List of theaters in Washington, D.C.

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

TheaterStageLocationBuiltCapacityWebsite
Andrew W. Mellon AuditoriumFederal Triangle1935 1000 [1]
Arena StageFichandler Stage Southwest1950 683 [2]
Arena Stage Kreeger Theater Southwest1950 514 [3]
Arena Stage Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle Southwest1950 200 [4]
Atlas Performing Arts CenterLang Theater H Street2005 (established 1938) 258 [5]
Atlas Performing Arts Center Sprenger Theater H Street2005 (established 1938) 160 [6]
Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre I H Street2005 (established 1938) 70 [7]
Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre II H Street2005 (established 1938) 82 [8]
Carter Barron AmphitheaterRock Creek Park1949 4200 [9]
Anacostia Playhouse Anacostia2013 120 [10]
Dance PlaceBrookland1978 0 [11]
DAR Constitution HallDowntown1929 3702 [12]
D.C. Arts Center (DCAC) Adams Morgan1989 42 [13]
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Theatre Georgetown2017 800 [14]
DCJCCTheater JDupont Circle1990 238 [15]
Folger Shakespeare TheaterCapitol Hill1932 250 [16]
Ford's TheaterPenn Quarter1863 665 [17]
GALA Hispanic TheatreColumbia Heights1976 265 [18]
Hamilton LiveDowntown??? 354 [19]
Howard TheaterShaw1910 1100 [20]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsConcert Hall Foggy Bottom1971 2465 [21]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Opera House Foggy Bottom1971 2364 [22]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Eisenhower Theater Foggy Bottom1971 1164 [23]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Family Theater Foggy Bottom1971 324 [24]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Theater Lab Foggy Bottom1971 388 [25]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Terrace Theater Foggy Bottom1971 490 [26]
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Millennium Stage Foggy Bottom1971 235 [27]
Keegan TheatreDupont Circle1996 120 [28]
Lincoln TheatreU Street1922 1225 [29]
Lisner AuditoriumFoggy Bottom1946 1490 [30]
National TheatreDowntown1835 1676 [31]
Shakespeare Theatre CompanyLansburgh TheatrePenn Quarter2007 (founded 1970) 451 [32]
Shakespeare Theatre Company Sidney Harman HallPenn Quarter2007 (founded 1970) 774 [33]
Sixth & I Historic SynagogueChinatown2004 (built 1908) 800 [34]
Sylvan TheaterNational Mall1917 [35]
Source Theatre U Street2008 150 [36]
Sitar Arts Center Adams Morgan2001 0 [37]
Studio 1469 Columbia Heights[38]
Studio TheatreMead Theater 4th Street1978 218 [39]
Studio Theatre Metheny Theater 4th Street1978 200 [40]
Studio Theatre Milton Theater 4th Street1978 187 [41]
Studio Theatre Stage 4 4th Street1978 120 [42]
Warner TheatrePenn Quarter1992 (built 1924) 1847 [43]
Washington Stage Guild Undercroft Theatre Mt. Vernon Square (founded 1986) 148 [44]
Woolly Mammoth TheatrePenn Quarter2005 (founded 1980) 265 [45]

Producing theaters

Arena Stage
The Harman Center for the Arts, a major theater of the Shakespeare Theatre Company
The Folger Shakespeare Library
The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Presenting and rental theaters

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

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
  • SCENA Theatre
  • Serenity Players
  • Solas Nua
  • Spooky Action Theater
  • Taffety Punk Theatre Company
  • The In Series
  • The Landless Theatre Company
  • The Puppet Co.
  • 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
  • Wildwood Summer Theatre

Educational theater

Non-operational theaters

  • Takoma Theater

Theater organizations

Theater awards

References

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