PAST THEATER EVENTS AT DCAC:

The Comedy of Errors
Wednesday, April 16 at 7:30pm
$10/ $5 DCAC Members
For Reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

Imagine that during your last year of college you learn that you have a long lost twin brother and that your mother is still alive...

Antipholus of Syracuse does and has a very rough day searching for his brother at the rival college, Ephesus University.

For more information, check out the AU Rude Mechanicals website

March 13-April 6
Landless Theatre Presents
Gutenberg! The Musical!
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30
Sundays at 3:00
$18/ $15 DCAC Members (at the door)
For Reservations go to www.landlesstheatrecompany.org

2007 Award Winning Off-Broadway hit musical parody about two aspiring playwrights who think they have written the greatest musical in history about Johann Gutenberg, inventor of the printing press.

Visions in Feminism Art Night 2008
Saturday, March 29 at 10pm
$12 / $10 DCAC Members
For Reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

In conjunction with the Visions in Feminism conference at American University, ViF Art Night features a mix of bands, poetry, dance and acoustic performance by local feminist performers.
The years Art Night will raise money for HIPS, a local DC organization that assists female, male and transgendered sex workers in leading healthier lives.

more on Visions in Feminism: www.visionsinfeminism.org/
more on HIPS: www.hips.org

Happy Hour: A Standup Comedy Show
Sunday, March 23 at 7:30
$10/ $5 DCAC Members
For Reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

Join three of Washington, DC's funniest standup comedians as they crack your funny bone in Happy Hour: A Standup Comedy show.

The Mother Flower
March 8 +9 at 7:30
$10/ $8 DCAC Members
For Reservations Call DCAC at 202-462-7833
Both nights are now sold out! Call DCAC to get on the waiting list!

The Mother Flower is a collection of performances telling the unique stories of women in their own, authentic voices. Using a range of performance and storytelling mediums, the Mother Flower explores identity, womanhood, motherhood, sexuality and self-awareness.

Whale Etoufee Gulf Coast Spring Solstice Celebration
March 7 at 7:30
For reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833
A celebration of New Orleans Roots and Jazz.

from Dido vs. the Squid Monster

Performers Exchange Project Presents Dido vs. the Squid Monster and Building Theatre (a working demonstration) March 2: Working Demonstration at 5pm, Performance at 7:30 For Reservations Call DCAC at 202-462-7833 $6/ $5 DCAC Members Dido is a two-person performance that uses conventions of Noh drama. Drawing its text largely from screwball comedy and creature feature screenplays, the show revisits the tragic story of Dido and Aneas from Virgil's Aeneid, but imagines Aeneas as a squid monster. During the working demonstration, director Martha Mendenhall and actors Sian Richards and Kara McLane Burke will retrace the steps of building the performance. for more on Performers Exchange Project go to: www.performers-exchange.org.

February 15 - 23
The Rude Mechanicals Present
The Importance of Being Earnest
By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Jaki Demerest
Fridays and Saturday at 7:30
$15 / $13 DCAC members
For tickets go to www.rudemechanicals.com

The Rude Mechanicals, the veteran, fun, wildly inventive DC-based Shakespeare company finally tackle Oscar Wilde’s masterpiece, reimagining it in lavish, decadent 1935 Hollywood, the one place the Haves still Have in a nation otherwise gripped by the Great Depression.

The American aristocracy has its own strict rules to follow, social mores to uphold, indentured studio servitude, and of course, ‘Bunburying’ to do when the pressure of towing the line simply gets to be too much. Will Jack Worthing win the heart of gorgeous starlet Gwendolyn Fairfax? Will Algy sweep innocent young heiress Cecily Cardew off her feet,? Will Lane, Algy’s butler, keep his charge on the straight and narrow? Will Algy and Jack ever truly understand the importance of being earnest? A new look at an old favorite, Rude Mechanicals style.

Marvel: NakedLoveLiberation
February 16 at 10pm
$10/ $8 DCAC members
For Reservations Call DCAC at 202-462-7833
Ages 21+

A queer variety show consisting of drag king and queen performance, burlesque, African drumming and dance, spoken word/ poetry/ hip hop, modern dance and much more. Its intent is to illustrate the diverse elements of performance arts....in all its beautiful forms, talents, designs and colors.
A HUMONGOUS portion of ticket sales will go to benefit Girls Rock DC!, the first all-girl rock camp in the DC area. Thanks for your support!

February 1-10
The Starving Artist Theatre Presents...
A Replacement for Mr. Lucifer
By Katherine Dubois
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30
Matinee show Sunday, February 10 at 3:00
$15/ $10 DCAC members (at the door only)
$12 for Sunday Matinee
For tickets visit www.thestarvingartisttheatre.com or call 703-373-3616

Making its DC debut, this premiere production is a hilarious comedy that tests the moral boundaries of one couple as they get entangled in a plot to overthrow Satan.

Music of Kurt Weill
With Maris Wicker and Alex Tang
January 27 at 3:00pm
$10/ $8 for DCAC Members
For reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

A refugee from Nazi Germany, Kurt Weill was a brilliant and poetic composer, and a consummate man of the theater. Maris Wicker, accompanied by Alex Tang, sings works from Weill's innovative period in Berlin with Bertolt Brecht, his Parisian cabaret songs and his Broadway hits written with the greatest lyricists of the day.

December 20 - January 13
Landless Theatre Company Presents
A Very Merry Unauthorized Children's Scientology Pageant
Thursday-Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 3pm
$18/ $15 DCAC Members
For reservations go to www.landlesstheatrecompany.org

A jubilant cast of children celebrate the controversial Church of Scientology in uplifting pageantry and song.

Didactic Theatre Company Presents
THE WAVERLY GALLERY
by Kenneth Lonergan
November 15, 16, 17, 29 and 30 at 7:30
November 17 at 3:00
December 1, 6, 7, 8, 12, 13, 14 and 15 at 7:30
December 2 + 9 at 3:00
$20/ $15 students/ seniors/ DCAC members
For reservations go to www.didactictheatre.com/TICKETS.html

A powerfully poignant and often hilarious play, The Waverly Gallery is about the final years of a generous, chatty and feisty grandmother's final battle against Alzheimer's disease. Gladys is an old-school lefty and social activist and longtime owner of a small art gallery in Greenwich Village. The play explores her fight to retain her independence and the subsuquent effect of her decline on her family, especially her grandson. More than a memory play, The Waverly Gallery captures the humor and strength of a family in the face of crisis.

THE QUEST FOR MARRIAGE ISLAND
December 2 and 5 at 7:30pm | December 14 and 15 at 10pm
$8/ $6 DCAC members
For reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

The Quest for Marriage Island is an improvised comedy show in the form of an unlicensed marriage seminar. Explores courtship, romance and conflict through unscripted scenes and games with some of the audience.

LOSER JOSH IMPROV
December 7 and 8 at 10pm$7/ $5 DCAC members
For reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

Loser Josh is Alexis, Austen, Colleen, Clay, Elisa, Pat, Paul, Peter and Stephanie. They will spend a couple hours making up skits based on audience suggestions- all in an effort to make you laugh.
For more information go to: www.loserjosh.com

November 2-December 1*
Theatre Du Jour Presents
SELF-ACCUSATION
by Peter Handke
Fridays and Saturdays at 10pm
Admission $15/ $10

When Peter Handke published Self-Accusation in 1966 he envisioned an event he called a Speak-in. He said that they were “spectacles without pictures, inasmuch as they give no picture of the world.” No picture, no actions, only natural expression. Yet the words of this spectacle take us from birth to the present, from awareness of self to awareness of action, from duty to demands, from expression to language, and from what we thought to what we became. Two actors, male and female will upend Handke’s text as they swear, self-indict, confess, testify, interrogate, justify, evade, prophesize, and call for help. Or as Handke would say, “employ natural forms of expression.” A spectacle, indeed, that invades our awareness and permeates our experience, a place where author, actor and audience meet.

FEED ME by Shaun Raviv
October 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, and 27 at 7:30pm
November 1, 2, 3, 9 and 10 at 7:30
Matinees on October 28, and November 3, 4 and 11 at 3:00pm
$20 / $15 DCAC Members

A plague, a war and a hungry tiger. Which one will get them first? In this new drama, two scientists and a soldier must manage allegiances to their country, their loved ones and a ravenous tiger in order to survive. Former managing director of ATW, Matty Griffiths directs.

GOOD ENOUGH FOR GOVERNMENT WORK
by Joey Maranto
Saturday October 27 10:00pm
Admission: $3 / $1 DCAC members

“Lazy” “Overpaid” “Freeloaders”. Those are just some of the words the American public uses to describe our country’s federal workers. However, after seeing this one-man show, you are guaranteed to have a different point of view. Drawing from his 14 years of experience as a government worker, Joey Maranto provides his audience with a humorous and unique perspective of the ups and downs of daily life as a member of the civil servant work force. Topics covered in this show include:

• What government employees really do with their per diem money
• Why it’s impossible for government employees to lose weight
• The Do’s and Don’ts of using a government office bathroom

THE BELLY HORROR SHOW
October 19+20 at 10:00pm
$20 / $18 DCAC Members

Belly Horror is a spooky Belly Dance variety show featuring themed performances by Belly Dancers, Musicians and Side Show performers.

September 21- October 13
Landless Theatre presents
BATBOY: THE MUSICAL
Fridays and Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 3pm

Batboy: The Musical is a musical comedy/ horror show about a half boy/ half bat creature discovered in a cave near Hope Falls, West Virginia. The story of Batboy's struggle to fit into human society is filled with laughs, tears .... and interspecies romance!

September 21- October 13
Deadrock Productions Presents
SPACE BATTLE: THE MUSICAL
Fridays and Saturdays at 10 pm

Not to be confused with "Star Wars: The Musical" Space Battle tells the musical tale of a young man's journey to defeat an evil empire in a distant galaxy.

Funeral Potatoes
September 12, 13, 14, 15 at 7:30
Late show Sept. 14 at 10:00
Matinee Sept. 15 at 3:00

Funeral Potatoes is a serio-comic one-woman show involving 8 characters.

Things become increasingly chaotic as 23-year old Megan finds herself caught between two worlds of cultural extremes. She is asked to speak at the funeral of her grandfather, a man with a philandering past. Meanwhile, her mother is saving the world one casserole at a time and her sister has been shipped off to 'find' herself in the desert.

Funeral Potatoes is a new look at the Madonna/Whore complex played out in the midst of a conservative Mormon family. This show asks: "Does the 'eternal family' have to be eternally dysfunctional?

Scouting For Talent DC presents
Summer Concert Talent Competition
September 9, 3pm

Singers, musicians and spoken word artists compete for the chance to open for AVANT and Marsha Ambrosius of Floetry at a concert in DC. Hosted by Dashawn Taylor of BET's Ultimate Hustler Reality series and Mahogany Jones of Scouting for Talent DC.

LOVE
September 8 at 3:00pm + 7:30pm
Love is an original solo piece written and performed by writer and activist Clarence J. Fluker and directed by Khaliesha Thorpe. Love is a voyage by one African American same gender loving man to find love and peace between himself and his men—his father, a former companion, inner-self, and finally God. Woven together through monologues, poetry, dance and photography, this unique effort provides a new lens through which to view black love. As Marlon Riggs declared, “Black men loving black men is the revolutionary act of our times”.

The Spilling Ink Project presents:
VARNAM: Colors of South Indian Dance

September 5 + 6 at 7:30pm
$10 / $8 DCAC Members
For reservations call DCAC: 202-462-7833

A presentation of Indian Classical dance in the age-old traditions of Bharatanatyam and
Kuchipudi – two ancient styles of dance from South India .

Telemonster
by Mike Fox
Directed by Christina Rojas
Produced by Mike Fox  
(part of the Capital Fringe Festival)

July 25 at 7:30
July 27+28 at 10:00


The year is 1991.  A professional prank caller meets the woman of his dreams through making a prank call. Meeting her under false pretenses makes him realize he's living a lie, which is one of the morals of the play. The other moral is that people are capable of changing their ways if they honestly desire to do so. 

The World Premiere Telemonster cast includes Devin Rumer, Bret Bement, Stephanie Anderson, Joseph Thornhill, Kelly Potchak, Belinda Fadlelmola, Phil Amico, Tom Beck and Jenna Jones. 

for more info, visit: www.telemonster.i8.com

July 27 at 7:30
Blind Vision
Admission: "pay what you can"
for reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

This play is about the impact the unseen spiritual world of God and the devil has on the every day lives of “ordinary” people. The performance combines various elements of the arts such as mime, dance, music and acting to tell the powerful story of truth, grace and the power to overcome anything.

July 28 at 7:30
Admission: "pay what you can"
for reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

The Pabst and Popcorn Hour presents
an adaptation of The Tragedy of Doctor Faustus
July 18, 19 + 26 at 7:30pm
July 19, 21 + 26 at 10:00pm

Lucifer, Beer, Popcorn, and Damnation…a helluva show!
The Pabst and Popcorn Hour presents an adaptation of the Tragedy of Doctor Faustus is an irreverent, hour-long re-write of Marlowe’s famous work. Carnival side-show meets tent revival- this production intersperses Marlowe’s text with bawdy vignettes that make the themes of the play relevant and exciting to modern audiences.

In connection with the side show themes, audience members will be treated with bags of popcorn and a can of beer as they enter the theatre.

visit: www.damnedfaust.com for a full schedule of performances.

Landless Theater presents:
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7: 30 , Sundays at 3:00
June 21 – July 15
Admission: $18/$16 DCAC members (walk ups only)/ $15 matinees
For Reservations: www.landlesstheatre.org

 Join us for the US premiere of the London rock-musical, Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper.
Story based on the notorious serial killer.

A Night of Laughter- Local Comedy Showcase
Sunday, July 1st, 7:30pm
Admission: $10/$8 DCAC members
For Reservations: call DCAC 202.462.7833

Join some of the Washington, DC area's funniest local comedians for a hilarious, unforgettable evening of comedy that will make you laugh your ass off!! Hosted by Sampson and featuring Nick Mullen, Keith "The Comedian", Travis Johnson, Jermaine Fowler, Tyler Richardson, Tyler Sonnichsen, Marcus "DooDooh" Brown and Jason Weems.

The Punany Poets present:
Verbal Penetration: Performance & Book Signing
July 13 + 14 at 10:00pm
matinee just added! July 14 at 3:00pm
Admission: $34.50
For Tickets go to: www.punanytickets.com

The Punany Poets are pioneers of erotic entertainment, creating lush literary works that also encourage self-empowerment and safer sex. Punany Poets’ founder Jessica Holter, whose urban classic Punany: The Hip Hop Psalms was featured on HBO’s Real Sex, has adapted the Poets’ compositions into a groundbreaking anthology created to rouse the senses and inspire the imagination.

This event will feature performances as well as a book signing with copies of Jessica Holter’s Verbal Penetration available for purchase.

Landless Theater presents:
Renaissance
Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 7: 30, Sundays at 3:00
April 20 – May 19
Admission: $18/$16 matinees for DCAC members (walk ups only)
For Reservations: www.landlesstheatre.org

"Landless Theatre Company is proud to present an original World Premiere play based on a
Project Greenlight finalist screenplay by local writers Howard Walper and Steven Gottlieb.
Two survivors of the Jewish Holocaust struggle with issues of forgiveness and retribution
in this controversial and heart-wrenching story."

back by popular demand!
Good Enough For Government Work
by Joey Maranto
Friday + Saturday April 27+28 10:00pm
Admission: $3 / $1 DCAC members
For reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

 “Lazy” “Overpaid” “Freeloaders”. Those are just some of the words the American public uses to describe our country’s federal workers. However, after seeing this one-man show, you are guaranteed to have a different point of view. Drawing from his 14 years of experience as a government worker, Joey Maranto provides his audience with a humorous and unique perspective of the ups and downs of daily life as a member of the civil servant work force. Topics covered in this show include:

• What government employees really do with their per diem money
• Why it’s impossible for government employees to lose weight
• The Do’s and Don’ts of using a government office bathroom

Learnapalooza!
April 28, 2-6pm
Admission: FREE!

Have you ever wanted to learn how to play African drums, change a bike tire, or fry a
turkey?  On Saturday, April 28th, you'll have a chance to do this all and more – for free: 

DCAC has just signed onto a first-of-its-kind "knowledge-sharing fair" called Learn-a-
Palooza.  This event is entirely organized by volunteers from our neighborhood who
wanted to have a day where the community really came together to do something fun
and positive. 

DCAC will be offering it's theater space from 2 PM - 6 PM for four, one hour long
workshops taught by volunteer teachers from our community, including:

CREATING AN ONLINE VIDEO by the guy who, in his own words, "is best known for the
'Vote Different' mashup";

UNDERSTANDING YOUR CAMERA a workshop given by a professional photography
instructor where the "the participant will be able to begin to rely more on their mind,
instead of a machine, to make a photograph."

and

ACTING 101 a "fun and interactive workshop that exposes you to nearly everything you
need to know about acting, taught by an actor-teacher-voiceover artist that is a
Washington Stage Guild company member."

To see the final schedule and for more information on these and other classes
happening from 10 AM - 6 PM at participating venues including Potter's House,
Transformer Gallery, City Bikes, Emergence Community Arts Collective, Red Onion
Records and Books, Patricia M. Sitar Center, Affinity Lab, City Fitness Gym, and many
more go to:

http://www.learnapaloozadc.com

Do you have a secret skill that you're dying to share?  Use the web site to look for a
venue where you can offer your workshop to the community.  It’s not too late.  There
are many other volunteer opportunities for those that just want help too.

Don't miss out. Tell your friends. Most importantly, come join us on April 28.

 See you at Learn-a-Palooza!

REHAB- written and performed by Quique Aviles
Directed by B. Stanley
Soundscape by Nate Taylor
Thursdays- Sundays at 7:30 Feb 22- March 17th
Admission: $15 / $12 DCAC members / $10 Thursday shows
For Reservations: contact DCAC 202.462.7833

 A one man performance about addiction, recovery, relapse, hope and struggle.
Showcased at the 2005 Hip Hop Theater Festival and at GALA Hispanic Theater in 2006.

In the show, Quique lays bare his own deeply personal path of becoming an addict,
being an addict, and struggling to recover. Almost two years ago, Quique entered
rehab for the third time. When he finished the 30-day program, he decided to use
performing as a catapult for rebound. The performance that emerged is both a
testimony and a catharsis. Quique’s intention is to share the pain, the insanity,
the humor, and the love that comes with surrender. This is not a “say no to drugs”
piece. It is simply a request for all of us to consider the humanity of all addicts.

Quique Avilés is a DC-based poet, actor and community activist whose work is dedicated
to addressing social issues through performance and poetry. For more than 20 years,
Quique has been challenging DC area audiences with his provocative, painful, humorous,
poignant, and powerful work. A native of El Salvador , Quique graduated from the Duke
Ellington School of the Arts in 1985 and founded the LatiNegro Theater Collective.

 

Musefire Productions presents:
Free Jujube Brown- Written and Performed By Psalmayene24
Thursdays – Saturdays at 7: 30, Sundays at 3:00
March 23 - April 14. 
[Exceptions: April 1st performances @ 3pm & 7:30 pm; No shows: Sat. March 31st & Fri. April 13th.] 
Admission: $20 ($15 groups/students/seniors/DCAC members)
For tickets go to: www.boxofficetickets.com/musefire or via phone at 1-800-494-TIXS (8497) Seating is limited. Advance purchase is recommended.

 

MuseFire Productions is thrilled to present the DC premiere of Free Jujube Brown.  Wowing audiences across the country, Free Jujube Brown! is a one man multi-character driven play that uses Hip-Hop movement and musical compositions to help tell the story of  a young writer who is provoked to shoot and accidentally kill a police officer.  Through the guise of several characters, Free Jujube Brown! creatively comments on such issues as racial identity, police brutality, the commercialization of revolution, and the state of Hip-Hop culture.  Experience the play The New York Times calls “Impressive…”

 

 

Shackles & Stripes Productions presents-
The Folsom Four
A Barbershop Tribute to the Music of Johnny Cash
Wednesday, March 28 at 8 PM
Admissio: $5 at the door

Experience the a cappella sounds of 4 barflies as they honor the man
in black with astoundingly strange versions of his originally penned ditties.

Trust me... you won't recognize them!

 

WHAT PHILSOPHY MAJORS DO AFTER COLLEGE
comedy performance by Jennifer Dziura
Wednesday February 28th at 7:30pm
Admission: $10 / DCAC members FREE!
For Reservations: contact DCAC 202.462.7833

Jennifer Dziura hails from Brooklyn, NY and is gracing DCAC with her presence for a one night only, one woman comedy show!

Jennifer is a comedian best known for her blog, JenIsFamous.com, and for orchestrating the "Williamsburg Spelling Bee," a a real spelling bee for adults, as featured in the New York Times.  She has written for the McSweeney's humor site and appeared on the Bob & Tom radio show and on VH-1 as an expert on "how to be witty."

Come see the DC debut of Jennifer's newest one-woman show, 'What Philosophy Majors Do After College'  Jennifer starts off with "The History of Western Philosophy in Fifteen Minutes," and then expounds comedically on what one does with a degree in philosophy.  In Jennifer's case, philosophy led to stints as an art school model, a professional contraceptive tester, a failed dot-com entrepreneur, and finally, a comedian telling grammar jokes in Wonder Woman underpants.

DCAC members get into the show for FREE!!!

 

LAFFGASM Entertainment presents:
Night of Laughs- Comedy Showcase
Sunday, March 11 at 7:30
Admission: $6 / $5 DCAC members
For Reservations: contact DCAC 202.462.7833

The Night of Laughs Comedy Showcase will include several young comedians who perform all around the Washington , DC Metropolitan Area. The issues discussed in this show will range from politics to section eight, and includes a hilarious lineup that will make you laugh your ass off! Join us for a Night of Laughs at DC Arts Center.

This showcase will feature: Sampson, Keith “The Comedian”, Tyler Richardson, Nick Mulen, Jermaine Fowler and Jason Weems.

 

 

 

An Inconvenient Truth
film showing and discussion

Wednesday January 31st at 6:30pm
Admission: FREE

Reservations: no reservation necessary, seats are first come first serve

Join the discussion with DC Net Impact members about global climate change and what you can do to make a
difference.

We will view substantial excerpts of Al Gore's film,"An Inconvenient Truth," and facilitate a group
discussion about how we can bring about change locally, nationally, even internationally.

 

 

Sitali

Friday Feb 2 at 7:30pm
Admission: $10/ $8 DCAC members

Reservations: contact DCAC 202.462.7833

A musical performance by local musician, Sitali.

 

My Poetic Journey and Transform*IT Productions present:
A Touch of Black History
February 3rd at 3:00pm
Admission: $12 / $10 DCAC members  

Reservations: Contact DCAC 202.462.7833

Pamela Gunby-Washington in collaboration with Avery Lanier Tynes featuring vocalist Lisa Gilliam and actor Porter Washington will celebrate Black History Month with an entertaining and enlightening journey commemorating the lives and accomplishments of distinguished African Americans via song, dramatic skits, poetry and dance.

The Rude Mechanicals present:
Much Ado About Nothing
February 9+10 at 7:30pm
Admission: $15 / $13 DCAC members
For reservations go to: www.rudemechanicals.com or call (301)317-7964

The Theatrical conventions of Shakespeare’s day necessitated an extremely interesting deception: a unisex cast, playing both meale and female roles. In seventeenth century England , boys would have played women’s roles; today, we have the chance to turn the tables in that “merry war.”

 The Rudes’ Much Ado is set in 1943, in the midst of World War II. The men are all off to war, and the woman are left behind, to put on a play in their absence. An all-female cast assumes a host of roles traditionally played by men, adding one more layer of illusion to the mix

Valentine’s Weekend!
The Punany Poets present: An Evening with the Head Doctor
(a Lover’s Retreat in Washington DC ’s Beautiful Adams Morgan)
February 16, 17 +18 at 7:30
Admission: Couples’ Pass - $75 Admits 2
for tickets go to: www.Punanytickets.com
 

The Punany Poets are proud to present: The Head Doctor’s Black Love American Style

A stimulating production of erotic proportions guaranteed to add spark to your romance and make you believe in the power of love again. Features, classic Punany Theatrics, erotic poetry enhanced with exotic dance laid on a bed of Rhythm and Blues.

November 30- January 14th:

Scena Theatre presents: THE WAR OF THE WORLDS
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30*
*no 7:30 show on Jan 12 or 13, 3:00 show on sat. Jan 13th
Sundays at 3:00
Admission: $25/$20 DCAC members for Thurs+Sun shows
$30/$25 DCAC members for Fri+Sat Shows
for tickets go to: www.scenatheatre.org or call 703-683-2824

 1938. Munich . German aggression runs unchecked. Invasion is on the minds of the
world -- poised at the brink of war. One night in America the people of a land that has never known a foreign enemy on its shores has a mass panic. It's the Men from Mars! Scena Theatre revives the radio-broadcast that panicked a nation-- that gave vent to the collective fears of a country wishing that the inevitable would vanish.

Good Enough For Government Work
by Joey Maranto
January 12 7:30
Admission: $3 / $1 DCAC members
For reservations call DCAC at 202-462-7833

 “Lazy” “Overpaid” “Freeloaders”. Those are just some of the words the American public uses to describe our country’s federal workers. However, after seeing this one-man show, you are guaranteed to have a different point of view. Drawing from his 14 years of experience as a government worker, Joey Maranto provides his audience with a humorous and unique perspective of the ups and downs of daily life as a member of the civil servant work force. Topics covered in this show include:

• What government employees really do with their per diem money
• Why it’s impossible for government employees to lose weight
• The Do’s and Don’ts of using a government office bathroom

Dust Congress Presents: An Evening of Music
January 13- 9pm – 12am
Admission: $5 / $4 DCAC members (cash at the door)

Local record label hosts a night of live music by local bands including Foreign Press and Let’s French!

November 16-19:



November 16-19. For more info and a complete schedule go to http: www.georgetownfilmfest.com
tickets will be available for purchase at Idle Time Books (across from DCAC, 2467 18th St NW)

all the tickets for all the film blocks are at IDLE TIME BOOKSTORE and some blocks are already more than half sold - there will be schedules there as well, and they are posted inside the SUNTRUST BANK at 18th and Columbia, they are posted in the windows at IDLE TIME, in the windows at CAFE NAPOLEAN (formerly mantis) and they are posted inside SO's YOUR MOM and in the window at THE DINER. The DINER is our official canteen so if you need coffee and chow that's the place!
- Eric Sommer, director, Georgetown-Adams Morgan Film Festival

Didactic Theatre Company presents
"Orange Flower Water" by Craig Wright
Directed by Patrick Crowley, Produced by Kristen Cornwall
Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30pm, and Sundays at 3pm. October 19th - November 12th.
Admission: $20 / $15 DCAC members and students/$10 matinees
Purchase or reserve tickets online at www.didactictheatre.com or call 202-249-0782.

Craig Wright’s “Orange Flower Water” is the story of an extramarital affair that shows us that there is nothing more complicated and contradictory than the human heart. Is it selfish to pursue one’s own happiness at the risk of hurting someone else? Divorce rates in America rank between 40% and 50% annually. Is this because it takes too much effort to make things work? Is it because we mistake desire for love and desert the latter? Or is love a cyclical pattern, much like life itself?

Landless Theatre Company presents:
NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD
October 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27, 28 at 10:00pm
Admission: $15/$13 DCAC members at the door
For tickets go to: www.landlesstheatre.org

 Night of the Living Dead is the classic story of Man vs. the unknown- in this case, flesh-eating zombies. Billed as a social commentary, Dead, was groundbreaking in the 1960s and is poised again to be groundbreaking in this Landless production. When a group of people get trapped in a house – the real enemy is not the horrible monsters outside – but each other.

YAMS Theatre Co. presents MOON BITCH
Thurs, Oct. 26th at 10pm
Friday + Saturday Oct. 27+28 at midnight!
Admission: $15 / $13 DCAC members
for reservations call DCAC at 202.462.7833 (cash at the door)

Roman and Mare Gibbous have an arrangement.  She keeps him locked up he allows her to love him.  As the 'fool moon' crests, a beast is unleashed; mayhem ensues and we soon find that nothing can contain the raging MOON BITCH. for more info visit: www.yamstheatre.org

The Rude Mechanicals present:
ANTONY & CLEOPATRA
Sept. 29 + 30 at 7:30
Admission: $15/$13 DCAC members (at the door only)
For tickets go to: www.rudemechanicals.com or call 703-774-7867

 “Smart, sassy Shakespeare to be seen and savored”… -The Washington Post

Improv Arts, Inc presents:
Golden Arm Trio & DC Improvisers Collective
October 15th at 7:30pm
Admission: $10
for tickets go to: www.virtuous.com or call 301.785.0884



GOLDEN ARM TRIO is an Austin, Texas based band led by composer, bandleader, pianist and drummer Graham Reynolds. Graham and the group work constantly, in theater, dance, film, concert halls and nightclubs. THE BAND is a loose collective of which Graham is the only permanent member with some outstanding musicians as regularly featured additions. The band has toured throughout the United States and Europe and has released two critically acclaimed CD's, as well as the recent major motion picture soundtrack "A Scanner Darkly." RollingStone.com described the band as an Austin, Texas-based power-jazz merger of John Zorn's Naked City and the 1970s radical-prog band Henry Cow. Reynolds -- like Zorn, without the heavy weather -- freely charges into other realms as a composer-performer: string quartets, symphonies, soundtracks, improvised super-rock, crossbreeding classical futurism and punk esprit. FILM scores include five feature films, dozens of short films, animated shorts, and more than 20 silent films. Film collaborators have included Richard Linklater, Steve Collins and Luke Savisky. PERFORMANCE highlights include a live appearance on NPR's Talk of the Nation and a night at the Kennedy Center. The eclectic nature of the band has led to double bills ranging from Ken Vandermark to The Sea and the Cake to Merle Haggard guitarist Redd Volkeart. COMPOSITIONS by Graham Reynolds include four symphonies, two operas, a violin concerto, more than a dozen one movement string quartets, and countless chamber music pieces.

The DC Improvisers Collective (DCIC) is a trio exploring the intersection of jazz, contemporary composition and experimental music. Their current lineup features Ben Azzara (drums), Jonathan Matis (guitar), and Mike Sebastian (reeds). These musicians come together from diverse backgrounds, bringing experience from performing in rock bands and jazz groups, as well as post-classical composition. With ears wide open, they craft intricate compositions on the fly. Although the common metaphor for group improvisation often seems to be conversation, this metaphor fails to capture the true real-time, simultaneous collaboration that fuels the work. Equal parts tightrope act and group meditation, the ensemble explores the fertile territory of surprise just beyond the boundary where words fail.

for more info visit: http://www.goldenarmtrio.net and http://dcic.alkem.org/

Young Women Drummers!
Sept 16, 17 + 23 rd at 7:30 , Sept. 24th at 3:00
Admission: Suggested Donation $10-$20

The Young Women’s Drumming Empowerment Project features its 2006 in another inspiring performance of
African drumming accented with DC young women’s own poetry, songs and movement.

The Landless Theatre Co. presents:
Cannibal! the Musical
August 25+26, Sept. 1, 2, 8, 9, 15, 16 at 10:00pm

Tickets: $15 online / $12 DCAC members (at the door)
For tickets go to: www.landlesstheatre.org

 The Landless Theatre Company is proud to present the DC Premiere of Cannibal! the Musical By Matt Stone and Trey Parker, the creators of SouthPark. Cannibal! the Musical celebrates the life of Alferd Packer, Colorado’s famous cannibal.

THE WHITE WHALE NEW ORLEANS BLUES GROUP-
A FUNDRAISER FOR HURRICANE KATRINA
Sept. 7 th at 10:00pm
Admission: $5+ donations

A night of live music featuring the famous White Whale New Orleans Blues Group featuring frontman and DC Native Wes Ford. A fundraiser for the victims of Hurricane Katrina, this show will also feature artwork and a special guest speaker.

Home Fires
September 8 + 9 at 7:30 pm
Tickets: $3/ $1 DCAC members

Home Fires is a one-woman show that fuses original theater with performance poetry. This project, a result of a 2006 Young Artists Program grant, is an exploration of the multi-cultural, multi national, modern female experience.

free movie screening :
A DC Neighborhood Demolished, Your Politicians + Baseball
Sunday 9/10 3:00pm
admission: FREE

A free screening of the 2 independent film productions dealing with the Nationals Baseball Stadium story, and the neighborhood that has been cleared. Both videos expose the treatment of the affected residences and businesses...

films:
Baseball's High Tide for Capital
directed by James J. Scneider
(c)2006, 1hr

The End of O
directed by Richard Blakeslee
(c)2006, 35min

A Woman’s Place- by Nicole McQueen
Sept. 10th at 7:30
Admission: FREE!

 A Woman’s Place is a presentation of women’s choices for ‘love’. It is a story about love and relationships presented through poetry and song.

NEXT BEST THING Improv Comedy Troupe
September 1st and 2nd at 7:30pm
Tickets: $10 / $7 DCAC members

"A long time ago, on an improv stage not so far away, a committed 
group of performers, ten men and women, decided it was time to come 
together for a common cause. They wanted to bring comedy to a world 
that so desperately needed it. Having drank the "proverbial" improv 
Kool-Aid, this rag tag bunch of misfits have performed improv Comedy 
in front of millions (ok maybe hundreds) of satisfied fans throughout 
the Washington, D.C. area" 

Larry Poon Presents:
The Back To School Poonanza- sketch comedy
September 3rd at 7:30pm
Tickets: $5 / $4 DCAC members

This show is a showcase for local stand up comedians who wish to perform outside of their traditional set up, in the way of sketch / character driven performance. The show will feature 18-20 different rapid-fire segments running the course of 90 minutes. The show will incorporate audio/visual performances

August 2,3,4,5,6,10,11,12,13,16,17,18,19,20 at 7:30pm
August 4,5,11,12,18,19 at 10:00pm and August 5,6,12,13,19,20 at 3:00pm
Tickets*: $15 reg. / $12 DCAC members (walk ups only)
*For Tickets and info go to: www.HatcheryFestival.org

The Starving Artist presents:
“Farce: A One-Act Festival Exploring the Four Extremes of Comedy”
July 28, 29, 30 at 7:30pm
matinee on Sunday July 30 at 3:00pm
Tickets: $15 / $10 DCAC members and Sunday Matinee

Enjoy a unique look at comedy with four distinctive plays featuring: "Sleeping Bags" by Steven Carmel;
"Projections" by Rachel Kempf; "Delusions of Grandeur" by Kenneth Brown;
and "Milk and Cookies" by Sage McCullough. It will be an evening that you'll talk about all summer!

The Essential Theatre presents:
People for Whom the World Spins and Turns
July 29 at 3:00pm
Tickets: $12

 ‘People for Whom the World Spins and Turns’ is the story of four recovering addicts and their harrowing attempts at surviving a 28-day recovery program. As part of the recovery program, the addicts take turns giving confessionals – personalized accounts of the origins of their addictions.

Solas Nua presents
Bedbound

Thursdays - Saturdays at 7:30, Sundays at 3:00
June 22 - July 16th
Admission: $20 / $15 DCAC members, students and seniors
for tickets go to: www.solasnua.org or call 1-800-494-TIXS
check out the washington post's review here:
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR2006062701727.html

Don't Miss an evening with the
Bright Young Things!
July 15, 21 and 22 at 10pm
Tickets: $7 / $6 DCAC members

"We did it.  We're headed to New York to perform at the one and only Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. 
We want to celebrate with you.  Whether you're a beloved fan or a succulent newcomer.  Join us for purest laughter as we prepare to eat the biggest apple of them all." 

The Well-Sung Players
June 2, 3, 9, 10, 16, and 17 at 7:30pm
Admission: $10 / $8 DCAC Members

 The Well Sung Players is dedicated to exploring spontaneous musical theater. WSP is made up of players who have a wide range of musical experience and who all share a love of creating well-made songs, scenes and stories – all based on audience suggestions.





The Geek Comedy Tour 3000!
Friday June 16th at 10:00 pm
Admission: $4 / $3 DCAC members

Picture what happens when you give the kids who were picked last for dodge ball a microphone and some stage time. The Geek Comedy Tour 3000 is just that- A collection of some of the best standup comedians from the Washington, DC area. Theis group comes to the stage with a high-energy approach as well as topical, intelligent material that is accessible to both techies and non-techies alike.

Omaemoda productions presents:
Harold Pinter’s “Old Times”
May 11-14 and 18-21 at 7:30pm
Admission: $15 / $12 DCAC members / $10 students+seniors
for tickets go to: www.youareinvolved.org

Deeley and Kate live in an isolated country house. Their quiet marriage is pried open by the arrival of Kate’s old friend Anna, visiting after 20 years. Their reminiscences stir up unsettling images, and what begins as a game of after-dinner nostalgia turns into an eerie sparring-match.

Not So Innocent Theater Company presents,
The Shape of Nothing
May 25, 26, 27 at 7:30pm and May 28 at 3:00pm
Admission: free, or donation $5-$10

A series of monologues and scenes ranging from the classics to contemporary performed by the cast of the not-so-innocent theater company.

Artezani Theatre presents:
The Bush-Cheney ‘Top Gun’ Focus Group
May 26+27 at 10:00pm and May 28 at 7:30pm
Admission: $15

 Ian Maxwell MacKinnon and Eric Zinman are proud to invite you , as a special, prescreened American, to President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney’s executive focus group for a project with the highest stakes for the future of our country: a remake of the 1986 blockbuster “Top Gun”.

Made in collaboration with the US Air Force and Hollywood powerhouse Jerry Bruckheimer, this film is a sign of the White House’s faith, commitment, and leadership in advancing America’s ideals at home and abroad. Taking our hero on a secret mission to Iraq, this movie will boost US military recruitment, convince skeptics of our noble cause, anddemonstrate to the Muslim world what freedom and liberty are all about.

Landless Theatre Company presents the USA premiere of Yasuhiko Ohashi's award-winning play,
GODZILLA
April 13, 14, 15, 16, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 at 7:30pm
April 23, 30 and May 7 at 3:00pm
Admission: $18 fri-sat, $12 sundays, $10 thursdays
for tickets go to: www.landlesstheatre.org

A comic twist on "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" when the sweet ingenue, Yayoi, introduces her fiancee to her family. Unfortunately, he's not exactly what they were expecting; he's Godzilla! Can this marriage be saved? Will the family accept him? Will the village be stomped into oblivion?

Performance Thanatology Research Society presents:
Hystery of Heat
May 7, 7:30 pm, Admission: Free

Hystery of Heat is a performance piece about heat,
love, death, dance, hysteria and the dangers of rock
and roll. It is performed by a group of young men and
women who express their fears and desires in front of
an audience of friends, lovers and strangers.  Lead
lecturer Ric Royer will attempt to maintain a logical
thread of thought while under extreme heat duress and
frequently bombarded by eerie and grating noises
generated by sound reconstructionist G. Lucas Crane.
The ingénue of the group, Jackie Milad will try not to
freak out about such issues as global warming, over
population and our  fast-paced hyperdigital age, and
projectionist Bonnie Jones adds moment-to-moment
meta-commentary via live power point presentation.
This piece is for anyone who has fears and / or
believes they will someday die.

The Performance Thanatology Research Society piece
will be preceded by a performance by Laure Dragoul
(Baltimore) and a short film by Adam Goode (DC).

Zero Boy
May 12 +13 at 10:00pm
Admission: $10 / $8 DCAC members

Stump Zero Boy!

for more info check out: www.zeroboy.com / www.redbastard.com / staceynightmare.com

dcVocals present their Spring Showcase
May 14 at 3:00pm
Admission: $5 / $3 DCAC members and Moms

 Celebrate Mother's Day with dcVocals, DC's finest coed a cappella group. This 12-member vocal ensemble brings you the best of contemporary music-- from the classic to the obscure-- in a show that promises a little something for everyone. Check us out at: www.dcvocals.com

dcVocals, a semi-professional a cappella group based in the DC Metro area, has been delighting music fans since 1997. Twelve members strong, dcVocals is comprised of young professionals from a wide array of musical backgrounds. The group’s diverse repertoire appeals to a wide range of audiences, with material ranging from classic tunes and jazz standards to contemporary rock and pop songs.

Live Music: NETHERS
April 1, 10:00pm
Admission $6

Nethers hails from Washington, DC and have been playing music in the city for almost six years (formerly the Carlsonics). Come help them kickoff of their upcoming cross country tour!

DC Comedyfest!
April 6, 7, 8 at 7pm - midnight
Admission: $5 at the door (online daypass $15 for use at multiple venues)
Up and coming sketch, improv and stand-up acts. Each act is about 20minutes with rapid-fire changes between acts. Visit: www.dccomedyfest.com for info and to purchase your daypass online

In association with V-Day 2006,Urban Divas is proud to present
a benefit production of Eve Ensler’s
THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES
March 16 + 17 AT 7:30
Admission: $25 / $20 DCAC members
for tickets go to: urbandivas.org or call 703-751-1681
SOLD OUT!!

Hailed by the New York Times as “funny” and “poignant” and by the Daily News as “intelligent” and “courageous”, ‘The Vagina Monologues” dives into the mystery, humor, pain, power, wisdom, outrage and excitememnt buried in women’s experiences. A special V-Day edition of the play was released in February, 2001

V-Day is a global movement to stop violence against women and girls. It is a catalyst that promotes creative events to increase awareness, raise money and revitalize the spirit of existing anti-violence organizations. The proceeds of this performance will go to DC-area anti-violence organizations.

BRIGHT YOUNG THINGS present:
Mutiny!
March 17th and 18th at 10:00pm
Admission: $7

An Evening With Doug Powell
March 24 + 25 at 10:00pm
Admission: $5 / $1 DCAC members

 With an electrifying persona and a one of a kind stage act, Doug Powell is unlike any comedian you’re likely to see. His interesting blend of music and comedy make him a crowd favorite at comedy clubs and music venues alike. Doug got his start in the underground scenes of Chicago before returning to the DC area. In that time, he has written and independently produced and recorded three musical comedy albums. His songs are hilarious and catchy, his material is raw and unusual, and his stage presence is one of a kind.

Come be a part of the audience as Doug Powell records his new live CD with XM Radio.

Art Forum hosted by Billy Colbert
March 26 7:30pm
Admission- Free

Billy Colbert hosts DCAC's Sunday Art Forum

"The blank Paper/ Canvas"
Billy will explore the trials and tribulations that
are involved with creating artwork on a blank surface.
The influences, the process and the paradigm.

CARRIE POTTER
at the Half Blood Prom
Feb. 3 through March 11
Fridays and Saturdays at 10 PM
All tickets $12 (purchase online at www.landlesstheatre.org)

From the creators of FROZTY THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN (2003 and 2005 City Paper pick), "CARRIE POTTER" is a biting satire that loosely parodies "Harry Potter," Stephen King, "Buffy" and 80's teen classics, featuring an eclectic mix of original rock and punk tunes.

"Carrie Potter" is a girl who attends Predestined Magic School (PMS), a private school for elite American teenagers born with magical ability. Though her mother Samantha was once the most famous witch in the US, Carrie takes after her non-magic father and is subject to inhumane ridicule from her peers. Carrie struggles to control her own dark rage as she is seduced by the influence of Christian books and Jesus Christ himself.

'Carrie Potter' runs concurrently at with the Landless World Premiere of MISTRESS. Visit www.landlesstheatre.org for details on MISTRESS, Deadrock Productions and the rest of Landless Theatre Company's 2005-2006 season.

The Young Bucks of Comedy
March 12 at 7:30
Admission: $6 / $5 DCAC members

There is so much talent within the city, and of the many talents, this one that these four wish to present to you is comedy. Stand up comedy with an edge, from four of the youngest, hottest, up and coming comedians in the
Washington , DC area. Join Sampson, Keith “the Comedian”, Ryan Conner and Seaton Smith as they tackle all kinds of crazy issues that keep the masses in DC who love comedy coming for more.
Come out and support an evening of live comedy!!!

DUST CONGRESS PRESENTS..
A night of live music
March 4 9pm
Admission: free!

lineup:
the fake accents
the foreign press
the caribbean
the plums



WHAT WE DO IS SECRET
March 4 5:00pm
Admission: $5 / DCAC members FREE

A skateboard video by Kevin O’Dell featuring Richmond , VA and Washington , DC . It covers the real DC skate scene,from the skateboarders that thrash the city every day to all the spots they destroy!

Who Do You Love? Parts I-IV
Artist Talk series hosted by Ian Jehle
January 8 + 22 and February 5+12 at 7:30
Admission: Free

Crafts + Kisses
an evening of shopping and music featuring local indie designers..
Feb 9th 7-10pm
Admission: free

just in time for valentines day! come pick out unique gifts for your loved one(s), all hand-crafted by
local DC artists. crafted items will include: handmade valentines, diaries+books, decoupaged 'sex boxes', screen printed tees, boxer briefs, buttons, lingerie, vintage printed ties, jewelry and more.





featuring the work of:
bookish lady
boxes by nina
kristina bilonick
frosty nowita
ben claassen III
and bookwryms

live music by kitty hawk!, cash bar and cupid's photo booth!! xoxo

Dust Congress presents: a Night of Live Music
January 28 9pm-12am (doors 8:45)
Admission: $5 / DCAC members free!

The Lineup:
Seahorse Staircase
Portions Toll
Foreign Press
The Plums

MARVEL: THE OTHER GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH
January 27, 7:30pm
Admission: $10

Marvel: The OTHER Greatest Show on Earth is a queer variety show consisting of drag and bio king
and queen performance (large and small group numbers), burlesque, African drumming and dance,
spoken word/poetry/hip hop, modern dance with expressionartistry and much more. Its intent is to
explore the diverse elements of performance arts…in all its beautiful forms, talents and colors.
This show is a fundraiser for the Lesbian Services Program of Whitman Walker Clinic, addressing the
mental and physical health needs of lesbian, bisexual and transgender women.

Kenneth Lonergan’s THIS IS OUR YOUTH
January 20+21 7:30pm
Admission: $14 / $10 DCAC members, students and seniors

Kenneth Lonergan's This is Our Youth is a living snapshot in the lives of three young adolescents as they struggle
between holding onto the innocence of their youth and accepting the inevitable influences of the adult world.

      In 1982, on Manhattan's Upper West Side, the wealthy, articulate pot-  
      smoking teenagers who were small children in the '60s have emerged as
      young adults in a country that has just resoundingly rejected everything
      they were brought up to believe in. The very last wave of New York
      City's '60s-style Liberalism has come of age?and there's nowhere left  
      to go.

      Funny, painful, and compassionate, This Is Our Youth follows forty-
      eight hours of three very lost young souls in the big city at the dawn of
      the Reagan Era: Warren Straub, a dejected nineteen-year-old who
      steals fifteen thousand dollars from his abusive lingerie-tycoon father;
      Dennis Ziegler, the charismatic domineering friend who helps him put
      the money to good use; and Jessica Goldman, the anxiously insightful
      young woman Warren yearns for.

Produced by special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service, Inc.