Dominion Stage is thrilled to announce our 76th Season!
3 full productions - 1 special event - 2 venues
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EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL
by Chelsea Marcantel
August 8 - 23, 2025
T‍heatre on the Run, 3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, VA 22206
When an Amish couple’s two sons are killed in a car accident, the family struggles to maintain their faith and cling to their way of life. In an act of unfathomable forgiveness, they take in Eric, the wayward young driver of the car. But Eric’s mistake cracks open the family’s dark history and brings back their eldest daughter, excommunicated five years earlier. Miri finds her family in shambles, the man who killed her brothers living in the barn, and the man who drove her away intent upon marrying her younger sister. Without a way forward, this insular community must seek to heal the deep wounds of the past, forcing everyone into a new kind of reckoning.
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BLITHE SPIRIT
by Noël Coward
October 24 - November 8, 2025
Gunston Theatre Two, 2700 S Lang Street, Arlington,  VA 22206
A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well aware of Charles' shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone's personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity.
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XANADU
Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Music &Â Lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar
January 30 - February 14, 2026
Gunston Theatre Two, 2700 S Lang Street, Arlington,  VA 22206
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Xanadu follows the journey of a magical and beautiful Greek muse, Kira, who descends from the heavens of Mount Olympus to Venice Beach, California in 1980 on a quest to inspire a struggling artist, Sonny, to achieve the greatest artistic creation of all time – the first ROLLER DISCO! (Hey, it's 1980!) But, when Kira falls into forbidden love with the mortal Sonny, her jealous sisters take advantage of the situation, and chaos abounds.
SPECIAL EVENT
Watch this space for upcoming details on a special event to be presented June 5 - June 20, 2026.
Since a group of neighbors formed a play-reading group in 1949, Dominion Stage has been a part of Arlington. Â We are Arlington's oldest community theatre. Â We seek stories that reflect everyone in our community, especially those not usually highlighted. Â To us, "Anything But Predictable" means you'll see stories about the good, the bad, the ugly, and even the undead. Â We've explored incest, suicide, drug abuse, mental illness, sexuality, prejudice, puppet sex, and crime, as well as life in a trailer park, on a desert isle, in a locker room, in colonial Salem, and in prehistoric times. Â Sometimes we're not the best choice for Grandma or the kids, and we'll let you know. Â We ARE the best choice for theatre that makes you think, helps you understand, makes you laugh (frequently), makes you cry (sometimes), and celebrates the community we are all a part of. Â
GUNSTON THEATRE TWO,
2700 S Lang Street, Arlington, VA:
Dominion Stage's current black-box home (the original library of Gunston Middle School) gives us space to present musicals with large casts and sets, as well as the intimacy necessary for more dramatic pieces and comedies. Â Seating configuration changes with each production, and audience members are rarely more than a few steps from the actors. There is plentiful free parking. Â Patrons enter via the main glass doors, pass Theatre One on the left, and follow the signs down the hall to Theatre Two, or may drive around the building to park closer to Theatre Two's entrance (look for the neon art). Â The closest Metro (though not walkable) is Pentagon City. If arriving by car service, tell the driver the Theatres are located uphill, away from the soccer fields.
THEATRE ON THE RUN,
3700 S Four Mile Run Drive, Arlington, VA:
For more intimate shows, Dominion Stage will use the smaller black box theatre located in the Arlington Cultural Affairs building. Seating for fewer than 100 patrons, less than 10 feet from the action! Direct-access entrance to Theatre On The Run is at the side of the building on S. Oakland St. Parking is extremely limited behind the building but street parking is plentiful as well as overflow parking lots at the ends of both side streets (S. Oakland St. &Â S. Nelson St.).
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Dominion Stage is a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Â Federal ID number 52-1349392.
Dominion Stage is a member of Washington Area Theatre Community Honors (WATCH) and the American Association of Community Theatre.
Dominion Stage is supported in part by the Arlington Cultural Affairs Division of Arlington Economic Development and the Arlington Commission for the Arts, arts.arlingtonva.us.
Dominion Stage is supported in part by Community Forklift's Community Building Blocks (CBB) grant. www.communityforklift.org
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