Charles Ludlam's hilarious Obie Award-winner gleefully ransacks literary, cinematic and pop culture as it satirizes everything from Hitchcock's Rebecca and Victorian Melodrama to The Mummy's Curse, the Brontës and Shakespeare. With dozens of lightning-fast changes, Brad Oscar (Tony-nominated on Broadway for The Producers) and J. Fred Shiffman (She Loves Me, Cabaret) portray all the characters — men, women and monsters — in a gender-bending tour-de-farce. Learn More
Imagination Stage presents the premiere of The Neverending Story. This production marks the first time German author Michael Ende's beloved children's novel has been brought to the English-speaking stage. It's an epic fantasy adventure about young Bastian, who finds himself engrossed in the story of the boy Atreyu, who strives to rescue the land of Fantastica from the all-destroying Nothing. Learn More
Rob Becker's Broadway hit Defending The Caveman is about the ways men and women relate to each other. Without taking sides, this insightful comedy discusses the ongoing battle for understanding between the sexes. With hysterical observations into contemporary feminism, masculine sensitivity and the erogenous zones, Caveman mines the common themes in relationships that go straight through the funny bone and into the heart. Learn More
Take an adventurous trip down the Mississippi River with the infamous Huckleberry Finn in Big River, based on Mark Twain's classic tale. This toe-tapping musical is presented by Olney's National Players and features a deeply American story infused with energetic music inspired by country and bluegrass genres. Learn More
The Source Festival presents brand new plays by six of the country's most exciting up-and-coming playwrights, tackled by six of Washington's top freelance directors—all in two evenings. See full event description for schedule. Learn More