Update: Source and The 9:30 Club become the latest venues to open their doors to protestors.
With thousands of people planned to gather in DC this weekend to protest police brutality, a number of theaters have joined the #OpenYourLobby movement and announced that they will open their lobbies and bathrooms to allow protestors to rest and refresh.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday, noon – 10pm (or curfew, if earlier)
Woolly Mammoth Theatre
641 D St NW
Friday and Saturday, noon t0 5pm
Arena Stage
1101 6th Street SW
Friday, noon – 6pm
Studio Theatre
1501 14th St NW
Saturday, 1pm – 6pm
The 9:30 Club
815 V St. NW
Saturday and Sunday – noon – 6pm
Source (home of Constellation Theatre Company, In Series and Washington Improv)
1835 14th Street, NW
Saturday and Sunday, 10am – 6pm
Shakespeare Theatre Company
450 7th St NW
Saturday, 4pm – 8pm
Keegan Theatre – 4pm – 8pm
1742 Church St NW
These theatres ask that people entering their respective buildings:
Wear a mask.
Be kind to the volunteer staff.
Maintain social distance.
Volunteers and donations sought
Source: theatreWashington’s Facebook page:
A large group of #dctheatre volunteers are coordinating efforts at Woolly Mammoth Theatre and are collecting material and financial donations.
For material donations:
1) Folks can drop off donations IN-PERSON, contact-free at Woolly Mammoth any time between 12pm-9:45pm Friday-Sunday. They will wipe down and sort goods in the space.
2) Should you wish to remain in your car, or should you encounter a road closure, their Restock Team will come to you to carry back to our facility. To arrange a DROP-OFF, please email Dylan at [email protected] with an estimated time, and he will provide you the direct phone number of the site coordinator in the given window.
3) If you are unable to travel downtown, they have a dedicated team of driver volunteers willing to come to you to PICK UP donations. To coordinate a pick-up, please email Dylan at [email protected] to arrange a time, and he will provide you the direct phone number of one of the driving team members.
Based off of their current donated supply, they would best benefit from healthy snacks, spray bottles, baking soda, peroxide, saline, face masks, and cases of water. *We will update this as needs change.
If you’d like to make a financial contribution to purchase supplies, Venmo @ProtestorSafeSpaceDC.
Map of some spaces offering safe space for protestors this weekend, thanks to #DCProtests.
If your theatre is opening its space this weekend and you are not listed here, please contact us on our Facebook or Twitter threads.
