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4.48 Psychosis
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Flashpoint - Mead Theatre Lab
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July 21-July 29
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Wit's End Productions
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Drama
Play
Experimental
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A dark play about the experience of mental illness. Tickets and info »
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Abstract Nude
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Flashpoint - Mead Theatre Lab
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July 29
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Gwydion Suilebhan
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Drama
Reading
Experimental
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A reading of Abstract Nude, Gwydion Suilebhan's newest play. Tickets and info »
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The Arabian Night
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The Sanctuary Theatre at Casa del Pueblo
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July 1-July 29
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Rorschach Theatre
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Drama
Play
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A sleek & sensual urban thriller about interweaving fantasies and crossed paths. Tickets and info »
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Atlantis Bones
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Warehouse Theater - Next Door
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July 22-July 26
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Red Hat Memory
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Live Music
Play
Experimental
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"Yes! Where is your humility, Traveller?" - Atlantis Bones Tickets and info »
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Bartleby
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6th & I Historic Synagogue - Social Hall
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July 24-July 27
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Journeymen Theater Ensemble
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Play
Experimental
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Journeymen Theater. Bartleby. Individual versus the crowd. Who wins? Tickets and info »
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Beautiful Freaks and Feats of Wonder
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Warehouse Arts - Mainstage
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July 23-July 29
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Cheeky Monkey Sideshow
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Burlesque
Vaudeville
Variety Show
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Prepare to be Amazed, Amused, and a little Grossed Out! Tickets and info »
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Beginnings
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Flashpoint - Mead Theatre Lab
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July 24-July 30
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Meat & Potato Theatre
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Play
Puppet Theater
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Myths and just-so stories that are not just for children. Tickets and info »
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Bring Us On Home: Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
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Calvary Baptist Church - Woodward Hall
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July 21-July 22
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Artists of the Liz Lerman Dance Exchange company
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Dance Theater
Dance
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Performance may feature Piggly Wiggly. Immigration. Paul Lynde. Your directions. Tickets and info »
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BUSHWA, A Modern Ubu
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Goethe - Institut - Mainstage
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July 22-July 23
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The Georgetown Theatre Company
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Comedy
Drama
Play
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It's UBU ROI re-imagined to skewer a certain American President. Tickets and info »
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Cabaradio!
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Warehouse Arts - Mainstage
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July 29-July 30
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Studio Eight dot TV
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Cabaret
Revue
Variety Show
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Live Music, Dance, Poetry & Comedy! A Musical Theater Improvaganza! Tickets and info »
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Cabaret 777
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Calvary Baptist Church - Chapel
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July 22-July 29
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Gita Morris with Ron Worthy at the keyboard
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Cabaret
Live Music
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Welkommen -- Bienvenue -- Welcome to Cabaret in the Chapel! Tickets and info »
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The Cassandra Project
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6th & I Historic Synagogue - Sanctuary
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July 23-July 30
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Leigh Wilson Smiley
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Drama
Performance Art
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O that my tongue were in the Thunder's mouth... Tickets and info »
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Circus of the Mind
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Helen Hayes Gallery - National Theatre
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July 21-July 22
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Alain Nu
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Interactive
Solo Performance
Magic Show
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A Master Mentalist reads minds, bends spoons: amazingly beyond belief! Tickets and info »
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Confessions of an Invisible Woman
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National Building Museum - Auditorium
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July 21-July 24
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Kristin Cantwell
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Comedy
Solo Performance
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A hilarious plus-sized take on life, love & theatre. Tickets and info »
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Dancing the Page
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Calvary Baptist Church - Woodward Hall
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July 21-July 29
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Jane Franklin Dance
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Dance Theater
Dance/Live Music
Dance
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Visually compelling, Dancing the Page interweaves poetry with breathtaking movement. Tickets and info »
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Desire Caught by the Tail: a play by Pablo Picasso
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1409 Playbill Café
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July 20-July 23
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banished? productions
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Play
Experimental
Dance/Live Music
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Taste with your eyes. Feast on Desire. The Surreal Beckons. Tickets and info »
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Diagonal Voices/Echoes
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Recital Hall at the Levine School of Music SE Campus @ THEARC
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July 22
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Neighbors Through ART
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Interactive
Children/Family
Live Music
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A musical and photographic presentation to introduce our audience to our neighborhoods. Tickets and info »
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Diary of a Baby Diva
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Calvary Baptist Church - Woodward Hall
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July 22-July 29
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Holly Bass
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Comedy
Solo Performance
Dance Theater
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"You want Fame? Well Fame costs...and right here is where you start paying!" Tickets and info »
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Dis/Appearing
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Warehouse Downtown Arts Complex - 2nd Stage
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July 21-July 25
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Lost and Found Puppeteers
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Play
Puppet Theater
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Dis/Appearing is an unpredictable, poetic journey with puppetry. Tickets and info »
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The Divine Mr. Average
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6th & I Historic Synagogue - Social Hall
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July 22-July 27
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Mpresentations
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Comedy
Play
Film
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Funny, wise, provocative, Divine... challenges our traditional views of God. Tickets and info »
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The Eddie Lounge Show
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Warehouse Theater - Next Door
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July 21-July 29
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Twist and an Olive Productions
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Comedy
Interactive
Live Music
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One part music. One part sequins. Six parts fun. Tickets and info »
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An Evening with George Burns
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Goethe - Institut - Mainstage
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July 21-July 29
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Alan Devalerio
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Solo Performance
One-Acts
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Alan Devalerio as legendary entertainer George Burns Tickets and info »
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Frida Vice - Versa
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Touchstone Gallery
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July 21-July 29
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Marian Licha
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Drama
Solo Performance
Play
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Painter Frida Kahlo teaches us how to live with passion. Tickets and info »
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Frozty the Abominable Snowman
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Melton Rehearsal Hall
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July 22-July 30
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Landless Theatre Company
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Comedy
Interactive
Musical Comedy
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Frozty the Snowman -- He's abominable and out for blood! Tickets and info »
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Giselle Must (Not) Die!
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre - Main Stage
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July 21
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Gesel Mason Performance Projects
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Performance Art
Dance Theater
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Giselle Must (Not) Die! These are not your mama's Wilis! Tickets and info »
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Grounded
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Goethe - Institut - Mainstage
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July 21-July 28
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Andrew Ullrich
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Comedy
Drama
Solo Performance
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We are what we are. What else could we be? Tickets and info »
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Gutta Beautiful
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre - Main Stage
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July 21-July 25
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Ocean Ana Rising
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Interactive
Play
Clown Show
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The Gutta Beautiful Experience: Where The Kitchen Meets The Corner Tickets and info »
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HELP WANTED: A Personal Search for Meaningful Employment at the Start of the 21st Century
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6th & I Historic Synagogue - Sanctuary
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July 22-July 26
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Josh Lefkowitz
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Comedy
Solo Performance
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An epic, hilarious, coming-of-age homage to Spalding Gray. Tickets and info »
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Hidden Pages
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Warehouse Theater - Next Door
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July 22-July 29
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Q. Terah Jackson
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Interactive
Musical Play
Experimental
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One woman's journey through revolution to justice. Tickets and info »
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I.E.D.: Improvised Experimental Diva
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Calvary Baptist Church - Chapel
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July 21-July 26
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Susan Oetgen
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Performance Art
Opera
Experimental
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The singing voice as weapon in the war on terror Tickets and info »
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In Pursuit of the English Rose
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Warehouse Downtown Arts Complex - Screening Room
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July 21-July 28
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Hilary Kacser
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Solo Performance
One-Acts
Play
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Like Eliza Doolittle, after the bomb. Tickets and info »
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In Search of El Dorado
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Warehouse Theater - Next Door
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July 21-July 28
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Christopher Brophy (SPLANCHNIC THEATRICALS)
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Performance Art
Solo Performance
Experimental
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Expedition of no return to the ethereal place of unbelief. Tickets and info »
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Jay Alan Zimmerman's Incredibly Deaf Musical
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Canadian Embassy
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July 21-July 27
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Jay Alan Zimmerman
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Interactive
Solo Performance
Musical Comedy
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Composer does a musical without hearing the @#%$! music. Huh? Tickets and info »
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Jill Kills Vols. I & II: LadyKiller/BloodLust
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National Building Museum - Auditorium
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July 22-July 25
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Notorious Woman Productions
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Comedy
Drama
Play
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Dodge this, cupid. Tickets and info »
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Keep Moving
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Warehouse Theater - Next Door
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July 24-July 30
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The Escapists
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Comedy
Improv
Sketch Comedy
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Smart and rambunctious sketch comedy and improv. Tickets and info »
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King Willie
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Warehouse Downtown Arts Complex - 2nd Floor
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July 22
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The Essential Theatre
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Drama
Experimental
Staged Reading
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Featuring cast members from Emmy nominated HBO hit, "The Wire." Tickets and info »
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Kitsch in Sync
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Melton Rehearsal Hall
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July 23-July 30
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Emily Crews
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Comedy
Children/Family
Dance Theater
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Kitschy, campy, tongue-in-cheeky...modern dance gone wild! Tickets and info »
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La Corbière
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Georgetown Swimming Pool
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July 27-July 30
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Solas Nua
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Drama
Play
Experimental
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French whores, shipwreck, surreal, performed outdoors in the water. Tickets and info »
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Like You're My Friend and All
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Goethe - Institut - Mainstage
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July 21-July 28
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Hauptstadt Theater
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Comedy
Drama
Play
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Warmth, tragedy, competition, absurdity...it's NOT LOVE, it's FRIENDSHIP! Tickets and info »
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Living
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Calvary Baptist Church - Woodward Hall
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July 26-July 29
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Livespace
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Dance/Live Music
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Energized space filled with live music and impulse-driven movement. Tickets and info »
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Love and Wood
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Goethe - Institut - Mainstage
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July 25-July 30
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Unmentionable Theater Company
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Comedy
Drama
Experimental
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What do those two have to do with each other? Tickets and info »
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Lunch
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PEPCO's Edison Place Gallery
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July 21-July 25
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Bouncing Ball Theatrical Productions
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Comedy
Musical
Musical Comedy
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Lunch, everyone's favorite subject. Tickets and info »
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Luxury Lofts Coming Soon!
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre - Main Stage
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July 22-July 23
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Arachne Aerial Arts
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Circus
Dance
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Stunning view for few. An aerial perspective on urban development. Tickets and info »
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Mamas, Don't Let Your Cowboys Grow Up to Be Actors
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National Building Museum - Auditorium
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July 21-July 25
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James Beard
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Comedy
Solo Performance
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One cowboy. Twenty characters. One helluva funny show. Tickets and info »
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May 39th
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Touchstone Gallery
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July 21-July 29
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DC DOLLIES & THE ROCKET BITCH REVUE
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Drama
Play
Experimental
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1,000 years from now. Dating in DC will still blow. Tickets and info »
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MidSummer Night's Dream
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Melton Rehearsal Hall
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July 23-July 29
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The Rude Mechanicals
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Comedy
Play
Dance
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Shakespeare's famous dream play set in a contemporary nightclub. Tickets and info »
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NAKED Cabaret (Emotionally that is)
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Warehouse Theater - Next Door
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July 21-July 27
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DC Cabaret Network
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Cabaret
Revue
Live Music
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Contemporary cabaret! Songs about secrets...saucy, sassy, sexy, and savage Tickets and info »
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Nerves of Putty
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National Building Museum - Auditorium
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July 22-July 25
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Collective Progress/Stephen Notes
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Comedy
Drama
Experimental
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It's about loneliness & courage, confidence, flirtations & inappropriate behavior. Tickets and info »
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Never Swim Alone
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Canadian Embassy
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July 21-July 26
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Scarface Productions
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Comedy
Drama
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Hilarious. Haunting. Childhood blood brothers locked in a cutthroat competition. Tickets and info »
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Normal-C
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Warehouse Downtown Arts Complex - Screening Room
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July 21-July 29
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Courtney McLean
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Comedy
Solo Performance
Play
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Astrophobic Suburban Brat proves you're not THAT crazy. Tickets and info »
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Not Every Woman...What's Your Story?
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Warehouse Arts - Mainstage
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July 28-July 30
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FloydProject Dance Company
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Dance Theater
Dance
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Experience women's stories through soul-stirring dance and spoken word. Tickets and info »
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Off White
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PEPCO's Edison Place Gallery
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July 27-July 29
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mansurdance
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Dance
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"What flavor milk comes out of your breasts...chocolate?" Tickets and info »
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One-Man Star Wars Trilogy
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre - Main Stage
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July 26-July 30
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
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Comedy
Solo Performance
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Charles Ross performs his original one-man Star Wars trilogy. Tickets and info »
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People For Whom the World Spins and Turns
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D.C. Arts Center Theater
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July 29
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The Essential Theatre
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Drama
Experimental
Staged Reading
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Featuring cast members from Emmy nominated HBO hit, "The Wire." Tickets and info »
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The Play About The Hurricane
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Calvary Baptist Church - Chapel
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July 21-July 28
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The Narwhal Fetish
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Comedy
Drama
Experimental
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This devastation is mental. Tickets and info »
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POE at the Willard
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Willard InterContinental Washington Hotel
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July 23
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David Keltz Productions, LLC
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Drama
Solo Performance
Play
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POE at the Willard. Classic entertainment in Washington's classic hotel. Tickets and info »
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Pop Up Dances
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Various Locations
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July 20-July 30
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Momentum Dance Theatre
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Performance Art
Dance Theater
Dance
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Salsa, hip hop, jazz dance pops up on the street! Tickets and info »
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Pretty Theft
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Canadian Embassy
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July 22-July 27
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Madcap Players
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Comedy
Drama
Play
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They can lock you up for loving something beautiful. Tickets and info »
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Promenading with Lunatics
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Warehouse Downtown Arts Complex - 2nd Stage
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July 23-July 29
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Treadwell Theatre Co.
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Drama
Play
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Descend into madness with three Victorian women writers. Tickets and info »
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Prufbox
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Warehouse Arts - Mainstage
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July 22-July 26
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Happenstance Theater
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Play
Experimental
Puppet Theater
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A woman rides a cycle of existence; a man hesitates. Tickets and info »
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Punch's Progress: A Pulcinella Story
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Flashpoint - Mead Theatre Lab
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July 21-July 25
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Hotel Obligado - Aaron Cromie
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Comedy
Solo Performance
Puppet Theater
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Masks, puppets and a lot of dirty jokes Tickets and info »
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Realty & Personalty
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6th & I Historic Synagogue - Social Hall
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July 23-July 30
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Old City Theater Company
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Play
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Do you want amortized loans or do you want the truth? Tickets and info »
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Remains of Shadow
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre - Main Stage
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July 21-July 23
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Naoko Maeshiba
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Dance Theater
Experimental
Dance
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Vibrant. Magnetic. Highly evocative movement highlights this mixed media feast. Tickets and info »
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The Return of the 5th Sister
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Flashpoint - Mead Theatre Lab
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July 22-July 28
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The Day Before Yesterday Theatre
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Drama
Play
Experimental
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I feel like we should tell someone. Tickets and info »
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Riding the Dragon: Raw and Bareback
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Warehouse Arts - Mainstage
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July 23-July 26
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Jaime Coronado
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Dance Theater
One-Acts
Experimental
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Probe into the defiant world of raw gay sex. Tickets and info »
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Risky Undertakings
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Warehouse Arts - Mainstage
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July 23-July 29
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WEERD SISTERS
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Dance Theater
Staged Reading
Dance
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Quirky dance-stories sparkling with humor and beauty. All ages. Tickets and info »
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Sahara Dance Showcase
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Calvary Baptist Church - Woodward Hall
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July 28-July 29
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Raqs Sahara and Sahara Tribal
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Dance
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Experience the timeless art of belly dance...Sahara Style! Tickets and info »
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SANCTUARY
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National Building Museum - PC Suite
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July 22
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edhead productions/ Ed Tyler
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Improv
Dance Theater
Experimental
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10hr Human Installation of dance/theater, subverting the myth of SANCTUARY Tickets and info »
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SAPIENS!
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Calvary Baptist Church - Chapel
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July 22-July 29
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Rich Espey
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Interactive
Solo Performance
Play
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Prepare to be reeducated Tickets and info »
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Saturday Morning
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Warehouse Downtown Arts Complex - 2nd Stage
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July 21-July 24
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Katherine Eatinger
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Comedy
Drama
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A comedy about love, marriage, and a pair of handcuffs. Tickets and info »
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Self-Obsession in Blue
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Warehouse Downtown Arts Complex - 2nd Stage
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July 22-July 30
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The Management
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Comedy
One-Acts
Farce
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Thelma and Louise meets Waiting for Godot in the desert. Tickets and info »
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Sensual Reflections
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Melton Rehearsal Hall
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July 22-July 29
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Neelam Patel
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Performance Art
Solo Performance
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The world reflected in one woman's body and language. Tickets and info »
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Shadows, dream within a dream
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H Street Playhouse
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July 28-July 30
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Theater Alliance/Luna Morena
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Drama
Experimental
Puppet Theater
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Experimental Mexican Puppetry group explores tales of Edgar Allen Poe. Tickets and info »
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Short Works Exploring Dangerous Devotion
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Melton Rehearsal Hall
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July 22-July 30
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Pushing Boxes Productions
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Comedy
Drama
One-Acts
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Family Values. Murder. Comedy! Intrigue. Romance. Betrayal! Excitement. Confusion. Headlessness! Tickets and info »
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Shoulder
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Flashpoint - Mead Theatre Lab
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July 22-July 29
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AccokeekCreek Theatreco
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Comedy
One-Acts
Play
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An otherworldly cicada-munching stranger, exploding spiderbites, and incestuous brothers ... ick. Tickets and info »
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Sill
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre - Main Stage
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July 22-July 24
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Kelly Bond
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Dance Theater
Dance
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Question reality through the perspective of Kelly Bond's bizarre dance-theatre. Tickets and info »
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simple gifts
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Canadian Embassy
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July 22-July 27
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That's Life Productions
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Comedy
Drama
Solo Performance
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Growing up, leaving home, and cherishing where we come from... Tickets and info »
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Site-Seeing
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Warehouse Arts - Mainstage
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July 23-July 30
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Infinite Stage
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Comedy
Experimental
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Site-Seeing explores immigration through the style of theatrical clown. Tickets and info »
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Skipping Backwards
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Warehouse Arts - Mainstage
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July 27-July 30
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Monstah Black
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Cabaret
Solo Performance
Dance/Live Music
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Sexy Afro Punk spectacle, fusing music, movement, text and fashion. Tickets and info »
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Slightly Uncomfortable in the age of transition
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Calvary Baptist Church - Woodward Hall
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July 22-July 29
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AVADance/SpiritMotion
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Performance Art
Dance Theater
Dance
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Celebrating Passage to Peace through Movement, Music, Theater, and Poetry Tickets and info »
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Slippery Sleuth & Ancient Muse
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Calvary Baptist Church - Woodward Hall
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July 21-July 29
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Dance Performance Group
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Dance Theater
Experimental
Dance/Live Music
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Nancy Drew, Sappho, Live music/mystery/murder/zesty love Tickets and info »
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Solo Flights
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Warehouse Downtown Arts Complex - 2nd Stage
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July 22-July 30
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Venus Theatre
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Solo Performance
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Solo women perform varying texts. Tickets and info »
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Spring Alibi
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Canadian Embassy
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July 21-July 26
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Northern Sabbatical Productions/LUE42Enterprises
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Comedy
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A romantic comedy about spring, voyeurism, food, and 8-track tapes. Tickets and info »
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Stupid Frailty
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Sweet Mango Café
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July 9-August 2
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MuseFire Productions
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Solo Performance
Dinner Theater
Play
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A woman's journey through internet dating, death, and hairless backs! Tickets and info »
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Suite Earth
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre - Main Stage
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July 23-July 25
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UPDRAFT: a conspiracy of movement
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Dance Theater
Dance/Live Music
Dance
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Aerial dance, live music offer visions of a new world. Tickets and info »
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Thinking Under the Influence
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Warehouse Downtown Arts Complex - 2nd Floor
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July 22-July 29
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Edward Daniels
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Comedy
Drama
Musical Play
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The thought that counts? Hmm, what are we really thinking? Tickets and info »
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To War With Love: The Diaries of Joan Wyndham
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Warehouse Downtown Arts Complex - 2nd Stage
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July 21-July 25
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Margaret Contreras
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Solo Performance
Play
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Diaries of a British girl's maturing and surviving during WWII Tickets and info »
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The True Tragedy of the Mortician
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Hotel Helix
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July 22-July 30
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Odyssey Productions
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Comedy
Drama
Play
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Cataclysmic comedy bursting with movement exploring love, death and gender. Tickets and info »
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unmapped
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Warehouse Arts - Mainstage
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July 20-July 30
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Daniel Burkholder and Jonathan Matis
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Improv
Experimental
Dance/Live Music
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Two men, one guitar. 24 hours. Extraordinary improvised movement, music. Tickets and info »
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VAUD RATS
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Warehouse Arts - Mainstage
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July 23-July 30
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K Brian Neel
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Solo Performance
Musical Play
Vaudeville
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"Tour-de-force" Ukulele Operetta about a rambunctious Vaudevillian. Tickets and info »
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Viva Zarzuela!
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Ward Hall - School of Music Catholic University of America
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July 27-July 30
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The In Series
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Musical
Cabaret
Opera
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Discover Zarzuela, Spain's delicious mixture of Operetta Dance and Cabaret! Tickets and info »
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When I Wake Up,
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Various Locations
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July 21-July 29
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Jeff Suzda
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Performance Art
Live Music
Clown Show
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Jazz, Pictures, Singing, Dancing...maybe, Poetry, Epiphany, Post-it, FREE Tickets and info »
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The Worst President Ever
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Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Melton Rehearsal Hall
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July 22-July 29
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Flowerfox Productions/Rick Fiori
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Comedy
Solo Performance
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A hilarious Bush satire with new material every performance. Tickets and info »
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You Don't Know Dick
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Flashpoint - Mead Theatre Lab
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July 22-July 29
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The Art Riot Theatrical Co. & AccokeekCreek TheatreCo
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Comedy
One-Acts
Play
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The Vice President and His Times, in Five Comic Scenes. Tickets and info »
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