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 WebsiteAndrew W. Mellon AuditoriumFederal Triangle19351000Arena StageFichandler StageSouthwest1950683Arena StageKreeger TheaterSouthwest1950514Arena StageArlene and Robert Kogod CradleSouthwest1950200Atlas Performing Arts CenterLang TheaterH Street2005 (established 1938)258Atlas Performing Arts CenterSprenger TheaterH Street2005 (established 1938)160Atlas Performing Arts CenterAtlas Lab Theatre IH Street2005 (established 1938)70Atlas Performing Arts CenterAtlas Lab Theatre IIH Street2005 (established 1938)82Carter Barron AmphitheaterRock Creek Park19494200Anacostia PlayhouseAnacostia2013120Dance PlaceBrookland19780DAR Constitution HallDowntown19293702D.C. Arts Center (DCAC)Adams Morgan198942Duke Ellington School of the Arts TheatreGeorgetown2017800DCJCCTheater JDupont Circle1990238Folger Shakespeare TheaterCapitol Hill1932250Ford's TheaterPenn Quarter1863665GALA Hispanic TheatreColumbia Heights1976265Hamilton LiveDowntown???354Howard TheaterShaw19101100John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsConcert HallFoggy Bottom19712465John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsOpera HouseFoggy Bottom19712364John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsEisenhower TheaterFoggy Bottom19711164John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsFamily TheaterFoggy Bottom1971324John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsTheater LabFoggy Bottom1971388John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsTerrace TheaterFoggy Bottom1971490John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsMillennium StageFoggy Bottom1971235Keegan TheatreDupont Circle1996120Lincoln TheatreU Street19221225Lisner AuditoriumFoggy Bottom19461490National TheatreDowntown18351676Shakespeare Theatre CompanyLansburgh TheatrePenn Quarter2007 (founded 1970)451Shakespeare Theatre CompanySidney Harman HallPenn Quarter2007 (founded 1970)774Sixth & I Historic SynagogueChinatown2004 (built 1908)800Sylvan TheaterNational Mall1917Source TheatreU Street2008150Sitar Arts CenterAdams Morgan20010Studio 1469Columbia HeightsStudio TheatreMead Theater4th Street1978218Studio TheatreMetheny Theater4th Street1978200Studio TheatreMilton Theater4th Street1978187Studio TheatreStage 44th Street1978120Warner TheatrePenn Quarter1992 (built 1924)1847Washington Stage GuildUndercroft TheatreMt. Vernon Square (founded 1986)148Woolly Mammoth TheatrePenn Quarter2005 (founded 1980)265
Producing theaters
Adventure Theatre 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 (closed in 2020) Constellation Theatre Company DC Improv Discovery Theater at the Smithsonian Ripley Center Folger Theatre at the Elizabethan 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 Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
Presenting and rental theaters
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 Howard Theater 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 The Puppet Co. DeLaski Theater at the Sitar Arts Center Town Hall Education, Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC) Theater Warehouse Theatre Mainstage Second Stage Warner Theatre
Independent companies African Continuum Theatre Company Ambassador Theater, International Cultural Center Artists' Initiative Avant Bard Theatre, formerly Washington Shakespeare Company/WSC Avant Bard 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 Yams Theatre, Inc. Young Playwrights' Theater Washington Audio Theater Wildwood Summer Theatre
Educational theater Harold 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 Arts
Former theaters Academy of Music; opened as Lincoln Music Hall in 1889 and re-named Academy of Music in 1892. Destroyed by fire in 1907. Rebuilt same year, and re-opened as Academy of Music. Became a cinema in 1914 known as first Moore's Orpheum Theatre and then the Strand Theatre. Was a burlesque theater in the 1940s. Closed in 1949. Demolished in 1952. Takoma Theater
Theater organizations theatreWashington League of Washington Theaters Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington Dance/Metro DC
Theater awards Helen Hayes Awards Kennedy Center Honors 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)
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External links District of Columbia Historic Theatres