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. Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States. The city is on the Potomac River, across from Virginia, and shares land borders with ...

Current theaters

Producing theaters

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Adventure Theatre Adventure Theatre (AT) is the longest running children's theatre in the Washington, D.C. area. Located in Glen Echo Park in Glen Echo, Maryland, it has been holding performances since 1951, and educating children in creative drama since 1978. H ...

* Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater - Recipient of the 1976

Regional Theatre Tony Award The Regional Theatre Tony Award is a special recognition Tony Award given annually to a regional theater company in the United States. The winner is recommended by a committee of drama critics. Background Initially presented in 1948 to Robert ...

**Fichandler Stage **Kreeger Theater **The Kogod Cradle *

Capital Fringe Festival The Capital Fringe Festival was a fringe theatre festival held in Washington, DC, United States, every July from 2005 to 2019, and then again from 2022 to 2024. History The Capital Fringe Festival was first held on July 20–30, 2006. Founded by ...

, 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. The songs were interspersed with other routines, including a spoonerism routin ...

(closed in 2020) *

Constellation Theatre Company Constellation Theatre Company is a non-profit theater company located in Washington, D.C., performing at the Source Theatre, a black box theatre. Since its founding in 2007, Constellation has received several Helen Hayes Awards, including the Joh ...

*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 wit ...

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 In geometry, a hexagon (from Greek , , meaning "six", and , , meaning "corner, angle") is a six-sided polygon. The total of the internal angles of any simple (non-self-intersecting) hexagon is 720°. Regular hexagon A regular hexagon is de ...

at the Duke Ellington School *Histrio (Theater), A French Theater * Olney Theatre Center for the Arts *

Keegan Theatre The Keegan Theatre is an American professional theater based in Washington, D.C., that produces a mix of classics, musicals, and new works, including world premiere productions. It owns and operates a 120-seat theater in the Dupont Circle neighb ...

* Mosaic Theater Company of DC *Rorschach Theatre *

Round House Theatre Round House Theatre is an American professional theater company located in Bethesda, Maryland. Founded in 1978, it operates as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The theater produces contemporary plays and classic works, with a focus on American ...

Shakespeare Theatre Company The Shakespeare Theatre Company is a Regional theater in the United States, regional theatre company located in Washington, D.C. The theatre company focuses primarily on plays from the William Shakespeare, Shakespeare canon, but its seasons inc ...

at the

Harman Center for the Arts The Harman Center for the Arts is a complex consisting of the Michael R. Klein Theatre (450 7th Street NW) and Sidney Harman Hall (SHH; at Sixth and F Streets NW) in downtown Washington, D.C., US. SHH is the latest addition to the existing Lans ...

- Recipient of the 2012

** Sidney Harman Hall **Lansburgh Theatre * Signature Theatre - Recipient of the 2009

Silver Spring Stage
*St Mark's Players *

Studio Theatre A black box theater is a performance space, typically a square or rectangular room, with black walls and a black, flat floor. The simplicity of the space allows it to be used to create a variety of configurations of stage and audience interact ...

**Mead Theatre **Milton Theatre **Metheny Theatre **Stage 4 *Synetic Theater *Teatro de la Luna at Casa de la Luna *

Theater J Theater J is a professional theater company located in Washington, DC, founded to present works that "celebrate the distinctive urban voice and social vision that are part of the Jewish cultural legacy". Organization Hailed by ''The New York ...

at The Cecile Goldman Theater, Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts *Theater of the First Amendment at

George Mason University George Mason University (GMU) is a Public university, public research university in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Located in Northern Virginia near Washington, D.C., the university is named in honor of George Mason, a Founding Father ...

*Washington Audio Theater *Washington Stage Guild *

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company is a non-profit theatre company located at 641 D Street NW in the Penn Quarter neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1980, it produces new plays which it believes to be edgy, challenging, and thought-provok ...

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 (Washington, D.C.), H Street in the Near Northeast, Washington, D.C., Near Northeast neighborhood of Washington, DC. Housed in a renovated Art Deco m ...

**Lang Theater **Sprenger Theater **Atlas Theater Lab 1 **Atlas Theater Lab 2 *

Carter Barron Amphitheater The Carter Barron Amphitheatre is a 4,200-seat outdoor performance venue in Washington, D.C., United States. Located in Rock Creek Park, the amphitheatre opened in 1950, in honor of the 150th anniversary of Washington, D.C. as the United States' c ...

* Church Street Theater * Corner Store, The *

Dance Place Dance Place is an arts organization in the Edgewood neighborhoodhttps://goo.gl/maps/HfNB5TmHQsv Edgewood Map of Northeast Washington, D.C. The nearest metro station is Brookland/CUA on the Red Line. History DC Wheel Productions, Inc./Dance ...

DAR Constitution Hall DAR Constitution Hall is a List of concert halls, concert hall located at 1776 D Street NW, near the White House in Washington, D.C. It was built in 1929 by the Daughters of the American Revolution to house its annual convention when membership ...

* D.C. Arts Center (DCAC) *

Ford's Theatre Ford's Theatre is a theater located in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1863. The theater is best known for being the site of the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. On the night of April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the theater box where ...

H Street Playhouse The H Street Playhouse was a black box theater and gallery located in the Atlas District of Washington, D.C. Home to resident companies Scena Theatre, Theater Alliance and Forum Theatre, the Playhouse also hosted African Continuum Theatre Compa ...

Howard Theater The Howard Theatre is a historic theater, located at 620 T Street, Northwest, Washington, D.C., has been a pillar of the community since its opening in 1910. This historic venue, added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974, showc ...

Lisner Auditorium Lisner Auditorium is a performance venue sited on the Foggy Bottom campus of George Washington University at 730 21st Street Northwest, Washington, D.C. Named for Abram Lisner (1852-1938), a university trustee and benefactor whose will provided o ...

* Jack Guidone Theater at Joy of Motion Dance Center *

John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts, commonly known as the Kennedy Center, is the national cultural center of the United States, located on the eastern bank of the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. Opened on September 8, ...

**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 The National Sylvan Theater — often simply the Sylvan Theater — is a public sylvan theater on the grounds of the Washington Monument, National Mall, in Washington, D.C., USA. It is located within the northwest corner of the 15th Street and In ...

* Source Theatre *The Puppet Co. *DeLaski Theater at the Sitar Arts Center * Town Hall Education, Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC) Theater *

Warehouse Theatre The Warehouse Theatre was a professional producing theatre in the centre of Croydon, England. Based in an oak-beamed Victorian former cement warehouse, it had 100 seats. The theatre closed in 2012 following withdrawal of funding and the disc ...

**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 -- Closing *

*Didactic Theatre Company * *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

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*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 Puppet Co. *The Rude Mechanicals *The Saartjie Project * Theater Alliance *Venus Theatre Company *Washington Audio Theater *

Washington Improv Theater Washington Improv Theater (WIT) is an improvisational comedy theater company in Washington, D.C., specializing in long-form improv. It was founded in 1986 by Carole Douglis. Its shows are based at Studio Theatre on the 14th Street corridor, alt ...

Washington National Opera Washington National Opera (WNO) is an American opera company in Washington, D.C. Formerly the Opera Society of Washington and the Washington Opera, the company received Congressional designation as the National Opera Company in 2000. Performance ...

Washington Savoyards Washington Savoyards was a professional musical theatre company based in Washington, D.C. Founded in 1972, the company annually produced three fully staged musicals and operettas, usually including at least one Gilbert and Sullivan production each ...

WSC Avant Bard Avant Bard Theatre (commonly known as Avant Bard, and formerly known as WSC Avant Bard, Washington Shakespeare Company or simply WSC) is a small, professional, nonprofit theater based in Arlington, VA. The company was founded in 1990 under the na ...

, 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 commu ...

*Washington Audio Theater *Wildwood Summer Theatre

Educational theater

* Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre,

American University The American University (AU or American) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Its main campus spans 90-acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, in the Spri ...

Katzen Arts Center The Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center is home to all of the visual and performing arts programs at American University and the American University Museum. It is located at Ward Circle, the intersection of Nebraska Avenue and Massachusetts Aven ...

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

Catholic University of America The Catholic University of America (CUA) is a private Catholic research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is one of two pontifical universities of the Catholic Church in the United States – the only one that is not primarily a ...

*Elstad Auditorium,

Gallaudet University Gallaudet University ( ) is a private federally chartered 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 school ...

*Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre,

George Washington University The George Washington University (GW or GWU) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally-chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Originally named Columbian College, it was chartered in 1821 by ...

*Royden B. Davis, S.J. Performing Arts Center,

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private Jesuit research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic higher education, Ca ...

**Gonda Theatre **Devine Studio Theatre *Walsh Black Box,

*Poulton Hall,

*Fine Arts Complex,

Howard University Howard University is a private, historically black, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" and accredited by the Mid ...

**Ira Aldridge Theater **Environmental Theatre Space (ETS) *Auditorium,

University of the District of Columbia The University of the District of Columbia (UDC) is a public historically black land-grant university in Washington, D.C., United States. The only public university in the city, it traces its origins to 1851 and opened in its current form in 1 ...

* 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 *

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* Dance/Metro DC

Theater awards

Helen Hayes Awards The Helen Hayes Awards are theater awards recognizing excellence in professional theater in the Washington, D.C. area since 1983. The awards are named in tribute of Helen Hayes, who is also known as the "First Lady of American Theatre." They ar ...

Kennedy Center Honors The Kennedy Center Honors are annual honors given to those in the performing arts for their lifetime of contributions to Culture of the United States, American culture. They have been presented annually since 1978, culminating each December in ...

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Award *Offstage Honors ("The Offies") *

Richard Bauer Richard Bauer (March 14, 1939 – March 1, 1999) was an American actor. He won an Obie Award in 1978 for his performances in ''Landscape of the Body'' and ''The Dybbuk ''The Dybbuk'', or ''Between Two Worlds'' (, trans. ''Mezh dvukh mirov ...

Award * Ruby Griffith Award *Usher's Favorite Show Award * Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH Awards)

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External links

District of Columbia Historic Theatres

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