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EDITOR-IN-CHIEFRandy Shulman

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SEPTMEBER 17, 2015Volume 22 / Issue 20

NEWS 6 R ELIGIOUS R IGHT

by John Riley

10 SEVERING THE

SCHOOL-TO-PRISON PIPELINE

by John Riley

COMMENTARY 12 TIME AFTER TIME ( AFTER TIME )

by Sean Bugg

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COMMUNITY CALENDAR

FEATURES 21 FALL ARTS PREVIEW

22 FILM

by Rhuaridh Marr

31 STAGE

Compiled by Doug Rule

43 TELEVISION

by Rhuaridh Marr

51 POP, R OCK, FOLK & JAZZ


65 CLASSICAL & CHORAL


75 DANCE


79 MUSEUMS & GALLERIES


83 ABOVE & BEYOND


OUT ON THE TOWN 90 Compiled by Doug Rule

STAGE 94 WOMEN LAUGHING ALONE WITH SALAD

by Kate Wingfield

ART 96 BLOOD MIRROR

by John Riley

NIGHTLIFE 99 MADONNA CONCERT AFTER PARTY

AT TOWN

photography by Ward Morrison

SCENE 107 MIXTAPE’S 7TH ANNIVERSARY

AT 9:30 CLUB

photography by Ward Morrison

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Religious Right As conservatives make political hay over gay marriage objections, religious

leaders discuss what “religious liberty” really means

Davis

TURNING ON THE NEWS THESE PAST FEW

weeks, you could be forgiven for thinking Americahad gained two new celebrities in Kim Davis and

Charee Stanley.Davis, the clerk of Rowan County, Ky., gained notoriety after

refusing to allow any couples to obtain marriage licenses, aposition stemming from her Apostolic Christian beliefs oppos-

ing same-sex marriage. Stanley, a former flight attendant for

ExpressJet and a recent convert to Islam, was suspended with-out pay after the airline first gave — and then took away — an

exemption that allowed her to refuse to serve alcohol to pas-sengers on flights, in accordance with her beliefs.

Their stories are similar, in that both women asked to avoidcertain duties associated with their jobs, citing religious beliefs.

H I L L A R Y T H O R N T O N Ð @ H I L L A R Y W K Y T

But the reaction and level of support, particularly among conserva-

tive circles, has largely favored Davis. Presidential candidate MikeHuckabee (R.), a former Baptist minister, has rallied to Davis’ side,

warning that overreach from an activist Supreme Court is “themost important issue” in the 2016 election, and claiming that Davis

was jailed for five days due to her religious beliefs.But local religious leaders and prominent members of faith

communities aren’t quite buying into Huckabee’s persecution

complex.The Very Rev. Gary Hall, dean of the Washington National

Cathedral, believes Davis’ complaints that her religious libertiesare being violated are “bogus.” Davis has tried to halt the issuance

of licenses, saying that even if she does not issue them herself,including her name and title on the form somehow constitutes an

L G B TNews Now online at MetroWeekly.comCharee Stanley: I’m No Kim DavisNo change on gay marriage from new Australian PM

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endorsement of same-sex marriage that she cannot abide.

“Kim Davis is certainly is within her right to believe that same-

sex marriage is not Biblical,” says Hall. “What she’s not free to do isto not do her job. If she really feels that her conscience is dictating

her to not do this, then he needs to resign her job.“If I’m a vegan, and I say, ‘I’m not going to give out hunting

licenses because I’m totally averse to killing and I am opposed tothe current interpretation of the 2nd Amendment,’ would I be

within my rights to refuse to give out hunting licenses? Of coursenot, People would laugh me out of the building if I said that.”

Hall says there is a long tradition within many faiths of

violating the law in order to follow one’s conscience, citing theimprisonment of conscientious objectors during World War II

and Jehovah’s Witnesses who failed to register for the draft inthe days of the Vietnam War. But, he adds, religion does not con-

stitute a carte blanche that immunizes someone from penalties.“The whole conscience argument from Martin Luther King

onward has been, ‘I’m going to follow my conscience, and ifmy conscience makes me break the law, I have to face theconsequences,’” says Hall. “But now, we have a whole class of

people who want to break the law, but don’t want to face theconsequences.”

Rev. Linda Olson Peebles, of the Unitarian UniversalistChurch of Arlington, says that despite outcry from conserva-

tives about alleged persecution, it has actually been the moreprogressive denominations and branches within faiths who

have been marginalized or silenced.

“I am a huge supporter of the right of each person to believewhat they believe and to practice their own faith,” she says. “But

a pluralistic society requires that we come to commonly heldagreements, which are called laws.”

Peebles also distinguishes between Kim Davis — who shouldresign if she won’t issue marriage licenses — and a more rea-

sonable religious accommodation, such as allowing a Muslim

woman to wear religious headgear and cover her hair on the job,noting that the latter is not denying a service to anyone.

“[A person] must either accept the job to serve those people,or not,” says Peebles. “They’re not required to have that job;

they’re required to obey the law if they’re going to have the job.”That sentiment is echoed by Jillian Perry, the first openly

LGBT president of Congregation Ner Shalom, a Reform Jewishtemple in Woodbridge, Va.

“By encouraging her deputies to not issue marriage licenses,

[Davis is] encouraging them to break the law,” Perry says.

“That’s not what she was elected for, so if she can’t do her job,

she needs to step down. The reaction I’ve gotten from most ofmy congregants has been the same.... I almost think it would be

a bigger testament to God to step down from your position than

to get in the way of somebody’s personal rights.”When asked about Charee Stanley, Perry compared it to a

Jewish deli worker at a local Harris Teeter store who objected

to slicing ham, saying it could be reasonable to make an accom-modation so one of his co-workers could serve the ham instead,

just like Stanley’s co-workers agreed to serve alcohol when she

could not. She said another example of a “reasonable accommo-dation” in Judaism would be allowing a man to wear a yarmulke

in his place of business, as it doesn’t create a significant burdenon anyone.

Rev. Jill McCrory, of Twinbrook Baptist Church, in Rockville,Md., notes that some religious accommodations, such as allow-

ing an employee to wear a cross or a headdress in accordance

with their beliefs, have always been seen as reasonable. Butshe, like other religious leaders, notes that there is a difference

between one’s beliefs and imposing them on others through thegovernment.

“We do not live in a church-run government,” she says. “Thisis why we’re not running our country according to various inter-

pretations of people’s faith. I don’t agree with my conservativebrothers and sisters, but I’m not going to refuse to do something

for them. But it’s going to get pretty nasty if we start accom-

modating for everyone’s position. And we can’t just choose oneinterpretation or one faith on everyone.

“Baptists, especially, live and breathe on soul freedom andthe freedom of the congregation,” McCrory continues. “That’s

why we don’t have one Baptist entity. Contrary to popular opin-

ion, there is more than just the Southern Baptist Convention.”But McCrory also sees Davis and Stanley’s situations as

issues pertaining to employment law, and not necessarily reli-gious freedom. If both knew what the job was supposed to — or

might one day — entail, and they promised to do that job, thenthey should not be excused for refusing to carry out their duties.

McCrory also rejects the idea, floated by conservative activ-ists and politicians like Huckabee, that the freedom of speech of

religious conservatives is somehow under attack.“It’s complete hyperbole. Look at all the speech we’ve had on

marriage equality, on both sides,” she says. “People haven’t been

shut down from speaking, what they’ve been shut down for isnot following the law.” l

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M

ARIO VASQUEZ WAS ONLY A FRESHMAN

when a vicious rumor nearly got him expelled

from his high school in Lancaster, California.

“Someone made a false accusation to theadministration office that had to do with my sexuality,” hesays. The rumor? That he had been engaging in sexual acts

with another openly gay boy in the school’s restroom. Beforeconducting an investigation, school administrators disciplined

Vasquez by pulling him out of class during state testing, mak-ing him attend detention on Saturdays and calling his house-

hold, thus outing him to a member of the household who

was unaware of the teen’s sexual orientation. Although theinvestigation revealed that the tipster had fabricated the story,

Vasquez never received an apology, and the troublemaker wasnever disciplined.

“That left a lasting impact on me,” Vasquez says. “I no lon-ger felt safe in school. I felt targeted by other students and the

administration.”

Now 20 years old and working with LYRIC, Gay StraightAlliance Network and Educational Justice, Vasquez uses his

story to illustrate a much larger problem affecting LGBT youth:school disciplinary policies that target LGBT youth, particularly

youth of color, which in turn push them out of school and placethem at greater risk of ending up in the juvenile justice system.

According to a 2011 study published in the Official Journal ofthe American Academy for Pediatrics, non-heterosexual adoles-

cents “suffer disproportionate educational and criminal-justice

punishments that are not explained by greater engagement inillegal or transgressive behaviors.”

Citing data from previous studies, the Gay Straight Alliance

Network, Advancement Project and Equality Federationreleased a report on Monday outlining major recommendationsdesigned to serve as a “call to action” for LGBT and racial justice

organizations. The report recommends that such organizations

form partnerships to address disparities in school disciplinealong the lines of race, gender and sexual orientation and to

dismantle the “school-to-prison” pipeline.“The school-to-prison pipeline [describes] policies and prac-

tices that push young people out of school, both directlyand indirectly,” Thena Robinson-Mock, project director of

Advancement Project Ending the Schoolhouse to JailhouseTrack said in a conference call with reporters. “These policies

include various things, such as underinvestment in schools,

implicit and explicit violence, putative ‘zero-tolerance’ practic-

es, the over-policing of schools, and suspension, expulsions andschool-based arrests. Together, these policies criminalize our

young people. And many of these infractions that young peopleare getting pushed out of school for are minor violations.”

Robinson-Mock also explained that discretionary-based cat-

egories of discipline, such as “willful defiance,” insubordination,disobedience and disrespect that are rather vague and subject

to a wide range of interpretation, can disproportionately impactLGBT children, leading to harsh penalties or sanctions.

“For instance, when a student decides to wear somethingthat is gender non-conforming, a teacher or educator could

look at that and say, ‘Oh, that child is being defiant. Thatchild is not following the rules,’ when in fact, they are exer-

cising their rights in terms of expressing themselves,” she

said. “So what we have been saying, for many years now, isthat we need to eliminate those kinds of infractions when it

comes to discipline.”Dress code violations were a constant issue for Kourtnee

Armanii Davinnié in school. The 19-year-old youth leader andoutreach specialist with the Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority

Youth Network (JASMYN) felt she was targeted for gender

nonconformity as an out transgender student. She says the lackof respect, including being misgendered by adults, and a lack of

cultural competency and concern by her teachers were someof the contributing factors that lead to her erratic school atten-

dance during high school.Ian Palmquist, Equality Federation’s director of leadership

programs, said that ‘zero tolerance’ policies can often leadto disciplinary actions against children who seek to defend

themselves from bullies, often doling out punishments withouttaking into account the surrounding circumstances. Truancy isoften a symptom of LGBT youths’ fear for their own safety, and

rigid policies simply exacerbate the problem.“We know that when young people are suspended, even one

time, it increases the likelihood that they’ll drop out of school,”Robinson-Mock added.

The report provides recommendations for youth, teachers

and administrators as to how they can best combat the school-to-prison pipeline. Among the recommendations is for admin-

istrators to adhere to the joint guidance from the Departmentof Education and Department of Justice, which previously

acknowledged the existence of the school-to-prison pipeline


Severing theSchool-to-Prison Pipeline Report calls for collaboration between LGBT and racial justice groups to

combat “pushout” from schools

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as it affects students of color and LGBTQ students. Other rec-

ommendations include adopting comprehensive anti-bullyingpolicies, limiting the role of police in schools, requiring cultural

competency training for educators and staff, and creating safespaces for LGBT youth.

“There really is a ‘fierce urgency of now’ when we look atthe ways that LGBTQ youth and transgender youth are being

treated in schools,” said Robinson-Mock. “We know when

there are intersecting identities, that those students are being

pushed out at higher rates than their white counterparts. So, inour view, the time is now to amplify these issues.... We believe

that by releasing this report we are sparking and encouragingcollaboration and raising awareness around why these issues

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ACOUPLE WEEKS AGO I WAS DOING SOME

work with a woman who’s much younger than me,

as well as much more knowledgeable about what wewere doing. I hope it comes as no surprise that I have

no problem with this — age brings wisdom but that doesn’t meaneveryone under 40 is an idiot.

I got called away and when I returned she was fielding ques-tions from a white guy, about my age, who immediately turned

and started directing his questions to me. I thought it was weirdthat, even though I was saying phrases like “I don’t know,” hekept asking me new ones and not taking the obvious hint to ask

the well-versed person standing next to me.After this was over I promptly forgot about it until the next

day when she brought it up, only half-jokingly, that the guy obvi-ously had a problem asking a woman for information.

The click of sudden understanding in my head may haveactually been audible to those around me. I knew something

was weird about the conversation but I was thinking, “Why is he

asking me these questions?” instead of the more relevant point,“Why isn’t he asking her?”

I asked her if it happened a lot. “All the time,” she said.

So, yes, I got another realization of the unearned privilegethat often comes with being a man (particularly a white one).Here I am having written all these times about being conscious

of my own privilege when it comes to race, yet this not-so-subtle

misogyny flies right by me. I asked my sister, who works in amale-dominated industry back in Kentucky, if the same thing

happens to her. “Are you kidding?” she said. “All the time.” Mymom, who works in healthcare, told me the same thing.

All the time. Think about that the next time you roll your eyesor give an exasperated sigh when someone not like you mentions

discrimination or micro-aggressions or some other symptom ofthe privilege that permeates our culture. Yes, some people are

oversensitive. But most aren’t.

That’s the thing about privilege. It’s hard to see it when you

have it, which makes it harder to understand when other people

point it out.Another case in point: My husband Cavin and I have been

together for more than a decade, so we’ve been out to dinnerat restaurants many, many times. Because I am a lucky man,

Cavin’s the one who usually pays. So most dinners end with theserver handing the check to me, the white guy, and me handing

it to Cavin, the Asian guy.I’m embarrassed to say that this didn’t really click for me

until early spring of this year. But once I saw it I can’t stop see-

ing it. No matter what I do — limiting my talking to the waiter,being obviously deferential to Cavin, getting up and going to the

bathroom after the plates are cleared — the check gets placed infront of me, not Cavin or in the table’s neutral zone. I’ve asked

Asian friends if this happens to them when they go out to eatwith a white friend, date, or spouse.

You guessed it, all the time.

The exception that proves the rule: Vietnamese restaurantswhere Cavin speaks to the staff in Vietnamese and I sit there like

the idiot who has only learned enough of the language to ask for

shrimp or beef. Those servers know who’s in charge.The point is, it’s easy to be blind to your own privilege

even when you know you have it. I’m guessing that’s why

Matt Damon made a fool of himself this week lecturing a

black woman filmmaker about how diversity works. That’snot a defense of Damon, it’s an encouragement of calling

him on it. If the woman I work with hadn’t called me out— however indirectly — I wouldn’t have seen it. And I’d be

worse for it.When you have privilege — as a man, as a white person, as a

wealthy person, as an educated person — you have the respon-sibility to see and understand your privilege. Because everyone

else has to live with the results of it all the time. l

Time after Time(after Time)

You think you understand your privilege as a white man, until you suddenlysee what you’ve been missing

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GAY DISTRICT holds facilitateddiscussion for GBTQ men, ages 18-35,on the first and third Fridays ofeach month. 8:30-9:30 p.m. The DCCenter, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.202-682-2245, gaydistrict.org.

HIV TESTING at Whitman-WalkerHealth. At the Elizabeth Taylor

Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max RobinsonCenter, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointmentcall 202-745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.

METROHEALTH CENTER offersfree, rapid HIV testing. Appointmentneeded. 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700.202-638-0750.

PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-affirming social group for ages 11-24.4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road NW.Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422, layc-dc.org.

SMYAL’S REC NIGHT providesa social atmosphere for GLBT andquestioning youth, featuring danceparties, vogue nights, movies andgames. More info, [email protected].

SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-6p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger. Youth Center,410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, [email protected].

SATURDAY, SEPT. 19

BURGUNDY CRESCENT, a gay volunteer organization, volunteersfor the Lost Dog & Cat RescueFoundation at Falls Church PetSmart.To participate, visit burgundycres-cent.org.


SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger. 202-567-3155or [email protected].

US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics Anonymous Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,3636 Georgia Ave. NW. The group isindependent of UHU. 202-446-1100.

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIPINSTITUTE for young LBTQ women,13-21, interested in leadership devel-opment. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL YouthCenter, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3163,[email protected].

FRIDAY, SEPT. 18

LGB PSYCHOTHERAPY GROUP foradults in Montgomery County offersa safe space to explore coming outand issues of identity. 10-11:30 a.m.16220 S. Frederick Rd., Suite 512,Gaithersburg, Md. For more informa-tion, visit thedccenter.org.

The DC Center celebrates its 10th

annual FALL RECEPTION at theWarner Building. 6-9 p.m. 1299Pennsylvania Ave. NW. $75 ticketsavailable via paypal.com or $100 atthe door. For more information, visitthedccenter.org.

WEEKLY EVENTS

ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURALHEALTH offers free HIV testing, 9-5p.m., and HIV services (by appoint-ment). 202-291-4707, andromeda-transculturalhealth.org.

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) prac-tice session at Hains Point, 927 OhioDr. SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visitswimdcac.org.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17

The POLY DISCUSSION GROUP of The DC Center meets to discussissues related to polyamory and otherconsensual non-monogamous rela-tionships. 7-8 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW,Suite 105. For more information, visit

thedccenter.org.

WEEKLY EVENTS

ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURALHEALTH offers free HIV testing, 9-5p.m., and HIV services (by appoint-ment). Call 202-291-4707, or visitandromedatransculturalhealth.org.

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC)practice session at Takoma AquaticCenter, 300 Van Buren St. NW. 7:30-9p.m. swimdcac.org.

DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and les-

bian square-dancing group featuresmainstream through advanced squaredancing at the National City ChristianChurch, 5 Thomas Circle NW, 7-9:30p.m. Casual dress. 301-257-0517,dclambdasquares.org.

The DULLES TRIANGLES Northern Virginia social group meets for happyhour at Sheraton in Reston, 11810Sunrise Valley Drive, second-floor bar, 7-9 p.m. All welcome. dullestri-angles.com.

HIV TESTING at Whitman-WalkerHealth. At the Elizabeth TaylorMedical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,

9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max RobinsonCenter, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointmentcall 202-745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.

IDENTITY offers free and confiden-tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg,414 East Diamond Ave., and inTakoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411. Walk-ins 2-6 p.m.For appointments other hours, callGaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or

Takoma Park, 301-422-2398.

Metro Weekly’s Community Calendar highlights important events in the D.C.-area

LGBT community, from alternative social events to volunteer opportunities.

Event information should be sent by email to [email protected].

Deadline for inclusion is noon of the Friday before Thursday’s publication.

Questions about the calendar may be directed to the

Metro Weekly office at 202-638-6830 or

the calendar email address.

LGBTCommunityCalendarCHRYSALIS arts & culture grouptours historic Oak Hill Cemetery inGeorgetown, final resting place ofLincoln’s Secretary of War EdwinStanton, Kay & Philip Graham of theWashington Post, art collector WilliamCorcoran, first Smithsonian SecretaryJoseph Henry, early DC politicianPeter Van Ness, and many others. Free.Must register in advance. Craig, 202-

462-0535. [email protected].

FCPS PRIDE, a new group for FairfaxCounty Schools LGBT educators andallies, holds a monthly Coffee Housemeeting on the third Saturday of eachmonth. 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Breeze BakeryCafe, 4125 Hummer Rd. Annandale, Va. For more information, text202-295-7939.

SOUTH ASIAN LGBTQ SUPPORTGROUP holds its monthly meeting atThe DC Center. 1-3 p.m. 2000 14th St.NW, Suite 105. For more information, visit thedccenter.org.

The DC Center holds a monthlymeeting of its ASYLUM SEEKERS/ASYLEES SUPPORT GROUP forLGBT refugees and their allies. 7-9p.m. 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. Formore information, visitthedccenter.org.

WEEKLY EVENTS

ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURALHEALTH offers free HIV testing, 9-5p.m., and HIV services (by appoint-ment). 202-291-4707 or andromeda-transculturalhealth.org.

BET MISHPACHAH, founded bymembers of the LGBT community,holds Saturday morning Shabbat services, 10 a.m., followed by Kiddushluncheon. Services in DCJCCCommunity Room, 1529 16th St. NW. betmish.org.

BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, includingothers interested in Brazilian culture,meets. For location/time, email [email protected].

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) prac-tice session at Hains Point, 972 OhioDr., SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visitswimdcac.org.

DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walk-ing/social club welcomes all levels forexercise in a fun and supportive envi-ronment, socializing afterward. Meet9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for awalk; or 10 a.m. for fun run. dcfront-runners.org.

DC SENTINELS basketball teammeets at Turkey Thicket RecreationCenter, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE, 2-4p.m. For players of all levels, gay orstraight. teamdcbasketball.org.


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DIGNITYUSA sponsors Mass forLGBT community, family andfriends. 6:30 p.m., Immanuel Church-on-the-Hill, 3606 Seminary Road, Alexandria. All welcome. For moreinfo, visit dignitynova.org.

GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discussescritical languages and foreign lan-guages. 7 p.m. Nellie’s, 900 U St. NW.RVSP preferred. brendandarcy@

gmail.com.

IDENTITY offers free and confiden-tial HIV testing in Takoma Park,7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411.Walk-ins 12-3 p.m. For appointmentsother hours, call 301-422-2398.

SUNDAY, SEPT. 20

WEEKLY EVENTS

LGBT-inclusiveALL SOULSMEMORIAL EPISCOPAL CHURCH celebrates Low Mass at 8:30 a.m., HighMass at 11 a.m. 2300 Cathedral Ave.NW. 202-232-4244, allsoulsdc.org.

BETHEL CHURCH-DC progressiveand radically inclusive church holdsservices at 11:30 a.m. 2217 Minnesota Ave. SE. 202-248-1895, betheldc.org.

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) practicesession at Hains Point, 972 Ohio Dr.,SW. 9:30-11 a.m. Visit swimdcac.org.

DIGNITYUSA offers Roman CatholicMass for the LGBT community. 6p.m., St. Margaret’s Church, 1820Connecticut Ave. NW. All welcome.

Sign interpreted. For more info, visitdignitynova.org.

FIRST CONGREGATIONAL UNITEDCHURCH OF CHRIST welcomes allto 10:30 a.m. service, 945 G St. NW.firstuccdc.org or 202-628-4317.

FRIENDS MEETING OFWASHINGTON meets for worship,10:30 a.m., 2111 Florida Ave. NW,Quaker House Living Room (next toMeeting House on Decatur Place),2nd floor. Special welcome to lesbi-ans and gays. Handicapped accessiblefrom Phelps Place gate. Hearingassistance. quakersdc.org.

HOPE UNITED CHURCH OFCHRIST welcomes GLBT commu-nity for worship. 10:30 a.m., 6130Old Telegraph Road, Alexandria.hopeucc.org.

INSTITUTE FOR SPIRITUALDEVELOPMENT, God-centered newage church & learning center. SundayServices and Workshops event. 5419Sherier Place NW. isd-dc.org.

Join LINCOLN CONGREGATIONALTEMPLE – UNITED CHURCH OFCHRIST for an inclusive, loving and

progressive faith community everySunday. 11 a.m. 1701 11th Street NW,near R in Shaw/Logan neighborhood.lincolntemple.org.

LUTHERAN CHURCH OFREFORMATION invites all to Sundayworship at 8:30 or 11 a.m. Childcare isavailable at both services. WelcomingLGBT people for 25 years. 212 EastCapitol St. NE. reformationdc.org.

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITYCHURCH OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA services at 11 a.m., led by Rev. OnettaBrooks. Children’s Sunday School, 11a.m. 10383 Democracy Lane, Fairfax.703-691-0930, mccnova.com.

METROPOLITAN COMMUNITYCHURCH OF WASHINGTON, D.C. services at 9 a.m. (ASL interpreted)and 11 a.m. Children’s Sunday Schoolat 11 a.m. 474 Ridge St. NW. 202-638-7373, mccdc.com.

NATIONAL CITY CHRISTIAN

CHURCH, inclusive church withGLBT fellowship, offers gospel wor-ship, 8:30 a.m., and traditional wor-ship, 11 a.m. 5 Thomas Circle NW.202-232-0323, nationalcitycc.org.

NEW HSV-2 SOCIAL ANDSUPPORT GROUP for gay men livingin the DC metro area. This group will be meeting once a month. For infor-mation on location and time, email [email protected].

RIVERSIDE BAPTIST CHURCH,a Christ-centered, interracial, wel-coming-and-affirming church, offersservice at 10 a.m. 680 I St. SW. 202-

554-4330, riversidedc.org.

ST. STEPHEN AND THEINCARNATION, an “interracial,multi-ethnic Christian Community”offers services in English, 8 a.m. and10:30 a.m., and in Spanish at 5:15 p.m.1525 Newton St. NW. 202-232-0900,saintstephensdc.org.

UNITARIAN CHURCH OFARLINGTON, an LGBTQ welcoming-and-affirming congregation, offersservices at 10 a.m. Virginia RainbowUU Ministry. 4444 Arlington Blvd.uucava.org.

UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTCHURCH OF SILVER SPRING invites LGBTQ families and individu-als of all creeds and cultures to jointhe church. Services 9:15 and 11:15 a.m.10309 New Hampshire Ave. uucss.org.

UNIVERSALIST NATIONALMEMORIAL CHURCH, a welcom-ing and inclusive church. GLBTInterweave social/service groupmeets monthly. Services at 11 a.m.,Romanesque sanctuary. 1810 16th St.NW. 202-387-3411, universalist.org.


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MONDAY, SEPT. 21

CENTER FAITH, a group of The DCCenter for LGBT people and theirreligious allies, holds a monthlymeeting. 6-8 p.m. 2000 14th St. NW,Suite 105. For more information, visitthedccenter.org.

WEEKLY EVENTS

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) prac-tice session at Hains Point, 927 OhioDr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit swimdcac.org.

DC SCANDALS RUGBY holdspractice, 6:30-8:30 p.m. GarrisonElementary, 1200 S St. NW. dcscan-dals.wordpress.com.

GETEQUAL meets 6:30-8 p.m. atQuaker House, 2111 Florida Ave. [email protected].

HIV Testing at WHITMAN-WALKERHEALTH. At the Elizabeth Taylor

Medical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max RobinsonCenter, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointmentcall 202-745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.

KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY(K.I.) SERVICES, 3333 Duke St., Alexandria, offers free “rapid” HIVtesting and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

703-823-4401.

METROHEALTH CENTER offersfree, rapid HIV testing. No appoint-ment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14thSt. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.

NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing.5-7 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite 200,

Arlington. Appointments: 703-789-4467.

SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger. Youth Center,410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155 or test-

[email protected].

THE DC CENTER hosts Coffee Drop-In for the Senior LGBT Community.10 a.m.-noon. 2000 14th St. NW. 202-682-2245, thedccenter.org.

US HELPING US hosts a black gaymen’s evening affinity group. 3636

Georgia Ave. NW. 202-446-1100.

WASHINGTON WETSKINS WATERPOLO TEAM practices 7-9 p.m.Takoma Aquatic Center, 300 VanBuren St. NW. Newcomers with atleast basic swimming ability alwayswelcome. Tom, 703-299-0504, [email protected], wetskins.org.

WHITMAN-WALKER HEALTHHIV/AIDS Support Group for newlydiagnosed individuals, meets 7 p.m.Registration required. 202-939-7671,

[email protected].

TUESDAY, SEPT. 22Join The DC Center, Center Bi, the Alliance of Multi-Cultural Bisexuals(AMBi) and the Mayor’s Officeof LGBTQ Affairs for the annual

BISEXUAL PRIDE AWARENESSWEEK CELEBRATION. 6:30-8:30p.m. Proclamation and discussion at7:15 p.m. Human Rights Campaign,

1640 Rhode Island Ave. NW. For moreinformation, visit thedccenter.org.

The GENDERQUEER DISCUSSIONGROUP of The DC Center meets todiscuss issues of identity. 7-8:30 p.m.2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For moreinformation, visit thedccenter.org.

The LATINO LGBT TASK FORCE,a collaborative effort between theMayor’s Office on Latino Affairs andThe DC Center meets to discuss issuesaffecting the District’s LGBT Latinocommunity. 5:30-7 p.m. 2000 14th St.NW, Suite 105. For more information,contact Eric Perez, [email protected] or 202-682-2245.

WEEKLY EVENTS


ASIANS AND FRIENDS weekly din-ner in Dupont/Logan Circle area, 6:30p.m. [email protected], afwashington.net.


DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walk-ing/social club serving greater D.C.’sLGBT community and allies hosts anevening run/walk. dcfrontrunners.org.

THE GAY MEN’S HEALTHCOLLABORATIVE offers free HIVtesting and STI screening and treat-ment every Tuesday. 5-6:30 p.m.Rainbow Tuesday LGBT Clinic, Alexandria Health Department, 4480King St. 703-746-4986 or text 571-214-9617. [email protected].

HIV TESTING at Whitman-WalkerHealth. At the Elizabeth TaylorMedical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max RobinsonCenter, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointment call 202-745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.

THE HIV WORKING GROUP of THEDC CENTER hosts “Packing Party,”where volunteers assemble safe-sexkits of condoms and lube. 7 p.m.,Green Lantern, 1335 Green Court NW.thedccenter.org.


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IDENTITY offers free and confiden-tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg,414 East Diamond Ave., and inTakoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411. Walk-ins 2-6 p.m.For appointments other hours, callGaithersburg at 301-300-9978 or

Takoma Park at 301-422-2398.

KARING WITH INDIVIDUALITY(K.I.) SERVICES, at 3333 Duke St., Alexandria, offers free “rapid” HIVtesting and counseling, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.703-823-4401.


OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS—LGBT focused meeting everyTuesday, 7 p.m. St. George’sEpiscopal Church, 915 Oakland Ave., Arlington, just steps from VirginiaSquare Metro. For more info. callDick, 703-521-1999. Handicapped

accessible. Newcomers [email protected].

SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger. Youth Center,410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, [email protected].

SUPPORT GROUP FOR LGBTQ YOUTH ages 13-21 meets at SMYAL,410 7th St. SE, 5-6:30 p.m. CathyChu, 202-567-3163, [email protected].

US HELPING US hosts a supportgroup for black gay men 40 and

older. 7-9 p.m., 3636 Georgia Ave.NW. 202-446-1100.

Whitman-Walker Health’s GAYMEN’S HEALTH AND WELLNESS/STD CLINIC opens at 6 p.m., 170114th St. NW. Patients are seen onwalk-in basis. No-cost screening forHIV, syphilis, gonorrhea and chla-mydia. Hepatitis and herpes testingavailable for fee. whitman-walker.org.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23

The HIV PREVENTION WORKING

GROUP holds its monthly planningmeeting at The DC Center. 7-9 p.m.2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105. For moreinformation, visit thedccenter.org.

THE LAMBDA BRIDGE CLUBmeets for Duplicate Bridge. 7:30 p.m.Dignity Center, 721 8th St. SE, acrossfrom the Marine Barracks. No reser- vation needed. 703-407-6540 if youneed a partner.

WEEKLY EVENTS

AD LIB, a group for freestyle conversation, meets about 6:30-6 p.m.,

Steam, 17th and R NW. All welcome.For more information, call FaustoFernandez, 703-732-5174.


DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) prac-tice session at Hains Point, 927 OhioDr. SW. 7-8:30 p.m. Visit swimdcac.org.

DC SCANDALS RUGBY holdspractice, 6:30-8:30 p.m. GarrisonElementary, 1200 S St. NW. dcscan-dals.wordpress.com.

HISTORIC CHRIST CHURCH offers Wednesday worship 7:15 a.m.and 12:05 p.m. All welcome. 118 N.Washington St., Alexandria. 703-549-1450, historicchristchurch.org.


IDENTITY offers free and confiden-tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg, 414East Diamond Ave. Walk-ins 2-7 p.m.For appointments other hours, call

Gaithersburg at 301-300-9978.

JOB CLUB, a weekly support pro-gram for job entrants and seekers,meets at The DC Center. 2000 14th St.NW, Suite 105. 6 p.m.-7:30 p.m. Moreinfo, www.centercareers.org.

METROHEALTH CENTER offersfree, rapid HIV testing. No appoint-ment needed. 11 a.m.-7 p.m. 1012 14thSt. NW, Suite 700. 202-638-0750.

NOVASALUD offers free HIV testing.11 a.m.-2 p.m. 2049 N. 15th St., Suite200, Arlington. Appointments: 703-789-4467.

PRIME TIMERS OF DC, socialclub for mature gay men, hostsweekly happy hour/dinner. 6:30 p.m.,Windows Bar above Dupont ItalianKitchen, 1637 17th St. NW. Carl, 703-573-8316.

THURSDAY, SEPT. 24

WEEKLY EVENTS

ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURALHEALTH offers free HIV testing, 9-5p.m., and HIV services (by appoint-ment). Call 202-291-4707, or visitandromedatransculturalhealth.org.



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DC LAMBDA SQUARES gay and les- bian square-dancing group featuresmainstream through advanced squaredancing at the National City ChristianChurch, 5 Thomas Circle NW, 7-9:30p.m. Casual dress. 301-257-0517,dclambdasquares.org.

The DULLES TRIANGLES Northern Virginia social group meets for happyhour at Sheraton in Reston, 11810

Sunrise Valley Drive, second-floor bar, 7-9 p.m. All welcome. dullestri-angles.com.

HIV TESTING at Whitman-WalkerHealth. At the Elizabeth TaylorMedical Center, 1701 14th St. NW,9 a.m.-5 p.m. At the Max RobinsonCenter, 2301 MLK Jr. Ave. SE, 9a.m.-4:30 p.m. For an appointmentcall 202-745-7000. Visit whitman-walker.org.

IDENTITY offers free and confiden-tial HIV testing in Gaithersburg,414 East Diamond Ave., and inTakoma Park, 7676 New Hampshire

Ave., Suite 411. Walk-ins 2-6 p.m.For appointments other hours, callGaithersburg, 301-300-9978, or

Takoma Park, 301-422-2398.


SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-5p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger. 202-567-3155or [email protected].

US HELPING US hosts a Narcotics

Anonymous Meeting, 6:30-7:30 p.m.,3636 Georgia Ave. NW. The group isindependent of UHU. 202-446-1100.

WOMEN’S LEADERSHIPINSTITUTE for young LBTQ women,13-21, interested in leadership devel-opment. 5-6:30 p.m. SMYAL YouthCenter, 410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3163,[email protected].

FRIDAY, SEPT. 25

WEEKLY EVENTS


DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) prac-tice session at Hains Point, 927 OhioDr. SW. 6:30-8 p.m. Visitswimdcac.org.

GAY DISTRICT holds facilitateddiscussion for GBTQ men, ages 18-35,on the first and third Fridays ofeach month. 8:30-9:30 p.m. The DCCenter, 2000 14th St. NW, Suite 105.202-682-2245, gaydistrict.org.


METROHEALTH CENTER offersfree, rapid HIV testing. Appointmentneeded. 1012 14th St. NW, Suite 700.

202-638-0750.

PROJECT STRIPES hosts LGBT-affirming social group for ages 11-24.4-6 p.m. 1419 Columbia Road NW.Contact Tamara, 202-319-0422, layc-dc.org.

SMYAL’S REC NIGHT provides asocial atmosphere for GLBT and ques-tioning youth, featuring dance parties, vogue nights, movies and games. Moreinfo, [email protected].

SMYAL offers free HIV Testing, 3-6p.m., by appointment and walk-in, for youth 21 and younger. Youth Center,

410 7th St. SE. 202-567-3155, [email protected].

SATURDAY, SEPT. 26

WEEKLY EVENTS

ANDROMEDA TRANSCULTURALHEALTH offers free HIV testing, 9-5p.m., and HIV services (by appoint-ment). 202-291-4707 or andromeda-transculturalhealth.org.

BRAZILIAN GLBT GROUP, includingothers interested in Brazilian culture,meets. For location/time, email [email protected].

DC AQUATICS CLUB (DCAC) prac-tice session at Hains Point, 972 OhioDr., SW. 8:30-10 a.m. Visitswimdcac.org.

DC FRONT RUNNERS running/walk-ing/social club welcomes all levels forexercise in a fun and supportive envi-ronment, socializing afterward. Meet9:30 a.m., 23rd & P Streets NW, for awalk; or 10 a.m. for fun run. dcfront-runners.org.

DC SENTINELS basketball teammeets at Turkey Thicket RecreationCenter, 1100 Michigan Ave. NE, 2-4p.m. For players of all levels, gay orstraight. teamdcbasketball.org.

GAY LANGUAGE CLUB discussescritical languages and foreign lan-guages. 7 p.m. Nellie’s, 900 U St. NW.RVSP preferred. [email protected].

IDENTITY offers free and confidentialHIV testing in Takoma Park, 7676New Hampshire Ave., Suite 411. Walk-ins 12-3 p.m. For appointments otherhours, call 301-422-2398. l


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by Rhuaridh Marr

F ALL REALLY ONLY MEANS ONE THING IN THE

cinematic world: it’s Oscar season. Studios will rubshoulders as they desperately cram the schedule with

movies they hope will bring home a statue — and theresulting inflated box office receipts. There’s Emily Blunt as an

idealistic FBI agent, Eddie Redmayne as the first transgender

woman to undergo gender reassignment, Tobey Maguire as achess master, and Rooney Mara as a store clerk in love with

a married woman, to name but a few of the performancesthat’ll captivate audiences this season. Sprinkled amongst these

performance-driven pieces are the usual blockbusters, of course,from sci-fi escapism to high-drama realism, with a detour to

the top of Mount Everest and the World Trade Center to boot.

Horror is also surprisingly present this year, with Eli Roth andGuillermo del Toro doing their best to make audiences jump.

There’s even a hideous remake of an ’80s animated classic, ifthat’s your thing. Something for everyone, then.

SEPTEMBER

EVEREST — If you’ve ever looked at the world’s highest peakand wondered why anyone would try to climb it, Baltasar

Kormákur’s film will do nothing to change your mind. With astarry cast including Jake Gyllenhaal and Josh Brolin, it depicts

— in immersive 3D, no less — the events of the 1996 Mount

Everest disaster, when a blizzard led to one of the mountain’s

deadliest climbing seasons. If you have a fear of heights, perhapshead to a 2D showing. (9/18)

MAZE RUNNER: THE SCORCH TRIALS — Something of an outlier in

the young adult genre, the Maze Runner series neverthelessshares countless similarities with the Divergent and HungerGames series — dystopian tones and plucky adolescents are bothhere in equal measures. Expect even more action as our torturedmaze-dwellers escape into the outside world, where they’ll des-

perately seek for the same incredible profit margins as the last

film. (9/18)

BLACK MASS — An unrecognizable Johnny Depp stars as WhiteyBulger, the infamous Boston mobster whose crimes were

ignored by the FBI after he became an informant for them. Setin the ’70s and ‘80s, when Bulger’s criminal activities peaked,

early reviews suggest Depp’s performance is a game-changer forhis career. (9/18)

SICARIO — Incredibly timely given the barbed words being used

in the GOP presidential race, Emily Blunt stars as an FBI agent

swept up in the drug war taking place on the US-Mexico border.Tasked with bringing down a drug lord, Kate Mercer (Blunt)

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joins forces with a covert assassin (Benicio del Toro) and learns

the human cost of the drug cartels’ dominance in Mexico. Denis Villeneuve ( Incendies, Prisoners ) directs. (9/18)

PAWN SACRIFICE — Did you know that one of the most excit-ing clashes between the U.S. and the Soviets occurred over a

chessboard in Iceland 40 years ago? No, really. American chessprodigy Bobby Fischer (Tobey Maguire) challenged Russia’s

Boris Spassky (Liev Schreiber) to defend his world title and both

nations’ governments became embroiled in the ensuing match.Edward Zwick’s film depicts the build-up to and fallout from the

historic bout — and no doubt hopes to score an Oscar nom forMaguire’s performance as the troubled Fischer. (9/18)

ABOUT RAY — Critics so far seem split on Gaby Dellal’s film — a Boy’s Don’t Cry for a more tolerant world — which follows Ray(Elle Fanning) and his transition from female to male. Ray’s

mother (Naomi Watts) and grandmother (Susan Sarandon)must come to terms with his transition while trying to persuade

his estranged father to approve of the process. We can quibble

over its schmaltzy nature and cisgender actor, but that About Ray exists at all speaks volumes about Hollywood’s increasingly

diverse nature. (9/18)

THE INTERN — Proving she has a penchant for mature themes,Nancy Meyers ( It’s Complicated ) writes and directs a film aboutageism, the potential boredom of retirement, and the classic

adage that experience never gets old — it’s even the film’s tag-line. Oscar-winners collide as Ben (Robert De Niro) takes an

intern role at Jules’ (Anne Hathaway) upstart fashion website,eventually mentoring her in both business and life. It seems

relatively inoffensive, if a little paint-by-numbers — much likeMeyers’ last effort. (9/25)

THE GREEN INFERNO — Eli Roth brings his typically over-the-top

style to another film about clueless Americans stumbling into

danger. Well, technically they crash into it when a plane fullof doe-eyed youths eager to help save the rainforest plummets

into the midst of an uncontacted tribe. It’s Hostel, but outdoors.(9/25)

STONEWALL — No film has generated as much controversy

amongst the LGBT community as Roland Emmerich’s retell-

ing of the birth of the modern gay rights movement. Accusedof whitewashing history — literally, by handing the narrative

to a fictional white male (portrayed by a straight actor, JeremyIrvine) — Stonewall’s makers seem to have diluted the contri-bution of major figures in the community, particularly transwomen of color. Its release is already threatened with boycotts,

suggesting that Emmerich’s final cut will have to be incrediblydifferent to its trailer in order to succeed. (9/25)

LABYRINTH OF LIES — What if, a mere thirteen years after WWIIended, most Germans had no idea what happened in Auschwitz?

A pretty chilling thought — even more so when one realizesthat it’s true. Post-war, thousands of Nazi soldiers and officials

returned to normal life and were ignored by a country that onlywanted to heal. Labyrinth of Lies offers a facts-based retellingof the Frankfurt Auschwitz trials, in which prosecutors tracked

down and convicted those who had helped killed hundreds ofthousands of Jewish people and other minority groups. Johann

Radmann (Alexander Fehling) is the prosecutor in question,

with Giulio Ricciarelli’s film already selected by Germany to

contend for the foreign language Oscar next year. (9/25)

THE KEEPING ROOM — Take the middle portion of Gone with theWind — when Scarlett O’Hara desperately struggles to save arun down Tara in the face of an advancing Union Army — dial

up the tension, lower the number of inhabitants, and burn thecurtain dresses. What you’re left with is The Keeping Room,which depicts two sisters and their female slave working to keep

their farm in the absence of any men. Enter two Union soldierson a murderous rampage, who have the farm in their sights,

and there’s all the ingredients for a empowering thriller as thewomen fight to defend all they have. (9/25)

MISSISSIPPI GRIND — An endlessly unlucky gambling addict (Ben

Mendelsohn) teams up with a younger gambler (Ryan Reynolds)and sets off on a road trip to try and win back the debts he owes.

It’s a dramedy that’s part buddy film, part road movie, part char-acter study, with some critics calling it Reynolds best work. Anna

Boden and Ryan Fleck ( Half Nelson ) write and direct. (9/25)

THE REFLEKTOR TAPES — Do you want to see a documentary about

the making of Canadian band Arcade Fire’s fourth studio album, Reflektor? Wait, you do? Oh, well enjoy this mix of interviews,concert footage and documentary work. (9/25)

OCTOBER

THE MARTIAN — A lone survivor of a freak storm is left stranded

on the Martian surface, desperately hoping to be rescued. No,this isn’t 2000’s dreadful Mission to Mars, but the latest effortfrom Ridley Scott. Mark Watney (Matt Damon) is the astronautin question, struggling to survive with dwindling supplies and

limited means of contacting his rescuers 140 million miles away

on Earth. Think Gravity but even further from home. It’s shapingup to be one of fall’s unmissable films. (10/02)

LEGEND — Tom Hardy plays double duty as the Kray twins,

London’s most notorious gangsters during the ‘50s and ‘60s.Leading a brutal campaign to take over the city, the Krays

became minor celebrities thanks to mingling with politicians and

film stars. Hardy’s performance as Reggie Kray is masterful, buthis portrayal of Ronnie — who suffered from paranoid schizo-

phrenia — borders on parody. Thankfully, it doesn’t derail thisstylish, brutal, and often humorous film. (10/02)

LONDON HAS FALLEN — 2013’s Olympus Has Fallen, which imag-ined a North Korean-led attack on the White House, generatedokay reviews and an okay profit, which was evidently sufficient

enough to warrant a sequel. This time, the focus is London,as world leaders converge for the Prime Minister’s funeral. Anefarious group has other plans — expect the British capital to

be blown up in a multitude of ways as Gerard Butler, MorganFreeman and Aaron Eckhart all return to try and figure things

out. (10/02)

THE WALK — Another film to avoid for the height averse, TheWalk is Robert Zemeckis’ ( Forrest Gump, Cast Away ) tell-ing of Philippe Petit’s incredible story. In 1974, Petit (Joseph

Gordon-Levitt) and his friends launched a wire between theTwin Towers of the World Trade Center — digitally recreated

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to walk across. It’s in 3D, so if you’re even remotely acrophobic,don’t watch it. (10/02)

CRIMSON PEAK — When Stephen King calls a film “fucking ter-

rifying,” you know you’re onto something. Guillermo del Toro’shorror follows Edith Cushing (Mia Wasikowski) as she’s swept

up by the charming Sir Thomas (Tom Hiddleston) and taken to

live with him and his sister (Jessica Chastain). Unfortunately,the house Edith finds herself in is a living, breathing, terrifying

entity, filled with ghosts of residents past. (10/16)

BRIDGE OF SPIES — Tom Hanks, Stephen Spielberg, wartimedrama, big budget? Color us intrigued. Inspired by (or, liberally

adapted from) the 1960 U-2 incident, in which an American spy

plane was shot down by Soviet forces, Hanks stars as JamesB. Donovan, tasked with negotiating an exchange between the

American pilot and a Soviet prisoner in bleak East Berlin. (10/16)

THE LAST WITCH HUNTER — Big-budget, supernatural fantasyadventure, starring Vin Diesel as an immortal witch hunter

(complete with hilariously fake beard) who has to team up witha witch to save us fragile humans. Meanwhile, Elijah Wood

wisecracks as his religious sidekick. A sequel has already beengreenlit, which is only going to make it more awkward when thisinevitably bombs. (10/23)

JEM AND THE HOLOGRAMS — It’s nice that Molly Ringwald and

Juliette Lewis are back on the big screen, but this live action takeon the ’80s animated show looks awful. (10/23)

SCOUTS GUIDE TO THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE — Not too sure aboutthis one. Take the nerdy losers from Superbad , drop them intoScouts uniforms and throw them into a town slowly being over-run by zombies. Expect gross out humor, graphic violence and

dashes of horror, but whether it’s funny after initial premise

wears thin remains to be seen. (10/30)

NOVEMBER

SPECTRE — Bond is back. There’s a new M, a new Aston Martin,

and a new purpose for Daniel Craig’s British secret agent: takingdown the mysterious Spectre, a shadowy criminal organization.

Skyfall was a welcome return to form for the franchise, so there’shigh hopes for Spectre. Once again directed by Sam Mendes,while Sam Smith has been tapped to sing the theme. (11/06)

THE PEANUTS MOVIE — It nails the aesthetic, the series’ trademark

humor seems present, the gang are all here, and above all else it just looks like goodhearted fun. Plus, who can complain about

more Snoopy in their life? (11/06)

TRUMBO — Bryan Cranston stars as Dalton Trumbo, a Hollywood

screenwriter who was blacklisted after refusing to testify beforethe House Un-American Activities Committee. It’s a pretty star-

studded affair, with Helen Mirren, Diane Lane, John Goodmanand Elle Fanning, but initial reviews suggest that while per-

formances are excellent the film itself is more TV-movie thancinema darling. (11/06)

THE 33 — Based on the 2010 Chilean mining disaster, in which 33men were trapped inside a collapsed mine for over two months.

Antonio Banderas is Mario “Super Mario” Sepúlveda, who wastasked with sending daily video logs to rescuers to keep them

appraised of the men’s condition. (11/13)

BY THE SEA — Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt are on-screen togetherfor the first time since Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Jolie wrote anddirected the film, which follows a couple on vacation as they

struggle to revive their failing marriage. (11/13)

THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 2 — Jennifer Lawrencemust be grateful for the incredible exposure (and regular, mas-

sive paycheck) of the Hunger Games franchise, but all goodthings must end. Let’s also not forget that her co-star Josh

Hutcherson used his notoriety to launch an incredible anti-

LGBT bullying campaign, Straight But Not Narrow. What’s that?Talk about the film? If you don’t know what’s going on over in

Panem by now, there’s really no point. (11/20)

CAROL — Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara, directed by ToddHaynes, in a sumptuous, ’50s-set piece where Therese (Mara)

falls in love with the older, married Carol (Blanchett). We’resold. (11/20)

CREED — This is, essentially, the seventh Rocky film. We’re justgoing to leave it at that. (11/25)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN — A tale oft told in various incarnations

— including last year’s dreadful I, Frankenstein — this horror/ action incarnation casts Igor (Daniel Radcliffe) in the lead role.

He meets a young Victor Frankenstein (James McAvoy) and

ultimately witnesses the birth of the famed monster, makingfugitives of both men as the authorities try to shut Frankenstein

down and the monstrous being threatens their lives. (11/25)

THE DANISH GIRL — Lili Elbe was a transgender pioneer, one of the

first in the modern age to live openly and undergo gender reas-signment surgery. Her story is brought to life by Tom Hooper( The King’s Speech, Les Misérables ), with last year’s Best Actor-winner Eddie Redmayne in the title role. Many questioned why

a cisgendered actor should play her, but those fears were quicklyallayed not only by Redmayne’s own words of support and

dedication to the role, but also critical reaction to strong, Oscar-worthy performances from both he and Alicia Vikander as Lili’s

supportive wife — even if critics seem to be less than enamoredwith the script. (11/27)

THE NIGHT BEFORE — If you’re not in the mood for a period drama,a sci-fi drama, or Pixar’s latest (presumed) masterpiece, there’s

a Seth Rogen comedy waiting to give you his typical brand ofhumor. Rogen, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anthony Mackie are

three friends who decide to have one final Christmas Eve blow-out, with the expected alcohol and drug consumption and celeb-

rity cameos of most Rogen/Evan Goldberg-penned films. (11/27)

THE GOOD DINOSAUR — In an uncharacteristic move, Pixar has two

feature films releasing in one year, following summer’s excel-lent Inside Out. The Good Dinosaur imagines a world where theasteroid that wiped out the dinosaurs missed the Earth, allowingthem to survive to meet our early human ancestors. The film

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MIDNIGHT SPECIAL — Little is known about writer-director JeffNichols’ upcoming film, as there’s no trailer yet available. It stars

Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst and Adam Driver in a film about afather who runs away with his son after learning that the latter

possesses supernatural powers. (11/27)

DECEMBER

KRAMPUS — Not in the mood for more light-hearted holiday fare?Try this Michael Dougherty-helmed film, shot in similar style tohis cult 2007 horror Trick ‘r Treat. Adam Scott and Toni Collettestar in a film about a boy who accidentally summons a demon

after having a bad Christmas. (12/04)

THE HEART OF THE SEA — Ron Howard ( Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind ) tackles the story that inspired Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth) is First Mate of the whal-ing ship Essex, which was attacked and sank by a massive sperm

whale, stranding the crew in the Pacific Ocean for 90 days.

Sailing for South America, the men were forced to resort to can-nibalism to survive. Another joyful holiday film. (12/11)

STAR WARS EPISODE VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS — This is it, folks. The

biggest movie of the year. Nothing else is as anticipated, hyped,nor marketed as the return of the world-conquering sci-fi fran-

chise. With Luke, Han Solo and Leia returning for a tale set 30years after Return of the Jedi. J.J. Abrams takes the helm, withGeorge Lucas kept at arm’s length from the production of the

new trilogy — so there’ll be no Jar Jar Binks-style attempts toinject comic relief. (12/18)

SISTERS — Going up against Star Wars seems like a fool’s errand,but clearly someone over at Universal thought it was a good idea.It’s a shame, really, as this film about two sisters who throw one

last party at their parents house shows a lot of promise — not

least because the sisters in question are the incredible duo ofTina Fey and Amy Poehler, who even managed to make Baby

Mama watchable. (12/18)

KUNG FU PANDA 3 — Did this franchise really need a third film?The story of Jack Black’s tubby, martial arts-wielding Panda has

been well trodden by this point. What’s that? The second filmmade $650 million? Ah, okay. (12/25)

JOY — David O. Russell just can’t get enough of JenniferLawrence (or Bradley Cooper, for that matter). Lawrence stars

as single mother of three Joy Mangano, perhaps better known toAmericans as the inventor of the self-wringing “Miracle Mop.”

The film focuses on four generations of her family, includingRobert De Niro as her father and Cooper as an executive at HSN,

where Mangano sold her mop to great success. (12/25)

THE REVENANT — Alejandro G. Iñárritu ( Babel, Birdman ) swapsa Broadway theater for the 1820s American frontier. LeonardoDiCaprio is Hugh Glass, a fur trapper mauled by a bear and then

robbed and left to die by his companions (Tom Hardy, DomhnallGleeson, Will Poulter). Glass recovers from his wounds and sets

out on a cross-country trek to exact revenge on the men whowronged him. It looks bleak and gritty, with an almost unrecog-

nizable DiCaprio, but Glass’ story is certainly a compelling one

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C . S T A N L E Y P H O T O G R A P H Y

compiled by Doug Rule

T HE MOST NOTABLE DEVELOPMENT THIS SEASONis of course the unprecedented Women’s Voices

Theater Festival. Between now and November nearly

every professional theater company in the region willpresent at least one play by a female writer, an impressive — if

temporary — feat of gender parity. But that’s hardly the onlything happening in D.C.’s rich theater scene. Many of today’s

most cutting-edge playwrights are represented, sometimes morethan once. And what would arguably the most Shakespeare-mad

city be without dozens of theatrical twists on the Bard? Andnot just from the most obvious sources, either. In addition to

Virginia’s Synetic Theater and its multiple “silent Shakespeare”

productions, there’s also Baltimore’s Center Stage, which willupend tradition by staging an all- female As You Like It. Becauseanything a man can do, a woman can do, too.

ADVENTURE THEATRE MTC

301-634-2270

adventuretheatre-mtc.org

CAPS FOR SALE, THE MUSICAL — A peddler’s caps are stolen whilehe naps. Was it those merry mischievous monkeys? (Now-

9/27) • LEMONY SNICKET’S THE LUMP OF COAL — Holly Twyford

directs this hilarious adventure about unlikely friendships andholiday miracles (11/20-12/31) • JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH

— A musical by Pasek and Paul ( Dear Evan Hansen ), based on

Roald Dahl’s disproportionately peachy tale (2/14-4/4/16) •

EMPEROR’S NIGHTINGALE — A re-imagining of the Hans Christian

Anderson fairytale about an aimless prince who ultimately

becomes king by, you might say, putting a bird on it (4/22-5/30/16) • JUMANJI — When you’re bored, you play board games

and then magic will happen, according to this world premiereadaptation(6/17-8/28)

ARENA STAGE

202-488-3300

arenastage.org

DESTINY OF DESIRE — A telenovela-styled fast-paced moderncomedy set in Mexico, a world premiere from Karen Zacarias(Now-10/18, Kreeger Theater) • OLIVER! — This season’s

musical, the Tony-winning take on the Charles Dickens classic,reinvented in-the-round by Arena’s Molly Smith, (10/30-1/3/16,

Fichandler Stage) • ERMA BOMBECK: AT WIT’S END — TwinsAllison and Margaret Engel offer a pits-and-all portrait of the

award-winning humorist, with direction from David Esbjornson

(10/9-11/8, Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle) • AKEELAH ANDTHE BEE — Playwright Cheryl L. West and director Charles

Randolph-Wright adapt the spirited story of a girl from theChicago projects trying to spell her way to success (11/13-12/27,

Kreeger) • SWEAT — A gripping tale about loss, redemption

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and redefinition in a new era from Pulitzer Prize winner LynnNottage, a co-commission with the Oregon Shakespeare Festival

(1/15-2/21/16, Kreeger) • THE CITY OF CONVERSATION — An insidelook at the theater of politics and the politics of conversation

as viewed by a Georgetown hostess through recent decades,from Carter to Obama (1/29-3/6/16, Fichandler) • THE LION —

A rock and roll journey from boyhood to manhood as writtenand performed by singer Benjamin Scheuer (2/26-4/10/16,

Kogod Cradle) • ALL THE WAY — Robert Schenkkan’s 2014 Tony-

winning drama examines the red, white and blue-bloodedleadership of LBJ (4/1-5/8/16, Fichandler) • DISGRACED — Avad

Akhtar’s Pulitzer Prize-winning incendiary examination ofone’s self and one’s beliefs — of American identity and South

Asian culture. Timothy Douglas directs (4/22-5/29/16, Kreeger)

CENTER STAGE

410-332-0033centerstage.org

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE — Christopher Baker adapts Jane Austen’smaster tale of manners and morals — and the desirable Mr. Darcy

(Now-10/11) • THE SECRET GARDEN — Lucy Simon’s gorgeousmusical exploring the obvious pains and hidden joys of growing

up (10/30-11/29) • X’S AND O’S (A FOOTBALL LOVE STORY) — The NFLtakes Center Stage in this unflinching, ripped-from-the-headlines

examination by KJ Sanchez with Jenny Mercein (11/13-12/20) •

AS YOU LIKE IT — An all-female cast adds new twists and turns toShakespeare’s beloved comedy (1/15-2/14/16) • DETROIT ’67 — The

music and politics of the Motown-era sizzle in the background ofthis sharp-eyed drama about racial and generational differences

from Dominique Morisseau (4/8-5/8/16)

CONSTELLATION THEATRE

202-204-7741

constellationtheatre.org

AVENUE Q — The Tony-winning musical comedy, essentiallySesame Street for adults, plays right into Constellation’s themethis season, “Playtime for Grownups” (10/22-11/23) • EQUUS —

Peter Shaffer’s Tony-winning tale about a troubled teenager’sdangerous obsession with horses (1/14-2/14/16) • JOURNEY TOTHE WEST — Alison Arkell Stockman directs a fanciful global tale

from Mary Zimmerman, with live musical accompaniment byTom Teasley (4/21-5/22/16)

FOLGER THEATRE

202-544-7077

folger.edu

TEXTS&BEHEADINGS/ELIZABETH R — Karen Coonrod’s devisedtheater piece attempts to offer a window into the mind of the

resilient queen using her letters and other material from Folger’scollection (9/19-10/4) • PERICLES — Striking visual projections

and live music composed by Jack Herrick promise to fulfill the

dramatic potential of this rough-seas Shakespeare voyage, in aproduction directed by Joseph Haj (11/13-12/20) • A MIDSUMMER

NIGHT’S DREAM — It’s hard to imagine this production, helmed byAaron Posner, will be anything less than a dream, especially with

Holly Twyford as Bottom and Erin Weaver as Puck (1/26-3/6/16)• THE REDUCED SHAKESPEARE COMPANY: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE’SLONG LOST FIRST PLAY (ABRIDGED) — Two of the world’s most

famous Shakespearean comedians, Austin Tichenor and ReedMartin, throw themselves into a funny, punny physical frenzy

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D.C.-informed variation on Shakespeare’s The Merchants ofVenice intended to be both timely and timeless (5/31-7/3/16)

FORD’S THEATRE

202-347-4833fordstheatre.org

THE GUARD — A world-premiere comedic drama about Rembrandt,

Homer and those who protect the art we cherish (9/25-10/18) •

A CHRISTMAS CAROL — Edward Gero returns to play Scrooge in

Michael Wilson’s adaptation of the Dickens classic (11/19-12/31)• THE GLASS MENAGERIE — The Southern-fried family dramathat made Tennessee Williams famous gets examined anew

with direction by Ford’s Theatre veteran Mark Ramont (1/22-2/21/16) • 110 IN THE SHADE — Marcia Milgrom Dodge directs and

choreographs a new production of this 50-year-old musical aboutcowboys, confidence and courtship and featuring a lively score

from the creators of The Fantasticks (3/11-5/14/16)

GALA HISPANIC THEATRE

3333 14th St. NW

202-234-7174galatheatre.org

YERMA — Frederico Garcia Lorca’s poetic language soars in a

contemporary adaptation of a tale about a Spanish woman’s rage

against a repressive society (Now-10/4) • SENORITA Y MADAME: THESECRET WAR OF ELIZABETH ARDEN AND HELENA RUBINSTEIN — The

epic clash that revolutionized the fashion industry and changedsocietal views about beauty (2/4-2/28/16) • CHRONICLE OF A DEATH

FORETOLD — An adaptation of Gabriel Garcia Marquez’s about amurderous mission of revenge by a band of brothers (4/7-5/8/16)

• EL PASO BLUE — Jose Carrasquillo directs this wild and comictale of lust, revenge, identity and the Blues (6/2-6/26/16)

KEEGAN THEATRE

202-265-3767

keegantheatre.com

DOGFIGHT — Pasek & Paul’s Off-Broadway hit musical about alove that blooms against the odds (Now-9/19) • THE DEALER OFBALLYNAFEIGH — As part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival,

Keegan offers a world premiere of this dark, offbeat tale about adrug bust gone wrong (10/17-11/14) • THE MAGIC TREE — Ursula

Rani Sarma’s story of love born in a very dark place examines whygood people do bad things and repeat the mistakes of the past

(10/10-11/13) • AN IRISH CAROL — The Keegan holiday traditioncontinues with a limited engagement of Matthew Keenan’s

homage to Dickens, told as only the Irish can (12/12-31)

KENNEDY CENTER

202-467-4600

kennedy-center.org

BEAUTIFUL — THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL — A tapestry of a musicalfocused on the inspiring story of the singer-songwriter’s rise to

stardom, told through Douglas McGrath’s book as well as thesongs she co-wrote with her husband and friends (10/6-25, Opera

House) • ANTIGONE — Juliette Binoche stars in a contemporary

adaptation, from renowned Belgian theater director Ivo vanHove, of this Greek tragedy about a sister’s unyielding love and

devotion, no matter the consequence (10/22-25, Eisenhower) •MATILDA THE MUSICAL — A fantasy based on a novel by Roald Dahl

about an extraordinary girl who dares to realize her dreams of abetter life (12/15-1/10/16, Opera House) • A GENTLEMAN’S GUIDE TOLOVE & MURDER — A man attempts to slay his way to inheritance


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in this Tony-winning musical comedy by Steven Lutvak and

Robert L. Freedman (1/13-1/30/16) • KINKY BOOTS — Cyndi Laupermined Tony gold with songs about a showgirl named Lola, in a

story about the power of drag queens and shoes (6/14-7/10/16,Eisenhower) • THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY — The story of

an Iowa housewife and her life-changing, whirlwind romancewith a traveling photographer gets the musical treatment (6/28-

7/17/16, Eisenhower) • THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA — A cast and

orchestra of 52 will fill the Opera House to the brim in Cameron

Mackintosh’s new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webberclassic (7/13-8/20/16, Opera House)

METRO STAGE

703-548-9044metrostage.org

UPRISING — Inspired by true tales from her great-grandmother,

Gabrielle Fulton explores notions of freedom and sacrifice, family

and community, in a story set in the aftermath of John Brown’sraid on Harper’s Ferry (9/17-10/25) • A BROADWAY CHRISTMAS

CAROL — Michael Sharp returns to direct Kathy Feininger’s crossbetween the Dickens classic and parodies of 33 classic show tunes

(11/25-12/27) • SHAKE LOOSE — A full-length revue celebrating 15years of Metro Stage’s homegrown musical writing team, Jones,

Knowles and Hubbard, whose output celebrates the music born

out of gospel as created or popularized by African-Americanicons (1/28-3/6/16) • BLACK PEARL SINGS! — Over 20 American

folk and spiritual songs factor into Frank Higgins’s story inspiredby the real-life discovery of Huddie “Lead Belly” Ledbetter by

folklorist John Lomax (4/21-5/29/16)

MOSAIC THEATER COMPANY OF DC

202-399-7993mosaictheater.org

UNEXPLORED INTERIOR (THIS IS RWANDA: THE BEGINNING AND END

OF THE EARTH) — Ari Roth doesn’t flinch from launching his newtheater company with a bang, offering a world premiere of Jay

O. Sanders’s epic about the madness and majesty of Rwandain the wake of war-time horror (10/29-11/29) • THE GOSPELOF LOVING KINDNESS — A poignant chamber production of the

hymn- and hip-hop-tinged elegy from Marcus Gardley about aboy gunned down on the street only weeks after singing for the

president (12/9-1/3/16) NATIONAL THEATRE

202-628-6161nationaltheatre.org

RODGERS & HAMMERSTEIN’S CINDERELLA — Gay scribe DouglasCarter Beane updated this classic glass slipper tale that ran for

nearly two years on Broadway and will become something to

give thanks to in D.C. (11/18-29) • MOTOWN THE MUSICAL — Thelatest Broadway jukebox show, aka the Berry Gordy Revue(12/1-1/3/16) • ANNIE — The sun’ll come out next spring (3/15-

3/20/16) • JERSEY BOYS — Those boys just keep working theirway back to us (4/6-4/24/16) • THE WIZARD OF OZ — We’re off to

see the wizard in a re-conceived fairyland (5/3-5/15/16)

OLNEY THEATRE CENTER

301-924-3400

olneytheatre.org

HAY FEVER — Noel Coward’s madcap farce about a dysfunctionalfamily and the hijinks that ensue when four guests unexpectedly

descend on their country home (Now-9/27, Mainstage) • BAD


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DOG — A deliciously dark comedy featuring five of Washington’s

greatest actresses, including Holly Twyford and Naomi Jacobson,and focused on an intervention gone awry (9/30-10/25, Theatre

Lab) • GUYS AND DOLLS — Jerry Whiddon directs this classic

musical comedy about gambling and gangsters and starringJessica Lauren Ball as one lucky lady (11/11-12/27, Mainstage)

• CARMEN: AN AFRO-CUBAN JAZZ MUSICAL — Some of Broadway’sbest — writer/director Moises Kaufman and choreographer

Sergio Trujillo among them — are behind this world premiere

adaptation of Bizet’s opera as a musical set in 1958 Cuba duringthe revolution (2/10-3/6/16, Mainstage) • MARJORIE PRIME — A

tender and provocative story of an elderly woman who’s usingtechnology to reinvent her memories (3/10-4/10/16, Theatre

Lab) • DIAL ‘M’ FOR MURDER — Frederick Knott’s deliriously spine-tingling play that would go on to inspire the Alfred Hitchcock

thriller (4/6-5/1/16, Mainstage) • BAKERSFIELD MIST — DonnaMiglaccio is a poor, down-and-out woman and Michael Russotto

an “East Coast Elite” art curator, and the two collide over classand culture and a potentially lost Jackson Pollock painting (5/12-

6/12/16, Theatre Lab) • EVITA — An intimate staging in Casa

Olney of the musical about Argentina’s Eva Peron (6/23-7/24/16,Mainstage) • THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE AND THE MIKADO — These

two supremely silly Gilbert & Sullivan comic operettas arestaged in rotating repertory and in promenade style for ultimate

audience attentiveness (7/14-8/21/16, Theatre Lab)

REP STAGE

443-518-1500www.repstage.org

TECHNICOLOR LIFE — A book-smart teenager finds love for her

and her older sister and throws a party to end all parties for her

ailing grandmother in a world premiere part of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival (10/21-11/8, Smith Theatre) • ANTIGONEPROJECT: A PLAY IN 5 PARTS — Five female playwrights reconsider

Sophocles’s tragedy of sisterly devotion through lenses ofrace, class, culture and gender (2/17-3/6/16) • HUNTING AND

GATHERING — Love, life and real estate is the focus of BrookeBerman’s smart and sexy comedy, directed by Kasi Campbell in

a regional premiere (4/6-4/24/16)

ROUND HOUSE THEATRE

240-644-1100roundhousetheatre.org

IRONBOUND — Polish-born Martyna Majok’s humorous andheartfelt look at a hard-working immigrant struggling as a

single mother in modern-day America (Now-10/4) • THE NIGHT

ALIVE — Ryan Rilette directs this compelling new play from

Conor McPherson about a floundering Irish lad who finds asense of purpose in helping a destitute woman after an attack

(10/21-11/13) • STAGE KISS — Sarah Ruhl’s lively comedy mixes

real-life romance and backstage farce (12/2-27) • FATHER COMESHOME FROM THE WARS — An explosively powerful Civil War-era

drama from Suzan-Lori Parks ( Topdog/Underdog ) following aslave from Texas to the Confederate battlefield (1/27-2/21/16)• GOOD KIDS — The 14th Annual Sarah Metzger Memorial Play,presented by the Round House Teen Performance Company,

is Naomi Iizuka’s provocative story loosely based on the

Steubenville High School rape case (3/11-3/13/16) • CAT ON AHOT TIN ROOF — Mitchell Hebert directs a cast including local

heavyweights Rick Foucheaux and Nancy Robinette in a Round


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House look at the Tennessee Williams classic (3/30-4/24/16) •THE WHO & THE WHAT — A fierce and funny new play from Ayad

Akhtar ( Disgraced ) about identity, religion and inherent humancontradictions (5/25-6/19/16)

SHAKESPEARE THEATRE COMPANY

202-547-1122shakespearetheatre.org

SALOME — Yael Farber adapts Oscar Wilde’s landmark play

(10/6-11/8, Lansburg Theatre) • KISS ME, KATE — The latestmusical to get the Alan Paul treatment is Cole Porter’s classic

kiss to the Bard (11/17-1/3/16, Harman Hall) • THE CRITIC/THE

REAL INSPECTOR — Michael Kahn directs this double bill of one-

act comedies about life in the theater (1/5-2/14/16, Lansburgh)• OTHELLO — Internationally acclaimed director Ron Daniels

promises a dramatically different spin on Shakespeare’s hero-

turned-murderer (2/23-3/27/16, Harman) • 1984 — A newmultimedia adaptation of the George Orwell classic that was

a hit in the U.K. (3/8-4/10/16, Lansburgh) • THE TAMING OF THESHREW — Kinky Boots star Billy Porter leads an edgy, all-maleproduction helmed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar (3/17-6/26/16,Harman)

SIGNATURE THEATRE

703-820-9771

signature-theatre.org

CAKE OFF — A wild musical satire about a battle-of-the-baking-

sexes starring Sherri L. Edelen. A world premiere as part of theWomen’s Voices Theater Festival (9/29-11/22, Ark) • GIRLSTAR —

A world premiere musical fairytale that sounds something like amodern-day, pop-oriented retelling of Gypsy (10/13-11/15, Max)• WEST SIDE STORY — Considered one of the greatest musicals

of all time, Bernstein and Sondheim’s retelling of Romeo and Juliet finally gets the Signature stamp (12/8-1/24/16, Max) •ROAD SHOW — Signature offers the D.C. premiere of this rarelyproduced Sondheim show about a traveling duo of brothers

(2/9-3/12/16, Max) • THE FLICK — Annie Baker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning comedy focuses on three employees at an increasingly

out-of-date movie theater struggling to find their place in theworld (3/1-4/17/16, Ark) • THE MYSTERY OF LOVE & SEX — From

the writer of HBO’s Boardwalk Empire and Showtime’s Mastersof Sex comes this unexpected story of an evolving friendshipbetween not-quite-straight best friends (4/5-5/8/16, Max) • LA

CAGE AUX FOLLES — The perennial Helen Hayes Award winnerBobby Smith leads the cast in this drag-centered, gay-affirming

musical (5/31-7/10/16, Max)

STUDIO THEATRE

202-332-3300

studiotheatre.orgCHIMERICA — A sensation in London, Lucy Kirkwood’s playcovers Sino-American relations from Tiananmen Square to

the 2012 presidential elections (Now-10/18) • ANIMAL — AStudio Theatre commission from Clare Lizzimore, this dark

comedy looks at the underside of domesticity and the thinline between sinking and survival (9/30-10/25) • THE APPLEFAMILY CYCLE — The final two plays in Richard Nelson’s bold

four-part examination of a rapidly changing America, stagedin rotating repertory and with the same cast (10/28-12/13) •

BAD JEWS — Already the best-selling play in Studio’s history,returning for another holiday run (12/3-1/3/16) �

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