Theater Alliance is a non-profit professional theater in Washington, DC, professionally incorporated in 2000 with the goal of producing work that would illuminate the experiences, philosophies and interests of DC's diverse population. That goal was furthered in 2002, when Theater Alliance moved from its home at the Capitol Hill Arts Workshop to become the sole theater-in-residence at the H Street Playhouse. Once the H Street Playhouse closed, Theater Alliance moved to Southeast DC, where it has been the theater-in-residence at the Anacostia Playhouse since 2013.
Theater Alliance was under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Colin Hovde from 2011 - 2019. In January 2019, actor, director, and teaching artist, Raymond O. Caldwell was named Producing Artistic Director. It is now in its 20th season.
Current and Recent Productions
Season 15: 2017 - 2018
Word Becomes Flesh by Marc Bamuthi Joseph
The Word Becomes Action Festival
The Raid by Idris Goodwin
Flood City by Gabrielle Reisman
Season 14: 2016 - 2017
Still Life with Rocket by Mollye Maxner
Mnemonic by Complicite
The Planet Earth Arts New Play Festival
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
brownsville song (b-side for tray) by Kimber Lee
Season 13: 2015 - 2016
Night Falls on the Blue Planet by Kathleen Akerley
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf by Ntozake Shange Word Becomes Flesh by Marc Bamuthi Joseph Going to a Place Where You Already Are by Bekah Brunstetter
Season 12: 2014 - 2015
Spark by Caridad Svich
Black Nativity by Langston Hughes
Dontrell, Who Kissed the Sea by Nathan Alan Davis
Occupied Territories, by Mollye Maxner and Nancy Bannon
Awards
Overall, the company has earned more than 80 Helen Hayes Award nominations and 13 Helen Hayes Awards, including:
2017 - Outstanding Ensemble in a Play, Word Becomes Flesh
2017 - Outstanding Direction of a Play, Word Becomes Flesh
2017 - Outstanding Play, Word Becomes Flesh
2016 - Outstanding Choreography in a Play, Occupied Territories
2015 - Outstanding Ensemble in a Play, Black Nativity
2015 - Outstanding Musical, Black Nativity
2015 - Outstanding Director of a Play, The Wonderful World of Dissocia
2015 - Outstanding Play, The Wonderful World of Dissocia
References
Members of the Cultural Alliance of Greater Washington
Theatre companies in Washington, D.C. Theatre in Washington, D.C. Theatres in Washington, D.C.