Production History Archive

It’s 2008 in Karaj, Iran and four adult students are learning English -- the key to getting a green card, admission to medical school, or family reunification.

Not flashy, not simple. Present and true. An always there kind of love…

When Forbes Magazine declares Kylie Jenner a “self-made” billionaire, Cleo takes to Twitter to call out white women who co-opt and profit from Black culture.

Part comedy, part tragedy and wholly unexpected, this wildly imaginative story delivers surprises at every turn.

Written by Helen Hayes Award winning actress and writer of last season’s critically acclaimed Girls of Madison Street.

"[A play] about kinship and allegiance: the messy, painful, tenacious bonds of family, and what you owe to your nation if it looks at you and sees the enemy."

One world premiere by an Obie-award winner. One DC-area premiere by a rising star.

A single cake forces two couples to re-examine their beliefs about themselves and each other.

Karen Zacarías' hit comedy on today's class, cultural, and generational rifts in DC.

Family secrets spanning decades unravel as history and fiction collide.

Regional premiere of the comedy THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT, written by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell.

Beckett's masterpiece: A quartet of characters inhabit a nearly empty room, surrounded by nothing, it seems. Do they want it to end, or can they go on?

Compass Rose is performing A series of hilarious short plays, Drama, The Sneeze, The Bear, Swan Song, The Proposal and Plots.

Washington and his companion, the enslaved person William “Billy” Lee, prepare to cross the Delaware and discuss the concepts of freedom, war, and love.

Sammi Cannold directs the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical based on the famed Billy Wilder film.

Happenstance Theater’s ship of fools will drift into the medieval “dark ages”, bring delight, share hopes and fears, find a way forward, and then parade away..

Hamlet's a challenge for any actor, but when Jessica is cast as the titular character in a New York production, it sends her into an existential tailspin.

A contemporary, side-splitting vaudeville full of schtick, sorrow, and survival.

Adapted and directed by Aaron Posner and Teller (of Penn & Teller fame), an unforgettable reimagining of Shakespeare’s most enchanting romance.