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.

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Current theaters
TheaterStageLocationBuiltCapacityWebsite
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) 262
Atlas Performing Arts Center Sprenger Theater H Street 2005 (established 1938) 280
Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre I H Street 2005 (established 1938) 80
Atlas Performing Arts Center Atlas Lab Theatre II H Street 2005 (established 1938) 90
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 800
DCJCC Theater J Dupont Circle 1990
Folger Shakespeare Theater Capitol Hill 1932 250
Ford's Theater Penn Quarter 1863 665
GALA Hispanic Theatre Columbia Heights 1976
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
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
Arena Stage.
The Harman Center for the Arts, a major theater of the Shakespeare Theatre Company.
The Folger Shakespeare Library.
The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.

Presenting and rental theaters
The interior of Ford's Theatre.
The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.
The Lincoln Theatre is located on the U Street Corridor.
The Warner Theatre.

Independent companies

Educational theater

Non-operational theaters
  • Takoma Theater

Theater organizations

Theater awards

References
  1. "Charter Theatre Final Website". Archived from the original on May 4, 2013. Retrieved April 14, 2013.
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