Constellation Theatre Company is a non-profit theater company located in Washington, D.C., performing at the Source Theatre, a black box theatre. Since its founding in 2007, Constellation has received several Helen Hayes Awards, including the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company in 2009.
Artistic leadership
Constellation Theatre Company's founding artistic director is Allison Arkell Stockman. Stockman was a freelance director in Washington, D.C., and New York City. In 2006, she quit her job as a teacher, and started the theater company in 2007.
A.J. Guban has been managing director and designer on multiple productions since the founding of the company.
Productions
Current productions
2024-2025 Season: Infinite Possiblities
*Constellations by Nick Payne
*Head Over Heels with songs by The Go-Go's, based on The Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney, conceived and original book by Jeff Whitty and adapted by James Magruder
Production history
2019-2020 Season
*Little Shop of Horrors with book and lyrics by Howard Ashman and music by Alan Menken
*The 39 Steps adapted by Patrick Barlow from the movie by Alfred Hitchcock and the novel by John Buchan
*Eurydice by Sarah Ruhl
Note: Eurydice was announced but cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2018âÂÂ2019 Season: Epic Love
*' by Sarah Ruhl
*Aida with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang
*The Master and Margarita adapted by Edward Kemp
*The White Snake by Mary Zimmerman, based on the Chinese legend of the white snake
2017âÂÂ2018 Season: Survival Instincts
*The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, the silent film with live music by Tom Teasley
*The Wild Party with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa
*The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder
*The Caucasian Chalk Circle by Bertolt Brecht
2016âÂÂ2017 Season
* Metropolis, the silent film with live music by Tom Teasley
* Urinetown music and lyrics by Mark Hollmann, book and lyrics by Greg Kotis
* Peter and the Starcatcher by Rick Elice
* The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman
2015âÂÂ2016 Season: Playtime for Grownups
*The Adventures of Prince Achmed by Lotte Reiniger with live music by Tom Teasley
*Avenue Q music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx, book by Jeff Whitty
*Equus by Peter Shaffer
*Journey to the West by Mary Zimmerman, based on the 16th century Chinese novel Journey to the West
2014âÂÂ2015 Season
*Right You Are (if you think so) by Luigi Pirandello, adapted by Martin Sherman
*The Lieutenant of Inishmore by Martin McDonagh
*The Fire and the Rain, by Girish Karnad and drawn from The Mahabharata
2013âÂÂ2014 Season
* 36 Views by Naomi Iizuka
* Scapin by Bill Irwin and Mark O'Donnell adapted from Les Fourberies de Scapin by Molière
* The Love of the Nightingale, by Timberlake Wertenbaker
2012âÂÂ2013 Season
* Taking Steps by Alan Ayckbourn
* Zorro<sup>*</sup> by Janet Allard and Eleanor Holdridge
* Gilgamesh, Poetry by Yusef Komunyakaa, concept & dramaturgy by Chad Gracia
2011âÂÂ2012 Season
*The Ramayana (remount)
*Arms and the Man
*Blood Wedding
*Metamorphoses
2010âÂÂ2011 Season
*Women Beware Women
*On The Razzle
*The Green Bird
2009âÂÂ2010 Season
*A Flea in Her Ear
*Three Sisters
*The Ramayana
2008âÂÂ2009 Season
*Temptation
*The Marriage of Figaro
*Crazyface
2007âÂÂ2008 Season
*A Dream Play by August Strindberg adapted by Caryl Churchill
*The Arabian Nights by Mary Zimmerman
*The Good Woman of Setzuan
*The Oresteia
<sup>*</sup> denotes world premiere
Grants
In September 2013, the American Theatre Wing (the founder of the Tony Awards) awarded a National Theatre Company Grant to Constellation Theatre. The grant is for general operating support to companies that "have articulated a distinctive mission, cultivated an audience, and nurtured a community of artists in ways that strengthen and demonstrate the quality, diversity, and dynamism of American theatre".
Awards
In 2009, Constellation received the John Aniello Award for Outstanding Emerging Theatre Company.
Constellation has received 90 competitive Helen Hayes Award nominations and has received 19 of these awards.
The Constellation Theatre Company was nominated for the following Audience Choice Awards
- 2008 Crazyface (Favorite Ensemble)
- 2009 Three Sisters (Favorite Plays, Favorite Actress in a Play)
- 2013 Taking Steps (Best Play, Best Actor in a Play), Zorro (Best Ensemble Cast, Best Actor in a Play)
Costume Designer Kendra Rai was awarded a 2014 Princess Grace Foundation honorarium to be used for the company's 2014âÂÂ2015 season costumes
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