 was the year that DMV theater artists were finally able to get back to work at something approaching pre-COVID levels. Of the 300+ professional DMV productions that DCTA reviewed in 2023, the following resonated most deeply with our writers. These shows exemplify the wide range of work being done in the region — work that, in our estimation, makes the DMV one of the best places to see theater in America.

Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches (Arena Stage) and The Jungle (STC/Woolly Mammoth co-production) were the most popular shows overall with DCTA writers in 2023. Both productions were holistically excellent, pairing top-notch creative teams with set design that invited audiences into the productions in boundary-smashing ways, be it through the 28,000 pounds of sand that made up the set in Angels in America or the ripped-out seats that turned STC’s Sidney Harman Hall into a refugee shelter in The Jungle.

When it comes to opera, DCTA writer Gregory Ford notes that DC stages continued to expand the notion of what and who opera is for. Strathmore’s production of Parable of the Sower (by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon) and the Washington National Opera’s Blue (by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson) were among several new operas that “welcomed stories of African heritage into the opera canon.”

As for more intimate work, DCTA writers were big fans of The Honey Trap at Solas Nua and Monumental Travesties at Mosaic Theater Company, among others. Here at DCTA, we love to see a local hero go big and playwright Psalmayene 24 was on a roll this year with work produced at several regional theaters. But it was Monumental Travesties, the play he wrote as the Andrew W. Mellon Fellow at Mosaic Theater, that packed the biggest emotional punch for our writers.

In 2023, the region continued to be a launch pad for productions with Broadway aspirations. The Kennedy Center production of Spamalot has already transferred, and all eyes are now on the much-buzzed-about Swept Away (the sailors’ yarn now playing at Arena Stage — get yer tickets while ye can, maties!), which hopes to do the same.

DC stages were also home to stellar revivals of American theater classics this year. Ragtime at Signature Theatre (still playing if you want to catch it) has been hailed by critics across town as a singular revival while Fun Home (yes, yes, it was first performed in 2009 but I think it’s safe to call it a classic at this point) at Studio Theatre hit in all the right ways.

Synetic Theater, represented here by three outstanding productions — Cyrano de Bergerac, Snow Maiden, and The Tell-Tale Heart — got unwelcome news from its landlord that it must vacate its Crystal City space next year.

And on another somber note, 2023 was the year we said goodbye to a few of our favorite local theaters. Rep Stage folded after 30 years as the in-house theater at Howard Community College in Columbia, Maryland. DCTA writer Jared Strange notes that Rep Stage’s final production, Falsettos, was “an excellent production and a great way to bring the company full circle.” DCTA also bids a wistful farewell to 4615 Theatre Company, a company that came of age alongside many of DCTA’s writers and one that we always delighted in covering. 4615’s final production, A Delicate Ship, made our list of staff faves and we wish all best to the departing 4615 crew on their next adventures.

Without further ado, here are the DCTA 2023 Staff Favorites for Oustanding Professional Productions.

Cheers,
Nicole Hertvik
DCTA Publisher and Editor-in-Chief

2023 DC Theater Arts Staff Favorites for Outstanding Professional Production

42nd Street, Riverside Performing Arts Center
Adrift: A Medieval Wayward Folly, Happenstance Theater
Angels in America, Part 1: Millennium Approaches, Arena Stage
A Delicate Ship, 4615 Theatre Company
Angel Number Nine, Rorschach Theatre
Arms and the Man, Washington Stage Guild
Bars and Measures, Mosaic Theater Company
Blue, Kennedy Center

Chuck and Eva, IN Series
Cyrano de Bergerac, Synetic Theatre
Dorothy’s Dictionary, Washington Stage Guild
Escape to Margaritaville, Toby’s Dinner Theatre
Falsettos, Rep Stage

Fat Ham, Studio Theatre
Fela!, Olney Theatre Center in a co-production with Round House Theatre 
Fever Dream, Contemporary American Theatre Festival
Fitting In, Arts on the Horizon
Fun Home, Studio Theatre

Hula Hoopin’ Queen, Imagination Stage
Hurricane Diane, Avant Bard Theatre
I and You, Compass Rose Theater
I Was Looking at the Ceiling and Then I Saw the Sky, IN Series
Incendiary, Woolly Mammoth Theatre
Ink, Round House Theatre in a co-production with Olney Theatre Center
Kill the Ripper, We Happy Few Productions
King Lear, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Kinky Boots, Olney Theatre Center
La Salpêtrière, Taffety Punk Theatre Company
La valentía (Valor), GALA Hispanic Theatre
Last Match, 1st Stage
Love and Vinyl, Independent Production by Bob Bartlett
Macbeth in Stride, Shakespeare Theatre Company
Monty Python’s Spamalot, Kennedy Center,
Monumental Travesties, Mosaic Theater Company

My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion, Woolly Mammoth Theatre
one in two, Mosaic Theater Company
Pacific Overtures, Signature Theatre
Pitchfork Disney, Red Rat Theater
Parable of the Sower, IN Series
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive, Arena Stage
Ragtime the Musical, Riverside Center for the Performing Arts
Ragtime the Musical, Signature Theatre

Redeemed, The Contemporary American Theatre Festival
Ride the Cyclone, Arena Stage
Scorched, ExPats Theatre
Snow Maiden, Synetic Theatre
Spamalot, Kennedy Center

Swept Away, Arena Stage
Sylvia, Compass Rose Theater
The Ordering of Moses, IN Series
The Bluest Eye, Theater Alliance
The Chameleon, Theater J
The Confederates, Mosaic Theater Company
The Honey Trap, Solas Nua
The Jungle, Shakespeare Theatre Company in a co-production with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
The School for Lies, Constellation Theatre
The Tell-Tale Heart, Synetic Theatre

The Tempest, Classic Theatre of Maryland
The Winter’s Tale, Folger Theatre
Urinetown, Workhouse Arts Center

SEE ALSO:
DCTA 2023 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Professional Performances
DCTA 2023 Staff Favorites: Outstanding Creative Components (Professional)

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