For Immediate Release:
Press
Contact: Nicola
Daval
February 19, 2007
(202) 638-4270
The
Washington
Post presents
The
League of Washington Theatres'
ninth
Year of FREE Theatre for kids:
"Stages
for All Ages"™
Washington, DC
- During Spring 2007, the League of Washington
Theatres, with lead sponsorship from The
Washington Post, is again presenting Stages for All Ages,
a
program that introduces thousands of young people to live, professional
theatre
throughout the Washington
area. This marks the ninth year for this
popular program.
For select
performances, 27 arts organizations throughout the Washington area are offering a free
ticket
to a young person 17 or under, with each regularly priced adult ticket
purchased. Stages for All Ages
tickets are on sale now! Please contact
the participating organizations for tickets.
In the
first eight years of Stages for All Ages, thousands of young
people were
introduced to the richness and diversity of professional theatre in the
Washington
area. This year continues the tradition
with program
offerings include a wide variety of theatre, music and dance.
Stages
performances will take place from March through May.
Many productions will delight the whole
family; other productions may appeal primarily to younger children,
while
others are more appropriate for middle and/or high school students.
“Our
children are surrounded by technologies that make it
easy to devalue the creative energy, rigor and enjoyment involved in
writing a
good book or performing a play,” said Eric C. Grant, Director of
Community
Affairs and Contributions for The
Washington Post. “The
Washington Post supports Stages
for All Ages because it allows young people to experience live
theater,
where creativity begins with the written word and the finished product
is
performed by real people in real time. There are no tape-delays,
replays or
commercials and you certainly don’t need a remote.”
“
We
have a
tremendous wealth of wonderful, high quality theatre in this area,”
said Kevin
Moore, President of the League of Washington Theatres.
“The League is proud of Stages for All
Ages and its role in bringing theatre to thousands of children and
their
families, and we will continue to encourage children to become
life-long
theatergoers through this vital program.”
This year’s
participants are: African Continuum
Theatre Company, American Century Theater, Arena Stage, Catalyst
Theater,
Classika-Synetic Theater, Dance Place, Discovery Theater, Fords
Theatre, GALA
Hispanic Theatre, Imagination Stage, The Keegan Theatre, The Kennedy
Center, MetroStage,
The National Symphony, The National Theatre, The Olney Theatre Center,
Opera
Theatre of Northern Virginia, Rep Stage, Round House Theatre, Scena
Theatre,
Signature Theatre, The Studio Theatre, Teatro de la Luna, Theater J,
The
Washington Savoyards, Washington Shakespeare Company, The Washington
Stage
Guild, and Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
For
detailed information on productions offered or to request a brochure,
visit the
League of Washington Theatre’s website at www.lowt.org.
Tickets are available for selected
performances; some restrictions apply.
Check with theatres directly for ticket availability and for age
appropriateness. A list of Stages for
All Ages offerings is attached.
Stages for
All Ages
is presented in conjunction with lead sponsor The
Washington Post, with additional support provided by the Nora
Roberts
Foundation, the DC Downtown Business Improvement District (BID) and the
D.C.
Commission on the Arts and Humanities.
The League
of Washington Theatres is an association of nonprofit theatres in the
greater Washington
metropolitan
area. The League was established in 1982
to promote the growth of its membership and to create public awareness,
appreciation and support for theatre in Washington. There
are currently 40 theatre members and seven
affiliate members of the League.
Participating
Theatres and Productions
African Continuum
Theatre
Company
The Oracle (May
10-Jun 3)
American Century
Theater
Drama Under the Influence... (Feb 23-Mar 24)
That Championship Season
(Mar 30-Par 28)
Arena Stage
Peter and Wendy
(Apr 27-Jun 24)
Catalyst Theater
The Flu Season (May
2-Jun 2)
Classika-Synetic
Theater
Animal Farm
(Apr 26-May 20)
Dance Place
Washington Reflections
(Feb 25)
Coyaba
Dance Theater: Destiny
(Mar 4)
Tappers With
Attitude (May 20)
Discovery Theater
Celebrations of Spring
(Apr 10-11)
American Rice
(May 1-3)
Fords Theatre
Meet John Doe
(Mar 16-Apr 29)
GALA Hispanic
Theatre
Elliot, A Soldier’s Fugue
(Apr 12-May 6)
Imagination Stage
Junebug
and the Reverend (Feb 10-Mar 25)
The John F. Kennedy
Center
for the Performing Arts
The National Symphony: Composer
Portrait: Dvorák
(May 3-4)
The Keegan Theatre 703 892-0202 x2
Two Plays by Samuel
Beckett (Apr 3-23)
A Man
for All Seasons (Apr 12-May 19)
MetroStage
Musical of Musicals (The Musical!) (Apr 4-May 27)
National Theatre
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Saturday Morning at the National (Mar
3-Apr 14)
Olney Theatre for
the Arts
Eubie! (Mar 28-Apr 29)
Rep Stage
Bach at Leipzig (Mar 16-Apr 1)
Round House Theatre
Crime and Punishment
(Apr 4-29)
Scena Theatre
Writer’s Cramp (Feb
28-Apr 1)
St.
Nicholas (Apr 1-May 1)
Signature Theatre
Saving Aimee (Apr
10-May 13)
The Studio Theatre
The Pillowman
(Mar 14-Apr 22)
Rosencrantz & Gildenstern Are Dead (May 16-Jun 24)
Teatro de la Luna
Bohemios / Bohemians (in partnership with the Opera Theatre of
Northern Virginia) (Feb
23-Mar 4)
Amor al Aire Libre / Love in the Open Air (May 4-Jun 2)
Theater J
Sherry Glaser’s Family Secrets
(Mar 7-Apr 15)
Washington Savoyards
Kiss Me Kate (Feb
28-Mar 17)
The
Merry Widow (Apr 12-22)
Washington
Shakespeare
Company
Edward
III (Mar 29-Apr 29)
The Washington
Stage Guild
Shaw Shorts
(Mar 1-Apr 1)
Opus (Apr
19-May 20)
Woolly Mammoth
Theatre
She Stoops to
Comedy (Mar 28-Apr 22)
