Studio Theatre (Washington, D.C.)

The Studio Theatre

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Formation 1978
Type Theatre group
Purpose Contemporary Theatre
Location
  • 1501 14th Street NW, Washington DC
Artistic director(s)
 David Muse
Notable members
 Joy Zinoman, Founding Artistic Director
Website http://www.studiotheatre.org/
David Muse, the Artistic Director of the Studio Theatre, Washington D.C.

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.

History

Joy Zinoman, the Founding Artistic Director of the Studio Theatre, Washington D.C.
Exterior of the Studio Theatre in Washington DC, taken from the southwest corner of 14th & P streets NW during evening twilight

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.[1]

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."[2]

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 part of what makes Studio special. [3]

Notes

Studio Theatre is a Blue Star Theatre - part of a collaboration between the Theatre Communications Group and Blue Star Families offering discounted admission to all military personnel, their families and U.S. veterans.[4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.studiotheatre.org/second_stage/history.php
  2. ↑ "About Studio Theatre - Mission". StudioTheatre.org. Studio Theatre. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  3. ↑ O'Sullivan, Michael (11 September 2009). "Editorial Review: Studio Theatre". The Washington Post. Retrieved 16 December 2014.
  4. ↑ "Blue Star Theatres". Theatre Communications Group. Retrieved 1 June 2013.

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