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List of theaters in Washington, D.C.

February 23, 2023

This list of theaters and entertainment venues in Washington, D.C. includes present-day opera houses and theaters, cabarets, music halls and other places of live entertainment in Washington, D.C.

Current theaters

Theater Stage Location Built Capacity Website
Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium Federal Triangle 1935 1000 [1]
Arena Stage Fichandler Stage Southwest 1950 683 [2]
Arena Stage Kreeger Theater Southwest 1950 514 [3]
Arena Stage Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle Southwest 1950 200 [4]
Atlas Performing Arts Center Lang Theater H Street 2005 (established 1938) 262 [5]
Atlas Performing Arts Center Sprenger Theater H Street 2005 (established 1938) 280 [6]
Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre I H Street 2005 (established 1938) 80 [7]
Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre II H Street 2005 (established 1938) 90 [8]
Carter Barron Amphitheater Rock Creek Park 1949 4200 [9]
Anacostia Playhouse Anacostia 2013 120 [10]
Dance Place Brookland 1978 0 [11]
DAR Constitution Hall Downtown 1929 3702 [12]
D.C. Arts Center (DCAC) Adams Morgan 1989 42 [13]
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Theatre Georgetown 800 [14]
DCJCC Theater J Dupont Circle 1990 [15]
Folger Shakespeare Theater Capitol Hill 1932 250 [16]
Ford's Theater Penn Quarter 1863 665 [17]
GALA Hispanic Theatre Columbia Heights 1976 [18]
Hamilton Live Downtown ??? 354 [19]
Howard Theater Shaw 1910 1100 [20]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall Foggy Bottom 1971 2465 [21]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House Foggy Bottom 1971 2364 [22]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Eisenhower Theater Foggy Bottom 1971 1164 [23]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Family Theater Foggy Bottom 1971 324 [24]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Theater Lab Foggy Bottom 1971 388 [25]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Terrace Theater Foggy Bottom 1971 490 [26]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage Foggy Bottom 1971 [27]
Keegan Theatre Dupont Circle 1996 120 [28]
Lincoln Theatre U Street 1922 1225 [29]
Lisner Auditorium Foggy Bottom 1946 1490 [30]
National Theatre Downtown 1835 1676 [31]
Shakespeare Theatre Company Lansburgh Theatre Penn Quarter 2007 (founded 1970) 451 [32]
Shakespeare Theatre Company Sidney Harman Hall Penn Quarter 2007 (founded 1970) 774 [33]
Sixth & I Historic Synagogue Chinatown 2004 (built 1908) 800 [34]
Sylvan Theater National Mall 1917
Source Theatre U Street 2008 150 [35]
Sitar Arts Center Adams Morgan 2001 0 [36]
Studio 1469 Columbia Heights [37]
Studio Theatre Mead Theater 4th Street 1978 218 [38]
Studio Theatre Metheny Theater 4th Street 1978 200 [39]
Studio Theatre Milton Theater 4th Street 1978 187 [40]
Studio Theatre Stage 4 4th Street 1978 120 [41]
Warner Theatre Penn Quarter 1992 (built 1924) 1847 [42]
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Penn Quarter 2005 (founded 1980) 265 [43]

Producing theaters

Presenting and rental theaters

 
The interior of Ford's Theatre.
 
The Lincoln Theatre is located on the U Street Corridor.

Independent companies

  • African Continuum Theatre Company
  • Ambassador Theater, International Cultural Center
  • Artists' Initiative
  • banished? productions
  • Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions
  • Brave Spirits Theatre -- Closing
  • Constellation Theatre Company
  • Didactic Theatre Company
  • Doorway Arts Ensemble
  • dog & pony dc
  • Faction of Fools Theatre Company
  • Federal Theatre Project
  • Flying V Theatre
  • Forum Theatre
  • Ganymede Arts (formerly the Actors' Theatre of Washington)
  • Gross National Product Comedy - founder John Simmons
  • Happenstance Theater
  • Horizons Theatre
  • Journeymen Theater Ensemble
  • Keegan Theatre
  • Lean & Hungry Theatre
  • Longacre Lea Productions
  • Madcap Players
  • MuseFire Productions
  • Now This!
  • Omaemoda Productions
  • Open Circle Theatre
  • Pointless Theatre Company
  • Quotidian Theatre Company
  • SCENA Theatre
  • Serenity Players
  • Solas Nua
  • Spooky Action Theater
  • Taffety Punk Theatre Company
  • The In Series
  • The Landless Theatre Company
  • The Rude Mechanicals
  • The Saartjie Project
  • Theater Alliance
  • Venus Theatre Company
  • Washington Audio Theater
  • Washington Improv Theater
  • Washington National Opera
  • Washington Savoyards
  • WSC Avant Bard, formerly Washington Shakespeare Company
  • Yams Theatre, Inc.
  • Young Playwrights' Theater
  • Washington Audio Theater

Educational theater

Non-operational theaters

Theater organizations

Theater awards

References

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on 4 May 2013. Retrieved 14 April 2013.

External links

    February 23, 2023
    list, theaters, washington, this, list, theaters, entertainment, venues, washington, includes, present, opera, houses, theaters, cabarets, music, halls, other, places, live, entertainment, washington, contents, current, theaters, producing, theaters, presentin. This list of theaters and entertainment venues in Washington D C includes present day opera houses and theaters cabarets music halls and other places of live entertainment in Washington D C Contents 1 Current theaters 2 Producing theaters 3 Presenting and rental theaters 4 Independent companies 5 Educational theater 6 Non operational theaters 7 Theater organizations 8 Theater awards 9 References 10 External linksCurrent theaters EditTheater Stage Location Built Capacity WebsiteAndrew W Mellon Auditorium Federal Triangle 1935 1000 1 Arena Stage Fichandler Stage Southwest 1950 683 2 Arena Stage Kreeger Theater Southwest 1950 514 3 Arena Stage Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle Southwest 1950 200 4 Atlas Performing Arts Center Lang Theater H Street 2005 established 1938 262 5 Atlas Performing Arts Center Sprenger Theater H Street 2005 established 1938 280 6 Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre I H Street 2005 established 1938 80 7 Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre II H Street 2005 established 1938 90 8 Carter Barron Amphitheater Rock Creek Park 1949 4200 9 Anacostia Playhouse Anacostia 2013 120 10 Dance Place Brookland 1978 0 11 DAR Constitution Hall Downtown 1929 3702 12 D C Arts Center DCAC Adams Morgan 1989 42 13 Duke Ellington School of the Arts Theatre Georgetown 800 14 DCJCC Theater J Dupont Circle 1990 15 Folger Shakespeare Theater Capitol Hill 1932 250 16 Ford s Theater Penn Quarter 1863 665 17 GALA Hispanic Theatre Columbia Heights 1976 18 Hamilton Live Downtown 354 19 Howard Theater Shaw 1910 1100 20 John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall Foggy Bottom 1971 2465 21 John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House Foggy Bottom 1971 2364 22 John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Eisenhower Theater Foggy Bottom 1971 1164 23 John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Family Theater Foggy Bottom 1971 324 24 John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Theater Lab Foggy Bottom 1971 388 25 John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Terrace Theater Foggy Bottom 1971 490 26 John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage Foggy Bottom 1971 27 Keegan Theatre Dupont Circle 1996 120 28 Lincoln Theatre U Street 1922 1225 29 Lisner Auditorium Foggy Bottom 1946 1490 30 National Theatre Downtown 1835 1676 31 Shakespeare Theatre Company Lansburgh Theatre Penn Quarter 2007 founded 1970 451 32 Shakespeare Theatre Company Sidney Harman Hall Penn Quarter 2007 founded 1970 774 33 Sixth amp I Historic Synagogue Chinatown 2004 built 1908 800 34 Sylvan Theater National Mall 1917Source Theatre U Street 2008 150 35 Sitar Arts Center Adams Morgan 2001 0 36 Studio 1469 Columbia Heights 37 Studio Theatre Mead Theater 4th Street 1978 218 38 Studio Theatre Metheny Theater 4th Street 1978 200 39 Studio Theatre Milton Theater 4th Street 1978 187 40 Studio Theatre Stage 4 4th Street 1978 120 41 Warner Theatre Penn Quarter 1992 built 1924 1847 42 Woolly Mammoth Theatre Penn Quarter 2005 founded 1980 265 43 Producing theaters Edit Arena Stage The Harman Center for the Arts a major theatre of the Shakespeare Theatre Company The Folger Shakespeare Library The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Adventure Theatre Ambassador Theater at Flashpoint Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater Recipient of the 1976 Regional Theatre Tony Award Fichandler Stage Kreeger Theater The Kogod Cradle Capital Fringe Festival with annual temporary venues Capitol Steps Charter Theater at Theatre on the Run folded 2011 1 Constellation Theatre Company Damascus Theatre Company DC Improv Discovery Theater at the Smithsonian Ripley Center Folger Theatre at the Elizabethan Theatre Forum Theatre GALA Hispanic Theatre at the Tivoli Theatre Glaser Luchs Studio Theater at the National Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts Hexagon at the Duke Ellington School Histrio Theater A French Theater Olney Theatre Center for the Arts Keegan Theatre Mosaic Theater Company of DC Rorschach Theatre Round House Theatre Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Harman Center for the Arts Recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award Sidney Harman Hall Lansburgh Theatre Signature Theatre Recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award Silver Spring Stage St Mark s Players Studio Theatre Mead Theatre Milton Theatre Metheny Theatre Stage 4 Synetic Theater Teatro de la Luna at Casa de la Luna Theater J at The Cecile Goldman Theater Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts Theater of the First Amendment at George Mason University Washington Audio Theater Washington Stage Guild Wildwood Summer Theatre Woolly Mammoth Theatre CompanyPresenting and rental theaters Edit The interior of Ford s Theatre The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts The Lincoln Theatre is located on the U Street Corridor The Warner Theatre Anacostia Playhouse Atlas Performing Arts Center Lang Theater Sprenger Theater Atlas Theater Lab 1 Atlas Theater Lab 2 Carter Barron Amphitheater Church Street Theater Corner Store The Dance Place DAR Constitution Hall D C Arts Center DCAC Ford s Theatre H Street Playhouse Lisner Auditorium Jack Guidone Theater at Joy of Motion Dance Center John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Kennedy Center Concert Hall Kennedy Center Opera House Eisenhower Theater Family Theater Theater Lab Terrace Theater Millennium Stage KC Jazz Club Lincoln Theatre Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint Metro Cafe National Theatre National Sylvan Theater Source Theatre DeLaski Theater at the Sitar Arts Center Town Hall Education Arts amp Recreation Campus THEARC Theater Warehouse Theatre Mainstage Second Stage Warner TheatreIndependent companies EditAfrican Continuum Theatre Company Ambassador Theater International Cultural Center Artists Initiative banished productions Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions Brave Spirits Theatre Closing Constellation Theatre Company Didactic Theatre Company Doorway Arts Ensemble dog amp pony dc Faction of Fools Theatre Company Federal Theatre Project Flying V Theatre Forum Theatre Ganymede Arts formerly the Actors Theatre of Washington Gross National Product Comedy founder John Simmons Happenstance Theater Horizons Theatre Journeymen Theater Ensemble Keegan Theatre Lean amp Hungry Theatre Longacre Lea Productions Madcap Players MuseFire Productions Now This Omaemoda Productions Open Circle Theatre Pointless Theatre Company Quotidian Theatre Company SCENA Theatre Serenity Players Solas Nua Spooky Action Theater Taffety Punk Theatre Company The In Series The Landless Theatre Company The Rude Mechanicals The Saartjie Project Theater Alliance Venus Theatre Company Washington Audio Theater Washington Improv Theater Washington National Opera Washington Savoyards WSC Avant Bard formerly Washington Shakespeare Company Yams Theatre Inc Young Playwrights Theater Washington Audio TheaterEducational theater EditHarold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre American University Katzen Arts Center American University Abramson Family Recital Hall Studio Theatre Hartke Theatre Catholic University of America Elstad Auditorium Gallaudet University Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre George Washington University Royden B Davis S J Performing Arts Center Georgetown University Gonda Theatre Devine Studio Theatre Walsh Black Box Georgetown University Poulton Hall Georgetown University Fine Arts Complex Howard University Ira Aldridge Theater Environmental Theatre Space ETS Auditorium University of the District of Columbia The Theatre Lab School of Dramatic ArtsNon operational theaters EditTakoma Theater Howard TheaterTheater organizations EdittheatreWashington League of Washington Theaters Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington Dance Metro DCTheater awards EditHelen Hayes Awards Mary Goldwater Award Offstage Honors The Offies Richard Bauer Award Ruby Griffith Award Usher s Favorite Show Award Washington Area Theatre Community Honors WATCH Awards References Edit Charter Theatre Final Website Archived from the original on 4 May 2013 Retrieved 14 April 2013 External links EditDistrict of Columbia Historic Theatres Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title List of theaters in Washington D C amp oldid 1138775626, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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