Theater/Performance
FREE live performances in DC!
Where: Kennedy Center Millenium Stage:
2700 F Street, NW Washington, DC 20566
When: Performances are posted through February and occur every day at 6:00pm.
Cost: FREE!
For more information on FREE Performances at the Kennedy Center check out their Millenium Stage schedule.
Where to go for theatre and performing arts performances:
African Continuum Theatre Company
A professional theatre in Washington, DC that focuses on African American themes.
Arena Stage
1101 Sixth Street, SW
The largest of the Washington, DC area's not-for-profit theaters features a range of performances from American classics to premieres of new plays.
Catalyst Theater Company
545 7th Street, SE
Folger Theatre
201 East Capitol Street, SE
Theatre located in the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, DC includes poetry readings, theatrical productions, early-music concerts and family activities.
Ford's Theatre
511 10th Street, NW
Washington, DC's tribute to Abraham Lincoln, this theater is a historical site, museum and a theater producing musicals and plays that portray the character of American life.
Gala Hispanic Theatre
3333 14th Street, NW
Gala Hispanic Theatre was established in 1976 to preserve and promote the culture of Hispanics in the U.S. and to expose the North American population to Hispanic culture through the presentation of bilingual theater. Since its founding, GALA has produced over 100 plays in Spanish and English and provided a diverse program of theater (from classical to contemporary), poetry, music and dance to a wide audience.
Kennedy Center
2700 F Street, NW
The Kennedy Center located on 17 acres overlooking the Potomac River in Washington, D.C., is America’s living memorial to President Kennedy as well as the nation’s busiest arts facility, presenting more than 3,000 performances each year. The Kennedy Center has FREE shows at 6PM every night, to check out the schedule go to the Kennedy Center website and check out the performances at the Millenium Stage!
National Theatre
1321 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
For 165 years the National Theatre, "The Theatre of the Presidents", has been a part of the history of the United States. This historic playhouse has seen Pennsylvania Avenue grow from the muddy main street of a fledgling capital, to the ceremonial avenue of a great world power.
Rorschach Theatre
1459 Columbia Road, NW
Rorschach Theatre is a company that has received significant acclaim for its fierce performance style, its bold use of theatrical space and its dedication to challenging works that are at once relevant and timeless. The company’s work has focused on helping to reveal the contemporary relevance of fable, finding magic in rough spaces, connecting timeless works to a contemporary audience.
Scena Theatre
1021 7th Street, NW
Scena Theatre is Washington's premier institution bringing the best in international theatre to Washington DC and stimulating cultural exchange between local and international theatre artists.
The Shakespeare Theatre
450 7th Street, NW
The Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., has dedicated itself to becoming the nation's premier classic theatre. By focusing on works with profound themes, complex characters and heightened language written by Shakespeare, his contemporaries and those playwrights he influenced, the Shakespeare Theatre Company's artistic mission is unique among regional theatres: to bring to vibrant life groundbreaking, thought-provoking and eminently accessible classic theatre in a uniquely American style.
The Studio Theatre
1501 14th Street, NW
The Studio Theatre’s mission is to produce the best in contemporary theatre. Its restless, innovative spirit seeks out new directions and makes The Studio Theatre a leader both in Washington and in the nation. Artist-founded and artist-driven, The Studio Theatre demands the highest quality production values, bringing audiences unparalleled artistry in design, directing and performance.
Theater Alliance
1365 H Street, NE
The Theater Alliance has partnered with the H Street Playhouse to build an intimate, fully-equipped performance space helping fill the ongoing need Washington artists have for quality performance space. Opening in July of 2002, the Theater Alliance mounted productions of Tales from Ovid and Gospel of John, both of which were critical and box office successes. Additionally, the space hosted several visiting companies all of whom drew large crowds to a corner of the city which has desperately needed economic revival for decades.
Theater J
Theater J has emerged as one of the most distinctive, progressive and respected Jewish theaters in North America by virtue of its ambitious range of programming and the bold, imaginative artistry of its playwrights, directors, designers and actors.
 Warner Theatre
513 13th Street, NW
Theater located in the heart of Washington, DC, performances range from comedies, dramas, and musicals by playwrights like Neil Simon to local artists. Also, musical performances from today's leading artists from pop, jazz, rock, and more.
The Washington Chorus
A GRAMMY® Award Winner, The Washington Chorus is considered one of the foremost choruses in the nation and a cultural leader in the Washington metropolitan area. The chorus performed for inaugurations and to honor world leaders, and has been touring internationally every other year since 1994.
Washington Stage Guild
1901 14th Street, NW
The Washington Stage Guild was founded in 1986 by a company of D.C. area actors, artisans, and administrators dedicated to producing a distinctive repertory of theatrical work in a congenial and supportive atmosphere. Specializing in neglected classics, foreign plays unfamiliar in America, and new works of outstanding merit, the company has gained international acclaim for its literate and lively presentations.
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
641 D Street, NW
Wolly Mammoth's mission is to ignite an explosive engagement between theatre artists and the community by developing, producing and promoting new plays that explore the edges of theatrical style and human experience, and by implementing new ways to use the artistry of theatre to serve the people of Greater Washington, DC.
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