By Neil Simon • Directed by Jerry Whiddon
In this Tony Award-winning comic masterpiece, Neil Simon created two of the most memorable characters in the history of Broadway and broadcast television. With the help of four high-strung poker buddies and two British biddies coming in from upstairs, slovenly Oscar tries to mend his recently-divorced friend Felix’s broken heart. When the finicky friend moves in, hilarity breaks out.
Featuring Rick Foucheux as Oscar Madison and J. Fred Shiffman as Felix Unger

KINSEY SICKS IN OY VEY IN A MANGER
December 18 - January 2

America’s favorite Dragapella Beauty-Shop Quartet brings its irreverent humor and pitch-perfect harmonies to DC just in time for the holidays.  With gut-busting parodies and raucous shtick, Kinsey Sicks offers wholesome favorites like "I Had a Little Facial," “Harried Little Christmas,” and " 'Tis the Season to Drink Stoli”. “High camp, unafraid, subversive...astonishing.” San Francisco Chronicle

Adapted by Boaz Gaon from the novella by Ghassan Kanafani
Directed by Sinai Peter
Part of our Voices From a Changing Middle East Festival
An extraordinary cross-cultural collaboration from the Israeli company that brought their kinetic Hamlet to DC in 2007, this heart-rending saga tells the story of Sa’id and Saffiyah, who return to the home they fled during Israel’s War of Independence and learn the fate of the baby they left behind. Now a young soldier in the IDF, Dov meets his birth parents while cleaving to Miriam and Ephraim, the Holocaust survivors who raised him, as he contemplates his identity and his country’s future.
Performed in Hebrew with English sur-titles.  With Incubator workshop readings of new festival work throughout the month of February.

Theater J in Residence at Arena Stage, Fichandler Stage
THE CHOSEN                                                       
March 8 - 27

Adapted and directed by Aaron Posner
Based on the novel by Chaim Potok
The much beloved novel of two boys, two fathers, and two very different Jewish communities in Williamsburgh, Brooklyn. Set against the backdrop of WW II, Aaron Posner’s award-winning adaptation introduces us to Reuven Malter and Danny Saunders, passionate, intelligent young boys on opposite sides of a baseball game. When Reuven is injured by Danny’s errant pitch, a unique friendship is born. Theater J is thrilled to offer this 10th anniversary staging of its own hit production as Arena Stage’s first local guest company in residence.
Featuring Associate Artist in Residence Rick Foucheux as Reb Saunders

PHOTOGRAPH 51
March 23- April 24

A New Play by Anna Ziegler • Directed by Daniella Topol
A funny and moving retelling of the unrequited life of Rosalind Franklin, one of the great female scientists of the 20th Century, and her fervid drive to map the contours of the DNA molecule. A chorus of physicists remember the trail-blazing, fiercely independent woman whose most stunning discovery was the beating of her own romantic heart. A beautifully imagined biography for the stage, this home-grown work was winner of the 2008 Stage International Script Competition for Best New Play About Science & Technology.

THE MOSCOWS OF NANTUCKET
May 11 - June 12
World Premiere Comedy

By Sam Forman • Directed by Shirley Serotsky
Affluent, anxious and at each other’s throats, the Moscovich’s attempt some unusual family bonding over a summer weekend in Nantucket. On the agenda are brisket, booze and a blowout confrontation between competing brothers who’ve avoided each other for years. A fast-paced new American comedy with its heart in Chekhov's country, from the author of Helen Hayes Award nominated The Rise and Fall of Annie Hall.