Summerfest Schedule 2026

August 9, 2026
11:30 AM - 5:15 PM

11:30 AM

• Performance: Summerfest Sampler (Root Family Stage) until 12:00 pm
• Sample Class: Write a Play with Bleu for Ages 13+ (Trawick Education Center/Cookie Classroom) until 12:15 pm

12:15 PM

• Ribbon Cutting (Bernard Family Theatre) until 12:30 pm

12:30 - 2:30 PM

• Drop-In: Olney Theatre Crafts with SparkArts for Grades 1-3 (Actors Hall) 

12:45 PM

• Sample Class: ACT OUT Youth Sample Class for Grades 3-5 (Trawick Education Center/Cookie Classroom) until 1:10

1:00 PM

• Performance: Songs of the 26-27 Season (Root Family Stage) until 2:00 pm
• Performance: Rhymaya Dance Naach World (Bernard Family Theatre) until 1:30 pm

1:15 PM

• Sample Class: ACT OUT Youth Sample Class for Grades 3-5 (Trawick Education Center/Cookie Classroom) until1:40 pm

2:00 PM

• Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Olney Theatre (approx 30 miuntes)
• Musical Theatre Trivia with Judy from Nine People's Favorite Thing on Takoma Park Radio - WOWD 94.3FM  (Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab) until 3:00 pm
• Performance: Chai Dynamics (Bernard Family Theatre) until 2:30
• Meghan Moody: The "Draw of Music" (Bernard Family Theatre) 

2:15 PM

• Demonstration: Creating the Sound of an Olney Theatre Musical with Maestro Chris Youstra (Trawick Education Center/Sloane's Studio) until 3:15 pm
• Performance: Culkin School of Traditional Irish Dance (Root Family Stage) until 2:45 pm

2:45 PM

• Performance: Voices of Hope (Bernard Family Theatre) until 3:15 pm
• Sample Class: Sound Design with Kenny Neal for ages 13+ (Trawick Education Center/Cookie Classroom) until 3:45 pm  

3:00 PM

• Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Olney Theatre (approx 30 minutes)
• Discussion: A Patron's Guide to A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder (Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab) until 4:00 pm
• Workshop: Sunmoluwa West African Dance Workshop (Root Family Stage) until 3:30 pm

3:15 PM

• Class: Intro to Dungeons & Dragons for ages 16+ (Trawick Education Center/Cookie Classroom) until 5:15 pm 

3:30 PM

• Performance: Boh Re Mi (Bernard Family Theatre) until 4:00 pm
• Musical Theatre Dance Workshop for ages 10-14  (Trawick Education Center/Sloane's Studio) until 4:30 pm

3:45 PM

• Performance: Fairfax Chinese Dance Troupe (Root Family Stage) until 4:15 pm

4:00 PM

• Behind-the-Scenes Tour of Olney Theatre (approx 30 minutes)
• How I Selected the 26-27 Season with Jason Loewith (Bernard Family Theatre) until 5:00 pm
• Audition Workshop with Casting Director Irene Martinko (Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab) until 5:00 pm

4:30 PM

• Performance: Asala Belly Dance (Root Family Stage) until 5:00 pm

All programs, including performers, times, venues, and content, are subject to change.