List of theaters in Washington, D.C. explained

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 AuditoriumFederal Triangle19351000http://www.mellonauditorium.com/
Arena StageFichandler StageSouthwest1950683http://www.arenastage.org/
Arena StageKreeger TheaterSouthwest1950514http://www.arenastage.org/
Arena StageArlene and Robert Kogod CradleSouthwest1950200http://www.arenastage.org/
Atlas Performing Arts CenterLang TheaterH Street2005 (established 1938)258http://www.atlasarts.org
Atlas Performing Arts CenterSprenger TheaterH Street2005 (established 1938)160http://www.atlasarts.org
Atlas Performing Arts CenterAtlas Lab Theatre IH Street2005 (established 1938)70http://www.atlasarts.org
Atlas Performing Arts CenterAtlas Lab Theatre IIH Street2005 (established 1938)82http://www.atlasarts.org
Carter Barron AmphitheaterRock Creek Park19494200http://www.nps.gov/rocr/planyourvisit/cbarron.htm
Anacostia PlayhouseAnacostia2013120https://www.anacostiaplayhouse.com/
Dance PlaceBrookland19780http://www.danceplace.org
DAR Constitution HallDowntown19293702http://www.dar.org/conthall
D.C. Arts Center (DCAC)Adams Morgan198942http://www.dcartscenter.org
Duke Ellington School of the Arts TheatreGeorgetown800https://www.ellingtonschool.org/arts/theater/
DCJCCTheater JDupont Circle1990https://theaterj.org/
Folger Shakespeare TheaterCapitol Hill1932250https://www.folger.edu/folger-theatre
Ford's TheaterPenn Quarter1863665https://www.fords.org/
GALA Hispanic TheatreColumbia Heights1976https://www.galatheatre.org/
Hamilton LiveDowntown???354https://live.thehamiltondc.com/
Howard TheaterShaw19101100https://www.thehowardtheatre.com/
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsConcert HallFoggy Bottom19712465http://www.kennedy-center.org
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsOpera HouseFoggy Bottom19712364http://www.kennedy-center.org
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsEisenhower TheaterFoggy Bottom19711164http://www.kennedy-center.org
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsFamily TheaterFoggy Bottom1971324http://www.kennedy-center.org
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsTheater LabFoggy Bottom1971388http://www.kennedy-center.org
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsTerrace TheaterFoggy Bottom1971490http://www.kennedy-center.org
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsMillennium StageFoggy Bottom1971http://www.kennedy-center.org
Keegan TheatreDupont Circle1996120http://www.keegantheatre.com/
Lincoln TheatreU Street19221225http://www.thelincolntheatre.org
Lisner AuditoriumFoggy Bottom19461490http://lisner.org
National TheatreDowntown18351676http://www.nationaltheatre.org
Shakespeare Theatre CompanyLansburgh TheatrePenn Quarter2007 (founded 1970)451http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/
Shakespeare Theatre CompanySidney Harman HallPenn Quarter2007 (founded 1970)774http://www.shakespearetheatre.org/
Sixth & I Historic SynagogueChinatown2004 (built 1908)800https://www.sixthandi.org/
Sylvan TheaterNational Mall1917
Source TheatreU Street2008150https://www.culturaldc.org/source-theatre
Sitar Arts CenterAdams Morgan20010http://www.sitarartscenter.org
Studio 1469Columbia Heightshttp://www.studio1469.com/
Studio TheatreMead Theater4th Street1978218https://www.studiotheatre.org/
Studio TheatreMetheny Theater4th Street1978200https://www.studiotheatre.org/
Studio TheatreMilton Theater4th Street1978187https://www.studiotheatre.org/
Studio TheatreStage 44th Street1978120https://www.studiotheatre.org/
Warner TheatrePenn Quarter1992 (built 1924)1847http://www.warnertheater.com
Woolly Mammoth TheatrePenn Quarter2005 (founded 1980)265http://www.woollymammoth.net/

Producing theaters

Presenting and rental theaters

Independent companies

Educational theater

Non-operational theaters

Theater organizations

Theater awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charter Theatre Final Website. April 14, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130504011434/http://www.chartertheater.org/. May 4, 2013. dead.

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