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Swiss playwright Reto Finger explores themes of life and death and the fragile boundary between them. By HANNAH ESTIFANOS

This new adaptation becomes a story about a woman who, in a male-dominated society, has more than one motivation for hesitating to declare her love. By SOPHIA HOWES

The heart of the story is the strength and resilience of female friendships. By ZOE WINSKY

The searing production magnifies collective struggles and unearths individual conflict within two parallel tragedies, creating a wholly new story for our times. By EM SKOW

The script’s climactic catharses evoke the heightened emotional crests of the great 20th-century dramas of Eugene O’Neill and Arthur Miller. By JOHN GEOFFRION

This sharp satire draws connections to the stark realities of migrant detention centers in the U.S. By LUCILLE RIEKE

Chess Jakobs’ outstanding script and a phenomenal production pay tribute to a righteous movement for love and justice and rouse the spirit like a rally. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

Staged in a chapel in a cemetery, Bob Bartlett’s new play is a magnificent meditation on life and death and women and men. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

Subtitled ‘(How to flip ten cents into a dollar),’ this stellar new play powerfully captures how ghosts of the past shape the present and won’t stay buried. By AILEEN JOHNSON

Hal Holbrook’s play, performed by Richard Thomas, shows its enduring relevance to America through the voice of one of our most beloved writers. By EM SKOW

This Broadway-bound ‘revisal’ keeps every ounce of the original’s zeal and is packed with powerhouse performances. By LUCILLE RIEKE

Colman Domingo Award winner Reggie D. White's multigenerational dramatic comedy opens October 8.

The company's legacy will continue at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.

The cast is full of life, and the spectacular singing is full of feeling. By ISABELLA ARTINO

Acclaimed Irish play and Solas Nua’s play-reading series favorite makes North American debut in dark comedy about trauma and family.

Jocelyn Bioh’s warm adaptation of Shakespeare celebrates coming together in community. By BOB ASHBY

Young theater troupe Songs of the Goat makes evident how Sophokles speaks to the current political moment. By LISA TRAIGER

Kareem Fahmy’s tumultuous play stages scenes from a star-struck marriage nearly come undone. By JOHN STOLTENBERG

The Spanish-language theater launches its 50th season with a classic of Latin American literature. By ANDREA MOYA MUNOZ

The songwriter and Broadway-bound composer will perform on October 7 at the Arts Club of Washington.