THEARC Theater

A home for arts and culture East of the River providing state of the art performance venue spaces, programs for families, youth, and adults, and world class performances presented by Building Bridges Across the River and partners at THEARC. As you all know, safety for our neighbors, staff, and partners is our number one priority.

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What's Happening?

Updates on Theater Season, Virtual Programs, and Special Events

Young, Gifted, And Black Podcast's Pour Girls & YOU-th Takeover "Pilot of Possibilities"

THEARC Theater's Young, Gifted, and Black podcast get a season takeover! Join our city's teen hosts Eric, Tiny, Python, and Talia as they explore the fundamentals of community in Washington, DC through Creative Safe Space. Coined by Pour Girls, Creative Safe Spaces are any environment intentionally constructed to strengthen, support, and acknowledge the intersections of creative approach for communal progress and identity.
Must See Productions

Digital Library

Click here to check out content you've missed or content you would like to see. - Young, Gifted, And Black Podcast’s Pour Girls & YOU-th Takeover “Pilot of Possibilities” - WILD: These Walls Can Talk - Catch up on SOULVERSATIONS (Hosted By Angela Stribling & Russell Taylor) - Sign Up for Black History Month Programming - iCAN Virtual Production Challenge 2021 - THEARC Theater Patreon

WILD: A Conversation about Juvenile Justice through Dance

Digital library screening of WILD, WILD, Inspired by Maurice Sendak’s classic children’s novel Where the Wild Things Are, WILD follows the journey of several young men as they struggle to break free from the systemic injustices that permeate Black and Brown communities. The Marshall Project Review Wild: If These Walls Could Talk. February 22nd-27th WILD: Birds of Paradise. PARENTAL ADVISORY for imagery and graphic depictions of incarceration and violence.

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Our Theater season will be filled with so much incredible content…..short films, spoken word, radio dramas, music concerts, and podcasts. Thank you for the support over the last 15 years. We look forward to staying connected into 2021 and beyond.

Season 2020-2021

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iCAN Technical Theater Internship provides:

Work opportunities & training, College Tour Experiences, Mentorship & Counseling

We build career paths in the arts! Donate to support our workforce of emerging arts professionals.

 

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COVID-19

Building Bridges have been working together to protect the safety of our community, partners, staff, and audiences through the suspension of mass gathering. THEARC Theater is following the protocols mandated by DC Government per the recommendation of CDC and we will continue to move forward based upon the recommendation by our DC government and health officials.

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