Our Mission: To entertain, educate and elucidate through the practice and performance of Commedia dell’Arte.

Through uncommon uses of environment and intimate passionate performances, Rorschach Theatre seeks to lure its audiences beyond the limits of ordinary theatrical experience so that they may discover new elements of their own humanity.

Independent, intercultural, entertaining, and uncensored, Mosaic Theater Company is a not-for-profit organization committed to making transformational, socially-relevant art. We produce plays by authors on the front lines of conflict zones, and to building a fusion community to address some of the most pressing issues of our times.

Rorschach is a vital launching pad for emerging artists. By trusting early-career actors, directors, playwrights and designers with substantive artistic responsibilities, and surrounding them with established professionals and ample resources, the company has become an essential showcase for new talent.

Independent, intercultural, entertaining, and uncensored, Mosaic Theater Company is a not-for-profit organization committed to making transformational, socially-relevant art. We produce plays by authors on the front lines of conflict zones, and to building a fusion community to address some of the most pressing issues of our times.

To develop, produce, and present socially conscious, thought-provoking work that fully engages our community in active dialogue.

Folger Shakespeare Library hosts a wide variety of events, performances, and activities, from theater to literary readings to family activities and more.

Walking Shadow’s mission is to provide a virtual platform for playwrights to hear their in-development works read aloud. Playwrights receive interdisciplinary feedback from our company members to develop their work. We provide feedback from a panel of professionals in fields including writing, editing, playwriting, education, acting, directing, and technical theatre. We also have experts bringing perspectives from fields such as mental health, technology, and theology. We help new and experienced playwrights refine their works through performance and constructive feedback.

Experimental and immersive, Joy and Pang blurs the lines between life, audience, actor, and performer. We seek to move beyond the performance, event or space by involving community, joining worlds, and opening hearts. Productions with heart and noise.

When we started, there was no template for creating theater over the internet, which turned out to be perfect because we could remove all the obstacles that held us back. At the time, we didn’t know what zoom was or how we could use it. Would people even know how to use it? How much would it cost? And what the heck is a virtual background? We had so many questions, but we watched all of our productions canceled in those horrible first days of Spring 2020. We didn’t have to create a “season” of plays; we could choose any plays we wanted to do. It gave us a kind of freedom to select the...

Honestly Speaking Inc. is a minority, woman-owned 501(c)3 organization dedicated to providing responsible art-ertainment that addresses social and social justice issues that we know and love today.

Est. 1980 to create rousing, visceral, enlightening theatre experiences that galvanize diverse artists and audiences to engage with our world in unexpected and often challenging ways. not accept unsolicited scripts. However, in an effort to support the Washington, DC artistic community, we do accept unsolicited ten-page samples exclusively from writers living in the DC area.