Theater Alliance Explained

Producingartisticdirector:	Raymond O. Caldwell
Theater Alliance of Washington, DC
Formed:	2000
Homepage:	http://www.theateralliance.com
Location:	2020 Shannon Pl. SE, Washington, DC 20020

Theater Alliance is a non-profit professional theater in Washington, DC, professionally incorporated in 2000 with the goal of producing work that would illuminate the experiences, philosophies and interests of DC's diverse population. That goal was furthered in 2002, when Theater Alliance moved from its home at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop to become the sole theater-in-residence at the H Street Playhouse.^[1] Once the H Street Playhouse closed, Theater Alliance moved to Southeast DC, where it has been the theater-in-residence at the Anacostia Playhouse since 2013.^[2]

Theater Alliance was under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Colin Hovde from 2011 - 2019. In January 2019, actor, director, and teaching artist, Raymond O. Caldwell was named Producing Artistic Director. ^[3] It is now in its 20th season.

Current and Recent Productions

Season 15: 2017 - 2018^[4]

• Word Becomes Flesh by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
• The Word Becomes Action Festival
• The Raid by Idris Goodwin
• Flood City by Gabrielle Reisman

Season 14: 2016 - 2017^[5]

• Still Life with Rocket by Mollye Maxner
• Mnemonic by Complicite
• The Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival
• Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
• brownsville song (b-side for tray) by Kimber Lee

Season 13: 2015 - 2016

• Night Falls on the Blue Planet by Kathleen Akerley
• Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
• for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange
• Word Becomes Flesh by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
• Going to a Place Where You Already Are by Bekah Brunstetter

Season 12: 2014 - 2015

• Spark by Caridad Svich
• Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
• Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea by Nathan Alan Davis
• Occupied Territories, by Mollye Maxner and Nancy Bannon

Awards^[6]

Overall, the company has earned more than 80 Helen Hayes Award nominations and 13 Helen Hayes Awards, including:

• 2017 - Outstanding Ensemble in a Play, Word Becomes Flesh
• 2017 - Outstanding Direction of a Play, Word Becomes Flesh
• 2017 - Outstanding Play, Word Becomes Flesh
• 2016 - Outstanding Choreography in a Play, Occupied Territories
• 2015 - Outstanding Ensemble in a Play, Black Nativity
• 2015 - Outstanding Musical, Black Nativity
• 2015 - Outstanding Director of a Play, The Wonderful World of Dissocia
• 2015 - Outstanding Play, The Wonderful World of Dissocia

References

1. News: Theater Project Enters New Stage on H Street NE. Horwitz. Jane. May 28, 2002. 26 February 2018. The Washington Post.
2. News: In Anacostia, new playhouse opens in a community eager for more cultural assets. Marks. Peter. August 16, 2013. 26 February 2018. The Washington Post.
3. News: Colin Hovde Returns to Theater Alliance After Stint as Talent Agent. Washington City Paper. 2018-02-26. en.
4. Web site: Theater Alliance's Current Season. 26 February 2018. Theater Alliance. 26 February 2018.
5. Web site: Past Seasons – Theater Alliance. theateralliance.com. en-US. 2018-02-26.
6. Web site: Find HHA Nominees Washington Theatre Guide TheatreWashington Helen Hayes Awards. theatrewashington.org. 2018-02-26.