Artists at Work Speakers Series

February 22, 2024

Sitar Arts Center’s Artists at Work Speakers Series gives you behind-the-scenes access to DC’s most exciting arts venues through the personal stories of the professionals who make the magic happen. […]

Christmas Revels: The Magical Medieval Tale of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

November 21, 2023

Get ready for a night of enchantment and adventure at Lisner Auditorium in Washington, DC! The holidays in the DMV aren’t complete without Christmas Revels, one of DC’s most beloved […]

Air: A Reading and Talkback

April 24, 2023

Mina and River travel to Fairbanks, Alaska, where they are producing the second season of Clime. Ahnah is a world-renowned indigenous glass artist and art therapist who has spent decades […]

Earth: A Reading and Talkback


Mina and River travel to Mt. Desert Island, Maine, where they are producing the third season of Clime. Akari is a master gardener and the director of gardens on a […]

Fire: A Reading and Talkback


Mina travels to Apex, North Carolina, where she is producing the fourth and last season of Clime. She’s joined by River, who lost their grandmother, Tuca, and Finley, who is […]

Enter Gretta: A Reading and Talkback


MB Hollis has an optics problem. Her readers believe she’s a man who hates women based on the novels she’s been writing for the last fifteen years. Enter Gretta: A […]

You Should Be So Lucky: A Reading and Talkback


A grandmother, Popo, has her granddaughter, Jenny, to her apartment to make dumplings for the Lunar New Year. As they prepare, the two catch up and Jenny learns about the […]

Waiting for Manilow: A Reading and Talkback


It’s August 17, 1997 and Nick, a 17-year-old gay boy, is sitting in an all-night diner outside Indianapolis, Indiana waiting for the possible appearance of his musical idol Barry Manilow […]

The Oreos: A Reading and Talkback


What happens when Marketing Associate Blaine and Twitch streamer Evette wake up to find… they’re black!?! In the same vein of Black Like Me and Watermelon Man, The Oreos explores […]

The Georgetowner’s Spring Theater Guide  

April 12, 2023

ONGOING …   The National Capital New Play Festival at Bethesda’s Round House Theatre is featuring two world premieres: “On the Far End,” Mary Kathryn Nagle’s one-woman show about Muscogee leader […]