Performing arts in Washington, DC this weekend

Sep 24–Sep 27 · 60 shows · 6 reviewed

Updated Tuesday, September 22, 2026 · real listings, pulled from 130+ sources and reviewed by a person.

Every show, A to Z

• Beauty Behind Bars Closing Reception at Rhizome DC — Sun 5–9 pm · Rhizome DC, Takoma · Free
  A closing reception where art and poetry by incarcerated D.C. artists do the talking, curated with a public defender.
• The Best Haunted House Ever at Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre — Sat (check site for time) · Thomas Jefferson Community Theatre, Arlington, VA · $13/child, $16/adult
  Local kids scare their own classmates in a haunted house comedy written and performed by teens.
• Bobby Lee: The Finally Tour 2026 at Warner Theatre — Fri 7 pm · Warner Theatre, Washington · Ticketed
  Bobby Lee brings his unfiltered, chaotic energy to the Warner's ornate stage for one night only.
• Body Language at The Writer's Center — Fri & Sun 7:30–9 pm · The Writer's Center, Bethesda, MD · $32.02
  Comedian Jenny Napolitano turns her own body's misunderstandings into a sharp, funny solo show.
• Breaking Into Improv with Cipha Sounds at DC Improv — Sat 12–3 pm · DC Improv - Comedy School, Dupont/Downtown · Ticketed
  A three-hour crash course in 'yes, and' with radio and TV vet Cipha Sounds guiding the games.
• BSO Season-Opening Gala with Samara Joy at Strathmore — Fri (check site for time) · The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD · Check price
  A jazz voice big enough to headline a symphony gala kicks off the BSO's season at Strathmore.
• Burlesque Underground at Dupont Underground — Fri (check site for time) · Dupont Underground · $20–40
  Dupont Underground's tunnels turn burlesque into something stranger and more theatrical than your average cabaret night.
• Carter Anderson at The Comedy Loft of DC — Sun 6 pm · The Comedy Loft of DC, Dupont · Ticketed
  A TikTok comedian famous for Waffle House and Taco Bell bits brings his live set to Dupont.
• Cipha Sounds at DC Improv Lounge Showroom — Fri & Sat 7–9:30 pm · DC Improv - Lounge Showroom, Dupont/Downtown · Ticketed
  A Hot 97 radio fixture who's opened for Chappelle brings his club-tested set to the Improv's lounge stage.
• Come From Away at Ford's Theatre — Thu–Sun 12 pm · Ford's Theatre, Washington · Ticketed
  A Tony-winning musical about strangers stranded in Newfoundland on 9/11 lands at Ford's for a rare DC run.
• Dance Theatre of Harlem's Firebird at The National Theatre — Fri & Sat 7:30 pm · The National Theatre, Washington · Ticketed
  Dance Theatre of Harlem brings its acclaimed Firebird to the National for just two nights.
• Dave Attell at DC Improv — Thu–Sun 7–9:30 pm · Improv Comedy Club- DC, Washington · Ticketed
  Dave Attell's still the comic's comic, all deadpan filth and razor-sharp one-liners, at the Improv's intimate room.
• Dave Chappelle Benefit for Duke Ellington School at DAR Constitution Hall — Fri 7:30 pm · DAR Constitution Hall, Washington · Ticketed
  Chappelle returns to raise money for his old school, with a strict no-phones policy that keeps the room honest.
• The Diplomatic Beat at West End Neighborhood Library — Sun 1:30–3 pm · West End Neighborhood Library · Free
  A conservatory-trained pianist traces diplomatic history through music, free at your neighborhood library on a Sunday.
• Drag Talk w/ Sickle Cell at Pie Shop — Thu 8 pm · Pie Shop, H Street · Ticketed
  A drag talk show with support act Sickle Cell turns H Street's Tuesday into something weirder and funnier.
• Drunk Shakespeare: Drunk Dracula at The Sage — Thu–Sun 7 pm · The Sage, Washington · Ticketed
  A boozy, chaotic riff on Dracula where one actor is genuinely drunk and the audience heckles freely.
• Family Improv at Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library — Sat 2–3:30 pm · Tenley-Friendship Neighborhood Library · Free
  Kids and teens build the jokes themselves at this free improv afternoon at Tenley-Friendship.
• The Fruits of Our Labor at Arena Stage — Sat (check site for time) · Arena Stage, Southwest Waterfront · Check price
  StepAfrika turns percussive footwork into a meditation on nationhood still being built.
• GARBO: The Actor Who Saved the World at GALA Hispanic Theatre — Thu–Sun (check site for time) · GALA Hispanic Theatre · Ticketed
  A Spanish con man turned WWII double agent gets the stage treatment at DC's home for Latino theater.
  ★ Washington City Paper (Washington City Paper Staff): The critic praised Kevin Jorges' charismatic D.C. debut performance as Garbo, calling the production an engaging showcase for his talent. Read the review
• Grano de Arena PR Bilingual Story Time at Mt. Pleasant Library — Fri 11 am–12 pm · Mt. Pleasant Neighborhood Library · Free
  A bilingual, eco-minded story hour that treats a Puerto Rico beach tale as seriously as bedtime stories deserve.
• Improv Basics & Scene Work with Cipha Sounds at DC Improv — Sun 12–3 pm · DC Improv - Comedy School, Dupont/Downtown · Ticketed
  Cipha Sounds runs a three-hour scene-work deep dive for improvisers past the absolute basics.
• Improv Workshop with Washington Improv Theater at MLK Library — Sat 1–2:30 pm · Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library - Central Library · Free
  Washington Improv Theater runs the games, you supply the courage — free and no scene-partner required.
• Jason Reynolds Talk at Planet Word — Sun 4–6 pm · Planet Word · Free
  Jason Reynolds talking books at the museum built for words is a Saturday worth clearing for young readers.
• Jo Koy at The Hall at Live! — Sun 7 pm · The Hall at Live!, Hanover · Ticketed
  Jo Koy headlines a 21-plus night at Live!'s big room, the kind of show that sells out DC-adjacent weekends fast.
• John Crist Live at Capital One Hall — Sat 4 pm · Capital One Hall, Tysons · Ticketed
  A live special taping means you're part of the recording, cameras and all, so dress like it.
• Jr. Ballet (Ages 5-8) at Hill Center DC — Sat 10–11 am · Hill Center DC, Capitol Hill · $420.00 (full fall term); $360.00 (classes) + $20.00 (reg…
  A full fall term of ballet basics for the 5-to-8 set, taught by Woolfolk Academy at Hill Center.
• Karlous Miller at The Theater at MGM National Harbor — Sat 8 pm · The Theater at MGM National Harbor, National Harbor · Ticketed
  Karlous Miller brings his sharp, hip-hop-inflected stand-up to MGM's slick National Harbor theater.
• Lawrence Owens at The Comedy Loft of DC — Sun 7:30 pm · The Comedy Loft of DC, Dupont · Ticketed
  A last-Sunday NFL-city showcase means Lawrence Owens is repping his hometown for laughs.
• The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at Washington Stage Guild — Thu–Sun (check site for time) · Washington Stage Guild · $60; Senior Citizens ($50), Students ($30), Group Discoun…
  A haunted-tavern take on Washington Irving's ghost story kicks off Stage Guild's fall season with some Halloween nerve.
• Level 2 Improv with Chris Ulrich at DC Improv Comedy School — Sun 11 am · DC Improv - Comedy School, Dupont/Downtown · Ticketed
  Six Sundays of scene-building drills with a working DC Improv instructor, not a one-off open mic.
• Little Shop of Horrors 40th Anniversary Screening w/ Ellen Greene at Lincoln Theatre — Fri 8 pm · Lincoln Theatre, Washington · Ticketed
  Ellen Greene, the original Audrey, shows up in person for this 40th-anniversary singalong of a cult classic.
• Max Amini at DAR Constitution Hall — Sat & Sun 6 pm · DAR Constitution Hall, Washington · Ticketed
  Persian-American comic Max Amini brings his high-energy crowd work to Constitution Hall for two September nights.
• Measure for Measure at Folger Theatre — Thu–Sat 7:30 pm · Folger Theatre · From $15.00
  Psalmayene 24 tackles Shakespeare's messiest comedy, where morality and law never quite line up.
• Merrily We Roll Along at Signature Theatre — Thu–Sun 8 pm · Signature Theatre, Arlington · Ticketed
  Sondheim's bittersweet backwards musical gets a fall run at Signature, DC's home for serious musical theater.
  ★ Washington City Paper (D.R. Lewis): Critic praises Signature's committed production but suggests the musical's inherent structural flaws still keep it from fully succeeding despite decades of revival attempts. Read the review
• Mike Brown Hosts Last Minute Comedy at The Comedy Loft of DC — Fri 7:30 pm · The Comedy Loft of DC, Dupont · Ticketed
  A stand-up lineup at a Dupont club that leans into the two-drink minimum as much as the jokes.
• Noche de Comedia Latina at The Comedy Loft of DC — Thu 7:30 pm · The Comedy Loft of DC, Dupont · Ticketed
  A Spanish-and-Spanglish lineup hosted by Paz Soto turns Dupont's basement club into a bilingual roast session.
• Not Exactly a Nun at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company — Fri 7 pm · Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company · Check price
  A solo storyteller named Yasmin unpacks a life that didn't go according to the habit, one Saturday night at Woolly Mammoth.
• NSO Season Opening Celebration at The Kennedy Center — Sat (check site for time) · The Kennedy Center, Foggy Bottom · Check price
  The NSO marks 96 years and four decades at the Kennedy Center with a proper season-opening bash.
• NSO Season-Opening Gala with Noseda at Strathmore — Sat (check site for time) · The Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, MD · Check price
  Noseda opens the NSO season with Tchaikovsky, Respighi, and Carlos Simon on the same bill.
• Opera House Orchestra Chamber Music at The REACH — Thu 6 pm · The Kennedy Center — Justice Forum, The REACH, Foggy Bottom · Free
  Opera House Orchestra players ditch the pit for an intimate free set in the Justice Forum.
• Paris Sashay at The Comedy Loft of DC — Sat 7 pm · The Comedy Loft of DC, Dupont · Ticketed
  A Just For Laughs and Netflix-credited comic headlines two sets at this Dupont basement club.
• Punto i Aparte (Salsa/Merengue) at Met Park — Thu 5–7 pm · Met Park · Free
  Free salsa and merengue under the Crystal City sky, with a beginner dance lesson so nobody's stuck watching.
• Read the Room with Tim Miller at DC Improv Lounge — Thu 7:30 pm · DC Improv - Lounge Showroom, Dupont/Downtown · Ticketed
  Tim Miller wrangles local comics for crowd work in the Improv's smaller lounge room, no headliner required.
• Sassy Saturday Drag Brunch at MXDC Cocina Mexicana — Sat 12–2 pm · MXDC Cocina Mexicana, Logan Circle / Downtown · $27 plus fees
  Celebrity-impersonator queens work the room at MXDC while you eat tacos and pretend brunch was always this loud.
• The Score (Theater Production) — Downtown DC — Thu–Sun (check site for time) · Check price
  A mystery-titled production lands downtown for four nights, details still under wraps.
  ★ DC Theater Arts (DC Theater Arts staff critic): Critic praises Brian Cox's performance and the handsome Trevor Nunn-directed staging, but faults Oliver Cotton's script as an overlong, nearly three-hour hagiography of Bach. Read the review
• Summer: The Donna Summer Musical at Toby's Dinner Theatre — Thu–Sun 6 pm · Toby's Dinner Theatre Columbia, Columbia · Ticketed
  A dinner-theater disco bio-musical where the buffet closes forty minutes before Donna Summer takes the stage.
  ★ DC Theater Arts (DC Theater Arts staff critic): Critic praises Toby's polished staging and strong cast (especially Ndungu and Strickland) but faults the jukebox musical's weak book as an underwhelming show the production can't overcome. Read the review
• Sunday Drag Brunch at Perry's — Sun 10 am–1:15 pm · Perry's, Adams Morgan, Washington, DC · ~$39.95 (all-you-can-eat buffet)
  Since the 90s, Perry's drag queens have out-hosted brunch itself in Adams Morgan.
• SURGE: A DC Dance & Sound Celebration at District Pier — Thu 6–8 pm · District Pier · Free
  A one-night mashup of dance, live music, and voice right on the Wharf's waterfront pier.
• Take It Personal: The Hip-Hop Improv Show at DC Improv — Sun 7 pm · DC Improv - Lounge Showroom, Dupont/Downtown · Ticketed
  Cipha Sounds turns your worst dating story into a freestyle rap on the spot, no script, no safety net.
• Theatre Week 2026 Kickoff at Theaters Citywide — Thu (check site for time) · Multiple theaters across DC, MD & VA, Washington, DC region · $25 / $45 / $65 tickets
  A whole week of $25–65 tickets to more than 25 area shows, kicking off with a live City Cast DC taping.
• Tippi Toes: Baby Ballet at Hill Center DC — Sat 9:30–10 am · Hill Center DC, Capitol Hill · Check price
  A 30-minute baby ballet class gets toddlers moving to music without a parent stepping onto the floor.
• The Two Faces Comedy Series: Immigration at President Lincoln's Cottage — Thu 7:30 pm · President Lincoln's Cottage, Petworth, Northwest Washington, D.C. · Ticketed
  Comics from immigrant families riff on identity in the parlor where Lincoln escaped the White House.
• Vectors: Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company at The Kreeger Museum — Sat 4:30 pm · The Kreeger Museum, Foxhall · Check price
  A dance company built a piece around a Kreeger sculpture, then you get to ask the choreographer why.
• Venus at Woolly Mammoth Theatre — Thu–Sat (check site for time) · Woolly Mammoth Theatre · Starting at $30
  Suzan-Lori Parks digs into the real, ugly story of Saartjie Baartman with Woolly Mammoth's usual unflinching staging.
  ★ DC Theater Arts (John Stoltenberg): Critic calls it a triumph, praising Gilbert and Aquino's magnetic performances and White's confident, funny, emotionally attuned direction of Yockey's script. Read the review
• VENUS: Filipino Community Night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre — Sat 2 pm · Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Penn Quarter, Washington, DC · Check price
  A dark comedy matinee built around a lobby reception for DC's Filipino theatergoers, not just another Saturday show.
  ★ DC Theater Arts (Not specified in byline shown): Critic praised Kimberly Gilbert and Regina Aquino's magnetic, darkly comic performances in this surprising, audience-delighting world premiere. Read the review
• Washington Ballet 50 Forward Celebration at National Union Building — Sat (check site for time) · National Union Building, Downtown DC · Check price
  Fifty years of pointe shoes and pirouettes gets marked with a black-tie-adjacent bash downtown.
• Weekday Choral Evensong at Washington National Cathedral — Thu 5–5:45 pm · Washington National Cathedral, Cathedral Heights · Free
  Forty-five minutes of choral evensong in the Great Choir, free, no ticket required, pure stone-and-song stillness.
• Where Dead Women Go to Dance at Theatre Prometheus — Fri–Sun (check site for time) · Theatre Prometheus · Ticketed
  A dark comedy about resurrecting your best friend with a family recipe—new, weird, and worth the risk.
• Wish You Were Here at Studio Theatre — Thu–Sun (check site for time) · Studio Theatre, Logan Circle · Ticketed
  Sanaz Toossi follows the playwright who wrote English with another sharp, funny take on friendship and distance.
• Yannis Pappas at The Comedy Loft of DC — Fri & Sat 7:30 pm · The Comedy Loft of DC, Dupont · Ticketed
  Yannis Pappas brings his podcast-honed bits to Dupont's basement comedy room for two nights only.

By theater

1st Stage

A professional company in a Tysons office park with a knack for smart, mid-century American plays. Tysons (Virginia) · 1524 Spring Hill Rd, Tysons, VA 22102

Adventure Theatre MTC

Musicals and plays for young audiences inside Glen Echo Park, next to the carousel. Glen Echo (Maryland) · Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD 20812

Arena Stage

Three stages at the Mead Center, including the in-the-round Fichandler. American plays and big musicals, many of them new. Southwest Waterfront · 1101 Sixth St SW, Washington, DC 20024

• The Fruits of Our Labor at Arena Stage — Sat (check site for time) · Arena Stage, Southwest Waterfront · Check price
  StepAfrika turns percussive footwork into a meditation on nationhood still being built.

Atlas Performing Arts Center

Four stages in a former movie house on H Street; home base for Mosaic Theater and Constellation, plus dance, music and the Intersections festival. H Street NE · 1333 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002

Coming up: Afrocidade (September 25 7:00 pm); ExPats Theatre: Coming to America: An Immigrant Cabaret (September 30 – October 18); March On!: New Orleans' National Impact (October 3 7:00 pm); Capital City Symphony: Mysterious Landscapes (October 4 5:00 pm)

Constellation Theatre Company

Big, physical, music-filled stories in intimate rooms. Moved from Source to the Atlas in 2025; its 20th season also visits the Writer's Center in Bethesda. H Street NE · Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002

Creative Cauldron

An intimate Falls Church room known for original musicals and cabaret. Falls Church (Virginia) · 410 S Maple Ave, Falls Church, VA 22046

Dance Place

DC's dance home: a weekend-a-company calendar of local and touring choreographers, plus classes all week. Brookland · 3225 8th St NE, Washington, DC 20017

Folger Theatre

An Elizabethan-style playhouse inside the Folger Shakespeare Library; Shakespeare, early music and new plays in conversation with him. Capitol Hill · 201 East Capitol St SE, Washington, DC 20003

• Measure for Measure at Folger Theatre — Thu–Sat 7:30 pm · Folger Theatre · From $15.00
  Psalmayene 24 tackles Shakespeare's messiest comedy, where morality and law never quite line up.

Ford's Theatre

A working theater inside the national historic site. American plays and musicals, and A Christmas Carol every December. Penn Quarter · 511 10th St NW, Washington, DC 20004

• Come From Away at Ford's Theatre — Thu–Sun 12 pm · Ford's Theatre, Washington · Ticketed
  A Tony-winning musical about strangers stranded in Newfoundland on 9/11 lands at Ford's for a rare DC run.

GALA Hispanic Theatre

Latin American and Spanish theater in Spanish with English surtitles, in the restored Tivoli. Fifty years old and still premiering new work. Columbia Heights · 3333 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20010

• GARBO: The Actor Who Saved the World at GALA Hispanic Theatre — Thu–Sun (check site for time) · GALA Hispanic Theatre · Ticketed
  A Spanish con man turned WWII double agent gets the stage treatment at DC's home for Latino theater.

Imagination Stage

Professional theater for kids and families, with productions pitched by age, from toddlers up. Bethesda (Maryland) · 4908 Auburn Ave, Bethesda, MD 20814

Kennedy Center

Broadway tours in the Eisenhower and Opera House, Washington National Opera, and a free performance on the Millennium Stage most evenings at 6. Foggy Bottom · 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC 20566

• NSO Season Opening Celebration at The Kennedy Center — Sat (check site for time) · The Kennedy Center, Foggy Bottom · Check price
  The NSO marks 96 years and four decades at the Kennedy Center with a proper season-opening bash.
• Opera House Orchestra Chamber Music at The REACH — Thu 6 pm · The Kennedy Center — Justice Forum, The REACH, Foggy Bottom · Free
  Opera House Orchestra players ditch the pit for an intimate free set in the Justice Forum.

Little Theatre of Alexandria

Community theater since 1934, with a full season of plays and musicals in Old Town. Old Town Alexandria (Virginia) · 600 Wolfe St, Alexandria, VA 22314

Mosaic Theater Company

Socially engaged new plays and DC premieres, staged at the Atlas. H Street NE · Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St NE, Washington, DC 20002

National Theatre

Broadway on tour, a block from the White House, in a theater that has been there since 1835. Downtown · 1321 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington, DC 20004

• Dance Theatre of Harlem's Firebird at The National Theatre — Fri & Sat 7:30 pm · The National Theatre, Washington · Ticketed
  Dance Theatre of Harlem brings its acclaimed Firebird to the National for just two nights.

NextStop Theatre Company

Professional plays and musicals in an industrial park in Herndon; the far-west option. Herndon (Virginia) · 269 Sunset Park Dr, Herndon, VA 20170

Olney Theatre Center

A campus of stages in the Montgomery County countryside; musicals, plays, and a summer outdoor stage. Worth the drive. Olney (Maryland) · 2001 Olney-Sandy Spring Rd, Olney, MD 20832

Round House Theatre

Bethesda's main stage: new plays and modern classics, a short walk from the Metro. Bethesda (Maryland) · 4545 East-West Hwy, Bethesda, MD 20814

Coming up: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM (Sep 9 - Oct 18, 2026); CULT OF LOVE (Nov 18 – Dec 27, 2026); CHINESE REPUBLICANS (Jan 27 - Feb 21, 2027); BABY SHOWER KATIE (Apr 14 - May 9, 2027)

Shakespeare Theatre Company

Shakespeare and the classics done at scale in Harman Hall, with the more intimate Klein Theatre around the corner. Penn Quarter · 610 F St NW (Harman Hall) & 450 7th St NW (Klein Theatre), Washington, DC 20004

Signature Theatre

The musical-theater house: Sondheim, new musicals, and cabarets in the small Ark stage. Tony-winning regional theater. Shirlington (Virginia) · 4200 Campbell Ave, Arlington, VA 22206

• Merrily We Roll Along at Signature Theatre — Thu–Sun 8 pm · Signature Theatre, Arlington · Ticketed
  Sondheim's bittersweet backwards musical gets a fall run at Signature, DC's home for serious musical theater.

Silver Spring Stage

A volunteer company with a full season of plays and a one-act festival, in the Woodmoor shopping center. Silver Spring (Maryland) · 10145 Colesville Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20901

Spooky Action Theater

Experimental and international work in a church basement on 16th Street. Dupont Circle · 1810 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20009

Studio Theatre

Four intimate stages on 14th Street; contemporary plays, often DC premieres of things that just landed in London or New York. Logan Circle · 1501 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005

• Wish You Were Here at Studio Theatre — Thu–Sun (check site for time) · Studio Theatre, Logan Circle · Ticketed
  Sanaz Toossi follows the playwright who wrote English with another sharp, funny take on friendship and distance.

Synetic Theater

Wordless, movement-driven adaptations of classics; after losing its Crystal City home in 2024 it now plays the Thomas Jefferson Theatre, with runs at Olney and the Klein. Arlington (Virginia) · Thomas Jefferson Theatre, 125 S Old Glebe Rd, Arlington, VA 22204

Taffety Punk Theatre Company

Punk-rock ethos, $20 tickets, world premieres and rough-edged classics in a Capitol Hill black box. Capitol Hill · Capitol Hill Arts Workshop, 545 7th St SE, Washington, DC 20003

The Keegan Theatre

A converted church hall on a quiet Dupont block; plays and musicals with an Irish streak and a loyal neighborhood following. Dupont Circle · 1742 Church St NW, Washington, DC 20036

The Puppet Co.

Puppet theater for the very young, several shows a week, with Tiny Tots performances for the under-fours. Glen Echo (Maryland) · Glen Echo Park, 7300 MacArthur Blvd, Glen Echo, MD 20812

Theater J

Contemporary plays with a Jewish lens and a wide frame, inside the Edlavitch DC Jewish Community Center. Dupont Circle · 1529 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036

Toby's Dinner Theatre

Musicals in the round with a buffet first; a Columbia institution since 1979. Columbia (Maryland) · 5900 Symphony Woods Rd, Columbia, MD 21044

• Summer: The Donna Summer Musical at Toby's Dinner Theatre — Thu–Sun 6 pm · Toby's Dinner Theatre Columbia, Columbia · Ticketed
  A dinner-theater disco bio-musical where the buffet closes forty minutes before Donna Summer takes the stage.

Warner Theatre

A 1924 movie palace turned touring stage: musicals, comedians, concerts and the Washington Ballet's Nutcracker. Downtown · 513 13th St NW, Washington, DC 20004

• Bobby Lee: The Finally Tour 2026 at Warner Theatre — Fri 7 pm · Warner Theatre, Washington · Ticketed
  Bobby Lee brings his unfiltered, chaotic energy to the Warner's ornate stage for one night only.

Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

The city's home for new, strange and provocative plays, plus visiting dance and performance companies between productions. Penn Quarter · 641 D St NW, Washington, DC 20004

• Not Exactly a Nun at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company — Fri 7 pm · Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company · Check price
  A solo storyteller named Yasmin unpacks a life that didn't go according to the habit, one Saturday night at Woolly Mammoth.
• Venus at Woolly Mammoth Theatre — Thu–Sat (check site for time) · Woolly Mammoth Theatre · Starting at $30
  Suzan-Lori Parks digs into the real, ugly story of Saartjie Baartman with Woolly Mammoth's usual unflinching staging.
• VENUS: Filipino Community Night at Woolly Mammoth Theatre — Sat 2 pm · Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Penn Quarter, Washington, DC · Check price
  A dark comedy matinee built around a lobby reception for DC's Filipino theatergoers, not just another Saturday show.