List of theaters in Washington, D.C.

This list of theaters and entertainment venues in Washington, D.C. includes present-day opera houses and theaters, cabarets, music halls and other places of live entertainment in Washington, D.C.

Producing theaters

 * Adventure Theatre
 * Ambassador Theater at Flashpoint
 * Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater - Recipient of the 1976 Regional Theatre Tony Award
 * Fichandler Stage
 * Kreeger Theater
 * The Kogod Cradle
 * Capital Fringe Festival, with annual, temporary venues
 * Capitol Steps
 * Charter Theater at Theatre on the Run (folded 2011)
 * Constellation Theatre Company
 * Damascus Theatre Company
 * DC Improv
 * Discovery Theater at the Smithsonian Ripley Center
 * Folger Theatre at the Elizabethan Theatre
 * Forum Theatre
 * GALA Hispanic Theatre at the Tivoli Theatre
 * Glaser-Luchs Studio Theater at the National Conservatory of the Dramatic Arts
 * Hexagon at the Duke Ellington School
 * Histrio (Theater), A French Theater
 * Olney Theatre Center for the Arts
 * Keegan Theatre
 * Mosaic Theater Company of DC
 * Rorschach Theatre
 * Round House Theatre
 * Shakespeare Theatre Company at the Harman Center for the Arts - Recipient of the 2012 Regional Theatre Tony Award
 * Sidney Harman Hall
 * Lansburgh Theatre
 * Signature Theatre - Recipient of the 2009 Regional Theatre Tony Award
 * Silver Spring Stage
 * St Mark's Players
 * Studio Theatre
 * Mead Theatre
 * Milton Theatre
 * Metheny Theatre
 * Stage 4
 * Synetic Theater
 * Teatro de la Luna at Casa de la Luna
 * Theater J at The Cecile Goldman Theater, Morris Cafritz Center for the Arts
 * Theater of the First Amendment at George Mason University
 * Washington Audio Theater
 * Washington Stage Guild
 * Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company

Presenting and rental theaters

 * Anacostia Playhouse
 * Atlas Performing Arts Center
 * Lang Theater
 * Sprenger Theater
 * Atlas Theater Lab 1
 * Atlas Theater Lab 2
 * Carter Barron Amphitheater
 * Church Street Theater
 * Corner Store, The
 * Dance Place
 * DAR Constitution Hall
 * D.C. Arts Center (DCAC)
 * Ford's Theatre
 * H Street Playhouse
 * Howard Theater
 * Lisner Auditorium
 * Jack Guidone Theater at Joy of Motion Dance Center
 * John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
 * Kennedy Center Concert Hall
 * Kennedy Center Opera House
 * Eisenhower Theater
 * Family Theater
 * Theater Lab
 * Terrace Theater
 * Millennium Stage
 * KC Jazz Club
 * Lincoln Theatre
 * Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint
 * Metro Cafe
 * National Theatre
 * National Sylvan Theater
 * Source Theatre
 * DeLaski Theater at the Sitar Arts Center
 * Town Hall Education, Arts & Recreation Campus (THEARC) Theater
 * Warehouse Theatre
 * Mainstage
 * Second Stage
 * Warner Theatre

Independent companies

 * African Continuum Theatre Company
 * Ambassador Theater, International Cultural Center
 * Artists' Initiative
 * banished? productions
 * Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions
 * Brave Spirits Theatre -- Closing
 * Constellation Theatre Company
 * Didactic Theatre Company
 * Doorway Arts Ensemble
 * dog & pony dc
 * Faction of Fools Theatre Company
 * Federal Theatre Project
 * Flying V Theatre
 * Forum Theatre
 * Ganymede Arts (formerly the Actors' Theatre of Washington)
 * Gross National Product Comedy - founder John Simmons
 * Happenstance Theater
 * Horizons Theatre
 * Journeymen Theater Ensemble
 * Keegan Theatre
 * Lean & Hungry Theatre
 * Longacre Lea Productions
 * Madcap Players
 * MuseFire Productions
 * Now This!
 * Omaemoda Productions
 * Open Circle Theatre
 * Pointless Theatre Company
 * Quotidian Theatre Company
 * SCENA Theatre
 * Serenity Players
 * Solas Nua
 * Spooky Action Theater
 * Taffety Punk Theatre Company
 * The In Series
 * The Landless Theatre Company
 * The Rude Mechanicals
 * The Saartjie Project
 * Theater Alliance
 * Venus Theatre Company
 * Washington Audio Theater
 * Washington Improv Theater
 * Washington National Opera
 * Washington Savoyards
 * WSC Avant Bard, formerly Washington Shakespeare Company
 * Yams Theatre, Inc.
 * Young Playwrights' Theater
 * Washington Audio Theater
 * Wildwood Summer Theatre

Educational theater

 * Harold and Sylvia Greenberg Theatre, American University
 * Katzen Arts Center, American University
 * Abramson Family Recital Hall
 * Studio Theatre
 * Hartke Theatre, Catholic University of America
 * Elstad Auditorium, Gallaudet University
 * Dorothy Betts Marvin Theatre, George Washington University
 * Royden B. Davis, S.J. Performing Arts Center, Georgetown University
 * Gonda Theatre
 * Devine Studio Theatre
 * Walsh Black Box, Georgetown University
 * Poulton Hall, Georgetown University
 * Fine Arts Complex, Howard University
 * Ira Aldridge Theater
 * Environmental Theatre Space (ETS)
 * Auditorium, University of the District of Columbia
 * The Theatre Lab School of Dramatic Arts

Non-operational theaters

 * Takoma Theater

Theater organizations

 * theatreWashington
 * League of Washington Theaters
 * Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
 * Dance/Metro DC

Theater awards

 * Helen Hayes Awards
 * Kennedy Center Honors
 * Mary Goldwater Award
 * Offstage Honors ("The Offies")
 * Richard Bauer Award
 * Ruby Griffith Award
 * Usher's Favorite Show Award
 * Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH Awards)