SPECIAL EVENTS, OFFERS & HAPPENINGS


American Century Theater
• Pay-What-You-Can previews of Paddy Chayefsky's The Tenth Man, Wed, Sep 15, Thu, Sep16, & Wed, Sep 22 at 8 pm, Gunston Arts Center, Theatre Two. Tickets on sale at the box office 1 hour prior to performance.
• "Talkback Thursday" Post-show discussion following the 8 pm performance of Paddy Chayefsky's The Tenth Man on Thurs, Sep 23 in Gunston Arts Center Theatre Two.

Arts on Foot Festival
• Visit the Penn Quarter Sat, Sept. 11 from 11am to 5pm for this annual arts festival featuring local artists, downtown restaurants sampling their menus, music and entertainment stages.  A number of downtown theatres and the Helen Hayes Awards will have booths with activites, ticket raffles, and other surprises.  This year, Arts on Foot partnered with the Shakespeare Theatre at the Harman Center for the Arts. Arts on Foot attendees will have an opportunity to see a production preview for the fall arts season from 20 local performing arts and theater organizations, every 2 hours. ‘Alternative Art Space’ is another addition to Arts on Foot. Using lobbies and unused raw building spaces, local art organizations will turn these spaces into an exhibition, which will be on the Arts on Foot tours.

Discovery Theater
• Starry, Starry Night, Stone Lion Puppets tell this imaginative introduction to stargazing.  Recommended for ages 2-7.  Thu, Sep 23 and Fri, Sep 24 at 10:15am, 11:15am & 12:15pm, tickets $3-6, Air and Space Museum.

Ford's Theatre
• History on Foot: Detective McDevitt, a walking tour with the detective investigating the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy. Sats. Sep 11-Oct 23 at 10:15 a.m. Tickets $12. Comfortable shoes recommended.
• History on Foot: Elizabeth Keckly, a walking tour with a freed slave who became a confidante to Mrs. Lincoln. Sats. Sep 11-Oct 23 at 11:15 a.m. Tickets $12. Comfortable shoes recommended.

Kennedy Center
• Page to Stage New Play Festival, featuring more than 40 theaters from the D.C.-area, offers a series of free readings and open rehearsals of plays and musicals being developed by local, regional, and national playwrights, librettists, and composers. Sept 4 - 6, 2010 from 2pm-10pm. Free.  Schedule can be found here: http://www.kennedy-center.org/calendar/?fuseaction=showEvent&event=XKPTS

MetroStage
• Pay-What-You-Can Glimpses of the Moon, a new Jazz Age Musical Wed Sep 8 and Thu Sep 9 at 8 pm, box office open one hour before the show ($10 minimum)
• Previews Sat. Sep. 11, 3pm and 8pm; tickets $25, call 703-548-9044 or www.metrostage.org to reserve.

Olney Theatre Center
• Post-Show Discussion with cast members for Dinner With Friends, Wed., Sep. 8.
• Pay-What-You-Can performances of The Scarlett Letter, Wed., Sep. 15 and Thu.,Sep. 16 at 7:30pm  Tickets on sale at the box office one hour prior to performance.

Playwrights Forum
• Reading:  Henry James: From Page to Stage.  Adaptations by Bari Biern, directed by Laura Giannarelli.  Saturday, Kennedy Center's Page to Stage, Terrace Gallery. Sep 4. Free.
• Reading:  The Road to Havana by Sidra Rausch.  Directed by Catherine O'Connor. Monday, St. John's Episcopal Church, Chevy Chase.  7 p.m.  $3 donation at door.
Rep Stage
• Pay-What-You-Can performances of Travels with My Aunt, Weds., Sep 1 & 8 at 7pm.  Rep Stage at Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Parkway, Columbia, MD 21044.

SCENA Theatre
• Special Event:  Cockney Cabaret: Enjoy food, beer, wine & music after Sink the Belgrano!  Sat, Sep 4 at 8pm.  H Street Playhouse, 1365 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002. Tickets: $35. www.scenatheater.org.

Studio Theatre
• Pay-what-you-can: Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker.  Sat, Sep. 11 at 2pm.
• Studio District Night, Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker.  Wed., Sep 8 at 8pm.
• Discussion Matinee, Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker.   Sun, Sep 19 at 2pm.
• Studio District Night Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven by Young Jean Lee.  Wed., Sep 29 at 8pm.

Teatro de la Luna
• Arpas de América - Latin American Harp Festival 2010. Fri, Sep. 17 & Sat, Sep. 18  @ 7:30 pm. Tickets: $30; $25 students/seniors (SAVE 10% Buy on-line now).  Rosslyn Spectrum Theater (1611 N. Kent St., 'LL' Level, Arlington VA 22209).  More info:  http://www.teatrodelaluna.org

Theater J
Post-Show Talkbacks for Something You Did; free with any Something You Did ticket.
• Sun, Sep 5 at 4:30pm: Scripture Unscripted: Clerical Perspectives on Protest & Punishment, Prisons & Parole.
• Sun, Sep 12 at 4:30pm:  How the 60s Changed the World with Elizabeth McAlister, Co-founder of Jonah House, wife of Philip Berrigan of the Catonsville Nine and Dave Eberhardt, Poet and member of the
Baltimore Four.
• Sun, Sep 12 at 9:00pm: When Protest Comes to Shove: How Far is Too Far? With Mark Goldstone: chair of the Demonstration Support Committee of the Washington DC chapter of the National Lawyers Guild; Phil Hirschkop, Civil Rights Lawyer since 1965; and Dave Eberhardt, Poet and member of the Baltimore Four.
• Thu, Sep 16 at 9:00pm: Cast Talkback.
• Sun, Sep 19 at 4:30pm: Switching Sides: Neo-Conservatism and the Journey of Gene Biddle with Daniel Halper, Writer for The Weekly Standard.
• Sun, Sep 26 at 4:30pm: Protest Movements and the Internet: Political Activism Yesterday and Today.
Tea@2 Reading of Haymarket by Zayd Dohrn Mon, Sep 27 at 2:00 pm. Tickets $5. Tickets on sale 1 hour prior to performance.

Washington Shakespeare Company
• Special Event:  By Any Other Name: An Evening of Shakespeare in Klingon: WSC's first-ever gala event, featuring scenes from Shakespeare in both English and Klingon presented by WSC's Acting Company along with special guest George Takei, Sulu in the original Star Trek television series and films, with an introduction by Marc Okrand, creator of the Klingon language. Tickets $150 (one ticket to the By Any Other Name performance and four WSC 21st Season Theatrepasses) & $250 (also includes VIP Reception following the performance).