The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts

Summer Camp 2026 at The Theatre Lab is here, and for the second year in a row, we’re welcoming our largest group of campers ever!

Over 600 young people across the Washington region, from rising 1st graders taking their first steps onto a stage, to teenagers embarking on our rigorous training institutes, will be coming to The Theatre Lab this summer for our nationally recognized drama programs.

Every session is designed to help campers explore as much of their creative imagination as possible: storytelling, character creation, improv, prop and costume design, and more. Our teens dive even deeper, developing advanced skills in scene study, vocal technique, ensemble acting, audition prep, and everything else they need to expand their range as artists.

One-third of these students are attending on a full or partial need-based scholarship made possible through our Send a Kid to Theatre Camp fund. For many of these young people, summer at The Theatre Lab isn’t just a way to fill time between school years. It’s a place where they find their voice, build lifelong friendships, and discover what it means to belong to something bigger than themselves. With help from our community, we’ll be awarding $175,000 in need-based scholarships this year through Send a Kid to Camp—link in bio to donate.

Welcome to all of our summer students, parents, faculty, staff and volunteers! We can't wait to have the best summer ever with you all!

Photos by Christopher Creese (Slide 1, 2) and Ryan Maxwell Photography (Slides 3, 4, 5)

Welcome to the Renaissance, DC! Set in the 1590s, SOMETHING ROTTEN! is a wildly entertaining musical farce that imagines the chaotic birth of the very first musical. Brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are struggling playwrights desperate to write a hit in the long shadow of a certain Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard” (William Shakespeare!). Packed with clever wordplay, Shakespearean tropes, and laugh-out-loud surprises, Something Rotten! was nominated for 10 Tony Awards following its debut and is lauded as one of the funniest musical comedies ever written.

Brought to you by the same creative team behind last year’s rave production of HADESTOWN: TEEN EDITION at Atlas, SOMETHING ROTTEN! is an outrageously funny and joyously energetic kickoff to The Theatre Lab’s summer season.

🗓️ Dates & Times: July 9-11, 2026
📍 Location: Atlas Performing Arts Center (1333 H St NE Washington, DC 20002)
🎟️ Tickets: General: $20 | Students: $15

This production of Something Rotten! is proudly presented by The Theatre Lab’s renowned Musical Theatre Institute for Teens (MTIT). The Theatre Lab is DC’s largest independent drama school and works to make the artistic and the real-life benefits of theatre training accessible to all.

Our early summer session of adult classes officially kicked off this week, but there's still time to register for these acting, film and TV, musical theatre, and voice classes starting next week!

Browse catalogue and enroll at link in bio or theatrelab.org.

Macbeth has left the building. Something Rotten! comes July 9–11 to Atlas Performing Arts Center. Tickets at atlasarts.org.

No day but today to RSVP to our RENT Community Singalong—we're almost full! Free admission. Link in bio.

Congratulations to the cast and crew of Macbeth on an incredible run at The Theatre Lab! We are so proud to be a place where actors of all backgrounds and experience levels come together to tell classic stories in ways that speak to our present moment.

Photos by Ryan Maxwell Photography

Macbeth now playing at The Theatre Lab through June 7. Tickets at link in bio or theatrelab.org.

"What's done cannot be undone." — Lady Macbeth

The Theatre Lab presents Macbeth, directed by Madeleine Regina. Opening tomorrow night on June 4 and playing through June 7.

Tickets at link in bio or theatrelab.org.

Performers (in alphabetical order): Reginald Clark, Marjorie Cort, Rui Costa, Maja Côté, David Crowley, Natasha Khan, Maya Lameche, Meredith Lilley, Julie London, Gabrielle Minor, Carla Morgan, Erin Obaonrin, Pamela Onyekaba, Nadia Palacios, Maya Reva, Taariq Saadiq, Clara Shanley, Michelle Shin, Mark Tentarelli, Harold Young IV