The Theatre Lab is DC’s largest and most comprehensive independent institution for dramatic arts Our mission is to transform lives through theatre.
Founded in 1992, The Theatre Lab is Washington, D.C.'s largest and most comprehensive independent, nonprofit school for the dramatic arts. We work to make the real-life benefits of theatre training accessible to all regardless of age, income, or experience level. Through our courses, camps, and programs, The Theatre Lab enrolls over 1,500 kids, teens, and adults a year. Offerings target beginners
Operating as usual
12/19/2022
Why just play VideoGames when you could VOICE them? Explore your inner character voices in my live six week online course via The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts starting January 11th! Slots go fast! Apply for financial aid & sign up today!
https://theatrelab.org/courses/video-game-voice-acting-6/
NOW OPEN: Register for in-person or online adult and youth classes this Winter with The Theatre Lab. Explore all courses at https://theatrelab.org/courses-programs/
The Theatre Lab School of the Dramatic Arts The Theatre Lab is DC’s largest and most comprehensive independent institution for dramatic arts
12/14/2022
Happening TONIGHT at 7pm! Over the past few weeks, participants, ages 14-76, have explored the intergenerational crossroads of the q***r experience using their own personal experiences as fabric to construct and perform an original work. Admission is free. 900 Massachusetts Ave NW. RSVP: https://form.jotform.com/223186719739974
12/12/2022
As the year comes to an end, we want to congratulate our Honors Acting Conservatory Class of 2022! You’re invited to see their Final Showcase TONIGHT at 7:30pm. Admission is free. 900 Massachusetts Ave NW
Photos by Ryan Maxwell Photography
11/16/2022
If you’d like to study acting intensively for a year, in a program that allows you to keep your day job, we’re holding another round of auditions on Saturday, November 19 and we hope to see you there. If that date doesn’t work for you, you can just let us know and we’ll find another time.
Learn more: https://theatrelab.org/honors/?mc_cid=8b0213e879&mc_eid=2f328c6438
11/11/2022
Happy 30th Anniversary to us! We look forward to celebrating this Sunday at our SOLD OUT Cabaret Benefit Dinner + Auction. Check out our feature in Metro Weekly:
Deb Gottesman and Buzz Mauro Celebrate Theatre Lab's 30th Anniversary The Theatre Lab, a school for the dramatic arts, is turning 30 with a big celebration and even bigger plans for the future.
Thank you for having us yesterday! The Catalogue for Philanthropy: Greater Washington
11/08/2022
We are looking for ten students who are committed to personal growth and serious about entering the acting profession. Learn more and apply now: https://theatrelab.org/honors/honors-apply/
11/03/2022
Next Sunday, November 13! Join us at The Ritz for our BIGGEST night of the year to support our nationally-recognized education and outreach programs. Come for the open bar and stay for the show, the dinner, and TONS of auction items to bid on!
Get your ticket now: https://events.handbid.com/auctions/2022-cabaret-benefit/tickets
11/02/2022
Last call to get your tickets for tomorrow's master class with Broadway's Star of Aladdin, Michael Maliakel! Admission is $10 and attendees will receive 20% off tickets to Maliakel's upcoming show. See you there from 7-8pm at 900 Massachusetts Ave NW.
https://theatrelab.org/event/musical-theatre-master-class-with-michael-maliakel/
11/02/2022
The Theatre Lab was featured prominently in the cover story of the November Washington Parent magazine! Check it out:
Washington Parent - November 2022 Welcome to Washington Parent Digital Edition. In this issue: Editor's Note, Mixed Media, Good Stuff, Short Stuff, BIG Milestones For Our Local Children's Theaters, Arts, Celebrate the Arts Guide, Celebrate Thanksgiving Charlie Brown's Way, 8 Fall Walks to Explore Your Neighborhood, Along the Potomac...
11/01/2022
See you TONIGHT at 7:30pm for a staged reading of the funny, moving and engaging play, Let Me Down Easy. This performance completes our Acting in a Professional Production Fall reading Series! 👏👏
Admission is free to all. Learn more and RSVP at
https://theatrelab.org/event/let-me-down-easy/
10/28/2022
Calling all musical theatre lovers! Join us Thursday, November 3 from 7-8pm for a musical theatre master class with Broadway Star, Michael Maliakel (Star of Aladdin). Auditions to be one of the two performers are open until midnight! General admission $10. Register to attend: https://theatrelab.org/courses/musical-theatre-master-class-with-michael-maliakel/
10/19/2022
Three week countdown to the Cabaret Benefit, our biggest night of the year! Reserve your spot now: https://events.handbid.com/auctions/2022-cabaret-benefit/tickets
10/17/2022
INTRODUCING: A drama therapy workshop for people who have survived physical, emotional, or medical trauma. Through Instructor Jodi Kanter's use of theatre exercises, participants will work to achieve a more integrated sense of their embodied experience. Mondays, Nov 7 - Dec 12, 7-9pm at 900 Massachusetts Ave NW.
Now accepting applications for the pay-what-you-can course!
Read more and apply: https://theatrelab.org/courses/your-bodys-story-dramatherapy-for-survivors/
Don't miss the second Acting in a Professional Production Performance on Tuesday, Oct. 18 at 7:30pm! Come and watch the staged reading of Columbinus, the award-winning play that addresses issues of social pressure, isolation, and hostility in high schools. Free to attend. Get more info: https://theatrelab.org/event/columbinus/
We're looking forward to seeing familiar faces and meeting new friends this Saturday! In the morning, we'll be at the TheatreWashington Theatre Week Kickoff Fest and, in the evening, we're reconnecting with faculty, students, and families at our 30th anniversary picnic! https://theatrelab.org/event/the-theatre-labs-30th-anniversary-picnic/
Theatre Week Kickoff Fest & Concert Event Date Sep 24, 2022 Don’t miss Theatre Week’s BIG EVENT. The Kickoff Fest & Concert mark the launch of Theatre Week and the 2022-2023 season. 11am-3pm: FEST Start at Arena Stage with 40+ theatres, two stages, workshops, performances, conversations, prizes, and free food and drink....
09/16/2022
We're looking for young people, ages 18-24, who have experienced barriers (financial, educational, psychological, physical, familial, or systemic) to high-wage, high-demand employment. Extraordinary opportunity; no prior degree or experienced required. Must be committed to the program for one year. Program meets late afternoons with some evenings and weekends. Compatible with part-time employment before 3pm weekdays. Please help us spread the word!
Are you looking for a career in technical theatre? Do you know a young adult who shows interest in a theatre production? LPTM is a proud partner of the Arts Institute for Creative Advancement (AICA). Given the opportunity, applicants will gain paid training experiences, hands-on courses, apprenticeships, and certifications. All applicants can apply at the link. All applications are due by Monday, October 31, 2022.
For more information please join us on a virtual call on Wednesday, September 21, 2022.
09/16/2022
It's officially the start of Theatre Season! This Fall, treat yourself or a loved one to a fun-filled youth drama class. This could be the start of something new.
See class descriptions and learn more about our financial aid scholarships: https://theatrelab.org/courses-programs/?_student_level=children%2Cteens
09/13/2022
Our Life Stories program is partnering with Whitman-Walker for a FREE 12-week class called Q***r Stories 🏳️🌈. LGBTQIA+ people ages 40 and up interested in exploring artistic self-expression are invited to apply at https://theatrelab.org/courses/q***r-stories/
This fun and creative process is open to seasoned performers as well as people who have no previous acting experience. This is an intergenerational class. If selected, applicants will be joining a group of participants ages 14-70.
Q***r Stories - The Theatre Lab Learn and Perform in Q***R STORIES We are looking for people ages 40 and up who identify as a member of the LGBTQIA community to join a group of participants […]
09/10/2022
Congratulations to Honors Acting Conservatory alum Haliya Roberts on your new adventure as part of the Masters in Classical Acting for the Professional Theatre program at LAMDA (London Academy of Music & Dramatic Art). We're so proud of you and look forward to continuing to follow your artistic journey!
09/07/2022
Honors Acting Conservatory Info Session: Monday at 6pm! Free to attend. Learn about the year-long training program, meet current students, and ask questions about the audition process. RSVP: https://theatrelab.org/event/info-session-2023-honors-acting-conservatory/
09/06/2022
The next Life Stories Institute (LSI) takes place October 13-16. Read about how a LSI grad is making a difference in Gatineau, Ontario, and find out you can learn to harness these same skills and techniques in your own community! https://theatrelab.org/your-creativity-and-passion-can-help-bring-other-peoples-stories-to-life/
Bring Other People’s Stories to Life with Your Creativity and Passion - The Theatre Lab Learn how to give voice to under-heard people and create art.
09/02/2022
Our September Newsletter hit inboxes this morning. If you're not signed up for it, you get the full scoop here:
Check out the latest in the Sept 2022 Theatre Lab newsletter! Youth classes are on sale, read a new blog post about the Life Stories Institute, come to our 30th Anniversary Picnic, and more. Read all about it...
08/31/2022
Our friends Capital Cabaret at have several open mic nights coming up and they'd love to see some of our students and alums drop by to share their songs! Join in at Crazy Aunt Helen’s on 9/12, 10/10, 11/14, 1/9/23, and 2/6/23. Sign-ups are at 6:30 pm sharp. Show starts at 7:00 pm, with Howard Breitbart on piano. Head on over to Capital Cabaret's page for more info:
Capital Cabaret Capital Cabaret is a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to promoting the cabaret art form by entertaining, educating, and engaging audiences and artists through world-class performances,
08/26/2022
Acting in a Professional Production returns this fall! In this class, students will prepare, rehearse, and perform in a series of staged readings of Testimonial Theatre (sometimes known as Verbatim Theatre), in which plays are constructed using the exact words of people interviewed about a particular event or testimony from court documents and media statements. Learn more and sign up to audition: https://theatrelab.org/courses/acting-in-a-professional-production-testimonial-theatre-early-fall-2022/
08/22/2022
Our Life Stories program is partnering with Whitman-Walker for a FREE 13-week class called Q***r Stories. LGBTQIA+ people ages 14-24 interested in exploring artistic self-expression are invited to apply at https://theatrelab.org/courses/q***r-stories/
This fun and creative process is open to seasoned performers as well as people who have no previous acting experience.
08/17/2022
THE WAIT IS OVER! Adults, sign up now for September-December 2022 classes! https://theatrelab.org/courses-programs/
08/12/2022
Ready for an action-packed 24 hours with The Theatre Lab!? Check out Tell Me Something Good tonight at The Theatre Lab (tickets at https://theatrelab.org/courses/tell-me-something-good-friday-8-12-730-pm/ ) Fight Camp tomorrow morning at Atlas Performing Arts Center (sign up at https://rorschachtheatre.com/fight-camp-2022/ ), and two opportunities to see Urinetown tomorrow at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company (tickets at https://theatrelab.org/boxoffice/ ). Take a photo and tag us this weekend when you join us at one of the events!
08/11/2022
Get your seat to see Urinetown this weekend at 🎟The Musical Theatre Institute for Teens presents a wickedly comedic story of greed!
08/11/2022
Urinetown Opens Tonight! Get your tickets to this weekend's shows (Thursday at 7:30pm, Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm). https://theatrelab.org/boxoffice/
Jojo Siwa learned stage combat with Casey Kaleba and you can too! We're partnering with Rorschach Theatre to bring back Fight Camp, beginning Saturday, August 13 and Casey is teaching it! https://rorschachtheatre.com/fight-camp-2022/
Even better, you'll get to use steel blades, knives (for stage), and throw some punches.
08/02/2022
Thank you Dody DiSanto for joining the Summer Acting Institute for Teens on Friday and for creating an afternoon of discoveries, connection, movement, and clowning.
07/29/2022
Check out our latest 30 Stories for 30 Years feature of Josh Halloway! Find out how he went from Theatre Lab teen actor to a comedy writer for Jimmy Kimmel Live!
Josh Halloway: 30 Stories for 30 Years - The Theatre Lab Editor’s Note: This feature is part of the 30 Stories for 30 Years series. Learn more. Josh Halloway attended the Summer Acting Institute for Teens in 1997. Can you tell us […]
Founded in 1992, The Theatre Lab is Washington, D.C.'s largest and most comprehensive independent, nonprofit school for the dramatic arts. Our mission is to transform lives through theatre. We work to make the real-life benefits of theatre training accessible to all regardless of age, income, or experience level.
We are currently offering a full roster of online classes for adults and youth, as well as personalized coaching, mentoring, and virtual birthday parties. Check out the current adult schedule: https://theatrelab.org/content/adult-classes
The Theatre Lab enrolls over 2,200 kids, teens, and adults a year. Offerings target beginners and veterans alike through a wide range of classes designed to fit busy schedules-summer camps for kids, Saturday acting classes for teens, acting or playwriting classes for rookies, public speaking for non-theatre professionals. For those 18 and older preparing for a theatre career, our intensive, year-long Honors Acting Conservatory is the closest thing to graduate-level training students can get without having to quit a job to attend school full-time.
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