While planning theatre in the time of Covid requires faith and flexibility on everyone’s part, we thought it valuable to show you the shows our companies hope to present. Some are virtual. Some will be in theatres once that becomes possible.
This is a listing of performances. Not included are readings, panels and discussions. We’ll keep this list updated, make adjustments and fill in the TBDs with real dates as soon as we know them.
Meantime, we hope you will find ways to support our theatres through this tempest. And stay safe so that we can all gather again.
Enjoy this sortable (see the arrows?) guide to what, we all hope, will one day be.
Just added: Edge of the Universe Players 2
| COMPANY | SHOW TITLE | GENRE | DATES | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Stage | The Waverly Gallery by Kenneth Lonnergon | Drama | 2021/02/04 | Feb 4 - 28 |
| 1st Stage | The Nance by Douglas Carter Beane | Comedy | 2021/04/01 | Apr 1 - 25 |
| 1st Stage | Mlima's Tale by Lynn Nottage | Drama | 2021/05/20 | May 20 – Jun 13 |
| 1st Stage | The Logan Festival of Solo Performance | Festival | 2021/07/15 | Jul 15 – 25 |
| American Shakespeare Center | Twelfth Night by William Shakespeare | Comedy | 2020/08/16 | Aug 16 - Oct 16 |
| American Shakespeare Center | Othello by William Shakespeare | Drama | 2020/08/16 | Aug 16 - Oct 18 |
| American Shakespeare Center | A Christmas Carol Virtual and in person | Drama | 2020/12/02 | Dec 2 - Jan 2 |
| Arena Stage | The 51st State Film | Drama | 2020/09/16 | Sept 16 - forever |
| Arena Stage | Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak on It! | Drama Outdoor | 2020/10/23 | Oct 23 - 30 |
| Arena Stage | Celia and Fidel by Eduardo Machardo | Drama | 2021/01/22 | Jan 22 - Mar 7 |
| Arena Stage | Toni Stone by Lydia Diamond | Drama | 2021/03/11 | Mar 11 - Apr 25 |
| Arena Stage | August Wilson's Seven Guitars | Drama | 2021/04/23 | Apr 23 - May 23 |
| Arena Stage | American Prophet by Charles Randolph-Wright and Marcus Hummon | Musical | 2021/05/28 | May 28 – Jul 21 |
| Arena Stage | Life After by Britta Johnson | Musical | 2021/08/13 | Aug 13 – Sep 26 |
| Best Medicine Rep | Stories I May Not Tell by John Morogiello | Comedy | 2020/09/10 | Sept 10 - Oct 4 |
| Best Medicine Rep | Roaring by John Morogiello | Comedy | 2020/10/30 | Oct 30 - Nov 23 |
| Best Medicine Rep | An Independent Claus by Jackob G. Hofmann | Comedy | 2020/11/27 | Nov 27 - Dec 27 |
| Best Medicine Rep | Prepping for Widowhood by Rob Dames | Comedy | 2021/01/29 | Jan 29 - Feb 21 |
| Best Medicine Rep | The Fifth Date by Lori Boyd | Comedy | 2021/04/09 | Apr 9 - May 2 |
| Center Stage Baltimore | The Swindlers: A True-ish Tall Tale by Noah Diaz | Comedy | 2021/01/28 | Jan 28 - Feb 28 |
| Center Stage Baltimore | A Play for the Living in a Time of Extinction by Miranda Rose Hall | Drama | 2021/03/25 | Mar 25 - Apr 25 |
| Center Stage Baltimore | Our Town by Thornton Wilder | Drama | 2021/04/29 | Apr 29 - May 23 |
| Center Stage Baltimore | The Garden by Charlayne Woodard | Drama | 2021/05/27 | May 27 - Jun 27 |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | Whitelisted by Chisa Hutchinson | Comedy | 2021/07/10 | July, 2021 |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | The Fifth Domain by Victor Lesniewski | Drama | 2021/07/10 | July, 2021 |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | Babel by Jacqueline Goldfinger | Comedy | 2021/07/10 | July, 2021 |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | Ushuaia Blue by Caridad Svich | Drama | 2021/07/10 | July, 2021 |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | The House of the Negro Insane by Terence Anthony | Drama | 2021/07/10 | July, 2021 |
| Contemporary American Theater Festival | Sheepdog by Kevin Artique | Drama | 2021/07/10 | July, 2021 |
| Edge of the Universe Players 2 | The Marriage Proposal | Drama Audio | 2020/11/05 | Nov 5 - December 2 |
| Everyman Theatre | Queens Girl: Black in the Green Mountains Written by Caleen Sinnette Jennings | Drama | 2020/11/15 | Nov 2020 |
| Everyman Theatre | Cry It Out by Molly Smith Metzler | Comedy | TBD | |
| Everyman Theatre | Berta, Berta by Angelica Chéri | Drama | TBD | |
| Everyman Theatre | Pipeline by Dominique Morisseau | Drama | TBD | |
| Everyman Theatre | Sense and Sensibility Adapted by Kate Hamill from the Jane Austen novel | Drama | TBD | |
| Everyman Theatre | Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling | Drama | TBD | |
| Folger Theatre | Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing | Comedy | 2021/02/17 | Feb 17 - Mar 14 |
| Folger Theatre | The Tempest by William Shakespeare in cooperation with Round House Theatre | Drama | 2021/05/15 | TBD |
| Folger Theatre | A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare | Comedy | 2021/07/13 | Jul 13 - Aug 29 |
| Ford's Theatre | A Christmas Carol starring Craig Wallace Radio Play | Drama | TBD | |
| Ford's Theatre | My Lord, What a Night by Deborah Brevoort | Drama | TBD | |
| Ford's Theatre | The Mountaintop by Katori Hall | Drama | TBD | |
| Ford's Theatre | Necessary Sacrifices by Richard Hellesen | Drama | TBD | |
| GALA Hispanic Theatre | El perro del hortelano (The Dog in the Manger) by Lope de Vega in person | Drama/Comedy | 2020/10/29 | Oct 29 - Nov 22 |
| GALA Hispanic Theatre | Fuego Flamenco XVI, Íntimo in person | Dance | 2020/12/04 | Dec 4 - 6 |
| GALA Hispanic Theatre | Tía Julia y el escribidor (Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter) by Caridad Svitch in person | Comedy | 2021/02/04 | Feb 4 - 28 |
| GALA Hispanic Theatre | Agua por Cucharadas (Water by the Spoonful) by Quiara Alegría Hudes in person | Drama | 2021/04/15 | Apr 15 – May 9 |
| GALA Hispanic Theatre | Ella es tango (She Is Tango) Conceived by Hugo Medrano | Musical revue | 2021/06/02 | Jun 2 - 20 |
| GALita (Theatre for Young Audiences) | Rigoberta ¿donde estas? A Journey Through Guatemala | Young Audiences | 2021/03/13 | Mar 13 - 27 |
| GALA Hispanic Theatre | Aliens, Immigrants, & other Evildoers Written and Performed by José Torres-Tama Film | Drama | 2020/12/11 | Dec 11 - 12 |
| IN Series | The Pleiades Project | Opera | 2020/10/01 | Oct 1 - Forever |
| IN Series | Orphee et Euridice by Christoph Willibald Gluck | Opera | 2020/11/01 | Nov 1 - Forever |
| IN Series | Gonzales Contata by Melissa Dunphy | Opera | 2020/11/02 | Nov 2 - Forever |
| IN Series | Boheme in the Heights | Opera | 2020/12/24 | Dec 24 - forever |
| Keegan Theatre | From Gumbo to Mumbo by Drew Anderson and Dwayne Lawson-Brown | Drama | 2020/11/12 | Nov 12 - 29 |
| Keegan Theatre | Trans Am by Lisa Stephen Friday | Musical | 2020/11/12 | Nov 12 - 29 |
| Mosaic Theater Company of DC | Dear Mapel by Psalmayene 24 | Drama | 2020/10/26 | Oct 26 - 31 |
| Mosaic Theater Company of DC | Inherit the Windbag by Alexandra Petri | Comedy | TBD | |
| Mosaic Theater Company of DC | Resist by Alma Davenport | Musical | TBD | |
| Mosaic Theater Company of DC | The Till Trilogy by Ifa Bayeza | Drama Series | TBD | |
| Olney Theatre Center | The Humans by Stephen Karam Virtual | Drama | 2020/09/15 | Sept 15 - Oct 4 |
| Rorschach Theatre | Distance Frequencies | Immersive | 2020/10/13 | Oct 13, 2020 - Jul, 2021 |
| Rorschach Theatre | Magic in Rough Spaces | Workshops | 2021/03/10 | Mar, 2021 |
| Rorschach Theatre | Klecksography 2021 | Festival | 2021/08/15 | Aug, 2021 |
| Round House Theatre | The Work of Adrienne KennedyAmerican Dreams Created by Leila Buck and Tamilla Woodard Virtual | Comedy/Drama | 2020/10/05 | Oct 5 - 11 |
| Round House Theatre | The Work of Andrienne Kennedy virtual | Festival | 2020/11/14 | Nov 14 - Dec 12 |
| Round House Theatre | The Catastrophist by Lauren Gunderson Virtual | Drama | 2021/01/10 | Jan, 2021 |
| Quotidian Theatre | The Day Emily Got Married by Horton Foote | Drama | 2021/04/02 | Apr 2 - 25 |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | All the Devils Are Here Written and Performed by Patrick Page | Drama | TBD | |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | Blindness Adapted by Simon Stephens | Immersive | TBD | |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | The Chairs by Eugène Ionesco | Drama | TBD | |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | Red Velvet by Lolita Chakrabarti | Drama | TBD | |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | The Crucible by Arthur Miller | Drama | TBD | |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | As You Like It by William Shakespeare | Comedy | TBD | |
| Signature Theatre | Mama Mia! by Catherine Johnson, Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus To be held at The Anthem | Musical | 2021/06/24 | Jun 24 - Jul 3 |
| Solas Nua |  [the emoji play]by Jeremy Keith Hunterby Jeremy Keith Hunter Virtual | Other | 2020/10/01 | Oct 1 - 11 |
| Studio Theatre | Cock by Mike Bartlett | Comedy | 2021/01/31 | Early, 2021 |
| Studio Theatre | Until the Flood by Dael Orlandosmith | Drama | 2021/02/15 | Early, 2021 |
| Studio Theatre | Flight by Vox Motus | Immersive | 2021/03/20 | Spring, 2021 |
| Studio Theatre | Flow by Will Power | Musical | 2021/06/15 | Summer, 2021 |
| Studio Theatre | 2.5 Minute Ride by Lisa Kron | Comedy | 2021/06/30 | Summer, 2021 |
| Studio Theatre | Random by debbie tucker green | Drama | 2021/07/15 | Summer, 2021 |
| Studio Theatre | Tender Age by | Drama | 2021/08/10 | Summer, 2021 |
| Studio Theatre | Kings by Sarah Burgess | Audio | 2020/10/20 | Oct, 2020 |
| Studio Theatre | I Hate It Here by Ike Holter | Audio | 2020/11/20 | Winter, 2020 |
| Synetic Theater | Joy Starring Vato Tsikurishvili virtual | Comedy | 2020/10/12 | Oct 12 - Nov 1 |
| Synetic Theater | Motion Pictures | Film | TBD | |
| Synetic Theater | The Servant of Two Masters | Comedy | TBD | |
| The Kennedy Center | Jesus Christ Superstar bt Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice | Musical | 2021/05/25 | May 25 - Jun 13 |
| The Welders | The B Word by Jared Shamberger | Drama | 2021/07/10 | Jul, 2021 |
| The Welders | Girls Night Out (with Spirits) by Teshonne Nicole Powell | Drama | 2021/10/20 | Oct, 2021 |
| Theater Alliance | A Protest in Eight | Film series | 2020/10/27 | Oct 27 - Nov 3 |
| Theater J | Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story by Hannah Moscovitch, Ben Caplan, Christian Barry | Musical | 2021/01/06 | Jan 6 - 24 |
| Theater J | Nathan the Wise by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing produced with Folger Theatre | Comedy | 2021/02/17 | Feb 17 - Mar 24 |
| Theater J | The Red Beads by Rinne Groff | Drama | 2021/04/07 | Apr 7 - May 2 |
| Theater J | Fires in the Mirror by Anna Deveare Smith | Drama | 2021/06/09 | Jun 9 - Jul 4 |
| Washington Stage Guild | My Children! My Africa! by Athol Fugard | Drama | TBD | |
| Washington Stage Guild | Sam & Dede, or My Dinner with Andre the Giant by Gino DiIorio | Drama | TBD | |
| Washington Stage Guild | Mrs. Warren's Profession by George Bernard Shaw | Drama | TBD | |
| Washington Stage Guild | Memoirs of a Forgotten Man by D. W. Gregory | Drama | TBD | |
| Washington National Opera | La boheme by Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Giacosa and Luigi Illica | Opera | 2021/05/08 | May 8 - 22 |
| Washington National Opera | Blue by Jeanine Tesori and Tazewell Thompson | Opera | 2021/07/03 | Jul 3 - 11 |
| We Happy Few | A Midnight Dreary Poe dramas adapted by Robert Pike and Bridget Grace Sheaff Radio drama | Drama | 2020/10/16 | Oct 16 - Jan 19 |
| We Happy Few | Loveday Brooke: The Mystery of the Drawn Daggers by Catherine Louisa Pirkis Radio drama | Drama | 2020/11/20 | Nov 20 - Dec 31 |
| We Happy Few | Sherlock Holmes: The Adventure of the Dancing Men Radio drama | Drama | 2021/01/15 | Jan 15 - Mar 30 |
| We Happy Few | The Odyssey by Homer, Adapted by Robert Pike | Drama | TBD | |
| We Happy Few | The Count of Monte Cristo A devised version of the Alexandre Dumas novel | Drama | TBD | |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Hi, Are You Single? by Ryan Haddad | Comedy | TBD | |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Human Resources by Telephonic Literary Union Telephone drama | Drama | 2020/10/01 | Oct 1 - 25 |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Black Is Beautiful, But It Ain't Always Pretty by Kareem M. Lucas | Comedy | TBD | |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Animal Wisdom by Heather Christian A Bushwick Starr production | Musical revue | TBD | |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Teenage Dick by Mike Lew | Drama | TBD | |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Where We Belong by Madeline Sayet | Drama | TBD | |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Octavia E. Butler's Parable of the Sower by Toshi Reagon and Bernice Johnson Reagon | Musical | TBD | |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre | A Strange Loop by Michael R. Jackson | Musical | TBD | |
| Young Playwrights Theater | Young Playwrights Theater | 2021/02/01 | Feb 1 - May 4 | |
| Young Playwrights Theater | Silence is Violence | Drama | 2021/03/15 | March |
