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Round House Theatre is a home for outstanding ensemble acting and lifelong learning. We seek to captivate audiences with stories that inspire compassion, provoke emotions, and demand conversation.

Round House is one of the leading professional theaters in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, producing a six-show season of modern classics, new plays and musicals for more than 40,000 patrons each year at our 400-seat theater in Bethesda. Round House has been nominated for 146 Awards (including six in 2015) and has won 27 (including three in 2014). Its productions have won “Outstanding Resident Play” four times.

1976-1977 SEASON 1977-1978 SEASON The Caretaker Godspell The Death and Life of Sneaky Fitch By By Stephen Schwartz By James L. Rosenberg Directed by June Allen Directed by June Allen Directed by Douglas Cumming The Owl and The Pussycat The Crucible By Bill Manhoff By 1978 -1979 SEASON Directed by Edward Trotta Directed by Jerry Whiddon Indians By Arthur Kopit Tartuffe Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis By Moliere Directed by June Allen

The Man of LaMancha 1980-1981 SEASON Three Sisters By Dale Wasserman The Flying Karamazov Brothers By Anton Chekhov Directed by Jerry B. Davis By The Flying Karamazov Brothers Directed by David Cromwell

Mime Concerto The Lady's Not For Burning The Man of Destiny By Jerry Whiddon By Christopher Fry By Directed by Jerry Whiddon Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis

Veronica's Room Augustus Does His Bit 1979-1980 SEASON By Ira Levin By George Bernard Shaw The Importance of Being Earnest Directed by John Neville-Andrews Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis By Oscar Wilde Directed by June Allen Slow Dance on The Killing Ground Scapino By William Hanley By Frank Dunlop Angel Street Directed by Joseph Walker Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis By Patrick Hamilton Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis By Bertolt Brecht & Kurt Weill 1982-1983 SEASON Goodly Creatures Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis Cat On A Hot Tin Roof By William Gibson By Tennessee Williams Directed by John Edwards Directed by David Cromwell 1981-1982 SEASON The Glass Menagerie Deathtrap By Tennessee Williams By Ira Levin By Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis

Twelfth Night The Butterfingers Angel The Sign of Four By By William Gibson By Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Directed by June Allen Directed by Jerry Whiddon Directed by Douglas Cumming

A Life in The Theatre The Madwoman of Chaillot The Man Who Killed Buddha By David Mamet By Jean Giraudoux By Martin Epstein Directed by Jerry Whiddon Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis Directed by Jerry Whiddon

Sally and Martha In Circles 1984-1985 SEASON By Sybille Perason By Gertrude Stein Custer Directed by Gillian Drake Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis By Robert Ingham Directed by David Cromwell What The Butler Saw By Joe Orton 1983-1984 SEASON The Good Doctor Directed by Max Meyer Jay O'Callahan (storyteller) By Neil Simon By Jay O'Callahan Directed by Douglas Cumming The Two Gentlemen of Verona Directed by Richard McElvain By William Shakespeare Waiting for Godot Directed by Jerry Whiddon The Petrified Forest By Samuel Beckett By Robert Emmet Sherwood Directed by Douglas Cumming Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis 1986-1987 SEASON Rashomon The Water Engine Loot By Fay & Michael Kanin By David Mamet By Joe Orton Directed by Richard Young Directed by Gillian Drake Directed by Kenneth Fox The 1940's Radio Hour American Dreams When The Wind Blows By Walton Jones By Studs Terkel By Raymond Briggs Directed by Jim Humphrey Directed by Jerry Whiddon Directed by Gillian Drake Filthy Rich Antigone 1985-1986 SEASON By George F. Walker By Sophocles Fool For Love Directed by James C. Nicola Directed by Mark Jaster By Sam Shepard Directed by Susann Brinkley

The Nest On the Verge or The Geography of Learning Italian American Reconciliation By Franz Xavier Kroetz By Eric Overmyer By John Patrick Shanley Directed by Roger Downey Directed by Gillian Drake Directed By James Petosa

Little Victories Emerald City By Lavonne Mueller 1988-1989 SEASON By David Williamson Directed by Susann Brinkley Baby With The Bathwater Directed by Gillian Drake By Christopher Durang Directed by Kim Rubenstein Not About Heroes 1987-1988 SEASON By Stephen MacDonald Rum & Coke The Boys Next Door Directed by Tony Elliot By Keith Reddin By Tom Griffin Directed by Susann Brinkley Directed by James Petosa T Bone and Weasel By Jon Klein Self Torture & Strenuous Exercise More Fun Than Bowling Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis By Harry Kondoleon By Steven Dietz Directed by Max Meyer Directed by Brian Nelson 1990-1991 SEASON The Fairy Garden Heathen Valley Rebel Armies Deep Into Chad By Harry Kondoleon By Romulus Linney By Mark Lee Directed by Max Meyer Directed by Edward Morgan Directed by Mary Hall Surface

Zastrozzi American Buffalo The Diary of Anne Frank By George F. Walker By David Mamet By Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett Directed by Jerry Whiddon Directed by Robert DeFrank Directed by James Petosa

A Hatful of Rain Odd Jobs By Michael V. Gazzo 1989-1990 SEASON By Frank Moher Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis Of Mice and Men Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis By John Steinbeck Directed By Edward Morgan

Love and Anger 1992-1993 SEASON Wedding Band By George F. Walker Pentecost By Alice Childress Directed by Daniel De Raey By Stewart Parker Directed by Jennifer L. Nelson Directed by Kevin Kinley The Illusion The Misanthrope By Pierre Corneille Sand Mountain By Moliere Directed by Edward Morgan By Romulus Linney Directed by Daniel Fish Directed by Edward Morgan

1991-1992 SEASON Antigone 1994-1995 SEASON Willie & Esther By Jean Anouilh Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? By James Graham Bronson Directed by Laurence Maslon By Directed by Jennifer L. Nelson Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis Criminals in Love Apocalyptic Butterflies By George F. Walker All in the Timing By Wendy MacLeod Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis By David Ives Directed by Gillian Drake Directed by Nick Olcott

Elektra 1993-1994 SEASON Dog Logic By Sophocles Two Rooms By Tom Strelich Directed by Tom Prewitt By Lee Blessing Directed by Jerry Whiddon Directed by Sue Ott Rowlands Tintypes Escape From Happiness By Mary Kyte with Mel Marvin and Gary Season's Greetings By George F. Walker Pearle By Alan Ayckbourn Directed by Daniel De Raey Directed by Mary Hall Surface Directed by Daniel De Raey

A Day in the Death of Joe Egg The Swan 1995-1996 SEASON By Peter Nichols By Elizabeth Egloff Nora Directed by Laurence Maslon Directed by Jerry Whiddon By Ingmar Bergman Directed by Tom Prewitt

Absurd Person Singular Directed by Jerry Whiddon By Alan Ayckbourn A Broadway Christmas Carol Directed by Nick Olcott 1997-1998 SEASON By Kathy Feininger The Belle of Amherst Directed by Kathy Feininger Asian Jockey in Our Midst By William Luce By Carter W. Lewis Directed by Donald Hicken The Turn of The Screw Directed by Scot Reese By Jeffrey Hatcher Directed by Kathy Feininger An Almost Holy Picture By Anton Chekhov By Heather McDonald Directed by Nick Olcott Payatz Directed by Jeffrey B. Davis By Tom Dougherty Jack & Jill Directed by Tony Tsendeas The Sisterhood By Jane Martin By Moliere Directed by Jerry Whiddon Nixon's Nixon Directed by Daniel Fish By Russell Lees Pantomine Directed by William Foeller By Derek Walcott 1996-1997 SEASON Directed by Scot Reese Mere Mortals Better Living By David Ives By George F. Walker Godspell Directed by Nick Olcott Directed by Daniel De Raey By Stephen Schwartz Directed by Kathy Feininger One Shoe Off 1999-2000 SEASON By Tina Howe The Chemistry of Change Directed by Nick Olcott 1998-1999 SEASON By Marlene Meyer Criminal Genius Directed by Sue Ott Rowlands The Rehearsal By George F. Walker By Jean Anouilh Directed by Daniel De Raey Directed by Tom Prewitt By Alan Ayckbourn The Lion in Winter Directed by Nick Olcott Travels With My Aunt By James Goldman By Graham Greene Directed by Donald Hicken A Broadway Christmas Carol A Broadway Christmas Carol A Broadway Christmas Carol By Kathy Feininger By Kathy Feininger By Kathy Feininger Directed by Kathy Feininger Directed by Kathy Feininger Directed by Kathy Feininger

Three Days of Rain The Weir By Richard Greenberg By Alan Ayckbourn By Conor McPherson Directed by Jerry Whiddon Directed by Nick Olcott Directed by Nick Olcott Shakespeare, Moses, and Joe Papp The Glass Menagerie Crumbs From The Table of Joy By Ernie Joselovitz By Tennessee Williams By Lynn Nottage Directed by Lou Jacob Directed by Donald Hicken Directed by Scot Reese Our Town Man on the Verge of a His-panic Breakdown Mystery School By Thornton Wilder By Guillermo Reyes By Paul Selig Directed by Jerry Whiddon Directed by Jose Carrasquillo Directed by Jerry Whiddon

The Fantasticks The Smell of the Kill 2002-2003 SEASON By Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt By Michele Lowe Love and Anger Directed by Kathy Feininger Directed by Heather McDonald By George F. Walker Directed by Daniel De Raey

2000-2001 SEASON 2001-2002 SEASON The Cherry Orchard Snakebit Problem Child By Anton Chekhov By David Marshall Grant By George F. Walker Directed by Nick Olcott Directed by Daniel De Raey Directed by Daniel De Raey A Broadway Christmas Carol You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown Home By Kathy Feininger By Charles M. Schultz By Samm-Art Williams Directed by Kathy Feininger Directed by Jerry Whiddon Directed by Thomas W. Jones, II The Pavilion By Craig Wright Directed by Jerry Whiddon Speaking in Tongues The World Goes Round Midwives By Andrew Bovell By John Kander & Fred Ebb By Dana Yeaton Directed by Lou Jacob Directed by Jerry Whiddon & Patdro Harris Directed by Mark Ramont

Pippin 2004-2005 SEASON A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage: A Mark By Stephen Schwartz & Roger O. Hirson Living Out Twain Musical Melodrama Directed by Thomas W. Jones, II By Lisa Loomer By Aaron Posner & James Sugg Directed by Wensdy C. Goldberg Directed by Aaron Posner

2003-2004 SEASON The Diary of Anne Frank The Drawer Boy By Frances Goodrich & Albert Hackett 2006-2007 SEASON By Michael Healey Directed by Rebecca Kesselman A Prayer for Owen Meany Directed by Daniel De Raey Adapted by Simon Bent Life x 3 Directed by Blake Robison Heartbreak House By Yasmina Reza By George Bernard Shaw Directed by Lou Jacob The Little Prince Directed by Nick Olcott By Rick Cummins & John Scoullar Once On This Island Directed by Eric Ting A Broadway Christmas Carol By Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty By Kathy Feininger Directed by Scot Reese Orson's Shadow Directed by Kathy Feininger By Austin Pendleton Directed by Jerry Whiddon Wintertime 2005-2006 SEASON By Charles L. Mee Camille Crime and Punishment Directed by Lou Jacob Adapted by Neil Bartlett Adapted by Marilyn Campbell & Curt Directed by Blake Robison Columbis Fences Directed by Blake Robison By August Wilson A Year With Frog and Toad Directed by Thomas W. Jones, II By Robert Reale & Willie Reale Summer of '42 Directed by Nick Olcott By Hunter Foster & David Kirshenbaum Directed by Paul Barnes

2007-2008 SEASON Eurydice Around the World in 80 Days A Lesson Before Dying By Sarah Ruhl By Mark Brown By Romulus Linney Directed by Derek Goldman Directed by Nick Olcott Directed by Timothy Douglas One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Treasure Island By Dale Wasserman 2010-2011 SEASON By Ken Ludwig Directed by Jerry Whiddon The Talented Mr. Ripley Directed by Blake Robsion By Phyllis Nagy A Sleeping Country Directed by Blake Robison The Book Club Play By Melanie Marnich By Karen Zacarias Directed by Gregg Henry Ameriville Directed by Nick Olcott By Universes Directed by Chay Yew Lord of the Flies 2009-2010 SEASON Adapted by Nigel Williams The Picture of Dorian Gray A Wrinkle in Time Directed by Blake Robison By Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa By John Glore Directed by Blake Robison Directed by Casey Sams Nixon's Nixon By Russell Lees 26 Miles Charming Billy Directed by Jerry Whiddon By Quiara Alegria-Hudes Adapted by Blake Robison Directed by KJ Sanchez Directed by Blake Robison

2008-2009 SEASON Permanent Collection The Trip to Bountiful How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents By Thomas Gibbons By Horton Foote By Karen Zacarias Directed by Timothy Douglas Directed by Timothy Douglas Directed by Blake Robison My Name is Asher Lev Amadeus Alice By Aaron Posner By Peter Shaffer By Mary Hall Surface Directed by Jeremy Skidmore Directed by Mark Ramont Directed by Mary Hall Surface

2011-2012 SEASON I Love to Eat he Lyons Fahrenheit 451 By James Still By Nicky Silver By Ray Bradbury Directed by Leon Major Directed by John Vreeke Directed by Sharon Ott Young Robin Hood Seminar ReEntry By Jon Klein By Theresa Rebeck By Emily Ackerman & KJ Sanchez Directed by Derek Goldman Directed by Jerry Whiddon Directed by KJ Sanchez Glengarry Glen Ross Two Trains Running Pride and Prejudice By David Mamet By August Wilson Adapted by Joseph Hanreddy & J.R. Sullivan Directed by Mitchell Hébert Directed by Timothy Douglas Directed by Blake Robison How to Write a New Book for the Bible Ordinary Days Next Fall By Bill Cain Music & Lyrics by Adam Gwon By Geoffrey Nauffts Directed by Ryan Rilette Directed by Matthew Gardiner Directed by Mark Ramont Becky Shaw Crown of Shadows: the wake of odysseus By Gina Gionfriddo By Jason Gray Platt Directed by Patricia McGregor Directed by Blake Robison

Double Indemnity 2013-2014 SEASON Adapted by David Pichette & R. Hamilton The Beauty Queen of Leenane Wright By Martin McDonagh Directed by Jeff Steitzer Directed by Jeremy Skidmore

This 2012-2013 SEASON By Melissa James Gibson Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo Directed by Ryan Rilette By Rajiv Joseph Directed by Jeremy Skidmore