DCist has had the opportunity to enjoy a number of Actors’ Theater of Washington productions over the years. But we’ve learned that the theater company, which targets Washington’s gay and lesbian community, will be expanding its focus and rebranding its identity. ATW will soon begin to operate as Ganymede Arts, a name taken from the first Greek myth to reference same sex love, and a character and concept that has found its influence in everything…

Dysfunctional couples of D.C., take note. Chances are you’ve got nothing on Doris and Felix. The duo are the stars of Actors’ Theatre of Washington’s take on The Owl and the Pussycat, and director Lee Mikeska-Gardner has put together a production that can be as unsettling as it is uproarious. In the play, Doris comes knocking on the door of the reclusive Felix, barging in during the middle of the night and claiming a spot…

The nudity may surprise you. The masturbation scene could distract you. The casting might throw you. Actually, it probably won’t. If you’re going to check out the “all- male, yet not necessarily gay” intepretation of Les Liaisons Dangereuses now being staged by the Actors’ Theatre of Washington, you probably know you’re in for something a little edgy. You’re also in for good, gutsy, even groundbreaking theater. Liaisons manages to question your assumptions about gender…