Bio of Jason Loewith

Jason Loewith (Artistic Director) has directed several dozen plays and musicals, written a handful, managed hundreds, and done just about every other job there is to do in a theater across the country... all of which taught him the value of a dollar, the importance of honesty, and the fact that you do not put a silk suit in the washing machine OR the dryer. He was appointed Artistic Director of the Olney Theatre Center in 2013, and since then has directed more than a dozen shows for the company, including the world premiere of The Joy That Carries You, his own adaptation of Schiller’s Mary Stuart, Tony Kushner’s Angels in America Part I, Jordan Harrison’s Marjorie Prime, Duncan MacMillan’s Every Brilliant Thing, James Graham’s Ink, as well as the musicals Kinky Boots, How to Succeed..., On the Town, Sweeney Todd, Carousel, and Avenue Q. As a playwright, Jason won Lucille Lortel, Outer Critics Circle, and Jeff Awards for Best New Musical for Adding Machine: A Musical, which he co-wrote with composer Joshua Schmidt (off-Broadway, 2008–09). His theater career has taken him from Los Angeles (Odyssey Theatre Ensemble) to New York (Classic Stage Company) to Chicago (Court and Next Theatre Companies), and finally, the DMV. On days off, Jason loves to cook, hang out with his twelve nieces and nephews and their families, hit tennis balls, vacation in faraway places, and listen to music written between 1930 and 1990. He’s been Chair of the Board of TheatreWashington since 2022. Jason lives in Carderock Springs with his husband Ned and their dogs Eliza and Luigi.