Theatre companies and live theatre venues in the Washington, DC area.
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)[1]
- Constellation 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 [7]
- 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
- 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
- Constellation Theatre Company
- Didactic Theatre Company
- Doorway Arts Ensemble [8]
- dog & pony dc
- Faction of Fools Theatre Company
- Federal Theatre Project
- Flying V Theatre [9]
- 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
- Quotidian Theatre Company
- SCENA Theatre
- Serenity Players
- Solas Nua
- Spooky Action Theater
- Taffety Punk Theatre Company [10]
- 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
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
- The Robert E. Parilla Performing Arts Center [11] , Montgomery College
- 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
- Howard Theater
Theater organizations
- theatreWashington
- League of Washington Theaters
- Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
- Dance/Metro DC
Theater awards
- Helen Hayes Awards
- Mary Goldwater Award
- Offstage Honors ("The Offies")
- Richard Bauer Award
- Ruby Griffith Award
- Usher's Favorite Show Award
- Washington Area Theater Community Honors (WATCH Awards)