With most theatergoers unable to visit venues in person, performers and producers have found new storytelling angles.

After being told their lease wasn’t going to be renewed, the Crystal City-based theater company is getting a three-year extension.

Amazon is planning to lease space from the building that currently houses the theater.

D.C.’s independent theatre scene is bustling. Here are some of the best.

Turning the controversy over Synetic Theater’s productions into a debate about federal funding of the arts.

Synetic’s one-queen drag show tests their signature dance/theater blend to its high-heeled limits.

Signature Theatre’s production of Hairspray and Synetic’s silent version of King Lear cleaned up at the 28th annual Helen Hayes Awards. Arena Stage’s Ruined won for outstanding resident play.

Cleopatra descends in Synetic’s latest production. Romeo and Juliet? Been there, done that. Synetic Theater has a new pair of star-crossed lovers at the center of their latest silent Shakespeare production, and their story fuels one of the company’s most arresting shows to date. Those familiar with Antony and Cleopatra might think of it as an awkward choice for a wordless interpretation, with its plot’s constant military back-and-forth, and its reliance on the clever…

Dan Istrate and ensemble. Photo by Graeme B. Shaw. After countless adaptations and revisions, what does the story of Dracula continue to bring to the table? Is it a cautionary tale? Case study of a haunting figure? An excuse for oozing sexuality? An almost comical villain at this point? Synetic Theater’s production of Bram Stoker’s classic (its second in recent years) plays a little with each of these ideas. The production is visually arresting…

Alex Mills as Puck. Photo by Ray Gniewek. The hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiills are aliiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive in Synetic Theater’s nonverbal, nonstop production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream! Okay, so maybe not the hills, but certainly the forest prowled by Alex Mills’s supple and lupine mischief-maker, Robin Goodfellow. Upholstered in ghostly blue fur and forever coiling his spine in ways that will make any chiropractors in the house see dollar signs, he’s the best thing about this fourth Synetic…