List of theaters in Washington, D.C.
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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) | 258 | [5] | 
| Atlas Performing Arts Center | Sprenger Theater | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 160 | [6] | 
| Atlas Performing Arts Center | Atlas Lab Theatre I | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 70 | [7] | 
| Atlas Performing Arts Center | Atlas Lab Theatre II | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 82 | [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 | 2017 | 800 | [14] | |
| DCJCC | Theater J | Dupont Circle | 1990 | 238 | [15] | 
| Folger Shakespeare Theater | Capitol Hill | 1932 | 250 | [16] | |
| Ford's Theater | Penn Quarter | 1863 | 665 | [17] | |
| GALA Hispanic Theatre | Columbia Heights | 1976 | 265 | [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 | 235 | [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 | [35] | ||
| Source Theatre | U Street | 2008 | 150 | [36] | |
| Sitar Arts Center | Adams Morgan | 2001 | 0 | [37] | |
| Studio 1469 | Columbia Heights | [38] | |||
| Studio Theatre | Mead Theater | 4th Street | 1978 | 218 | [39] | 
| Studio Theatre | Metheny Theater | 4th Street | 1978 | 200 | [40] | 
| Studio Theatre | Milton Theater | 4th Street | 1978 | 187 | [41] | 
| Studio Theatre | Stage 4 | 4th Street | 1978 | 120 | [42] | 
| Warner Theatre | Penn Quarter | 1992 (built 1924) | 1847 | [43] | |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre | Penn Quarter | 2005 (founded 1980) | 265 | [44] | 
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
 - 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
 - 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
 - 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 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
- 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
 
Non-operational theaters
- 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)