From left, Ro Boddie as Ferdinand, Eric Hissom as Prospero, and Megan Graves as Miranda in “The Tempest” at Round House Theatre, which opens Nov. 28 but runs through Jan. 15.

Scott Suchman / Round House Theatre

The year’s winding down, and the holiday bustle has begun, but there’s still a little time to sneak in some D.C. theater — some of it not even holiday themed! Here are the highlights.

EVEN SHAKESPEARE DEALS WITH QUARANTINE: The Bard’s misadventures when trapped with a young apprentice while writing King Lear (got all that?) are the subject of Shakespeare Theatre’s comedy Jane Anger. (Dec. 13-Jan. 8)

DON’T CALL THEM STALKERS: Follow the hijinks of two Idina Menzel superfans in Signature’s comedy Which Way to the Stage. (Dec. 6-Jan. 22)

LOHAN NOT INCLUDED: NextStop will perform the Disney teen body swap musical Freaky Friday. (Dec. 2-18)

THE PIANO WOMAN: Theater J’s The Pianist of Willesden Lane focuses on the enduring Lisa Jura, who follows her musical dreams through the devastation of World War II. And yes, piano performances are woven throughout the action. (Dec. 6-18)

“Which Way to the Stage” debuts at Signature Theatre this month. Andrew Hobbs / Signature Theatre

Also this month:

Ok here’s your new holiday fare to consider: Synetic’s winter-themed Snow Maiden (Dec. 1-23); the National hosts A Magical Cirque Christmas (Dec. 15-18); Creative Cauldron receives a visit from The Christmas Angel, Arena welcomes back Step Afrika for its holiday show (Dec. 9-18), and Keegan revives its holiday tradition, An Irish Carol (Dec. 15-31).

In terms of non-holiday: For two nights only, catch Avant Bard’s A Lovely Light, about disabled queer poet Edna St. Vincent Millay (Dec. 2 and 4). And December isn’t slowing down the Kennedy Center, which hosts three debuts: the mega-hit musical Wicked (Dec. 8-Jan. 22), a performance from the Improvised Shakespeare Company (Dec. 6-18), and the Pulitzer-winning military thriller A Soldier’s Play, starring Broadway great Norm Lewis (Dec. 13-Jan. 8).

Still playing:

The Dec. 11 weekend marks the end of the appealing Much Ado About Nothing from Shakespeare Theatre, Best Medicine’s Rapunzarella White, Washington Stage’s Guild’s production of Shaw’s Major Barbara, 1st Stage’s The Rainmaker, and Studio’s enigmatic People, Places, and Things; you’ve until Dec. 31 to see Woolly’s hilarious Just For Us; both the Olney and Ford’s productions of A Christmas Carol wrap New Year’s weekend; meanwhile, the Folger/Round House collab on The Tempest, Scena’s Playing Burton, Signature’s crowd-pleasing Into the Woods, and Toby’s It’s a Wonderful Life run into January.

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