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Wow, what a month October will be. Traditionally one of the busiest theater months of the year, this year is no different, with 41 shows opening in the DC region.

Opening in October 2011

• 7th
  • Rocky Horror Show, Hard Bargain Players, Accokeek, MD
  • Grace & Glorie, Bowie Community Theatre, Bowie, MD
  • The Trip to Bountiful, Port Tobacco Players, La Plata, MD
  • Driving Miss Daisy, Montgomery Playhouse, Gaithersburg, MD
  • The Book Club Play, Arena Stage, Washington DC
  • Nine, The Arlington Players, Arlington, VA
  • Take Me Out, Dominion Stage, Arlington, VA
  • After the Quake, Rorschach Theatre, Washington DC
  • I Never Sang for my Father, Laurel Mill Playhouse, Laurel, MD
  • Nevermore, Creative Cauldron, Falls Church, VA
• 8th
  • Circle Mirror Transformation, Capital City Players, Washington DC
• 12th
  • A Bright New Boise, Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company, Washington DC
• 13th
  • Three Billy Goats Gruff, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo, MD
  • HellSpawn, Active Cultures Theatre, Riverdale Park, MD
• 14th
  • Auntie Mame, Providence Players, Falls Church, VA
  • Les Miserables, Kennedy Center, Washington DC
  • Godspell, Fauquier Community Theatre, Warrenton, VA
  • Twelve Angry Men, Aldersgate Church Community Theater, Alexandria, VA
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Prince William Little Theatre, Manassas, VA
  • The Drowsy Chaperone, Reston Community Players, Reston,
• 15th
  • Don’t Scare Me, The Story of Mother Jones, Theater of the First Amendment, Washington DC
  • Love Potion #1, The In Series, Washington DC
• 16th
  • Schoolhouse Rock Live!, Studio 3 Children’s Theatre, Lorton, VA
• 18th
  • Othello, Folger Theatre, Washington DC
• 19th
  • Othello, Synetic Theater, Arlington, VA
  • Reentry, Round House Theatre, Bethesda, MD
• 20th
  • Greek, Scena Theater, Washington DC
• 21st
  • Still Life With Iris, Stage Door Productions Kids on Stage, Fredericksburg, VA
  • Loose Knit, Taking Flight Theatre Company, Sterling, VA
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Elden Street Players, Herndon, VA
  • War of the Worlds Radio play, Sterling Playmakers, Sterling, VA
  • Dracula, Twin Beach Players, Chesapeake Beach, MD
  • The Continuing Adventures of John Blade, Super Spy, Apron Theatre Company, Washington DC
  • Become What You Are, Flying V , Bethesda, MD
  • Rounding Third, Vienna Theatre Company, Vienna, VA
• 22nd
  • Arms and the Man, Constellation Theatre Company, Washington DC
• 28th
  • The How and the Why, 1st Stage, McLean, VA
  • In the Next Room (or the vibrator play), Laurel Mill Playhouse, Laurel, MD
  • Sex and Education, Doorway Arts Ensemble, Bethesda, MD
• 29th
  • Twinderella, Elden Street Players/Theatre for Young Audiences, Herndon, VA
  • Saturday Night, Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA

Closing in October 2011

• 8th
  • The Mandrake, Faction of Fools, Washington DC
  • The Country Girl, American Century Theatre, Arlington, VA
  • The Unexpected Guest, Colonial Players, Annapolis, MD
  • Fall into WIT, Washington Improv Theater, Washington DC
• 9th
  • Tales of Beatrix Potter, Puppet Co. Playhouse, Glen Echo, MD
  • Based on a Totally True Story, Silver Spring Stage, Silver Spring, MD
  • Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South, Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA
  • The Mousetrap, Vpstart Crow, Manassas, VA
  • Fela!, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington DC
  • The Rainmaker, Newtowne Players, Lexington Park, MD
  • Ay, Carmela!, GALA Hispanic Theatre, Washington DC
  • Fahrenheit 451, Round House Theatre, Bethesda, MD
• 15th
  • Mad Forest, Forum Theatre, Silver Spring, MD
  • Room Service, Castaways Repertory Theatre, Woodbridge, VA
  • Same Time Next Year, Greenbelt Arts Center, Greenbelt, MD
• 16th
  • The Boy Detective Fails, Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA
  • I Never Sang for my Father, Laurel Mill Playhouse, Laurel, MD
  • Savage in Limbo, Metro Stage, Alexandria, VA
  • The Hollow, Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA
  • Lungs, Studio Theatre, Washington DC
• 21st
  • Nine, The Arlington Players, Arlington, VA
• 22nd
  • A Moon For the Misbegotten, The Heritage-O’Neill Theatre Company, Silver Spring, MD
  • Circle Mirror Transformation, Capital City Players, Washington DC
  • Rocky Horror Show, Hard Bargain Players, Accokeek, MD
  • Grace & Glorie, Bowie Community Theatre, Bowie, MD
  • Take Me Out, Dominion Stage, Arlington, VA
• 23rd
  • Witness for the Prosecution, Olney Theatre Center, Olney, MD
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Prince William Little Theatre, Manassas, VA
  • Driving Miss Daisy, Montgomery Playhouse, Gaithersburg, MD
  • Trouble in Mind, Arena Stage, Washington DC
  • The Heir Apparent, Shakespeare Theatre Company, Washington DC
  • Still Life With Iris, Stage Door Productions Kids on Stage, Fredericksburg, VA
  • The Trip to Bountiful, Port Tobacco Players, La Plata, MD
  • War of the Worlds Radio play, Sterling Playmakers, Sterling, VA
• 29th
  • Love Potion #1, The In Series, Washington DC
  • Auntie Mame, Providence Players, Falls Church, VA
• 30th
  • Les Miserables, Kennedy Center, Washington DC
  • Aladdin’s Luck, Imagination Stage, Bethesda, MD
  • Godspell, Fauquier Community Theatre, Warrenton, VA
  • Parade, Ford’s Theatre, Theater J, Washington DC
  • Twelve Angry Men, Aldersgate Church Community Theater, Alexandria, VA
  • Saturday Night, Signature Theatre, Arlington, VA
  • Become What You Are, Flying V, Bethesda, MD
  • HellSpawn, Active Cultures Theatre, Washington DC
  • Nevermore, Creative Cauldron, Falls Church, VA
  • Don’t Scare Me, The Story of Mother Jones, Theater of the First Amendment, Washington DC
• 31st
  • Lilly’s Purple Plastic Purse, Adventure Theatre, Glen Echo, MD