What’s Onstage in the DMV For April and May 2026
Jordan Wright
March 18, 2026
Special to The Zebra
Aguardiente Where Magic Transcends Borders via GALA Hispanic Theatre
GALA Hispanic Theatre www.GALATheatre.org
Aguardiente: Where Magic Transcends Borders
Apr 30 – May 24
Arena Stage www.ArenaStage.org
A Good Day to Me Not to You through May 3
The Motion May 6 – Jun 14
Broadway at the National – National Theatre Washington www.BoxOfficeTicketSales.com
The Wiz Apr 7 – 12
The Book of Mormon Apr 28 – May 3
The Great Gatsby – A New Musical May 12 – 24
Constellation Theatre www.ConstellationTheatre.org
Or, May 15 – Jun 7
Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company www.WoollyMammoth.net
Travesty through April 12
Ismenia Mendes (Ana) and Rohan Maletira (Jonah) in Studio Theatre’s Jonah (Photo/Margot Schulman)
Studio Theatre www.StudioTheatre.org
Jonah though April 19
Purlie Victorius May 6 – Jun 14
Rorschach Theatre www.RorschachTheatre.com
Dragon Play Apr 17 – May 17
Silver Spring Stage www.SSStage.org
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
May 8 – 24
Avant Bard Theatre www.AvantBard.org
Ghost Limb Apr 30 – May 23
Hexagon Revue www.Hexagon.org/Tickets
Lollapalosers! Apr 17 – 26
Little Women: The Musical via Creative Cauldron
Creative Cauldron www.CreativeCauldron.org
Little Women: The Musical May 14 – Jun 7
The Arlington Players www.TheArlingtonPlayers.org
Secret Garden May 9 – 23
Round House Theatre www.RoundHouseThearre.org
Sally & Tom May 27 – June 28
1stStage www.1stStage.org
Young Americans Apr 9 – 26
The Puppet Company www.ThePuppetCo.org
Cinderella through April 19
44 The Musical (Photo/Jenny Anderson)
Shakespeare Theatre Company www.ShakespeareTheatre.org
Hamnet through April 12
The Tragedy of Hamlet through April 11
44: The Musical Apr 18 – May 10
Othello May 19 – Jun 28
Hippodrome Broadway – Baltimore www.BaltimoreBroadway.com
Kimberly Akimbo Apr 28 – May 3
Suffs May 26 – 31
McLean Community Players www.McLeanPlayers.org
The Legend of Georgia McBride Apr 10 – 18
Dominion Stage www.DominionStage.org
Dead Air May 29 – June 13
Keegan Theatre www.KeaganTheatre.com
The Minutes Apr 4 – May 3
Reston Community Players www.RestonPlayers.org
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Apr 17 – May 9
Caesar and Cleopatra via Washington Stage Guild
Washington Stage Guild www.StageGuild.org
Caesar and Cleopatra Apr 9 – May 3
Nu Sass Productions www.NuSass.com
Everything Devoured April – dates TBA
Compass Rose Theater www.CompassRoseTheater.org
Compass Rose Cabaret Apr 10 – 26
Vienna Theatre Company www.ViennaTheatreCompany.org
The Sunshine Boys Apr 17 – May 3
Folger Theatre www.Folger.edu
As You Like It through April 12
Emma via Everyman Theatre
Everyman Theatre www.EverymanTheatre.org
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike through April 19
Emma May 17 – Jun 14
Toby’s Dinner Theatre www.TobysDinnerTheatre.com
The Wizard of Oz through June 7
Mosaic Theatre www.MosaicTheatre.org
A Young John Lewis: Prodigy of Protest through June 7
Imagination Stage www.ImaginationStage.org
Good Morning, Good Night through April 19
Signature Theatre www.SigTheatre.org
Safety Not Guaranteed through April 12
Damascus Theatre www.DamascusTheatre.org
Once On This Island JR. May 15 – 17
I Know How to Curse – A Re-Blackening of Shakespeare via Perisphere Theater
Perisphere Theater www.PerisphereTheater.com
I Know How To Curse – A Re-Blackening of Shakespeare
Apr 3 – 25
Workhouse Arts Center
www.WorkhouseArts.org/Theater-performances
Murder on the Orient Express through April 12
Ford’s Theatre www.MyFords.org
1776 through May 16
Olney Theatre www.OlneyTheatre.org
Appropriate through Apr 26
I & You: The Musical Apr 22 – May 24
NextStop Theatre Company www.NextStopTheatre.org
Guards of the Taj through April 19
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner via The Little Theatre of Alexandria
The Little Theatre of Alexandria www.TheLittleTheatre.com
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner through April 18
The Drowsy Chaperone May 16 – Jun 6
Washington National Opera www.WashNatOpera.org
West Side Story May 8 – May 15
Faction of Fools www.FactionofFools.org
Much Ado About Nothing Apr 9 – May 2
Maryland Ensemble Theatre www.MarylandEnsemble.org
The Crucible Apr 3 – 26
Arthur and Friends Make a Musical Apr 18 – May 10
Every Brilliant Thing May 14 – Jun 14
The Colonial Players www.TheColonialPlayers.org
Poor Clare Apr 24 – May 16