Archive: 2020s

Community Events

SummerFest 2025

Our Annual Free Open House

Community Events

Shakespeare Showdown: A Midsummer Trivia Night

Actors Hall

In the Community

Story Time at the Olney Library

Olney Public Library

Community Events

Panel Discussion - Exploring the Synetic Theater Way

Roberts Mainstage

Mapping Korean American History in DC

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

2024-2025 Season

A Midsummer Night’s Dream

A Synetic Theater production

Roberts Mainstage

Konvenience Festival - Korean Cultural Celebration

Book Club: "Crying in H Mart"

General Admission

On Stage Tours: Kim's Convenience

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Panel Discussion: The Legacy of Local Korean American Entrepreneurship

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

2024-2025 Season

Kim's Convenience

Most performances sold out.

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Korean story time at the Olney Public Library

Community Events

Juneteenth 2025 Celebration

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Theatre Education and Beyond

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Musical Theatre Trivia

Cafritz Lobby

André De Shields

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

World Pride Mixer

Omi's Pavilion

Community Events

Onstage Tours

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Preshow Community Choirs

Omi's Pavilion

Community Events

Panel Discussion: An Inside Look at the Making of the New Musical Senior Class

with Greg Dean Borowsky, Melvin Tunstall III, and Kevin Duda

Roberts Mainstage

In the Community

Book Club: "Snobs"

Olney Public Library

2024-2025 Season

Senior Class

A World Premiere Musical

Roberts Mainstage

In the Community

Story Time at the Olney Library

Olney Public Library

Community Events

Podcast Recording Live On Stage: My Sister’s Keeper

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

In the Community

Book Club: "Americanah"

Olney Public Library

Community Events

West African Dance Workshop

Actors Hall

In the Community

Bernard/Ebb Songwriting Awards

The Music Center at Strathmore

Community Events

Black in America and Britain: Immigrant Narratives from the African Diaspora

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

2024-2025 Season

Sleepova

U.S. Premiere.

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Community Choirs

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Flowered by Kathy Lynn

Cafritz Lobby

In the Community

Book Club: Big Little Lies

Olney Public Library

Community Events

Pie Eating & Baked Pie Contest

Cafritz Lobby

Community Events

Musical Theatre Trivia

Actors Hall

In the Community

Story Time at the Olney Library

with story reader Liz Osborn

Olney Public Library

Community Events

Onstage Tours

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Women in Sweet Business

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

New Work, New Venue, New American Theatre: Peter Marks In Conversation With Jason Loewith

Roberts Mainstage

2024-2025 Season

Waitress

It only takes a taste.

Roberts Mainstage

Paint your own Magical Ice Castle!

Actors Hall

Teacher Training: Playwriting and Devising Basics

Actors Hall

Disney Trivia Night

Actors Hall

2024-2025 Season

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas

An Olney tradition for 15 years.

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

In the Community

My First Book Club

General Admission

Frozen Backstage Tours

Roberts Mainstage

In the Community

Story Time at the Olney Library

Olney Public Library

Community Events

Unleashing Kids’ Imaginations: How Performance Supercharges Creativity

Roberts Mainstage

2024-2025 Season

Disney's Frozen

Check for newly released seats

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Musical Theatre Audition Class with John Rubinstein

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Promote the Vote

Olney Theatre

Community Events

Book Club: "Ike's Bluff"

Olney Public Library

Community Events

The Ranking of American Presidents

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Opening Night Conversation

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

2024-2025 Season

Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground

Must close Nov. 3

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Bernadette Peters Concert

Sold Out!

Roberts Mainstage

Olney Outdoors

"WELL ALRIGHT" ROLLING STONES TRIBUTE

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

The Songs of Reba McEntire and Dolly Parton

Root Family Stage

Natalie Weiss in Concert

A special performance by the star of "Beautiful: The Carole King Musical"

Roberts Mainstage

Olney Outdoors

Drag and Drinks

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Almost Queen

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Comedy: Patrice DeVeaux

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Earth, Wind and Fire with Devotion

Root Family Stage

In the Community

Story Time at the Olney Library

Olney Public Library

Olney Outdoors

The Moonlighters - A Tribute to Motown

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Sing-Along with Disney Princesses

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Salute to Joni Mitchell

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Rodgers and Hammerstein with Company E

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

The Songs of Fleetwood Mac

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Drag and Drinks

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Rockabilly Rumble

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Comedy: James Lawson

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Eclipse - The Ultimate Journey Tribute

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Magic with Reggie Rice

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Here You Come Again - A Salute to Dolly Parton

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Olney Big Band Plays the Rat Pack

Root Family Stage

Community Events

70s Sing-a-long with Karen Vincent

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Drag and Drinks

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Better Off Dead

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Summerfest 2024

Olney Outdoors

Comedy: Glen Tickle

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

A Night With Norm Lewis

Root Family Stage

Community Events

Music of the Community: Pre show Performances

Community Events

Opening Night Conversation: BEAUTIFUL

Roberts Mainstage

2023-2024 Season

BEAUTIFUL The Carole King Musical

Feel the earth move under your feet

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Juneteenth Celebration

Omi's Pavilion

2023-2024 Season

Long Way Down BLACK OUT Performance

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Just Arts 2024 ENOUGH! Plays to End Gun Violence

Omi's Pavilion

Community Events

Social Mixer - Olney Theatre Pride Celebration

Omi's Pavilion

Community Events

Music of the Community: Pre Show Performances

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab Lobby

Community Events

Opening Night Panel: In Conversation with Author Jason Reynolds

2023-2024 Season

Long Way Down

Based on the award-winning novel by Jason Reynolds

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Theatre & ASL Workshop

Actors Hall

2023-2024 Season

Islander: A New Musical

Myth and reality collide on a Scottish island.

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Fal-e-hafez with Kamyar Arsani

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Persian Dance with Nomad Dancers

Actors Hall

Community Events

Olney Theatre Book Club

Omi's Pavilion

Community Events

Fal-e-Hafez with Kamyar Arsani

Actors Hall

Community Events

Opening Night Conversation

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

2023-2024 Season

Avaaz

Goodbye Tehran. Hello Tehran-geles!

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Accent Workshop

Actors' Hall

In the Community

“Persian Traditions” Story Time at the Olney Library

Community Events

Social Mixer with Comedian Robert Mac

Actors' Hall

In the Community

“Opera” Story Time at the Olney Library

Olney Public Library

Community Events

Opening Night Conversation with Playwright Ken Ludwig

Roberts Mainstage

2023-2024 Season

Ken Ludwig's Lend Me a Soprano

A gender-swapped adaptation of the Tony Award-winning comedy

Roberts Mainstage

Drag The Halls

A glittery, glamorous holiday spectacular

1938 Original Theatre

Community Events

Community Choirs: Pre-Show Performances

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Broadway/Musical Trivia Night

Actors' Hall

2023-2024 Season

A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas

One actor, over 50 characters

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Fiddler on the Roof Backstage Tour

Roberts Mainstage

In the Community

“Holiday Traditions” Story Time at the Olney Library

Olney Public Library

Vaccine Clinic

Actors' Hall

Community Events

What happened after Anatevka?

Roberts Mainstage

2023-2024 Season

Fiddler on the Roof

Tradition!

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Community Potluck: Dining on (Ghosts or not) Stories

A community potluck & storytelling event

Omi's Pavilion

Community Events

Ghost Stories with Weldon

1938 Original Theatre

Community Rental

Olney Big Band

1938 Original Theatre

In the Community

“Ghosts” Story Time at the Olney Library

Olney Public Library

Community Events

Brothers and Sisters Paranormal Trivia Night

Omi's Pavilion

Community Events

Fiesta Asia: Thai Food and Crafts Bazaar

Bringing Culture & Heritage to the Heart of Olney!

Omi's Pavilion

Community Events

D.C. APA Short Film Festival Screening

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Opening Night Panel: In Conversation with Playwright Prince Gomolvilas

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

2023-2024 Season

The Brothers Paranormal

The business is fake. The ghosts are real.

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Olney Outdoors

Chita Rivera: The Rhythm of My Life

Root Family Stage

Community Events

Summerfest 2023

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Closing Weekend: Olney Outdoors

Root Family Stage

2023-2024 Season

Ink

From the writer of "Labour of Love" and "Brexit"

Round House Theatre

Olney Outdoors

Welcome to the 90s

When your phone was just a phone.

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Welcome to the 80s

Root Family Stage

Community Events

VIVA AFRICA!

Community Night at Olney Theatre

1938 Original Theatre

Community Events

How to Dance Afrobeats

Omi's Pavilion

Olney Outdoors

Welcome to the 70s

Disco. Country divas. Mega-Musicals.

Root Family Stage

Community Events

Fashion Show & Trunk Sale

1938 Original Theatre

Olney Outdoors

Welcome to the 60s

One of the best decades for music in American history.

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Pay-What-You-Want Movie Nights

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Welcome to the 50s

Put on your poodle skirt or skinny tie and meet us outside for these 1950s-inspired programs.

Root Family Stage

Community Events

Opening Night Panel: Performance and Political Resistance

Roberts Mainstage

Fela!

Music mightier than the sword

Roberts Mainstage

Olney Outdoors

Opening Weekend: Olney Outdoors

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Olney Outdoors

Root Family Stage

In the Community

Pan-African Art Happy Hour at Èkó House

Èkó House

In the Community

Nigerian Story Hour at Olney Library

Olney Public Library

CLIMBING OUT OF THE MELTING POT: JEWS AND JUDAISM IN AMERICAN THEATER

Arena Stage

Community Events

Songwriting Workshop with Taisha Estrada

1938 Original Theatre

Community Events

Broadway/Musical Trivia Night

Actors' Hall

Community Events

Behind the Scenes: The Place of Kander & Ebb in the American Musical Theatre Canon

Olney Theatre

The World Goes 'Round

The music of Kander & Ebb

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Story Hour at Olney Library

Olney Public Library

Community Events

South Asian Bookstore Pop-Up: Kahini Books

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab Lobby

Community Events

How to Dance (Bollywood-Style) at an Indian Wedding

Silver Spring Civic Center

Theatre & ASL Workshop Series

Actors' Hall

Community Events

South Asian Film Festival

1938 Original Theatre

Community Events

How to Dance Bhangra at an Indian Wedding

Olney Theatre

Community Events

Not Your Aunty’s Single Mixer

Community Events

South Asian Author Story Time at Olney Library

Olney Public Library

Community Events

Conversation between Madhuri Shekar & Karen Zacarias

Olney Theatre

Community Events

Not Your Typical Singles Mixer

Roberts Mainstage

A Nice Indian Boy

by Madhuri Shekar| Extended by Popular Demand

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Drag Story Hour at Olney Library

Olney Public Library

Community Events

Sip n (Face) Paint

1938 Original Theatre

Community Events

Opening Night Panel Discussion: Drag, Theater, & Culture, from La Cage Aux Folles to Ru Paul

Olney Theatre

Kinky Boots

#RaiseYouUp

Roberts Mainstage

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

A cabaret for all the holidays

1938 Original Theatre

Community Events

Draw Yourself Into the Story!

1938 Original Theatre

A Christmas Carol

One actor, over 50 characters

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Beauty and the Beast Backstage

Olney Theatre

Community Events

Disney Trivia Night

Olney Theatre

Disney's Beauty and the Beast

Our acclaimed production returns

Roberts Mainstage

Community Events

Community Dance Team Showcase!

1938 Original Theatre

Community Events

Competition, Women and Camaraderie

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Dance Nation

In-Your-Face Drama of Puberty and Performance

| by Clare Barron

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Olney Outdoors

Rocky Horror Picture Screening

Free Event!

Root Family Stage

Othering and Belonging

Shifting the Narrative with Increased Representation in Arts & Sports

1938 Original Theatre

Fences

Pay-What-You-Can Tour 73 Kickoff

1938 Original Theatre

Olney Outdoors

Sip N Paint

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Poetry At Sunset

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Just Arts 2022

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Dining on Stories

A community potluck & storytelling event

Olney Theatre

Olney Outdoors

Summerfest 2022

Our free open house

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Much Ado About Nothing

Free Summer Shakespeare

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

A Night of Italian Arias

Olney Theatre

ISM

30 min performance by Visionaries of Creative Arts (VOCA) and community conversation

Olney Theatre

Olney Outdoors

Jazz@Olney

Final Jazz Concert of the Summer: Victor Provost 8/20

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Kids and Family

Up Next: Reggie Rice: Fool of Illusions

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Cabaret Series

Up next: Celebration of Black Musicals

Root Family Stage

Olney Outdoors

Dinner and Drag

Olney Theatre

The Music Man

Performed in ASL and English with English Supertitles

Roberts Mainstage

Spoken Word Workshop

in the Mainstage Lobby

Olney Theatre

A Raisin In The Sun*

Pay What You Can Homecoming Performances

1938 Original Theatre

A Midsummer Night's Dream*

Pay What You Can Homecoming Performances

1938 Original Theatre

Jazz: Mark G. Meadows

1938 Original Theatre

Black-Jewish Relations

in the Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Olney Theatre Center

Cabaret: Nova Y. Payton

1938 Original Theatre

Open Mic

1938 Original Theatre

Opening Night Conversation

With co-directors Jason Loewith and Kevin McAllister, and playwright Dani Stoller

Olney Theatre Center

Disney Singalong

with Patricia Carpenter, Matt Schleigh, and Ashleigh King

1938 Original Theatre

The Joy That Carries You

A World Premiere

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Takes One to Know One

Featuring Vincent Kempski and MALINDA

1938 Original Theatre

BIRCKHEAD

A night of Jazz celebrating the scope of Black American Music

1938 Original Theatre

Jazz: Lena Seikaly

1938 Original Theatre

Black Parade

A Drag Show Tribute to Black Icons in Music

1938 Original Theatre

Community Events

Local History Hour

Community Partner Event, Sandy Spring Slave Museum

Olney Theatre

Mother Goose

Presented by Imagination Stage

Roberts Mainstage

Poetry Slam

A two-night competition

Roberts Mainstage

Brigadoon

A concert performance of the Broadway classic

Roberts Mainstage

Pippin

A concert performance of the Broadway favorite

Roberts Mainstage

A.D. 16 - View at Home

Available only online from

Online

Lautrec at the Saint James

One Night Only

Roberts Mainstage

Women and the Gospels

Who Were the Women of the Gospels?

Roberts Mainstage

Cinco Paul & Bekah Brunstetter

In Conversation With Jason Loewith

Roberts Mainstage

Time to Shine

Featuring Rayshun LaMarr

1938 Original Theatre

A.D. 16

Mary is 16, new in Nazareth and

crushing hard on a Jewish carpenter's son...

Roberts Mainstage

A Christmas Carol 2021

A Ghost Story of Christmas

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Beauty and the Beast Backstage

Experience the Magic of Beauty and the Beast Backstage

Olney Theatre Center

Opening Night Dialogue

A conversation with Director Marcia Milgrom Dodge

Roberts Mainstage

Beauty and the Body

Olney Theatre Center

Disney's Beauty and The Beast

#IAmBeauty

Roberts Mainstage

The Thanksgiving Play Online

Available to rent until

Olney Theatre Center

Indigenous History of MD

Appreciating the Indigenous History of Maryland

Olney Theatre Center

The History of This Land

Introducing Our Land Acknowledgement

Olney Theatre Center

The Thanksgiving Play

A comedy about "white wokeness"

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

70 Years of OTC Musicals

A free concert for the whole family

Olney Theatre Center

A Raisin In The Sun

Pay What You Can Performances

1938 Original Theatre

Stoopkid Stories

The Root Family Stage

Olney in Drag

Root Family Stage

Sip 'N' Slam

Expert slam poets and storytellers take to the Root.

Root Family Stage

Sing Praise!

Music from Christian, Jewish and other traditions

Root Family Stage

Jazz @ Olney

Root Family Stage

Theatre for Young Audiences

Olney Theatre Center

Dance Around The World

Dance traditions from West Africa to India to NYC

Root Family Stage

Just Arts Virtual

Olney Theatre Center

Just Arts 2021

Two nights focus on Heritage, History and the Future

Root Family Stage

A Midsummer Night's Dream

Root Family Stage

Hedwig and the Angry Inch

Try and tear her down

1938 Original Theatre

One Year Later

Revisiting The Amateurs with playwright Jordan Harrison and the cast

The Root Family Stage

Christmas Carol Streaming

The Root Family Stage

The Olney Home Hour

SEASONS

The Root Family Stage

Member Meet-Up - NewCastle

The Root Family Stage

Member Meet Up

The Root Family Stage

Signal Boost Friday Night Fix

The Root Family Stage

Melissa Gilbert Learning Hour

The Root Family Stage

Signal Boost: Music Mondays

The Root Family Stage

Just Arts

The Root Family Stage

The Humans Streaming

The Root Family Stage

Brigadoon

Roberts Mainstage

Olney Onward Comes Home Event

A Free Online Benefit for Olney Theatre Center

The Root Family Stage

Community Events

A.D. 16 Panel

Moderated by Jason Loewith

The Root Family Stage

Community Events

FUTURECASTING

Todd London in conversation with Peter Marks

The Root Family Stage

Community Events

DIRECTORS

Moderated by Peter Marks

The Root Family Stage

Community Events

The Music Man Panel

Moderated by Jason Loewith

The Root Family Stage

Community Events

ACTORS & STAGE MANAGERS

Moderated by Peter Marks

The Root Family Stage

Community Events

Dance Nation Panel

The Root Family Stage

Community Events

PLAYWRIGHTS

Moderated by Peter Marks

The Root Family Stage

Virtual Panel Discussion

The Root Family Stage

Season Announcement 20-21

The Root Family Stage

Making Theatre on the Road

The Root Family Stage

Dessa Rose

Roberts Mainstage

The Amateurs

Mulitz-Gudelsky Theatre Lab

Community Events

Erin McKeown Concert

The Root Family Stage

Community Events

Miss You Like Home

The Root Family Stage

Miss You Like Hell

Roberts Mainstage

Pete The Cat

1938 Original Theatre

Singin' in the Rain

Roberts Mainstage