Play readings and workshops supply an opportunity to see thrilling new work at numerous phases of improvement. Need to see the subsequent huge factor whereas it’s nonetheless being crafted? Get in on the bottom degree and see the artistic course of in motion. That includes new performs and musicals by native and nationwide artists, listed here are the upcoming play readings and workshops within the DMV.
FEBRUARY 2026
Maryland Opera presents New Voices in Opera, a double invoice of recent one-act works, Saturday, February 28 at 7:00 PM at Grace United Methodist Church, 5407 N. Charles St, Baltimore, MD. The occasion will characteristic Oshun (music by B.E. Boykin, libretto by Jarrod Lee) and Kandake (music by Timothy Amukele, libretto by Jarrod Lee), plus a mini-recital by voice college students from Morgan State College and Towson College. Tickets are $40 ($20 college students) and accessible right here. Every ticket contains admission to preshow lecture at 6:00 PM that includes Yoruba Priestess Iyálorisà Olóyè Oyawunmi Awosade Ájàlá and librettist Jarrod Lee, and post-show Q&A.
Area Stage presents its seventy fifth Anniversary New Play Competition, Friday, February 27 via Sunday, March 1 at Area Stage, 1101 Sixth St SW, Washington, DC. The pageant options readings of The Remedy by Amy Berryman, Emalani by Lee Cataluna, Code Purple by Emily Mann, and Bunk Johnson…A Blues Poem by Ifa Bayeza, together with Energy, Politics, and New Performs: A Dialog with Molly Smith and Hana S. Sharif. Particular person occasion tickets vary from $0-$25 and can be found right here.
Spherical Home Theatre presents its fifth annual Bonnie Hammerschlag Nationwide Capital New Play Competition, together with a collection of developmental readings from February 26-March 8 at Spherical Home, 4545 East-West Freeway, Bethesda, MD. Readings embrace The Cave by Lauren Gunderson, Assist! Assist! Need. Need. Need. by JuCoby Johnson, Noise within the Line by Matthew Capodicasa, and Marble Rooftop by Eliana Theologides Rodriguez. Tickets are free however readings are at present full; discover extra data and be a part of the waitlist right here.
Mosaic Theater Firm, Howard College, and State of DC Black Theatre current Celebrating Black Girls Visionaries In DC Black Theatre, A Dialog & Honoring, Thursday, February 26 at 7:00 PM within the Childers Recital Corridor, Howard College, 2445 sixth St NW, Washington, DC. Offered as a part of Mosaic’s Younger John Lewis reflection collection, his occasion is free and open to the general public; RSVP right here.
Clown Cabaret presents its triannual selection present, Groove is within the Coronary heart, hosted by Christina Day and co-hosted by Jim McGrath, Monday, February 23 at 8:00 PM on the Author’s Middle, 4508 Walsh St, Bethesda, MD. Performers embrace Paolo Garbanzo, Mark Lohr, Les S. Moore, Wealthy Potter, Goose Cash Productions, Made Key, Natasha Mirny, and Kevin Corbett. Ages 12+. Tickets are $20 and accessible right here.
Enjoying Towards presents a studying of The Pleasure of Theatre by Germaine Shames, Monday, February 23 at 7:00 PM at Busboys and Poets Takoma, 235 Carroll St NW, Washington, DC. To order your seat, RSVP right here and both pay money on web site (donated to the ten Steps Marketing campaign) or present a receipt for a donation to the ten Steps Marketing campaign. The minimal for both choice is $5.
Avant Bard Theatre, in partnership with the DC Bushwick E book Membership, presents Resistance Cabaret: New Works Impressed by Shakespeare, Sunday, February 22 at 5:00 PM at The Filling Station (Ballston Trade), 4201 Wilson Blvd, Arlington, VA. The efficiency will embrace a sneak preview of songs from Avant Bard’s upcoming March manufacturing of The Two Gents of Killarney. Tickets are free; RSVP right here.
Annapolis Opera presents the primary studying of The Alchemists, a brand new opera by Christian De Gré Cárdenas and Joseph Reese Anderson, adopted by a post-performance dialogue with the artists and creators, Sunday, February 22 at 3:00 PM on the Unitarian Universalist Church of Annapolis, 333 Dubois Rd, Annapolis, MD. Tickets are $36 ($22 for college kids) and accessible right here.
Theater Alliance presents its Hothouse New Play Block Get together, operating February 20-March 1 in Theater Alliance’s Southwest Arts Hub, 340 Maple Drive SW, Washington, DC. The pageant options artistic workshops, dwell comedy, staged readings, a playwrights’ open mic, a sampling of excerpts of recent works by playwrights featured throughout Theater Alliance’s 2025/26 season, and extra. Discover full pageant data and tickets (both particular person occasions or multi-event Hothouse packages) right here.
Atlas Performing Arts Middle presents the 2026 Atlas INTERSECTIONS Competition, February 14-March 15 on the Atlas, 1333 H St NE, Washington, DC. The INTERSECTIONS Competition invitations audiences of all ages to have interaction with a various lineup of performances within the genres of story, motion, and sound. Tickets vary from $25-$37 for particular person occasions, with a 3-show go accessible for $69, a 4-show go for $88, and a 5-show go for $100. Competition lineup and tickets can be found right here.
