Ahead of Theater Week, Theatre Washington President Amy Austin and actress Felicia Curry talk about all the city's vibrant stages.
celebrates the performing arts around Washington by offering a swath of discounted and free performances and events. This year’s event will run from September 21 to October 8, with $20, $40, and $60 tickets and no-fee shows at venues throughout the region. For those interested in what happens off stage, theon September 23 will offer a full schedule of panel discussions, interactive exhibits, and performances from local theatre companies.
Ahead of this year’s kickoff, we chatted with Theatre Washington President Amy Austin and WETA host and veteran DC theater actor Felicia Curry about DC’s vibrant art scene and the state of theater:Obviously coming off the pandemic, where our industry in particular was hit very, very hard, has been difficult. But honestly I think we’re all in a very good position. DC is doing as well as anybody—dare I say better than some cities. We haven’t had anybody really shut their doors.
We have one of the largest numbers of industry people who work under union contracts here, so we have a really large workforce. The creative community has a home here, and DC is very supportive of being a place of creative economy.What I think is unique about DC is the diversity in theater. We have theater for young audiences, we have puppet theater, we have theater that is just movement based. We have the classics, we have new works. We have musicals. We have 65 theater organizations here.
And again, we are in the heartbeat of that. The theater that we create is seen by change-makers. The Supreme Court justices come to our shows: Sonia Sotomayor was at my last show, and came afterwards and talked about how it moved her. That’s what we have here that other cities do not have. And that is powerful.
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