Try to think of something you’ve done every day for the past year. What comes to mind? Obsessively checking email? Brushing your teeth? Buying a no-fat latte at Starbucks?

Pulitzer prize-winner Suzan-Lori Parks was a bit more ambitious – she wrote one play each day for an entire year. Now, theater groups across the country will be performing those works, and DC is no exception.

The event kicks off this Saturday at Studio Theater, where Studio will host a free performance of the first seven plays that Parks wrote. The event starts at 4, and it’s probably a good idea to reserve your seat in advance.

Afterwards, everyone from Woolly Mammoth to community companies like Rockville Little Theater get in on the action. The full schedule is online. We’re not going to tell you anything as trite as something about a play a day keeping the doctor away, but free theater is undeniably good for the soul.