Avant Bard Theatre is an Arlington-based performing arts organization dedicated to affordable & intimate productions of time-tested and contemporary classics
Arlington, VA
Joined May 2011
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Sunday, 2:00! Final Scripts in Play reading Museum of Contemporary Art Arlington! Join us for Eric Hissom's Rude Mechanics directed by Avant Bard Theatre Artistic Associate Kathleen Akerley! Free reading + free reception. Reserve your free tickets! buff.ly/4he8vU4
There is still time to RSVP to [email protected] and join us virtually! We will begin at 7:30 p.m. Details: buff.ly/3PmtCrc
ALT There is still time to RSVP to [email protected] and join us virtually! We will begin at 7:30 p.m. Details: https://avantbard.org/about/bards-action-corner-women-in-leadership/
Join us Monday 7:30 for our virtual Bard's Action Corner on Women in Leadership featuring Avant Bard's Producing Partner Kathleen Akerley and guests: OSF's Donya K. Washington and Jocelyn Kuritsky, creator the award-winning podcast A Simple Herstory! RSVP buff.ly/44zLjIq
8:15 tonight (Sunday)! Join Avant Bard at the wonderful Arlington County Fair for an innovative theatrical-podcast-music experience about the first woman to run for president! buff.ly/45rRT4u
Experience @redrattheater's immersive production of Philip Ridley's The Pitchfork Disney 30 years after its Helen Hayes award-winning U.S. premiere in D.C.
Trailer: buff.ly/3rwIcTw
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We are so thankful to you for joining us for the 2022-23 season. All three of our mainstage productions-"Hurricane Diane", "Julius Caesar", and "Billy and George", were Helen Hayes Recommended!
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Madeleine George and @AvantBard's 'Hurricane Diane' imagines Dionysus returned to earth as Diane, a lesbian permaculture gardener from Vermont.
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A charismatic lesbian demigod sets out to heal the planet one woman at a time, in @AvantBard Theatre's 'Hurricane Diane'.
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Theatre Review: 'Hurricane Diane' presented by Avant Bard Theatre @AvantBard mdtheatreguide.com/2023/06/t…
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Totally. 2019 Avant Bard visceral production of Suzan-Lori Parks’s TOP DOG/UNDER DOG received a bevy of HHA noms/awards in DC. As Park penned, “Does the show stop when no one’s watching." Here's to many regional productions dctheaterarts.org/2019/03/21… @AvantBard @theatreWash
Thank you all for coming out to see Hurricane Diane! That's a wrap on our season. Please consider making a donation today at avantbard.org to help fund our next season, including our free Scripts in Play Festival.
Say goodbye to Hurricane Diane with us today at 2 pm (PWYC) and tonight at 7:30 pm!
Photos by DJ Corey Photography. "Hurricane Diane" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. concordtheatricals.com.
In Hurricane Diane, Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards. Only three performances left! Tickets here: buff.ly/3X8Rr8t
Photo by DJ Corey Photography. "Hurricane Diane" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. concordtheatricals.com.
You have four more chances to catch the storm before it passes. Helen Hayes recommended Hurricane Diane must close this weekend. This weekend's performances are tonight, Friday, and Saturday at 7:30 pm, and Saturday at 2 pm. As always, our Saturday matinee is PWYC! See you there!
Pick up your copy of @MetroWeekly - we're on the cover! Read the fantastic, in-depth interview with Hurricane Diane playwright Madeleine George.
Photo by DJ Corey Photography. "Hurricane Diane" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc
Our eighth annual Scripts in Play festival will occur as salon events at various public spaces, including art galleries, throughout the area this winter. We are especially interested in staging plays by local playwrights that celebrate and highlight the experiences ... (1/3)
... of people of color, trans and gender diverse people, immigrants, and people w/ disabilities. We welcome collaborations with artists who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color, or who are transgender, nonbinary, queer, or who are immigrants, & people w/ disabilities. (2/3)