 
May brings the DC premiere of ZANNA, DON'T! in our Spring 2008 slot. This show turns what we as a society know as the 'society standard' upside down. Set in a world where homosexuality is the norm and heterosexuals are considered the oddity, the show explores social stereotypes and how we allow them to define us.
The online reservation system is ready to take your orders. Also, area favorite and Washington Opera regular Aaron Reeder is back as Tank! Please join us for the Washington, DC area community theater premiere of this wonderful show.
Be sure to check out the DC Theatre Scene interview with composer Tim Acito, who talks about our production of ZANNA, DON'T! with Joel Markowitz.
Thanks to the record crowds who came to see KAT 2nd Stage's GODSPELL at the Gaithersburg Arts Barn. Thanks to everyone involved with the show, and special thanks to the production team of Nancy Ostrove, Robin Covington, and DJ Garrett for putting on another fantastic production. For more information on the Arts Barn or the rest of their season schedule, click on the link above.
Congratulations to the cast, staff, and crew of NEVERMORE, as it won WATCH awards for Outstanding Musical and Outstanding Sound Design (Kevin Garrett). Thanks to everyone involved with our 2007 shows, which garnered 17 WATCH nominations in all. Michael Toscano wrote that "the nominations show...the emergence of the Kensington Arts Theatre as a top community-based producer of musicals in the region." Read the Washington Post article
Nevermore Cast (2007 WATCH Best Musical)
Kensington Arts Theatre (KAT) boldly enters its 7th season by stepping in a new direction. This season KAT will introduce its first mainstage, non-musical to the repertoire of dramatic presentations. We hope this will challenge viewers to again take another look at the assumptions they have about people and life; a principle the group was founded on. KAT is very excited to share this ground-breaking season with you and looks forward to your continued support.
NEW DATES!!!!
110 in the Shade (Musical) |
September 25 -- October 12 |
Directed by Michael Kharfen
Book by N. Richard Nash |
Lyrics by Tom Jones |
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Synopsis: The tale of Lizzie Curry, a spinster living on a ranch in the American southwest, and her relationships with local sheriff, File, a cautious divorcé who fears being hurt again, and charismatic con man Bill Starbuck, posing as a rainmaker who promises the locals he can bring relief to the drought-stricken area.
One Red Flower (Musical) |
February 20 -- March 14 |
Directed by Craig Pettinati
Book, Lyrics, and Music by Paris Barclay
Synopsis: One Red Flower voices the thoughts, joys and fears of Kempner and a number of other men who served in the Vietnam War. The names have been changed, but the emotions are very real and very raw.
The Blue Room (Non-Musical) |
May 8 -- May 23 |
Directed by: TBA
By David Hare
Synopsis: In one of the great cities of the world, in the present day, ten characters fall in and out of bed with each other in a continuous sequence of sexual liaisons, suggesting that the meaningless physical relationships they share, as well as venereal diseases they pick up along the way, are passed along in a mechanical, dehumanizing chain.
 
Kensington, MD – Kensington Arts Theatre is honored to have Founder and Artistic Director, Craig Pettinati, recognized by Capital Community News' Hill Rag as one of twelve talents to watch, one who "brought a strong sense of style and quality to productions." The article spans both professional and community theater and looked at talents from 56 professional companies and 25 community theater companies in the DC area. This comes off the heels of an unprecedented 4th season where KAT took home five WATCH (Washington Area Community Theatre Honors) awards, with Pettinati earning the Best Director in a Musical for Kiss of the Spider Woman. This season, KAT will produce Urinetown, which opens October 27, Nevermore (March 2007), and Sweeney Todd (May 2007). We look forward to seeing you there. (View Full Article)
KAT is a member of the Maryland Community Theatre Festival Association
(MCTFA).
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