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Theater Alliance Announces 2024-2025 Season and Monthly Membership Program

  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEPRESS CONTACT: Samba PathakTheater Alliance of Washington DC202.241.2539 x703 | samba@theateralliance.com THEATER ALLIANCE UNVEILS TRANSFORMATIONAL 2024-25 SEASON:NEW LEADERSHIP, NEW PLACE, NEW PLAYS, NEW PATHWAYS Turning the challenges and changes over the past few months into new opportunities, Theater Alliance is reaffirming its presence in the D.C. arts community   Washington, D.C. – September 12, 2024 – Theater Alliance is embarking on

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Theater Alliance is BACK for its 2024-25 season and we want to see you!

Theater Alliance has gone through some exciting changes in the past few months, and I’m so happy to be leading our team as we head into this next season. With a deepened commitment to our mission, to our artistic work, to our team, and to being in community with you all, we are ready to launch our 2024-25 season. In

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Important Update from Theater Alliance

(Monday, April 15, 2024) – Theater Alliance is heartbroken to announce that after 12 years as the professional company in residence, we have been forced out of the Anacostia Playhouse. In February, Theater Alliance discovered, through a posted eviction notice on the door, that the Anacostia Playhouse had not paid any rent to the property owner from October 2023 to

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A Conversation with Holly Bass

“The beauty of Afrofuturism is that it allows us to imagine worlds and possibilities where Black people have agency to determine the direction of our lives. For this piece in particular it was really important to me not to go towards the dystopian. I think it’s easy in a way to imagine a dystopian future where things just get worse. It’s a lot harder to imagine how we work our way to a better future. But it’s the work that needs to be done.”

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First Week Reflections with Shanara Gabrielle

As my first week comes to a close, I am reflecting on the WHY of this next chapter. We are at a moment of sea-change in the American Theater. We are reflecting on our values, our relevance, and our place in the wider world around us. When I look at the past years of Theater Alliance’s theatrical work and community

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Theater Alliance names Shanara Gabrielle next Producing Artistic Director

Photo by Suzanne Blue Star Boy Photo by Michael Haller Photo by Michael Haller Shanara Gabrielle The Theater Alliance Board of Directors unanimously selected Shanara Gabrielle as the next Producing Artistic Director of the company, following a national search in fall of 2023. Shanara will work alongside Raymond O. Caldwell through the end of the current theater season, until Raymond departs

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