NEWS from Round House WATCH: Artistic Director Ryan Rilette shares the programs we have planned for our community.
Homebound Round House Theatre is bringing together DC-area playwrights, actors, and designers for Homebound, an original webseries that explores life under Stay-at-Home orders in the Nation’s Capital. These ten-minute episodes will air each Monday until July 6. Learn More. Episode One: Connect! Episode Two: Human Resources Episode Three: We Wear the Mask Episode Four: Together Alone Episode Five: Double Entendre Episode Six: Sometimes It Snows in April Episode Seven: The Date Episode Eight: Community Episode Nine: Refuge Episode Ten: Reopening
Theatre Education Challenges The Round House Education department is producing a series of age-appropriate Theatre Education Challenges! These challenges will keep students busy with the same methods of creating theatre that we teach at Round House—acting, movement, design, and playmaking. See below for ten weeks’ worth of at-home activities for grades K-3, 4-6, and Teens! Note: Our Theatre Education Challenge series has ended so that our talented Teaching Artists can teach online summer camps. Want to keep learning with us? You can explore camps HERE! GRADES K-3 CHALLENGES CLICK HERE to download a parrot template for the video above! Link to Three Little Pigs HERE. Link to The Three Little Aliens and the Big Bad Robot HERE. The Very Hungry Caterpillar HERE. Find our template HERE. Here are links to the drawings Jenny created: Butterfly, Snail, and Flower. GRADES 4-6 CHALLENGES Mask template HERE. Template HERE. Johnny Appleseed HERE and Paul Bunyan HERE. Click HERE to download and print your own copy. TEEN CHALLENGES Here's a link to some Neutral Scenes you can try.
Playwrights on Plays Join us for a weekly online discussion series featuring Round House-affiliated artists. Round House Literary Manager Gabrielle Hoyt will interview celebrated theatremakers about their own work and a play of their choice that has inspired them. See below for ten weeks’ worth of insightful conversations featuring answers to YOUR questions from the original livestreams. EPISODE ONE: Martyna Majok on THE WEIR This episode is no longer available per the agreement with the artist, please enjoy our other episodes! EPISODE TWO: Rachel Chavkin on LEAR EPISODE THREE: Octavio Solis on EDWARD III EPISODE FOUR: J.T. Rogers on JULIUS CAESAR EPISODE FIVE: Charly Evon Simpson on A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM EPISODE SIX: Sarah Ruhl on BIG LOVE and BALTIMORE WALTZ EPISODE SEVEN: Tim J. Lord on IPGHIGENIA 2.0 EPISODE EIGHT: Aaron Posner on MAN AND SUPERMAN EPISODE NINE: Mfoniso Udofia on OTHELLO EPISODE TEN: Caleen Sinnette Jennings on HAMLET and KING HEDLEY II
Weekly Quarantini Every Friday, tune in to our Facebook page, where our food and beverage manager Hudson Tang will teach you to make a delicious drink highlighting local products. Think of it as a cocktail-making class for the socially distanced! Click here to learn more about the recipes and the Fourth Wall Bar & Cafe.
DONATE TODAY We hope that you enjoy engaging with our virtual content! To keep these programs coming to you from Round House Theatre, we ask that you please consider making a charitable contribution to the Round House Resilience Fund. Round House at Your House is fully funded by new contributions from the Round House Board of Trustees.