WE WIN AWARDS

2020 Helen Hayes Awards:
The Brothers Size- Outstanding Production in a Play
William K. D’Eugenio- Outstanding Lighting Design for The Brothers Size
José Carrasquillo- Outstanding Direction in a Play for The Brothers Size
Gary-Kayi Fletcher- Outstanding Lead Performer in a Play for The Brothers Size
Kenny Neal- Outstanding Sound Design for The Royale

HISTORY

The group of educators, artists, and actors came together in 2008 under the leadership of Mark Krikstan, founding Artistic Director, to create an organization that would bridge educational and professional theatre. In just seven years, 1st Stage has grown from a grass roots collective of local artists to an award-winning institution with national recognition. The hard work and dedication of 1st Stage’s founding Artistic Director and artists paved the way for the hiring of current Artistic Director Alex Levy in September of 2014. Alex comes to 1st Stage with extensive artistic and managing experience in New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles.

1st Stage exists in a truly unique place both physically and geographically. The Tysons Corner area continues to rapidly develop and 1st Stage has been and will continue to be a part of this growth. Located outside the Beltway and several miles from downtown Washington, DC, 1st Stage brings vibrant, compelling, and relevant work to Northern Virginia. The Spring Hill Business Center (the building 1st Stages calls home) is not what some might imagine when picturing a theater in the mind’s eye. However, through the dedicated work of the founding artists, some 20+ volunteers, the architecture firm Butz-Wilbern, and general contractor M. Raina 6,500 square feet of flex office space was converted into a fabulously intimate and wholly unique 110 seat theater, office, and library. With productions ranging from Shakespeare to world premieres and from dramas to musicals, 1st Stage continues to offer compelling stories and intimate experiences to our audiences.

The 1st Stage Founding Artists are:

Lucas Beck, Deb Crerie, Jane Kalbfeld, Nathaniel Krause, Mark Krikstan, Alex Mandell, Peter Van Valkenburg, David Winkler, and Cheryl Patton Wu.

PAST PRODUCTIONS

2022-2023 Season

The Logan Festival of Solo Performance (Tomatoes Tried to Kill Me But Banjos Saved My Life, Wanda’s Way, Spanking Machine), Mlima’s Tale, The Rainmaker, How the Light Gets In, Mojada, The Last Match

2021-2022 Season

The Logan Festival of Solo Performance (Opera Soup, Charmed Life, Bo-Nita, The Book of Mamaw), Secret Things, The Phlebotomist, The Mamalogues, Under the Sea with Dredgie McGee

2019-2020 Season

Trying, Airness, The Royale

2018-2019 Season

Hero’s Welcome, A Civil War Christmas, The Brothers Size, columbinus, The Member of the Wedding, The Logan Festival of Solo Performance (The Happiest Place on Earth, Joy Rebel, The Things They Carried)

2017-2018 Season

Jesus Hopped the ‘A’ Train, My Name is Asher Lev, The Farnsworth Invention, Fly by Night, Swimming with Whales, The Logan Festival of Solo Performance (The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey, Brahman/i, Where Did We Sit on the Bus?)

2016-2017 Season

Lobby Hero, Broadway Bound, Trevor, Well, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, The Logan Festival of Solo Performance (Empanada for a Dream, The Gun Show, Hick: A Love Story)

2015-2016 Season

Now Comes the Night, Harvey, When the Rain Stops Falling, Proof, Floyd Collins

2014-2015 Season

Take Me Out; One Man, Two Guvnors; Doubt, a Parable; Old Wicked Songs; The Good Counselor

2013-2014 Season

The Pitman Painters, Noises Off, Souvenir, The Cripple of Inishmann, Bat Boy: The Musical

2012-2013 Season

Suite Surrender, Altar Boyz, Italian American Reconciliation, Never the Sinner, Blithe Spirit

2011-2012 Season

Don't Dress for Dinner, The How and the Why, Parfumerie, Side Man, Flora the Red Menace, Three Bears, Almost Maine

2010-2011 Season

Mauritius, Holiday, Mousetrap, Fuddy Meers, The Glass Menagerie, By Jeeves, Jack and the Bean-Stalk 

2009-2010 Season

The Game of Love and Chance, Three Days of Rain, The Prisoner of Zenda, By the Bog of Cats, Humble Boy, The Last Five Years, Suburban Motel

2008-2009 Season

The Suicide, Red Herring, The Violet Hour, Shakespeare's R&J, Pig Farm