The 2007-2008 Season

⊆ June 2nd, 2007 by lorraine treanor | ˜

September, 2007 -

The season is proving to be a very busy one, and to help make your choices, we’ll keep you up to date with reviews and ticket deals.

We hope this guide is helpful. As you know, things cn chance in a season, so before heading out, re-check the details with the theatre’s website.

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Listen to Michael J. Bobbitt, Artistic Director

STUART LITTLE Sept 15 - Oct 21
based on the book by E. B. White
THE SECRET GARDEN Nov 10 - Dec 16
based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnett adapted by Helen Avery (Directed by Artistic Director - Michael J. Bobbitt
THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE WARDROBE Dec 21 - Jan 6
GO, DOG, GO! Jan 19 - Feb 24
based on the book by PD Eastman
HOW OLD IS A HERO week of Feb 11
GOOD NIGHT MOON Mar 15 - Apr 21
THE STINKY CHEESE MAN AND OTHER FAIRLY STOOPID TALES May 16 - 30
based on the book by Jon Scieszka

Adventure Theatre is located in Glen Echo Park at 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD 20812

AFRICAN CONTINUUM THEATRE

SPUNK Nov 17 - Dec 23
By Zora Neale Hurston. Adapted by George C. Wolfe. Music by Chic Street Man. George C. Wofe’s spirited musical adaptation of three stories from celebrated folklorist and author Zora Neale Hurston. Directed by Ken Yatta Rogers.
THE SOUL COLLECTOR Feb 2 - Feb 24
World Premiere from our Fresh Flavas new play development project by David Emerson Toney . directed by Jennifer L. Nelson. Cleveland, 1972. A man and his nephew working for the sanitation department find a mysterious box they think is a valuable antique. When they bring it home, they are confounded by what it really contains.
INTIMATE APPAREL Apr 4 - May 11
By Lynn Notage. A lonely seamstress desires love and a future outside the social and racial confines of a Manhattan boardinghouse in the early 1900s.

The African Continuum Theatre Company performs at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002

AMERICAN CENTURY THEATER

AH, WILDERNESS! Sept 7 - Oct 6
by Eugene O’Neil A teenage boy learns about life in the greatest American tragedian’s only comedy.
COPS Jan 4 - Jan 26
by Terry Curtis Fox. An urban police station house becomes a battle zone in the gritty drama that inspired Hill Street Blues.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, WANDA JUNE Mar 7 - 29
by Kurt Vonnegut. The satiric novelist brings his loopy characgters to the stage in a riotous fantasy/comedy.
ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE Apr 4 - 26
Ruinous romance unfolds with the fascination of a car wreck in the playwright’s re-imagined Summer and Smoke.
THE TITANS July 18 - Aug 16 (World Premiere)
Only the humanity of John F. Kennedy and Nikita Khrushchev stands between a desperate peace and thermonuclear war. Starring Paul Morella as JFK.

Performs in Theatre 2 at Gunston Arts Center . 2700 S. Lang Street . Arlington, VA 22206

ARENA STAGE Listen to Mark Bly, Senior Dramaturg

33 VARIATIONS Aug 24 - Sept 30 in the Kreeger
A world premiere drama written and directed by Moisés Kaufman
WELL Sept 14 - Oct 14 in the Fichandler
A contemporary comedy/regional premiere by Lisa Kron
THE WOMEN OF BREWSTER PLACE Oct 19 - Dec 9 in the Kreeger
A World premiere musical music, lyrics and book by Tim Acito . based on the novel by Gloria Naylor. Directed by Molly Smith
CHRISTMAS CAROL 1941 Nov 16 - Dec 30 in the Fichandler
world premiere holiday event adapted from Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol by James Magruder. Directed by Molly Smith
ELLA Dec 28 - Feb 24 in the Kreeger
book by Jeffery Hatcher. conceived by Rob Ruggiero & Dyke Garrison . based on an original play by Dyke Garrison . musical arrangements by Danny Holgate . directed by Rob Ruggiero
DEATH OF A SALESMAN . Mar 14 - May 18 in the Fichandler
by Arthur Miller . directed by Timothy Bond in repertory with A View from the Bridge
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE Mar 14 - May 18 in the Fichandler
by Arthur Miller . directed by Daniel Aukin . in repertory with Death of a Salesman
THE MYSTERY OF IRMA VEP May 2 - June 8 in the Kreeger
An outrageous comedy by Charles Ludlam starring Brad Oscar and J. Fred Shifman
KIKI & HERB: ALIVE ON BROADWAY Mar 6 - Mar 30 in the Kreeger
An hilarious musical revue created and executed by Justin Bond and Kenny Mellman

The Arena Stage theatres are located at 1101 6th St SW, Washington, DC 20024

BETHESDA THEATRE

I LOVE YOU, YOUR PERFECT, NOW CHANGE Opens Oct 4
MY MOTHER’S ITALIAN, MY FATHER’S JEWISH, AND I’M IN THERAPY Opens Feb 21
Direct from the sold-out, extended Off Broadway run. Stories from the wacky side of the human condition. Written and starring Steve Solomon.
SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ Opens April 3
The longest running musical revue in the history of Broadway.

The newly renovated Bethesda Theatre re-opens in October. The theatre is located at 7719 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20814

BLACK BOX THEATRE

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW Oct 5 - Nov 4

Black Box Theatre is located at 4185 Indian Head Hwy. Indian Head, MD 20640

CATALYST THEATER COMPANY

THE TRIAL October 3 - November 3
By Franz Kafka. The tale of Joseph K, a man arrested and put on trial before a court that never discloses the alleged crime. Adapted and directed by Christopher Gallu
SWIMMING IN THE SHALLOWS Jan 30 - Mar 1
This quirky comedy featured debates about Buddhist monks, a man-shark love affair, dream sequences and a wedding. Directed by Scott Fortier
CRUMBLE (LAY ME DOWN JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE) May 7 - June 7
A young girl fantasizes about Justin Timberlake, her widowed mother fantasizes about Harrison Ford and their underappreciated apartment fantasizes about the days it was better cared for. Directed by Shirley Serotsky

Catalyst performs at Capital Hill Arts Workshop . 545 7th St SE, Washington, DC 20003

CHARTER THEATRE

FORGIVE US Jan 9 - Feb 2
by Artistic Director Keith Bridges
Karl has a rotten job, a crappy marriage, and a weasely personality- but at least he has better things to do than go to the theater. Poor Karl is willing to try just about anything to turn his pathetic excuse for a life around. Can he do it? Can you bear to watch? Find out in this brand spankin’ new ridiculous dark comedy.
AM I BLACK ENOUGH YET April 8 - May 3
by Clinton Johnson

Most Charter Theatre performances are at Theatre on the Run . 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive . Arlington, VA 22206

CLASSIKA THEATRE

PETER AND THE WOLF Sept 15 - Nov 4
Family Show for ages 6+. No infants are allowed. Directed by Nicholas Allen
HANSEL AND GRETEL Oct 13 - Dec 6
Family Show for ages 5+. No infants allowed. Directed by Nicholas Allen
THE SNOW CHILD Nov 10 - Jan 6
Puppet show for ages 3+. No infants are allowed. Directed by Lilia Slavova & Julia Tasheva, Original Music by Dimitr Naumov
THE BREMEN MUSICIANS, Musical Jan 12 - March 15
For ages 5+. No infants are allowed. Directed by Nicholas Allen
THE STORY OF THE LOST SOCK Feb 16 - May 4
A puppet show for ages 3+. No infants are allowed. Directed by Lilia Slavova . Original Music by Petko Kolev
MOMOTARO March 22 - May 18
Japanese story with Shadow Puppets for ages 5+, no infants are allowed. Directed by Nicholas Allen
THE LION AND THE MOUSE June 4 - Aug 16
Family Show, African tale, for ages 4+, no infants are allowed. Directed by Nicholas Allen

Classika Theatre is located in Shirlington Village at 4041 Campbell Avenue, Arlington, VA 22206

DIDACTIC THEATRE COMPANY

TBA

FIREBELLY PRODUCTIONS

NOTHING SACRED Oct 12 - Nov 4
By George Walker. Directed by Robb Hunter
CLASSIC LITERATURE SERIES Feb 28 - Mar 2
Details TBA
DOWN THE ROAD June 28 - July 20
By Lee Blessing. Directed by Kathi Gollwitzer

Firebelly Productions performs at Theatre on the Run . 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive . Arlington, VA 22206

FOLGER THEATRE

AS YOU LIKE IT Oct 17 - Nov 25
directed by Derek Goldman. Enchanting romance of passion and possibility.
MACBETH Feb 28 - Apr 6
Conceived and directed by Teller and Aaron Posner, with magic designed by Teller (of Penn & Teller). Menacing tale of murder and magic.
THE SCHOOL FOR SCANDAL May 7 - June 15
Directed by Richard Clifford. Witty comedy of very bad manners.

The Folger Theatre is located in the Folger Library, 201 East Capitol Street, NE, Washington, DC 20003

FORD’S THEATRE

A CHRISTMAS CAROL December dates TBA
Performed at the Lansburgh Theatre
A CABARET EVENING WITH SCOTT BAKULA AND FRIENDS Jan 17-18
at the Harmon Center for the Arts

Ford’s Theatre is undergoing a major renovation this season and plans to re-open Fall or Winter 2008.

FORUM THEATRE & DANCE

ANTIGONE Dec 8 - 30
by Jean Anouil. Directed by Michael Dove
THE LAST DAYS OF JUDAS ISCARIOT Apr 12 - May 4
by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by John Vreeke
MARAT/SADE July, 2008
by Peter Weiss with new music by Jesse Terrill. Directed by Michael Dove

Forum is in residence at H Street Playhouse, 1365 H Street NW, Washington, DC

Listen to Rebecca Medrano, Managing Director

CITA A CIEGAS/BLIND DATE Sept. 20-Oct. 14
by Argentine writer Mario Diament. Directed by Jose Carrasquillo A blind writer sits on a park bench collecting stories from people’s lives. The play is inspired by the works of Argentine writer Jorge Luis Borges.
TU TERNURA MOLOTOV/YOUR MOLOTOV KISSES Jan. 31-Feb. 24, 2008
by Venezuelan writer Gustavo Ott, about a professional urban couple and their plans to have a baby. Directed by Abel Lopez
BODAS DE SANGRE/BLOOD WEDDING April 3-27, 2008
Federico Garcia Lorca’s tragic Andalusian fable of love, jealousy, betrayal and revenge. Directed by Producing Artistic Director Hugo Medrano.
SOLAMENTE LARA: A LOVE SONG FOR LARA June 5-29, 2008
Hugo Medrano will star with pianist Mari Paz in an original musical based on the life and music of Mexican composer-lyricist Agustin Lara whose songs have inspired singers from Nat King Cole to Placido Domingo.

GALA performs at the Tivoli Theatre, 3333 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20010

GANYMEDE ARTS formerly ACTORS’ THEATRE OF WASHINGTON

FIRST ANNUAL GANYMEDE ARTS GLBT ARTS FESTIVAL Oct 19 - 28
featuring pink floyd’s dark side of the moon set to choreography. special agent galactica in a lady and ~~her~~ other people’s music
Performed at Church Street Theatre, Washington, DC
THE LION IN WINTER March/April
By James Goldman. The classic play of family dysfunction.
SWEENEY TODD Aug 15 - Sept 15
Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler. Directed by Jeffrey Johnson and Lee Mikeska Gardner. Musical direction by Jonathan Powers.

IMAGINATION STAGE

THE JUNGLE BOOK Sept 22 - Nov 4
A lively new musical adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s classic story. Adapted for the stage by April Dawn Gladu, Music and lyrics by Daniel Levy, Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer. Ages 4+
TWICE UPON A TIME: DR. SEUSS’ THE LORAX and THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES Nov 23 - Jan 13
Two musicals by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty. Directed by Nick Olcott. A new musical by the team who wrote Seussical!. Ages 4+
LOST & FOUNDLING Feb 2 - Mar 9
The Washington premiere of a savvy, silly contemporary fairytale by Eric R. Pfeffinger, Directed by Janet Stanford. Enjoyed by ages 6+
LOOKING FOR ROBERTO CLEMENTE Apr 15 - June 8
A world Premiere of a rock musical about baseball and heroes. Book & Lyrics by Karen Zacarias, Music by Deborah Wicks La Puma , Directed by Kathryn Chase Bryer. Ages 4+
THE NEVERENDING STORY June 28 - Aug 10
The east coast premiere of a soaring fantasy adventure by David S. Craig,
From the novel by Michael Ende, Directed by Janet Stanford. Ages 6+

Imagination Stage is located at 4908 Auburn Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814

JOURNEYMEN THEATER ENSEMBLE

GETTING OUT Aug 22 - Sept 15
By Marsha Norman.Directed by Deborah Kirby A story of a young woman who is released from prison trying to begin a new life. Getting Out offers no simple answers but conveys, heartbreakingly and honestly, a fight for life against incredible odds.
Performed at Clark Street Playhouse . 601 S. Clark Street, Arlington/Crystal City, VA
LIFE’S A DREAM Jan 9 - Feb 2
by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, adapted by John Barton and Adrian Mitchell. Directed by Alexander Strain. NY Times ” Life’s a Dream, the Calderón metaphysical masterpiece, is one of the finest fruits of the 17th-century golden age of Spanish drama
Performed at Church Street Theater . 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC
NEGLECT May 28 - June 21
by Sharyn Rothstein. Directed by Jessie R. Gallogly Two people come together on the first day of the Chicago heat wave. A story of social responsibility, Neglect is an often funny, deeply moving play about what holds us together and what keeps us apart.
Performed at Church Street Theater . 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC

KEEGAN THEATRE

GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS Nov 9 - Dec 8
by David Mamet (2007 Ireland Tour Production) . directed by Jeremy Skidmore
Glengarry Glen Ross explores the cutthroat world of selling and its ruthless inhabitants. Once named “the bard of immorality,” David Mamet pits five real estate salesmen in a ferocious battle for their lives as they ricochet from the exhilaration of success to the degradation of failure.
Performed at Church Street Theater . 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC
ALONE IT STANDS Nov 15 - Dec 15
by John Breen (Area Premiere) Directed by Eric Lucas
the tale of Munster Rugby Team’s legendary victory over New Zealand’s mighty All Blacks in Thomond Park, Limerick, in 1978. In the play, six actors play 62 roles, including the Munster team, the Kiwis, the two coaches, the ref, the crowd, the press, a pregnant woman, several children and a dog.
Performed at Theatre on the Run . 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive . Arlington, VA 22206
THE HOSTAGE Feb 21 - Mar 29
by Brendan Behan . Directed by Mark A. Rhea
The IRA takes an innocent British soldier hostage in a bawdy Irish bar - he is to be shot if the British go through with the execution of an IRA youth. What follows, though, is a truly comic approach to both life and art; this is a circus of flamboyant colors and theatre styles.
Performed at Church Street Theater . 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC
LAST DAYS OF THE KILLONE PLAYERS March 6 - April 5
by Eric Lucas (World Premiere) Directed by Leslie A. Kobylinski
In a dying town in the west of Ireland, an amateur theatre group comes together for the first read of their final production. As the Celtic Tiger threatens to devour everything in its path, the group spends a single evening remembering, laughing, and embracing the past. Stories will be told and long-buried secrets will finally rise to the surface.
Performed at Theatre on the Run . 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive . Arlington, VA 22206
TRANSLATIONS Apr 18 - May 17
by Brian Friel. Directed by Mark A. Rhea
A brilliant work of historical fiction, Translations explores the dilemma of traditions and national identity juxtaposed with colonialism and changing times in the politically charged landscape of early 1800s Ireland. Friel’s drama touches the heart as sympathetic characters on both sides reach out to one another.
Performed at Church Street Theater . 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC
CLOSING TIME May 8 - June 7
by Owen McCafferty (Area Premiere)
A run-down pub/hotel in Belfast acts as a refuge for the drinkers who stop there - including the owners. This is a day like many before it, yet different, as the people who gather realize that sometimes they must face up to the truth. Closing Time is a tender and comic portrait of love, dignity and emotional damage from the award-winning writer of Shoot the Crow, Mojo Mickybo and Scenes from the Big Picture.
Performed at Theatre on the Run . 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive . Arlington, VA 22206
MAN OF LA MANCHA July 10 - Aug 16
by Dale Wasserman, Music by Mitch Leigh, Lyrics by Joe Darion
Based on Cervantes’ classic, Don Quixote comes to life as an old knight seeks honor in the world but instead finds true love. Since its off-Broadway beginnings in the 1960s, this show has warmed the heart and taught us all the importance of following our dreams.
Performed at Church Street Theater . 1742 Church Street, NW, Washington, DC
THE HAPPY PRINCE July 24 - Aug 23
Directed by Kerry Waters Lucas
In a city of great wealth and great poverty, a tiny sparrow becomes the messenger of a prince imprisoned in a golden statue. Together they work to solve the poverty they see before them and to teach us life’s most precious gifts. Actors, masks, and puppetry come together in this new adaptation.
Performed at Theatre on the Run . 3700 South Four Mile Run Drive . Arlington, VA 22206

KENNEDY CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS

BARBARA COOK’S SPOTLIGHT SERIES Oct 19 thru June, 2008 in the Terrace Theater
Broadway legend Barbara Cook will kick the season off the series October 19^th followed by performances by three-time Tony Award^® nominee Judy Kuhn Alice Ripley & Emily Skinner, Brent Barrett and Lillias White.
MY FAIR LADY Dec 27 – Jan 20 in the Opera House
book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Lowe, directed by Trevor Nunn, choreography by Matthew Bourne
AUGUST WILSON’S 20^TH CENTURY, March 4 - 29 in the Terrace Theater
August Wilson’s ten-play cycle, in which each work set in a different decade in the 1900’s will be given 3 staged readings.
DISNEY’S THE LION KING June 26 - Aug 24 in the Opera House
Direction and costumes by Julie Taymor . Score by Elton John and Tim Rice.
WELCOME HOME, JENNY SUTTER July 19-27 in the Terrace Theater
Directed by Jessica Thebus, the Oregon Shakespeare Festival will present Julie Marie Myatt’s Welcome Home, Jenny Sutter as part of the Kennedy Center Fund for New American Plays.

The John F. Kennedy Center is located at 2700 F Street,NW, Washington, DC 20566

LANDLESS THEATRE COMPANY

BAT BOY, THE MUSICAL Sept 21 - Oct 13
FLOWERS FOR ALGERNON Oct 25-Nov 18 performed at Flashpoint
TBA - Winter Production Dec 20-Jan 13
GREATER TUNA Mar 13 - Apr 6
DEBBIE DOES DALLAS: THE MUSICAL June 5 - 29

Unless otherwise indicated, Landless Theatre performs at DCAC, 2438 18th St, NW, Washington, DC

LONGACRE LEA PRODUCTIONS

TBA

Longacre Lea performs at the Callan Theatre at Catholic University. 3801 Harewood Rd NE, Washington, DC 20017

MEAT AND POTATO

RASHOMON: The Bandit. The Princess. The Samurai Ghost. Oct 18 - Nov 4
Forbidden lust leads to violence, murder, and suicide . . . or does it? One story. Three versions. Who do you believe?

Performed at 1409 Playbill Cafe, 1409 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC

Listen to Carolyn Griffin, Producing Artistic Director

TICK, TICK … BOOM! Oct 3 - Nov 25
Music and lyrics by Jonathan Larson
COOKIN’ AT THE COOKERY Jan 16 - Mar 9
The Music and Times of Alberta Hunter Written and directed by Marion J. Caffey. Musical arrangements by Danny Holgate
THE STEPHEN SCHWARTZ PROJECT Apr 9 - May 25
Conceived by Michael J. Bobbitt . Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Musical arrangements by John L. Cornelius II . Directed and choreographed by Michael J. Bobbitt . Musical Direction by Doug Bowles

MetroStage is located at 1201 North Royal St, Alexandria, VA 22314

NATURAL THEATRICALS

WILL YOU KNOW IT’S ME? Oct 13 - Nov 2
book, music & lyrics by Paula Alprin
a world premiere musical directed by Brian Alprin, musical direction by James D. Watson
Alone in her little art gallery late at night, a woman is accosted by a mysterious stranger who may or may not be from a small merchant town in medieval England. Will You Know It’s Me? blends song with oral storytelling and drama as it explores the collision of two strong wills who eventually find their common ground.

at the George Washington Masonic National Memorial, 101 Callahan Drive, Alexandria, VA 22301

OLNEY THEATRE CENTER FOR THE ARTS

OF MICE AND MEN Sept 25 - Oct 21
This American classic is the stage adaption of John Steinbeck’s best-known novel about the devoted friendship of George and Lenny during the height of the Depression.
LATE NITE CATECHISM Oct 4 - Nov 11
This interactive one-woman show is part catechism class and part stand-up comedy routine. Each performance is unique! Funny for all (religious or not), you, the audience member, are part of Sister’s class.
FROM THE MIXED UP FILES OF MRS. BASIL E. FRANKWEILER Oct 13
Experience E.L. Konigsburg’s Newbery Medal-winning classic that follows Claudia and her brother, Jamie, up the stone steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art and right into the middle of an adventure!
FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Nov 14 - Dec 30
One of the most famous stage and film musicals of all time centers on patriarch Tevye and his attempt to honor and maintain ancestral and religious customs while adapting to new pressures in tsarist Russia.

Olney Theatre is located at 2001 Onley-Sandy Spring Rd. Olney, MD 20832

OPEN CIRCLE THEATRE

THE LOVER Winter, 2008
by Harold Pinter
Location to be announced.

QUOTIDIAN THEATRE COMPANY

THE CARPETBAGGER’S CHILDREN Oct 19 - Nov 18
An encore presentation of Horton Foote’s heartwarming tale of three sisters in 1940s Texas. Winner of the 2002 Steinberg/American Theatre Critics New Play Award
THE MOLLUSC April 4 – May 4
By Hubert Henry Davies. An Edwardian comedy of ill manners. The title character, Dulcie Baxter, has an unusual yet hilarious affliction in this undeservedly neglected play which first hit the London stage in 1907.
LONG DAY’S JOURNEY INTO NIGHT July 11 – Aug 10

Eugene O’Neill’s autobiographical masterpiece recounts the lives of the Tyrone family with a power unmatched on the American stage.

Quotidian Theatre performs at The Writer’s Center, 4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815

REP STAGE

MRS. FARNSWORTH Aug 22 - Sept 23
A. R. Gurney’s political comedy. Directed by Steven Carpenter.
A SHAYNA MAIDEL Oct 3 - Nov 4
Barbara Lebow’s holocaust aftermath play will be directed by Peg Denithorne.
THE SANTALAND DIARIES Dec 5 - 23, 2007
Bruce Nelson reprises his solo-show appearance of the last holiday season.
MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION Jan 23 - Feb 24
Gus Kaikkonen directs the classic by George Bernard Shaw.
THOM PAIN (based on nothing) Mar 26 - April 13
Will Eno’s solo-performance piece will be performed by Michael Stebbins under the direction of Lee Mikeska Gardner.
IN THE HEART OF AMERICA May 28 - June 28
Kasi Campbell directs the Potomac Region premiere of Naomi Wallace’s play about the home front during war in Iraq.

Rep Stage performs at Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044

RORSCHACH THEATRE

KIT MARLOW Oct 28 - Dec 2
Set in the seedy underworld of Elizabethan England, the story charts the meteoric rise and fall of Christopher Marlowe-playwright, poet, spy and sexual outlaw.
THE SKIN OF OUR TEETH Feb 3 - Mar 2
Rorschach Theatre brings to life Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize winning comedy about the end of the world.
DREAM SAILORS Episode I: Apr 3-12; Episode 2: Apr 24-May 3; Episode 3: May 15-24; Episode 4: June 5-14
Four friends, drawn together by their uniquely powerful ability to lucid dream, awaken to make a grim discovery in their basement. Their worlds turned upside down, they must return to the dark landscape of their dreams for answers. But what lurks there might destroy them all.
The play will unfold “episodically” in four parts, with a new hour-long play premiering every three weeks.
THE STORM IS WHAT WE CALL PROGRESS July 13 - Aug 10
A young man stumbles into a dusty old recording studio haunted by ghosts and run by a sinister old woman and her beautiful assistant. In this ancient and powerful place he is drawn into a world of Jewish mysticism and kabalistic ritual and discovers that he may be more than he thought, quite possibly even the Messiah.

Rorschach Theatre performs at the Sanctuary Theatre of Casa del Pueblo Church, 1459 Columbia Road, Washington, DC

ROUND HOUSE THEATRE

A LESSON BEFORE DYING Sept 19 - Oct 14
Acclaimed guest director Timothy Douglas stages this inspirational story about an African-American man on death row in 1940s Louisiana and the school teacher who helps him prepare to die with dignity.
redshirts Oct 17 - Nov 11
Round House and Penumbra Theatre, one of the country’s most respected African-American theatre companies, co-produce this world premiere by Dana Yeaton about race and academics in big-time college football.
TREASURE ISLAND Nov 28 - Dec 30
Blake Robison directs Ken Ludwig’s new adaptation of the Robert Louis Stevenson novel, where young cabin boy Jim Hawkins and Long John Silver cross paths in this tale of piracy on the high seas.
THE BOOK CLUB PLAY Feb 6 - Mar 2
This world premiere comedy by DC-based playwright Karen Zacarías follows a group of thirty-somethings, who invite a new member into their book club only to see this personality threaten the foundation of their cherished friendships.
LORD OF THE FLIES April 2 - 27
William Golding’s novel is adapted for the stage by Nigel Williams. Blake Robison directs.
NIXON’S NIXON May 28 - June 22
Jerry Whiddon returns to direct Ed Gero as Richard Nixon and Conrad Feininger as Henry Kissinger in a revival of the play first produced by Round House in 1999.

Round House Theatre’s main stage is located at 4545 East-West Highway, Bethesda, MD 20814.

SCENA THEATRE

NO EXIT Sept 14 - Oct 21
by Jean-Paul Sartre
directed by Robert McNamara
with Ellen Wilhite, Regan Wilson and Maura Stadem
THE MAIDS Nov 9 - Dec 16
By Jean Genet
Directed by Gabriele Jakobi
THE CHAIRS March 1 - April 6
By Eugene Ionesco
directed by Jessica Burgess
WAITING FOR GODOT April 13 - May 25
By Samuel Beckett
THE CAMUS PROJECT
CALIGULA OR THE STRANGER June 3 - July 13
By Albert Camus
Scena performs at different venues throughout Washington.

SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY

Listen to Neal Racioppo, Marketing Manager

THE TAMING OF THE SHREW Sept 25 - Nov 18 in the Lansburgh Theatre
Rebecca Bayla Taichman directs Shakespeare’s comic romance
EDWARD II Oct 27 - Jan 6 in the Sidney Harman Hall
Gale Edwards will direct the first of two plays by Christopher Marlowe, which will play in repertory in the new Sidney Harman Hall.
TAMBURLAINE Oct 28 - Jan 6 in the Sidney Harman Hall
Michael Kahn will direct Avery Brooks in the other production in the Christopher Marlowe repertory.
ON THE EVE OF FRIDAY MORNING Dec, 2007
The new series of family friendly programming kicks off with a play commissioned from Norman Allen which will play weekends for the public and weekdays for school groups.
ARGONAUTIKA Jan 15 - Mar 2 in the Lansburgh
Mary Zimmerman directs her adaptation of the tale of Jason and the Argonauts
MAJOR BARBARA Feb 19 - Mar 23 in the Sidney Harman Hall
Ethan McSweeny directs George Bernard Shaw’s classic and caustic critique of society’s conflicts
ANTONY AND CLEOPATRA Apr 26 - June 6 in the Sidney Harman Hall
Michael Kahn directs one Shakespeare’s “Roman plays” as part of a repertory offering.
JULIUS CAESAR Apr 27 - July 6 in the Sidney Harman Hall
David Muse returns to the company to direct a second of Shakespeare’s “Roman plays” as part of the repertory.
THE IMAGINARY INVALID June 10 - July 27 in the Lansburgh Theatre
Keith Baxter will direct Moliére’s final comedy, a critique of the pretensions of medical quacks in Paris in the 17th century.

The Shakespeare Theatre Company’s theatres are: The Sidney Harman Hall at Sixth and F Streets, NW and the Lansburgh Theatre at Seventh and E Streets NW in Washington, DC.

SIGNATURE THEATRE

Listen to Eric Schaeffer, Artistic Director

MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG Sept 4 - Oct 14 in the Max
Eric Schaeffer directs this 1981 Sondheim musical based on a play by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart .
THE LOST SONGS OF BROADWAY Sept 12 - 15 in the Ark
The new Signature Cabaret season begins with songs cut from hit musicals.
THE WORD BEGINS Oct 2 - Dec 2 in the Ark
A celebration of the spoken word by Steve Connell and Sekou (tha Misfit) sees two young men take on race, religion, sexuality, love and the power of communication.
THE STUDIO Nov 6 - Dec 2 in the Max
The east coast premiere of Christopher d’Amboise’s dance play of a noted choreographer creating a new ballet for two dancers.
DECEMBER DIVAS Dec 12 - 15 in the Ark
Three DC-area divas will be featured in the second Signature Cabaret of the season.
GLORY DAYS Jan 15 - Feb 17 in the Max
Eric Schaeffer will direct the world premiere of a musical coming of age story. Music by Nick Blaemire, book and lyrics by Blaemire and James Gardiner.
THE TRICKY PART Jan 29 - Feb 17 in the Ark
Martin Moran performs his one man play, his true story of his sexual relationship with an older man, a counselor he met at a Catholic boys’ camp.
KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN MAR 11 - Apr 20 in the Max
Signature launches its Kander & Ebb Celebration with the musical they wrote with Terrence McNally based on the novel by Manuel Puig. Eric Schaeffer directs.
FIRST YOU DREAM: THE SONGS OF KANDER & EBB Mar 11 - 16 in the Ark
Karen Akers performs 15 of their songs in a cabaret style program to launch Signature’s Kander & Ebb Celebration.
THE HAPPY TIME Apr 1 - June 1 in the Ark
The 1968 Kander & Ebb show with a book by N Richard Nash (110 in the Shade) set in Canada where a world-traveling photographer returns for a visit to his family.
THE VISIT May 13 - June 22 in the Max
The Kander & Ebb Celebration concludes with this 2001 musical which never received a Broadway production. Frank Galati directs. Chita Rivers has the leading role. Choreography by Ann Reinking.
KANDER & EBB OVERTURES June 4 - 7 in the Ark
The Kander & Ebb Celebration closes with a cabaret presentation by graduates of Signature’s Overtures Musical Theater Institute.

Signature theatres are at 2800 S. Stafford Street, Arlington, VA 22206

SOLAS NUA

MADE IN CHINA Oct 11-Nov 4
By Mark O’Rowe
Driected by Colin Hovde
October 11th - November 4th, 2007 at the Atlas Performing Arts Center.
Set in a completely re-imagined Dublin underworld, Made In China involves martial artists, rogue cops and savage low-lifes.
Performed at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC
TRAD Jan 24-Feb 17
by Mark Doherty.
Directed by Linda Murray.
January 24th - February 17th, 2007 at Flashpoint’s Mead Theatre Lab
A fable about tradition in a mad place, Trad is the hilarious tale of hundred year old Thomas and his improbably ancient Da.
Performed at Flashpoint’s Mead Theatre Lab, Washington, DC
PORTIA COUGHLAN dates TBA
by Marina Carr.
Directed by Jessica Burgess.
On her 30th birthday Portia Coughlan is in no mood to celebrate. It is exactly fifteen years since her twin brother Gabriel died in the Belmont River. Carr’s heroine cannot move on and in time we hear of the exact relationship between her and the deceased Gabriel.
Location TBA
PUMPGIRL dates TBA
by Abbie Spallen.
Directed by Kathleen Akerley.
The devil is all in the detail: sad-eyed, sharp as a razor Sinead describing her saggy stomach as an “onion bag” after two pregnancies, and patiently carving “wanker” on her husband Hammy’s stock car trophy; delusional Pumpgirl breathing in the sweet-sour smell of petrol like ripe cherries in vinegar, or noticing her feet flapping in the air and mouldy cheese and onion crisps down the sides of the back seat as Hammy has sex with her in his 1970s souped-up Toyota Celica.
Location TBA

SPOOKY ACTION THEATER

DARK RAPTURE Nov 8 - 18
By Eric Overmyer. Directed by Paul Takacs
DARK RAPTURE is ‘noir,’ the genre which crystallized in the 1940s novels and screenplays of Raymond Chandler. It is about escape: from the self, from the sane, from the ordinary.
FOOL FOR LOVE Feb 14 - Mar 9
by Sam Shepard . Directed by Kasi Campbell
The scene is a stark motel room at the edge of the Mojave Desert. May sits dejectedly on a rumpled bed while Eddie crouches in a corner working on his rodeo gear. Recriminations pour out, and the action gets violent, at times, as the desperate nature of their relationship becomes apparent.
THE MARRIAGE OF BETTE AND BOO June 5-29
By Christopher Durang Directed by: Perry Schwartz
A series of dazzlingly inventive interconnected scenes, the play moves through three decades of divorce, alcoholism, madness and fatal illness-all treated with a farcical brilliance.

Spooky Action performs at the Black Box Theatre of Montgomery College in Takoma Park/Silver Spring.

STUDIO THEATRE

MY CHILDREN! MY AFRICA! Opens Sept 5 in the Mead Theatre
Athol Fugard’s story of a friendship between a white and a black teenager in Apartheid-controlled South Africa will be directed by Serge Seiden.
SHINING CITY Opens Nov 7 in the Metheny Theatre
Ed Gero is featured in Conor McPherson’s drama about a widower who seeks a therapist’s help when he sees his wife’s ghost Joy Zinoman directs.
THE BROTHERS SIZE Opens Jan 3 in the Mead Theatre
A breakthrough work by playwright Tarell Alvin McCraney about two brothers in Louisiana threatened by a mysterious man.
Directed by Tea Alagic.
THE HISTORY BOYS Opens March 26 in the Metheny Theatre
Joy Zinoman directs Alan Bennet’s Tony winning comedy about a British boys school.
THE INTERNATIONALIST Opens May 14 in the Milton Theatre
A new comedy by 13P playwright Anne Washburn about a businessman lost in translation. A multi-lingual romance.

The Studio Theaters are located at 1501 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006

STUDIO THEATRE 2NDSTAGE

BREATH, BOOM Opens Oct
Rahaleh Nassri directs a play by Kia Corthron about “one woman’s journey from gang-girl to grown-up.”
ALL THAT I WILL EVER BE Opens Feb
Alan Ball (Six Feet Under) wrote this play about 2 men: one from LA, one from the Middle East. Serge Seiden directs.
JERRY SPRINGER: THE OPERA Opens July
A controversial hit in London, Stewart Lee and Richard Thomas’ musical will be directed by Keith Alan Baker who will have a cast of 21 and an 8-piece band.

The Studio 2ndStage is located at 1501 14th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20006

SYNETIC THEATER

Listen to Paata Tsikurishvili, Artistic Director

THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER Sept 22 - Oct 31
Synetic dives deep into the dark corners of the human psyche with the psychologically spine-tingling work of Edgar Allan Poe. Artistic director, Paata Tsikurishvili’s twisted and creative genius, will bring this ultimate psychological thriller to horrifying life.
A CHRISTMAS CAROL Nov 24 - Dec 24
Synetic’s first holiday staging, this retelling of a Christmas Carol will use only 5 of Synetic’s “expertly drilled cadre of actors” to portray over 20 different characters, a theatrical feat you won’t want to miss!
ROMEO AND JULIET Jan 27 - Mar 8
Synetic adds another great Shakespearian tragedy to their silent repertoire, as it takes the star-crossed lovers on its heartbreaking journey through Shakespeare’s world of love, hate, passion, and violence using only their unique fusion of movement, music, and drama.
CARMEN May 27 - June 15
Prosper Mérimée’s novella about the irresistible gypsy beauty Carmen, played by resident choreographer, Irina Tsikurishvili, will be infused with the fervor and brilliance that the Helen Hayes award-winning choreographer brings to the stage.
at The Kennedy Center’s Family Theatre. The Kennedy Center is located at 2700 F Street,NW, Washington, DC 20566

With the exception of Carmen, all Synetic Productions are at the Rosslyn Spectrum is located at 1611 N. Kent St, Arlington, VA 22209

TEATRO DE LA LUNA

X FESTIVAL INT’L DE THEATRO HISPANO/10th Int’l Festival of Hispanic Theatre Oct 11 - Nov 17
EL CERCO DE LENINGRADO/THE LENINGRAD FENCE Feb 7 - Mar 1
by José Sanchis Sinisterra
FRIDA KAHLO, LA PASION/FRIDA KAHLO, THE PASSION May 8 - May 31
by Ricardo Halac

Teatro de la Luna performs in Theatre 2 at the Gunston Arts Center, . 2700 S. Lang Street . Arlington, VA 22206

THEATER ALLIANCE

Listen to Paul-Douglas Michnewicz, Co-Founder and Interim Artistic Director

AMBITION FACING WEST Oct 11 - Nov 4
Anthony Clarvoe’s globe spanning family portrait set in Croatia, Wyoming and Japan. Directed by Jeremy Skidmore
THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV Feb 28 - Mar 23
Anthony Clarvoe’s Potomac Region premiere of his stage adaptation of Fyodor Dostoevsky classic novel. Los Angeles-based John Langs will direct.
THE CURE AT TROY May 29 - June 22
Jennifer Nelson directs the Potomac Region premiere of Seamus Heaney’s blend of Greek myth and Irish storytelling based on Sophocles’ Philoctetes.

Theater Alliance performs at H Street Playhouse, 1365 H Street NE, Washington, DC 20002

THEATER J

ACCIDENT Sept 6 - 23 Performed at Studio Theatre’s 2nd Stage
A new performance piece By Amy Ziff Directed by Michael Greif
SPEED THE PLOW Oct 18 - Nov 25
by David Mamet. Directed by Jerry Whiddon A masterwork skewering “the business” of making movies. Starring Broadway vets Matthew Arkin and Peter Birkenhead.
WHAT TO LISTEN FOR November, 2007
The Incubator Series will present a new play by Kathleen Tolan.
SHLEMIEL THE FIRST Dec 18 - Jan 13
Inspired by Nobel Prize winner I.B. Singer’s whimsical tales of Chelm, the Village of FoolsDirected by Nick Olcott. with Donna Migliaccio and Dan Manning.
RABBI SAM January, 2008
The Incubator Series will present a performance piece by Charlie Varon.
25 QUESTIONS FOR A JEWISH MOTHER Jan 23 - Feb 24
Commediene Judy Gold playwright Kate Ryan interviewed over 50 Jewish women and came up with an astonishing album of memorable characters. Directed by Karen Kohlhaas.
BROWNIE POINTS March, 2008
The Incubator Series will present a new play by Janece Shafer.
THE PRICE Mar 8 - April 18
For the first time, Robert Prosky performs with sons Andrew Prosky and John Prosky in this Arthur Miller drama which explores the legacy of choices that have made for a terrible injustice.
DAVID: IN SHADOW AND LIGHT May 6 - June 22
Music by Daniel Hoffman, book by Yehuda Hyman. Nick Olcott directs this epic musical retelling of King David’s astonishing trajectory from boy shepherd, to superstar ruler, to aging king
MORE VOICES FROM A CHANGING MIDDLE EAST July 2 - 27
Theater J presents companies from the Middle East. Projects under consideration include performances from The Arab-Hebrew Theatre of Jaffa, The Chan Theatre of Jerusalem and much more!

Theater J performs at the DC Jewish Community Center, 1529 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036

TOBY’S DINNER THEATRE OF BALTIMORE

DREAMGIRLS Aug 30 - Nov 11
HOLIDAY NOT NOSTALGIA Nov 17 - Feb 17
A holiday musical revue conceived by Toby Orenstein, Ross Scott Rawlings and Doug Lawler.
Toby’s Dinner Theater of Baltimore is located in the Best Western Hotel, 5625 O’Donnell Street, Baltimore, MD 21224

TOBY’S DINNER THEATRE OF COLUMBIA

TITANIC Aug 23 - Nov 11
THE SOUND OF MUSIC Nov 15 - Feb 15

Toby’s Dinner Thetre is located at 5900 Symphony Woods Road, Columbia, MD 21044

VENUS THEATRE

FIONA THE FISH AND THE MAGICAL CAR WASH Weekends: Sept 7 - 30
Heartfriends abound! They love to sing and dance. Join Fiona-the- Fish and her school of siren friends as they serenade the magical car wash. For ages 3 and up.

Venus Theatre performs at the Venus Play Shack, 21 C Street , Laurel MD 20707

VPSTART CROW PRODUCTIONS

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE Oct 5 - 21
Directed by Bob Smith
AN O’HENRY CHRISTMAS Dec 7 - 23
Directed by Christine D. Lange

Vpstart Crow performs at the Cramer Center, 9008 Center Street, Manassas, VA 20110

WASHINGTON SAVOYARDS

THE MIKADO SING ALONG Sept 15 - 16
sing out loud officially during a performance of the Gilbert and Sullivan operatta.
BABES IN TOYLAND Nov 23 - Dec 9
THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE Feb 27 - Mar 16
THE CONDENSED MIKADO Mar 26 - Apr 13
A one-hour version of one of Gilbert and Sullivan’s greatest hits.
THE MAN OF LA MANCHA Apr 9 - 27, 2008

Washington Savoyards performs at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002

WASHINGTON SHAKESPEARE COMPANY

Listen to Christopher Henley, Artistic Director

CALIGULA Oct 4 - Nov 4
by Albert Camus.
HEDDA GABLER Feb 21 - Mar 23
by Henrik Ibsen

Performed at Washington Shakespeare’s Clark Street Playhouse, 601 South Clark St, Arlington,VA 22202

WASHINGTON STAGE GUILD

OPUS Sept 6 - 30
A remount of last Spring’s critically acclaimed production - a successful string quartet that must replace an unstable player and the four men who have made music together for years must adjust to the modulations produced by the addition of a young woman.

Washington Stage Guild performs at 1901 14th Street NW, Washington, DC

WOOLLY MAMMOTH THEATRE COMPANY

THE UNMENTIONABLES Aug 27 - Sept 30
Bruce Norris’s super-charged satire about do-gooder Americans in Africa featuring Naomi Jacobson with Tim Getman, Marni Penning, David Emerson Toney, Dawn Ursula. Directed by Pam MacKinnon
CURRENT NOBODY Oct 29 - Nov 25
Riffing on Homer’s Odyssey, playwright Melissa James Gibson flip-flops genders to create a dazzling tale about the ultimate working mom.
World premiere
NOW WHAT? Oct 31 - Nov 25 in the Melton Rehearsal Hall
Josh Lefkowitz’s fresh new tale of love and artistic struggle in a world that is just plain nuts, a follow-up to last year’s fringe festival & Woolly hit HELP WANTED: A Personal Search for Meaningful Employment at the Start of the 21st Century.
ONE-MAN STAR WARS TRILOGY Dec 12 - 30
Written & performed by Charles Ross, dir. TJ Dawe BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! One man does it all in this high-energy solo version of the original Star Wars trilogy.
NO CHILD… Jan 14 - Feb 10
Writer/actress Nilaja Sun brings her inspiring solo piece to DC after its year-long Off-Broadway success. Directed by Hal Brooks
THE K OF D, an urban legend Jan 16 - Feb 10 in the Melton Rehearsal Hall
By Laura Schellhardt, dir. John Vreeke featuring company member Kimberly Gilbert. Woolly’s newest company member Kimberly Gilbert (Martha, Josie & the Chinese Elvis) brings a pile of strange characters to vivid life in this riveting supernatural fable.
STUNNING Mar 10 - Apr 26
By David Adjmi, dir. Anne Kaufmann A daring new work that shifts from caustic satire to intense melodrama as it mines the social and economic traps of the American Dream and the universal desire to fit in.
MEASURE FOR PLEASURE May 26 - June 29
Renowned playwright David Grimm gets naughty with this hilarious Restoration on Viagra - saucy, silly, foul and touching.

The Woolly Mammoth Theatre is located at 641 D Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004

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