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.
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
- 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, 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Richard Bauer Award
- Ruby Griffith Award
- Usher's Favorite Show Award
- Washington Area Theatre Community Honors