Audio Description for large theaters in the DC metropolitan Area

Theater, Show Title, Describer and Program Notes

Start &End Date

1st and 2nd Desc. date

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Arena Stage Fichandler at the Mead Center - 202-554-9066

Oklahoma

Oklahoma! celebrates the vigor of America’s pioneering spirit with athletic dance and boot-stomping energy.

Fri 10/22/10

Sun 12/26/10

 

 

Arena Stage Fichandler at the Mead Center - 202-554-9066

The Arabian Nights

Mystical tales of genies, lovers, thieves and jesters spring from a courageous young girl’s imagination, securing her freedom and winning the heart of a troubled king.

Fri 1/14/11

Sun 2/20/11

 

 

 

Arena Stage Fichandler at the Mead Center - 202-554-9066

Ruined

In war-torn Congo, Mama Nadi keeps the peace between customers on both sides of the civil war by serving everything from cold beers to warm beds. This shrewd matriarch both protects and profits from the women whose bodies have become battlegrounds “ruined” by the brutality of government soldiers and rebel forces alike. Inspired by interviews conducted in Africa, this searing play is an engrossing and uncommonly human story told with humor and song, revealing the immeasurable loss and hopelessness of war, yet finding affirmation in life and hope.

Fri 4/22/11

Sun 6/5/11

 

 

 

Arena Stage Kogod Cradle at the Mead Center 202-554-9066

Every Tongue Must Confess

Tues 11/9/10 Sun 1/2/11

 

 

Arena Stage Kogod Cradle at the Mead Center 202-554-9066

Edward Albee’s At Home at the Zoo

American master Edward Albee has outdone himself once again with a riveting new drama that expands on The Zoo Story, the one-act that launched his career 50 years ago. In this meticulous and nuanced look at the lives of three New Yorkers, an everyday conversation between a husband and wife takes an unexpected turn into dangerously personal territory. The revelations and confrontations catapult them from their delicately balanced world onto life-changing paths. With the intensity and honesty for which Albee is known, At Home at the Zoo reveals the cutting truth about the razor’s edge of our humanity.

Fri 2/25/11

Sun 4/24/11

 

 

 

Arena Stage Kreeger at the Mead Center –

202-554-9066

Second Stage’s Production of Let Me Down Easy

Fri 12/31/10  Sun 2/13/10

 

 

Arena Stage Kreeger at the Mead Center –

202-554-9066

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

You’re invited for drinks with George and Martha. As wickedly hilarious today as when it first shocked audiences, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?  An ingeniously funny play that packs a wallop. What starts as verbal sparring at an impromptu cocktail party, devolves into a no-holds-barred battle of wits and wills. With brilliant writing and some of the greatest characters ever created for the stage, Albee set a new standard for American theater with this sharp, vicious Molotov cocktail of a play.

Fri 2/25/11

Sun 4/10/11

 

 

 

Arena Stage Kreeger at the Mead Center - 202-554-9066

John Grisham’s A Time To Kill

After an unspeakable crime is committed against his daughter, Carl Lee Hailey takes the law into his own hands. Now on trial for murder, Carl Lee’s only hope lies with one young, idealistic lawyer who is outmatched by a formidable district attorney and under attack from both sides of a racially divided city.

Fri 5/6/11

Sun 6/19/11

 

 

 

Fords Theatre:  202 347 4833

Sabrina Fair

Fri 10/1/10

Sun 10/24/10

Sat 10/16

Tues 10/19

2:30pm

7:30pm

Fords Theatre:  202 347 4833

One Destiny

Tues10/12/10

Sat 10/30/10

and

Mon 4/4/11

Sat 5/28/11

Sat 10/23/10

and

Sat 4/23/11

10:45AM

and

 

10:45AM

Fords Theatre:  202 347 4833

A Christmas Carol

Sat 11/20/10

Sun 1/2/11

Sat 12/11

Tues 12/14

2:30pm

7:30pm

Fords Theatre:  202 347 4833

The Carpetbaggers Children

Fri 1/21/11

Sun 2/13/11

Sat 2/5/2011

Tues 2/8/2011

2:30pm

 

7:30pm

Fords Theatre:  202 347 4833

Liberty Smith

Wed 3/23/11

Sat 5/21/11

Tues 4/26/2011

Sat 5/7/2011

7:30pm

 

2:30pm

Kennedy Center Eisenhower Theater:  202 467 4600 x 19

 

 

 

The Washington National Opera 202-467-4600 x 19

 

 

 

Kennedy Center Terrace Theater:  202 467-4600 ext. 19

 

 

 

Kennedy Center Theater Lab: 202-467-4600 x19

 

 

 

National Theater:  202 -783-6854

Dreamgirls has been cancelled. Nothing at this time

 

 

 

Olney Theatre Center - Mainstage

301 924 3400

Misalliance

On a beautiful Saturday afternoon, wealthy underwear merchant John Tarleton, his wife, and adult children, Johnny and Hypatia, host a small party at their country estate. The invited guests include Hypatia’s prospective husband, a well-meaning, if wimpy, son of an aristocrat. Is it a match? As Hypatia longs for excitement and a break from convention, adventure falls from the sky…literally! An airplane crash brings unexpected visitors, and with them comes more excitement (and suitors) than Hypatia bargained for.

Describer: Nancy Eynon Lark

Program Notes: Sue Bussman

Wed 9/29/10

Sun 10/24/10

Wed 10/13/10

8:00pm

Olney Theatre Center - Mainstage

301 924 3400

Annie

Based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie; Music by Charles Strouse; Lyrics by Martin Charnin;  and Book by Thomas Meehan

Visit America’s most spunky and beloved orphan this holiday season. As she searches for her long lost family, Annie’s adventures take her from a hard-knock life in a grim orphanage to Easy Street with the rich, but seemingly cold, Oliver Warbucks.  Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, you can bet your bottom dollar that this touching and energetic story of hope, love, and family will capture your heart and leave you singing about the promise of tomorrow.

Describer: Fran Bowie

Program Notes: Allye Kranish

Wed 11/17/10

Sun 1/2/11

Wed 12/1/10

8:00pm

Olney Theatre Center:  Mulitz- Gudelsky Theatre Lab

301 924 3400

Dinner With Friends

When Gabe and Karen were young newlyweds, they introduced Tom and Beth, resulting in two happy marriages lasting dozens of years. The foursome has been a rock of friendship. But will it all crumble when one couple is on the verge of a breakup? Friendships, marriages, confidences, and intimacies are stressed and tested in this funny, bittersweet drama. Written by the same author as Olney’s 2007 hit Brooklyn Boy, Dinner with Friends is Margulies’ Pulitzer Prize-winning masterwork.

Describer: Bob Gallagher

Program Notes:

Wed 8/25/10

Sun 9/26/10

Wed 9/8/10

7:45pm

Round House Bethesda:  240 644 1100

The Talented Mr. Ripley

Wed 9/8/10

Sun 9/26/10

Sat 9/18/10

3:00pm

Round House Bethesda:  240 644 1100

Ameriville

Wed 10/20/10

Sun 11/7/10

Sat 10/30/10

3:00pm

Round House Bethesda:  240 644 1100

A Wrinkle In Time

Wed 12/1/10

Sun 12/26/10

Sat 12/11/10

3:00pm

Round House Bethesda:  240 644 1100

Charming Billy

Wed 2/2/11

Sun 2/20/11

Sat 2/12/2011

3:00pm

Round House Bethesda:  240 644 1100

The Trip to Bountiful

Wed 3/16/11

Sun 4/3/11

Sat 3/26/2011

3:00pm

Round House Bethesda:  240 644 1100

Amadeus

Wed 5/11/11

Sun 6/5/11

Sat 5/21/2011

3:00pm

Roundhouse Silver Spring:  240 644 1100

Nothing at this time

 

 

 

Shakespeare Lansburgh Theatre:  202 547-1122

All’s Well  That Ends Well

Tues 9/7/10

Sun 10/24/10

Sat 10/16/10

2:00pm

Shakespeare Lansburgh Theatre:  202 547-1122

Cymbeline

Tues 1/18/11

Sun 3/6/11

Sat 2/26/2011

2:00pm

Shakespeare Lansburgh Theatre:  202 547-1122

Old Times

Tues 5/17/11

Sun 7/3/11

Sat 6/25/2011

2:00pm

Shakespeare:  Sidney Harman Hall :  202-547-1122

Free for All – Twelfth Night

Describer: Bob Gallagher

Program Notes: Rita Tehan

Thurs 8/19/10

Sun 9/5/10

Thurs. 9/02/10

8:00 pm

Shakespeare:  Sidney Harman Hall :  202-547-1122

Candide

Fri 11/26/10

Sun 1/9/11

Sat. 12/18/10

2:00pm

Shakespeare:  Sidney Harman Hall :  202-547-1122

An Ideal Husband

Tues 3/8/11

Tues 4/12/11

Sat 3/26//011

2:00pm

Shakespeare:  Sidney Harman Hall :  202-547-1122

Merchant of Venice

Tues 6/21/11

Sun 7/24/11

Sat 7/9/2011

2:00pm