Audiences will be learning their way around two new venues starting in October: Arena Stage will move into its new home, the Mead Center for American Theater, and Washington Shakespeare becomes the resident company of Artisphere in Rosslyn. Synetic Theater will be on the move, too, playing out most of its season in the Crystal City venue created by Arena Stage.
Whether you enjoy musicals or plays, you’ll find plenty to keep your calendar full. Just a few on our must-see list: Molly Smith’s direction of Oklahoma!, Adventure Theatre’s premiere of Michael J. Bobbitt’s Mirandy and Brother Wind (with collaborator John L. Cornelius), Requiem for a Heavyweight at Heritage-O’Neill, the Chicago to Broadway hit Superior Donuts at Studio Theatre, Sara Ruhl’s return to Woolly Mammoth with In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play, Reservoir Dogs from Molotov Theatre, Rick Foucheaux and J. Fred Shiffman becoming The Odd Couple at Theater J, and the series of five blockbuster of musicals at the Kennedy Center, that starts with Hair and ends with Next to Normal.
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We are compiling the 2010/2011 season here (Season At A Glance: 2010/2011). There are plenty of exciting announcements still to come in, so keep checking back.
I am an actor with experience in hs plays and in a theater club at the university of central Florida. I am seeking audition and other casting calls around the dc area. Please let me know if you have any information. Thank you.
Hi, Paul -
We are asked this question quite often.
The best sources for audition info are:
DragonukConnects.com Members get to see all the job posts, and it’s free to join.
and
the Yahoo listserve for DC_Theatre
If you are a professional actor, we always encourage getting to know the people involved with local theatre companies – find them all listed on our home page, center column. And you might also take a look at what their upcoming productions. Many Washington theatres book a year ahead, so right now, you should be checking our Next Season column.
Anyone else have more advice for young actors or actors new to the DC area?
Actors’ Center is an invaluable resource:
http://actorscenter.org
If you are new to town, make sure you ask around. There are companies here that do not deserve to exist, and will treat their artists like dirt. Some of them pay for advertising on this website. LOL , I’m looking at one now.