List of theaters in Washington, D.C.

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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 19351000
Arena Stage Fichandler Stage Southwest 1950683
Arena StageKreeger Theater Southwest 1950514
Arena StageArlene and Robert Kogod Cradle Southwest 1950200
Atlas Performing Arts Center Lang Theater H Street 2005 (established 1938)258
Atlas Performing Arts CenterSprenger Theater H Street 2005 (established 1938)160
Atlas Performing Arts CenterAtlas Lab Theatre I H Street 2005 (established 1938)70
Atlas Performing Arts CenterAtlas Lab Theatre II H Street 2005 (established 1938)82
Carter Barron Amphitheater Rock Creek Park 19494200
Anacostia Playhouse Anacostia 2013120
Dance Place Brookland 19780
DAR Constitution Hall Downtown 19293702
D.C. Arts Center (DCAC) Adams Morgan 198942
Duke Ellington School of the Arts Theatre Georgetown 2017800
DCJCC Theater J Dupont Circle 1990238
Folger Shakespeare Theater Capitol Hill 1932250
Ford's Theater Penn Quarter 1863665
GALA Hispanic Theatre Columbia Heights 1976265
Hamilton Live Downtown ???354
Howard Theater Shaw 19101100
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Concert Hall Foggy Bottom 19712465
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsOpera House Foggy Bottom 19712364
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsEisenhower Theater Foggy Bottom 19711164
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsFamily Theater Foggy Bottom 1971324
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsTheater Lab Foggy Bottom 1971388
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsTerrace Theater Foggy Bottom 1971490
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsMillennium Stage Foggy Bottom 1971235
Keegan Theatre Dupont Circle 1996120
Lincoln Theatre U Street 19221225
Lisner Auditorium Foggy Bottom 19461490
National Theatre Downtown 18351676
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 2008150
Sitar Arts Center Adams Morgan 20010
Studio 1469 Columbia Heights
Studio Theatre Mead Theater 4th Street 1978218
Studio TheatreMetheny Theater 4th Street 1978200
Studio TheatreMilton Theater 4th Street 1978187
Studio TheatreStage 4 4th Street 1978120
Warner Theatre Penn Quarter 1992 (built 1924)1847
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Penn Quarter 2005 (founded 1980)265

Producing theaters

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Arena Stage
The Harman Center for the Arts, a major theater of the Shakespeare Theatre Company Harman Center for the Arts DC - Stierch.jpg
The Harman Center for the Arts, a major theater of the Shakespeare Theatre Company
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The Folger Shakespeare Library
The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company PWYC Line a panorama.jpg
The Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Presenting and rental theaters

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

Independent companies

Educational theater

Non-operational theaters

Theater organizations

Theater awards

References