# List of theaters in Washington, D.C.

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 |
| Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium | | Federal Triangle | 1935 | 1000 |
| Arena Stage | Fichandler Stage | Southwest | 1950 | 683 |
| Arena Stage | Kreeger Theater | Southwest | 1950 | 514 |
| Arena Stage | Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle | Southwest | 1950 | 200 |
| Atlas Performing Arts Center | Lang Theater | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 258 |
| Atlas Performing Arts Center | Sprenger Theater | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 160 |
| Atlas Performing Arts Center | Atlas Lab Theatre I | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 70 |
| Atlas Performing Arts Center | Atlas Lab Theatre II | H Street | 2005 (established 1938) | 82 |
| Carter Barron Amphitheater | | Rock Creek Park | 1949 | 4200 |
| Anacostia Playhouse | | Anacostia | 2013 | 120 |
| Dance Place | | Brookland | 1978 | 0 |
| DAR Constitution Hall | | Downtown | 1929 | 3702 |
| D.C. Arts Center (DCAC) | | Adams Morgan | 1989 | 42 |
| Duke Ellington School of the Arts Theatre | | Georgetown | 2017 | 800 |
| DCJCC | Theater J | Dupont Circle | 1990 | 238 |
| Folger Shakespeare Theater | | Capitol Hill | 1932 | 250 |
| Ford's Theater | | Penn Quarter | 1863 | 665 |
| GALA Hispanic Theatre | | Columbia Heights | 1976 | 265 |
| Hamilton Live | | Downtown | ??? | 354 |
| Howard Theater | | Shaw | 1910 | 1100 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Concert Hall | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 2465 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Opera House | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 2364 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Eisenhower Theater | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 1164 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Family Theater | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 324 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Theater Lab | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 388 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Terrace Theater | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 490 |
| John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts | Millennium Stage | Foggy Bottom | 1971 | 235 |
| Keegan Theatre | | Dupont Circle | 1996 | 120 |
| Lincoln Theatre | | U Street | 1922 | 1225 |
| Lisner Auditorium | | Foggy Bottom | 1946 | 1490 |
| National Theatre | | Downtown | 1835 | 1676 |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | Lansburgh Theatre | Penn Quarter | 2007 (founded 1970) | 451 |
| Shakespeare Theatre Company | Sidney Harman Hall | Penn Quarter | 2007 (founded 1970) | 774 |
| Sixth & I Historic Synagogue | | Chinatown | 2004 (built 1908) | 800 |
| Sylvan Theater | | National Mall | 1917 | |
| Source Theatre | | U Street | 2008 | 150 |
| Sitar Arts Center | | Adams Morgan | 2001 | 0 |
| Studio 1469 | | Columbia Heights | | |
| Studio Theatre | Mead Theater | 4th Street | 1978 | 218 |
| Studio Theatre | Metheny Theater | 4th Street | 1978 | 200 |
| Studio Theatre | Milton Theater | 4th Street | 1978 | 187 |
| Studio Theatre | Stage 4 | 4th Street | 1978 | 120 |
| Warner Theatre | | Penn Quarter | 1992 (built 1924) | 1847 |
| Woolly Mammoth Theatre | | Penn Quarter | 2005 (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
* 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)