RCC brings national and local authors, artists, dancers, singers, thought leaders and more to its 260-seat CenterStage. Join us for an intimate performing arts experience with old favorites or new discoveries.
Come and immerse yourself in the beauty and mystery of creativity; you’ll be inspired by these artists’ powerful ideas and performances.
Upcoming Events
for the Professional Touring Artist Series
Reduced Shakespeare Company – The Complete History of Comedy (abridged)
the CenterStage 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VAWritten and Directed by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor They’ve skewered history, the Bible and the worlds most celebrated playwright. Now, the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackles the subject it was […]
Reduced Shakespeare Company The Complete History of Comedy (abridged)
the CenterStage 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VAWritten and Directed by Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor They’ve skewered history, the Bible and the worlds most celebrated playwright. Now, the Reduced Shakespeare Company tackles the subject it was […]
Mr. Vaudeville and Friends Present It’s Vaudeville!
the CenterStage 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VAOnce again, Buddy Silver, the self-proclaimed Mr. Vaudeville, finds himself in a predicament of theatrical confusion. Buddy has arrived at the CenterStage Motion Picture and Vaudeville House to host a […]
Suzanne Simard, Author of Finding the Mother Tree
the CenterStage 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VASuzanne Simard is a pioneer on the frontier of plant communication and intelligence, and has been hailed as a scientist who conveys complex, technical ideas in a way that is […]
The Lost Art of Dreaming Choreographed by Sean Dorsey
the CenterStage 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VASan Francisco’s Sean Dorsey Dance returns to Reston with The Lost Art of Dreaming, which invites audiences into expansive thinking and dreaming about our futures ... at a time when we […]
The Ahn Trio
contemporary chamber music
Alan Ball
director, producer, screenwriter
Alexander McCall Smith
author
Alison Krauss
contemporary country singer
Amy Tan
author
Anchee Min
author
Andrea Marcovicci
cabaret singer
Anna Deavere Smith
actress, author and MacArthur Genius Award-winner
Art Spiegelman
Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist
Axis Dance Company
contemporary dancers of all abilities
The Bad Plus
contemporary jazz
BeauSoleil avec Michael Doucet
Grammy Award-winning Cajun band
Beverly A. Cosham
cabaret singer
Billy Collins
former United States Poet Laureate
Cyrus Chestnut
jazz pianist
DakhaBrakha
Ukrainian fusion
David Henry Hwang
playwright
David Sedaris
author and raconteur
Della Reese
singer and actress
Fred Hersch
jazz pianist
Gerald Clayton Trio
jazz
Grace Kelly
jazz saxophonist and singer
James Carville
author
Joffrey 2 Dance Company
Judith Ivey
actress
Julian Sands
actor
Kate Clinton
comedienne
Kathryn Stockett
author
Kathy Mattea
Grammy Award-winning country singer/songwriter
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
Grammy Award-winning Bulgarian Choir
Leon Bates
pianist
Liz Lerman Dance Exchange
Lucie Arnaz
actress
Lúnasa
new Irish music
Mandy Patinkin
actor and singer
Mark Brutsché
playwright and actor
Melba Moore
singer and actress
National Theatre of the Deaf
The New York Festival of Song
Ossie Davis
actor, author, activist
The Paris Combo
French jazz
P.D.Q. Bach (aka Peter Schickele)
Peter Sagal
host of NPR’s Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me
Reduced Shakespeare Company
the bad boys of abridgement
Rennie Harris’ RHAW
hip-hop dance
Richard Blanco
poet
Roz Chast
cartoonist
Ruby Dee
actress, author, poet, activist
Sarah Vowell
NPR contributor and author
Scott Simon
host of NPR’s Weekend Edition
Steep Canyon Rangers
contemporary bluegrass and roots music
Stephen Lang
actor
Suzan-Lori Parks
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Sweet Honey in the Rock®
Grammy Award-winning choir
Taylor 2 Dance Company
Terry Gross
host of NPR’s Fresh Air
Tierney Sutton
jazz songstress
Tig Notaro
comedienne
Tim Russert
former moderator of Meet The Press
Tony Kushner
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright
Trout Fishing in America
seriously fun music for families
Vienna Boys Choir
