country in producing a staged reading of Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege on Wednesday, February 5 at 7:30pm in the Melton Rehearsal Hall at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. The reading, discussion, and activism fair will be co-presented with African Continuum Theatre Company. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. 202-3933939. woollymammoth.net
Join the hundreds of runners taking to the streets to fundraise for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. Photo: Courtesy of Cupid’s Undie Run
Cupids Undie Run Feb 15, noon-4:00 PM. Cupid’s Undie Run is returning for its 5th year in Washington, DC. On Valentine’s Day weekend, come put the hilarity in charity with hundreds of half-naked runners taking to the streets in celebration of their fundraising for the Children’s Tumor Foundation. Last year Cupid’s raised over $1.3 Million to end NF and they’re relying on you to join and make this year’s fundraising (and party) the biggest and best yet. Start a team, join a team, or just run solo and make some new friends. The party, at Pour House, Hawk ‘N’ Dove and Capitol Lounge on Capital Hill, starts at noon; run time is 2 p.m.; then back for more fun until 4 p.m. Arrive early and stay late... and feel free to remain pants-less the entire time! Registration (still open) is now $100. cupidsundierun.com
Rorschach Theatre’s Glassheart at the Atlas. Through Feb 16. Beauty never showed up. The Beast and his remaining magical servant have moved into a shabby apartment near a 7-11, hoping for a lower cost of living and better luck with girls. This fairy tale includes a building manager with a taste for gingerbread and children, spells that come with a price, and a relentlessly cheery lamp that discovers what-and who-must be sacrificed for an ordinary life. The Atlas, 1333 H St. NE. 202-399-7993. atlasarts.org The Best Man at the Keegan. Through Feb 22. A play about power, ambition, political secrets, ruthlessness and the race for the
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presidency, Gore Vidal’s The Best Man is set at the national convention where two candidates are vying for their party’s nomination during the primary season. Keegan Theater, 1742 Church St. NW. 703-892-0202. keegantheatre.com Yellow Face at Theater J. Through Feb 23. The lines between truth and fiction blur with hilarious and moving results in David Henry Hwang’s unreliable memoir. Fresh off his Tony Award win for M. Butterfly, Hwang leads a community protest against the casting of a famous white actor as the Eurasian pimp in the original Broadway production of Miss Saigon, condemning the practice as “yellowface.” His position soon comes back to haunt him when he mistakes a Caucasian actor for mixed-race, and casts him in the lead Asian role of his own new play. Theater J, 1529 16th St. NW. 800 494-8497. washingtondcjcc.org Tribes at Studio. Through Feb 23. Billy, a deaf man whose hearing family has never listened to him, comes to define his identity on his own terms in this sophisticated drama about family, belonging, and the limitations of language. Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St. NW. 202-332-3300. studiotheatre.org The Importance of Being Earnest at Shakespeare. Through Mar 2. Oscar Wilde’s most perfect of plays is a comedy of class, courtship, and avoiding burdensome social conventions. Lansburgh Theatre, 450 7th St. NW. 202547-1122. shakespearetheatre.org Mother Courage and Her Children at Arena. Through Mar 9. Kathleen Turner returns stars as a tough-as-nails matriarch who profits off the very war that steals her children from her one by one. But will the cost of war be higher than she’s prepared to pay? Arena Stage, 1101 Sixth St. SW. 202-488-3300. arena-stage.org Facing Our Truth: Ten-Minute Plays on Trayvon, Race, and Privilege at Woolly. Feb 5, 7:30 PM. In commemoration of the birthday of the late Trayvon Martin, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company will join theatres across the
We Are Proud to Present at Woolly. Feb 10-Mar 9. A rehearsal room descends from collaborative to absurd as a group of idealistic actors-three black and three white-come together to tell the little-known story of a centuries-old conflict in South West Africa. Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, 641 D St. NW. 202-393-3939. woollymammoth.net The Trials of Muhammad Ali: ITVS Film Screening. Feb 11, 7:00 PM. Free. Register online at hillcenterdc.org or call 202-549-4172. Hill Center, 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE. The Dark Side of Hitchcock Series: Alfred Hitchcock Presents. Feb 21, 7:00 PM. Free. Register online at hillcenterdc. org or call 202-549-4172. Hill Center, 921 Penn Ave. SE.
EXHIBITIONS
CHAW presents “Urban Eyes, A Photo Exhibition by the Girl from Nowhere”. Through Feb 25. A photo exhibition by the Girl from Nowhere (Tokyo-born French-American artist/photographer Camille Clifton). Lecture. Feb 4, 7:009:00 PM. The lecture is in conjunction with the CHAW gallery exhibit and is free and open to all. CHAW, 545 7th St. SE. 202-547-6839. chaw.org Common Ground at Honfleur Gallery. Through Feb 28. Opening reception, Jan 10, 6:00-9:00 PM. Common Ground presents the work that arose from a collaboration between painter Katherine Tzu-Lan Mann and photographer Michael B. Platt. Artist talk is on Saturday, Feb 1, 2:45 PM. ; Jadallah’s talk begins at 2 p.m., Mann and Platt’s talk will follow at 2:45 p.m. Both exhibits close February 28, 2014. Honfleur Gallery, 1241 Good Hope Rd. SE. 202-365-8392. Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990. Through Mar 10. Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940–1990 traces the city’s transformation into an internationally recognized destination with its own design vocabulary, canonized landmarks, and coveted way of life. National Building Museum, 401 F St. NW. 202-272-2448. nbm.org Shakespeare’s the Thing at the Folger. Through June 15. Explore Shakespeare’s influence on visual art, performance, and scholarship through treasures from the Folger collection hand-picked by Folger staff, including a special look at how fans have celebrated Shakespeare from his time to ours. Marking Shakespeare’s 450th birthday. Folger Shakespeare Library, 201 E. Capitol SSE. 202-544-4600. folger.edu