“Different Ships, Same Boat”
The Leila Gordon Theatre 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VA, United States“Different Ships, Same Boat” is a stirring exploration of the joys, tensions and complexities of who we are and who we aspire to be, both to ourselves and to one another. With a podcast-like narration that ranges from humorous to poignant to poetic, performers Regie Gibson and Guy Mendilow introduce each chapter, presenting moving, real-world […]
Movies That Move: “Free Guy”
The Leila Gordon Theatre 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VA, United StatesA bank teller discovers he’s a non-player character in an online game and teams up with another player to expose a CEO who stole the game’s source code. (2021, rated PG-13)
Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble
The Leila Gordon Theatre 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VA, United StatesThe internationally renowned Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, rooted for over 50 years in African American traditions and the modern dance legacy bring both the iconic and the innovative to the stage. The power, passion and beauty of this ensemble will elevate your spirit and heal your heart!
Reduced Shakespeare Company’s “All The Great Books (abridged)”
The Leila Gordon Theatre 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VA, United StatesView the 3:00 p.m. show. Little Dickens. Short Longfellow. Reduced Proust. All the Great Books. Less is More. The literary canon explodes as the Reduced Shakespeare Company once again unleashes a comic outrage on an unsuspecting public. The Bad Boys of Abridgment take you on a ninety-eight-minute roller-coaster ride through their compact compendium of the […]
Reduced Shakespeare Company’s “All The Great Books (abridged)”
The Leila Gordon Theatre 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VA, United StatesView the 7:00 p.m. show. Little Dickens. Short Longfellow. Reduced Proust. All the Great Books. Less is More. The literary canon explodes as the Reduced Shakespeare Company once again unleashes a comic outrage on an unsuspecting public. The Bad Boys of Abridgment take you on a ninety-eight-minute roller-coaster ride through their compact compendium of the […]
“Ain’t No Back to a Merry-Go-Round” Screening & Talk-Back with Ilana Trachtman
The Leila Gordon Theatre 2310 Colts Neck Rd., Reston, VA, United StatesFive Howard students broke barriers in the summer of 1960 by riding the whites-only carousel at Glen Echo Amusement Park. Their protest sparked an unprecedented alliance with the local white community, drawing national attention, union support, and eventually producing ten 1961 Freedom Riders, including Stokely Carmichael, and a Supreme Court case. “Ain’t No Back to […]
