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

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company PWYC Line a panorama

* Adventure Theatre * 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 (closed in 2020) * Constellation Theatre Company *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 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 * Mosaic Theater Company of DC *Rorschach Theatre * Round House Theatre *

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 - 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 **Lang Theater **Sprenger Theater **Atlas Theater Lab 1 **Atlas Theater Lab 2 * Carter Barron Amphitheater * Church Street Theater * Corner Store, The * Dance Place *

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 * Howard Theater * Lisner Auditorium * Jack Guidone Theater at Joy of Motion Dance Center * John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts **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 *The Puppet Co. *DeLaski Theater at the Sitar Arts Center * 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 -- Closing * Constellation Theatre Company *Didactic Theatre Company * *dog & pony dc *Faction of Fools Theatre Company *Federal Theatre Project
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*Ganymede Arts (formerly the Actors' Theatre of Washington) *Gross National Product Comedy - founder John Simmons *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 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 * WSC Avant Bard, formerly Washington Shakespeare Company *Yams Theatre, Inc. * Young Playwrights' Theater *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,

**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 * Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington * Dance/Metro DC

Theater awards

* Helen Hayes Awards *

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 ...

* Mary Goldwater Award *Offstage Honors ("The Offies") * Richard Bauer 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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