This Labor Day Weekend, 56 area theatre companies are presenting 64 readings at what has become DC’s annual kickoff of the theatre season, The Kennedy Center’s Page-to-Stage New Play Festival. Admission is free. Directions and parking
Gregg Henry, curator of Page-to-Stage, talks about putting the festival together.
Click any of the columns below to sort by company, show title, date and time, genre and location.
Hope we see you there!
| Company | Play | Genre | Date | Where |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unexpected Stage Company | WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? by Deb Margolin A tragicomic human cartoon located in a telephonocracya land where the telephone companys Board of Directors has created its constitution and rules the world. | Comedy Adults only | Sept 3 11:30 am - 1 pm | African Room |
| The Indian Ocean Theatre Company | A THEIST by John Sowalsky A full-length absurdist comedy which questions the existence of God. | Comedy All ages | Sept 3 2:30 - 3:35 pm | African Room |
| Unknown Penguin | ANATOMY OF AN INFIDELITY by Patrick Flynn Famed British broadcaster and science historian James Burke presents the audience with a test in perception. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 5:30 - 7:30 pm | African Room |
| Pallas Theatre Collective | CRAZY MARY LINCOLN by Jan Tranen & Jay Schwandt A new musical exploring the First Family following the assassination of Abraham Lincoln. | Musical All ages | Sept 3 2:00 - 4:00 pm | Family Theater |
| Safe Streets Arts Foundation | HOLOCAUST IMAGES AND THE POETRY, ART AND MUSIC OF AMERICAN PRISONERS by 30 American prisoners | Variety Adults only | Sept 3 8:00 - 10:00 pm | Family Theater |
| Ally Theatre Company | CLOVER by Laura Rocklyn and Ty Hallmark Gilded Age-era Washington socialite Clover Adams strives to remain calm while coping with her beloved fathers death and the possible philandering of her husband. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 11 am - 12:20 pm | Israeli Lounge |
| Catholic University of America | MFA PLAYWRIGHTS: SHORT PIECES by Rebecca Dzida and Garret Milton Myth, Faith, and Folklore: Catholic University’s playwrights tackle subjects from millennials to virgin birth. | Variety Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 2:30 - 4:30 pm | Israeli Lounge |
| Rapid Lemon Productions | THE 12th ANNUAL VARIATIONS PROJECT (10 minute plays) by D.C. Cathro, Audrey Cefaly, Shelby Chapman, Kevin Costa, Joe Dennison, Kevin Kostic, Michal Roxie Johnson, Justin Lawson Isett, Kimberley Lynne, and Nancy Murray | Variety Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 7:10 - 8:10 pm | Israeli Lounge |
| City Kids Theatre | CASHALL ALLEY KIDS KICK IT OLD SCHOOL by Ray Ficca and Raya Kenney The kids of Cashell Alley procrastinated on a group project for Ms. Henry’s history class. At the 11th hour a spring thunderstorm knocks out the power (and internet access) in their Georgetown neighborhood... | Family All ages | Sept 3 11 am - 11:40 am | Millennium Stage North |
| Words Beats & Life | FLATTOPS AND F-WORDS by Star Johnson a Hip Hop musical that takes us through a day in the life of three young black women in D.C. A love letter to the mothers of Hip Hop | Musical Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 3:30 - 4:00 pm | Millennium Stage North |
| Playwrights Group of Baltimore | USA 2017 by members of the Playwrights Group of Baltimore How will the events of 2016 change us? What will our nation look and feel like next year? | Variety Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 7:30 - 8:50 pm | Millennium Stage North |
| The Highwood Theatre | THE STUDENTS' ARTS COLLABORATIVE Developed by students from The Highwood Theatre and Loiederman Middle School for the Creative and Performing Arts a collection of short scenes, monologues, songs, and previews of the upcoming season | Variety All ages | Sept 3 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Millennium Stage South |
| Pinky Swear Productions | OVER HER DEAD BODY by John Bavoso Sing a song of murder, forget the lady’s name. Toss her in the water, try not to take the blame. | Musical Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 6:00 - 7:10 pm | Millennium Stage South |
| Strand Theater Company | EXIT PLUTO by Amy Bernstein Betty believes that by running her bakery like a fortress constantly under siege, she will stave off what she fears most and understands least: change. | Drama All ages | Sept 3 12:30 - 1:45 pm | Millennium Stage South |
| Strand Theater Company | NET WORTH by Bari Hochwald takes the audience on a journey of humor, money management and self-reflection as they attend a workshop on personal finances sponsored by the Lions Club of Cleveland, OH. | Comedy Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 2:30 - 3:45 pm | Millennium Stage South |
| FRESHH, Inc Theatre Company | NAME CALLING by Goldie Patrick What do most girls want to be when they grow up? A lawyer? A teacher? A Goddess?! | Drama Adults only | Sept 3 6:00 - 6:50 pm | Millennium Stage South |
| Pinky Swear Productions | MIGHTY STORMS, STRANGE SEAS AND THE METRO by Natalie Piegari, Joan Cummins, and Brittany Alyse Willis Three stories where the everyday rubs up against the supernatural, the sublime, and the surreal. | Musical All ages | Sept 3 8:30 - 10:00 pm | Millennium Stage South |
| Initiative Student Theatre | QUESTION; NO ANSWER by Maggie Hirst, Derek Martin, and Hunter Mass three disquieting one-act plays guaranteed to make you question your ideas about everything from sexual assault on college campuses to coming out and maybe even sexually confident grandmas. | Variety Adults only | Sept 3 11:30 am - 12:45 pm | Russian Lounge |
| The Kennedy Center's VSA and Accessibility Program | VSA PLAYWRIGHT DISCOVERY COMPETITION 2016 by Lukia Artemakis, Ella Brett-Turner, Sophia DuRose and Kaitlyn O’Malley; Emma Filosa, Elijah Gaines and Jaleel Lindsay; Andrew Projansky, and Brad Weatherford Seven award-winning short plays from high school students across the county | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 3:00 - 4:45 pm | Russian Lounge |
| Tonic Theater Company | DAHLIA by P. Seth Bauer Young Josh struggles with the evidence, published by his Uncle Steve, that his Grandfather George Hodel is the murderer in the unsolved Black Dahlia murder case. | Drama Adults only | Sept 3 6:00 - 7:50 pm | Russian Lounge |
| Seventh Street Playhouse | A MUSICAL MEDLEY by Anthony E. Gallo & Composed by John Ward, Beatrix Whitehall, Margaret Bagley, Grant Bagley A medley of musical pieces from four musicals: Lincoln and God, Vandergrift!, Peggy, and David: The Bluegrass Musical. | Drama Adults only | Sept 3 12:00 - 1:00 pm | South Atrium Foyer |
| The Essential Theatre | THE BLOODLESS JUNGLE by Peter Lawson Jones a compelling lesson for every politician and citizen about the limits of friendship when political stakes are elevated. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 2:45 - 4:15 pm | South Atrium Foyer |
| Bucharest Inside the Beltway | ANDY IS MISSING by Star Johnson Andy, an agoraphobic, steps out of her front door and starts walking and keeps walking, discovering more about herself and what’s become of the world every step of the way. A musical. | Musical All ages | Sept 3 6:30 - 7:05 pm | South Atrium Foyer |
| Bucharest Inside the Beltway | COLOMBO CALLING – a play from Sri Lanka by Cristina Bejan Having recently received a Ph.D. from Cambridge, Karthi returns to Colombo after 22 years. Facing discrimination and racism, Karthi learns what it means to be Tamil in 2006 Sri Lanka. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 7:30 - 9:00 pm | South Atrium Foyer |
| The Washington Rogues | PILLOWTALK AND OTHER PARTS OF SPEECH by Natalie Piegari | Comedy Adults only | Sept 3 4:30 - 6:30 pm | South Opera Tier Lounge |
| Scena Theatre | ILLEGAL HELPERS by Maxxi Obexer | Drama All ages | Sept 3 8:30 - 10:00 pm | South Opera Tier Lounge |
| First Draft at the Rose Theater Company | GINNUNGAGAP by Keith Bridges | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 3 12 - 1:50 pm | Terrace Gallery |
| Brave Soul Collective | TENFOLD: An Evening of Brave Soul Performances, by Thembi Duncan, Stanley Z. Freeman, Josette Marina Murray, Jared Shamberger, Alan Sharpe, and Monte J. Wolfe a “theatrical mixed bag” of monologues and short scenes focuses on a host of hot button issues | Drama Adults only | Sept 3 4:00 - 6:00 pm | Terrace Gallery |
| African-American Collective Theater | MORE THAN A MOUTHFUL by Alan Sharpe A sexy sampler of subversively silly, slyly salacious and even sporadically serious, short plays chronicling life in the black gay community. | Drama Adults only | Sept 3 8:00 - 10:00 pm | Terrace Gallery |
| Synetic Theater | DANTE'S INFERNO by Paata Tsikurishvili A physical theater interpretation of Dante’s Inferno through a combination of physical warm-up and excerpts of Synetic’s choreography. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 4 6:00 - 6:45 pm | Millennium Stage North |
| Nu Sass Productions | THE VEILS by Hope Villaneuva ---explores the experiences of a soldier coming to terms with being a part of two very different worlds and a woman who isn’t sure who she is or what she wants anymore. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 11:00 am - 12:15 pm | African Room |
| Nu Sass Productions | OEDIPUS REGINA by Angela Kay Pirko, | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 12:50 - 2:05 pm | African Room |
| Playwrights Collaborative | COLLABORATIVE SHORTS 2016 Short plays dealing with current issues. | Variety Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 3:30 - 5:00 pm | African Room |
| The Welders | GIRL IN THE RED CORNER by Stephen Spotswood | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 6:00 - 7:45 pm | African Room |
| The Welders | A WELDERS 2.0 SHOWCASE OF NEW WORK by The Welders This showcase will give audiences a chance to get to know the other six playwrights of Welders 2.0 | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 7:45 - 9:30 pm | African Room |
| Monumental Theater Company | WENDY by Gretchen Midgley and John Henderson a grown Wendy Darling finds her daughter, Jane, on the brink of growing up herself. | Musical All ages | Sept 5 1:00 - 2:00 pm | Atrium |
| Forum Theatre | Selections from FORUM (RE)ACTS Forum revives a mix of pieces that feel just as raw, relevant, and worthy of exploration as they did in their original performances. | Drama | Sept 5 8:00 - 9:15 pm | Atrium |
| Crash of Rhinos | THE LOST CHAPTER OF PETER PAN by Paul Reisman | Adventure All ages | Sept 5 11:30 am -12 :30 pm | Family Theater |
| Istijmam presented by Center Stage | ET'TEFFAH/THE APPLES by Abdelkader Allolua | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 6:00 - 7:15 pm | Family Theater |
| University of Maryland – Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies | GOLDFISH by Shupin Yang explores the theme of love and family setting in a one-child household in contemporary China. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 11:30 am - 2:30 pm | Israeli Lounge |
| University of Maryland – Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies | B.W.A. (BLACK WOMAN'S ANONYMOUS) by Whitney Geohagan and April Monu | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 1:00 - 1:30 pm | Israeli Lounge |
| Doorway Arts | A MINUTE IN PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY by Lindsay Adams, John Bavoso, Patricia Connelly, Rich Espey, Chema Pineda Fernandez, Rich Espey, Patrick Gallagher Landes, Annalisa Dias Mandoly, Warren Perry, and Lauren Jane Redmond Local playwrights tackle each president one minute at a time. | Comedy Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 4:00 - 4:30 pm | Israeli Lounge |
| The Law Theater Project, in collaboration with the Rainbow Theatre Project | THE IMHO SERIES 1 TRILOGY featuring JUSTICE DISORDERED by Dr. Samantha M. McDermitt | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 6:00 - 7:00 pm | Israeli Lounge |
| Faction of Fools | CLASSICS MADE FOOLISH - THE THREEQUEL by Paul Reisman scenes from beloved classics replete with their celebrated brand of comedy and high-flying spectacularity. | Comedy All ages | Sept 5 1:00 - 4:00 pm | Millennium Stage North |
| Arts on the Horizon | ADVENTURES WITH MR. BEAR by Ryan Sellers | Family Best for ages 2 - 5 | Sept 5 11:00 - 11:25 am | Millennium Stage South |
| FRESHH Inc Theatre Company | JUST HOW BLACK? by Gianina Lockley uses multimedia to examine the intersections of race, class, ethnicity, and gender, and its impact on our identity. | Musical Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 3:00 - 4:00 pm | Millennium Stage South |
| Tonic Theater Company | STRINGS by Carole Bugge Three fictional scientists discuss science, explore old jealousies and infidelities, and are visited by famous dead scientists Isaac Newton, Marie Curie, and Max Planck. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 8:00 - 9:30 pm | Millennium Stage South |
| Venus Theatre | JULIANA by Vanda about LGBT life in 1940s New York City | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 12:00 - 2:00 pm | Roof Terrace Restaurant |
| Venus Theatre | THE RAVENS by Alana Valentine a riveting drama about Kira, a trying-to-be-ex–sex worker in Kings Cross, Sydney, Australia. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 2:10 - 4:00 pm | Roof Terrace Restaurant |
| Arcturus Theatre Company | INDIAN SUMMER by Gregory S. Moss When a young man stays with his bereaved step-grandfather for a few months, he becomes entangled in a love triangle with two of the other young residents of the Rhode Island oceanside town | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 5:00 - 7:10 pm | Roof Terrace Restaurant |
| Factory 449 | MADE YOU UGLY by Elan Zafir One father’s relationship with love, failure, and the fight to connect. | Drama Adults only | Sept 5 8:30 - 9:30 pm | Roof Terrace Restaurant |
| All of the Above | A VERY PRESENT PRESENCE by Ann Timmons | Comedy Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 12:30 - 2:20 pm | Russian Lounge |
| ABG Playwrights and Thelma Theatre | AROUND THE SNAKE TURN by Patricia Connelly A woman living in a small African village, questions its religious traditions after her son is accused of rape and she is expected to turn over her daughter to become a sexual slave to the high priest to atone for her son’s alleged crime. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 4:00 - 6:00 pm | Russian Lounge |
| LiveArtDC | CLARA BOW PROJECT by Alia Faith Williams | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 7:30 - 8:45 pm | Russian Lounge |
| Bowie State University – BSU Theatre | RED SOLO by Jeremy Keith Hunter A young artist discovering himself, this requires adherence to strict standards instilled in him by his alpha father: hard work, womanizing, and absolute control. | Drama Adults only | Sept 5 2:00 - 3:45 pm | South Atrium Foyer |
| American Ensemble Theater | CHARACTER BUILDING by Booker T. Washington; adapted by Martin Blank A one man musical adapted from Dr. Washington’s inspirational talks given to his students at Tuskegee University | Musical All ages | Sept 5 5:00 - 6:00 pm | South Atrium Foyer |
| NextStop Theatre | STILL ALIVE by Jonathan Coulton and Ricky Drummond The show follows scientist Jon as he fights to survive zombie and robot apocalypses. | Musical Adults only | Sept 5 7:00 - 8:10 pm | South Atrium Foyer |
| GPC Productions | SHOAH BUSINESS by Jennie Berman Eng NYU screenwriting student investigates a Mercedes Benz Holocaust labor camp for women, and soon discovers writing historical fiction is a great responsibility and carries hefty emotional weight. | Drama Adults only | Sept 5 2:30 - 4:30 pm | South Opera Tier Lounge |
| 1st Stage | EAT IT TOO by Jennifer Barclay a thriving Hollywood actress, returns to her hometown to wreak the most horrific kind of revenge. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 6:30 - 8:10 pm | South Opera Tier Lounge |
| Baltimore Playwrights Festival | Selections from various productions, by Siegmund Fuchs, David Zax, Robert Bowie, Sharon Goldner, Seth Freeman, and Andrea Markowitz; directed by John Wilson, Barry Feinstein, Miriam Bazensky, and Ryan Haase | Variety Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 12:30 - 2:30 pm | Terrace Gallery |
| Naked Theatre Company | [email protected] A vignette-style show inspired by internet “click bait” and “viral” phenomena, delivered with a fun, pop-y, sketch sensibility. | Comedy Adults only | Sept 5 4:00 - 4:45 pm | Terrace Gallery |
| Georgetown University Program in Theater and Performance Studies | APPALACHIAN NIGHTINGALE by Olivia Duff | Drama Adults only | Sept 5 6:30 - 8:30 pm | Terrace Gallery |
| Rorschach Theatre | FORGOTTEN KINGDOMS by Randy Baker On a small island in Indonesia, a wooden house balances on stilts over a churning sea. In this house, Reverend David Holiday tries to convert a skeptical young local whose fate has become improbably intertwined with his own. | Drama Ages 13 and up | Sept 5 1:30 - 3:30 pm | Theater Lab |
| Mosaic Theater Company of DC | HOODED, OR BEING BLACK FOR DUMMIES by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm This irreverent world comedy set in Achievement Heights, Maryland follows Marquis, a book-smart prep schooler and Tru, a street-savvy drop-out from inner-city Baltimore. | Comedy Adults only | Sept 5 6:40 - 8:30 pm | Theater Lab |
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