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Acclaimed Play ‘Nine Night’ Starts Round House Theatre’s 45th SeasonBy Mark C. RobinsonRound House Theatre in Bethesda begins its 2022-2023 season on Wednesday with the American premiere of Natasha Gordon’s debut play “Nine Night”—a triumph in its 2018 Royal National Theatre premiere and subsequent West End run, the first by

If diversity is a goal, new work is required, says Naysan Mojgani, curator of the company's National Capital New Play Festival.

Tim J. Lord's brilliantly written play references a tragic event during Russia's war on Chechnya when theatergoers in Moscow were held hostage.

Two fully staged world premieres plus readings of four plays in development.

Conservatory is inscribed in ACTs middle name; without the masters program, the theater will have to forge a radically different identity.

Launch Of Major New Play Festival With Two World Premieres,  D.C. Premiere Of New Jocelyn Bioh Play,  Gala With Broadway Leading Lady Kelli O ’ hara, And Regional Premieres Artistic Director Ryan Rilette and Managing Director Ed Zakreski are thrilled to announce the full six-show lineup for Round House Theatre’s 44th Season. Following a historic season of digital performances — including the Drama League-nominated festival “The Work of Adrienne Kennedy: Inspiration & Influence” and ...

July 8, 2021 Regina Aquino stars in the one-woman show "Were Gonna Die" at Round House Theatre. (Photo: Paige Hernandez) Round House Theatre — which has produced numerous virtual plays during the pandemic — cautiously invited a limited, masked and socially distanced audience back into the building for its production of “We’re Gonna Die” and filmed it for digital streaming audiences. The theater plans to open its doors to everyone for in-person viewing come fall. The play is a mixed b...

In the most trying of times, the Round House Theatre has managed to put together a pretty remarkable season, entirely online but leaning on one-person showcases that eliminated the need of distancing among cast members. They perform on fully dressed theater sets (instead of a Zoom window), before a minuscule audience, either to bolster the actor or provide laughs in the spaces needed. As with previous offerings this season, the streamed presentation of Lucy Alibars "Throw Me on the Burnpile and...

Photo by Harold F. Burgess II. “Throw Me on the Burnpile and Light Me Up,” written by Oscar-nominated (“Beasts of the Southern Wild”) Lucy Alibar, is directed by Ryan Rilette and has opened virtually at the Round House Theatre. The play is a one-woman show starring Beth Hylton (an Everyman Theatre resident company member), one of the best local talents who carries the weight of this play with aplomb.  The play is semi-autobiographical but you will notice parallels to “To Kill a Mock...

Skip to main content Currently Reading Virus hunter Nathan Wolfe is the subject of a new play - and hes also the playwrights husband Thomas Floyd, The Washington Post Jan. 22, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail Actor William DeMeritt portrays Nathan Wolfe in "The Catastrophist," Lauren Gundersons one-man play based on the real-life virologist (who is also Gundersons husband).Marin Theatre Company As not just the husband of a playwright but the subject of her latest work, virologist Nathan Wolfe knows t...