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Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

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Formation
  
1978

Artistic director(s)
  
David Muse

Founded
  
1978

Purpose
  
Contemporary Theatre

Phone
  
+1 202-332-3300

Type of business
  
Theatre group

Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

Location
  
1501 14th Street NW, Washington DC

Notable members
  
Joy Zinoman, Founding Artistic Director

Website
  
http://www.studiotheatre.org/

Address
  
1501 14th St NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA

Founders
  
Joy Zinoman, Russell Metheny

The Studio Theatre is a non-profit theater production company located at 1501 14th Street NW, Washington DC in the 14th Street corridor of Washington, D.C. It produces contemporary plays in a four-stage complex. Stages include the Metheny, the Mead and Milton, and Stage 4, a black box.

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History

In 1988, the Studio Theatre started its "2nd Stage" production series to provide opportunities for emerging and established local and national artists to share their talents.

Facilities

Studio Theatre contains three main venues: the Metheny, the Mead, and the Milton. All three are thrust stages and seat approximately 200 people each. They were designed by co-founder Russell Metheny "to foster an intimate connection between actor and audience". The fourth venue, Stage 4, is a flexible black box theater, used primarily for the former Studio 2ndStage and most recently Studio X.

Theatrical focus

The theatre's mission statement is: "Studio Theatre is dedicated to the best in contemporary theatre, producing an uncommonly rich and wide-ranging repertoire of provocative new writing from around the world alongside unique special events and inventive stagings of contemporary classics. Devoted to artistic excellence, Studio Theatre strives to present audiences with extraordinary writing, sophisticated design, and stunning performance."

With three ~200 seat performance spaces, the Studio Theatre audiences are always close to the actors. Founding artistic director Joy Zinoman has been quoted as saying "We want audiences to see them cry and laugh. ... The audience is there to confront the actor. The actor is like the priest". She further explained that this intimacy between the actors and the audience is part of what makes Studio special.

Notable events

The Washingtonian magazine, as part of its 50th anniversary commemoration, identified the Studio Theatre's move into its current space at 14th and P streets as one of "50 Moments That Shaped Washington, DC".

Main Series

  • Chimerica by Lucy Kirkwood; Directed by David Muse (September 9 - October 18)
  • Sorry and Regular Singing (The Apple Family Cycle) by Richard Nelson, Directed by Serge Seiden (October 28 - December 13)
  • Between Riverside and Crazy by Stephen Adly Guirgis, directed by Brian MacDevitt (January 13 - February 28)
  • Moment by Dierdre Kinahan, directed by Ethan McSweeny (March 14 - April 24)
  • Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Mark O'Rowe, directed by Matt Torney (May 11 - June 19)

    • Studio X

  • Animal by Clare Lizzimore, directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch (September 30 - October 25), part of the Women's Voices Theater Festival
  • Constellations by Nick Payne, directed by David Muse (February 10 - March 6)

    • Special Remount

  • Bad Jews by Joshua Harmon, directed by Serge Seiden (December 3 - January 3)

    • Awards

    Studio Theatre has been nominated for a total of 321 Helen Hayes Awards, winning 65 awards.

    2015 Helen Hayes Awards

  • Outstanding Lead Actress in a Musical - HELEN Production - Barbara Walsh in Carrie (musical)
  • Outstanding Play- HAYES Production - Cock by Mike Bartlett

    • 2014 Helen Hayes Awards

  • The James MacArthur Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Play - Ted van Griethuysen in The Apple Family Cycle

    • 2013 Helen Hayes Awards

  • Outstanding Director, Resident Play - Christopher McElroen, Invisible Man
  • Outstanding Ensemble, Resident Play - Invisible Man
  • Outstanding Lighting Design, Resident Production - Mary Louise Geiger, Invisible Man

    • 2012 Helen Hayes Awards

  • Outstanding Lead Actress, Resident Play - Erica Sullivan in Venus in Fur
  • Outstanding Supporting Actor, Resident Musical - Matthew Delorenzo in POP!

    • References

    Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.) Wikipedia
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