SUMMER EVENING PERFORMANCES

ONE DESTINY

BY RICHARD HELLESEN; DIRECTED BY MARK RAMONT

Learn about President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination from two men who were there. This 35-minute performance with costumed actors explores the key facts of the assassination while capturing the emotions of that fateful night.

Meet Actor Harry Hawk and Ford’s Theatre co-owner Harry Ford as they revisit the events at the theatre on April 14, 1865. As they reconstruct the sequence of events, they grapple with the question: Could assassin John Wilkes Booth have been stopped?

Commissioned for Ford’s Theatre, One Destiny celebrates 1,400 performances on June 4, 2019. During its 11-year run, the play has also been performed in local schools and at the White House.

NOW THROUGH OCTOBER

HISTORY ON FOOT
INVESTIGATION: DETECTIVE MCDEVITT

Looking for a unique activity this summer? Join Detective James McDevitt as he revisits the sites and reexamines the clues from the investigation into the Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy. This unique walking tour is led by a costumed actor and covers 1.5 miles in downtown Washington, D.C. Participants become deputies, discovering clues that aid McDevitt’s investigation into the assassination co-conspirators and the events of April 14, 1865.

SAVE THE DATE

2019-2020 SEASON ON SALE SOON

Join us for a season exploring the American experience through classic plays and a show-stopping musical classic. Tickets for our new production of August Wilson’s Fences, directed by Timothy Douglas and starring Craig Wallace and Erika Rose, are on sale now! Performances are September 27 to October 27.

Washington’s favorite tradition, A Christmas Carol featuring Craig Wallace as Ebenezer Scrooge, returns to Ford’s from November 21, 2019, to January 1, 2020. A Christmas Carol tickets are available for the general public on August 26 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

Our 2019-2020 theatrical season also includes Lauren Gunderson’s inspiring drama Silent Sky, about trail-blazing female astronomers in the early 1900s, and the classic musical comedy Guys and Dolls, directed by Peter Flynn. Tickets for Silent Sky and Guys and Dolls are available for the general public on August 28 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

EDUCATION ENEWSLETTER

LINCOLN ONLINE ORATORY PROJECT

TEACH HISTORY WITH LINCOLN’S SPEECHES

Participating classrooms study a speech by Abraham Lincoln, record a class performance and then send us the video to upload on Ford’s YouTube channel. But that’s not all! Our teaching artists help your students learn public-speaking skills and offer guidance about staging the performance. Through this unique program, your classroom will bring history to life. Learn more!

Applications are due September 6, 2019

THE LINCOLN ONLINE ORATORY PROJECT

APPLY TO HAVE YOUR CLASS PARTICIPATE

Have you heard about Ford’s Lincoln Online Oratory Project? It’s a great way to address speaking and listening standards while strengthening skills to close read and analyze a Lincoln speech. Participating classrooms study a speech by Abraham Lincoln, record a class performance and then send us the video to upload on Ford’s YouTube channel. A Ford’s teaching artist will work via video-conference with a limited number of classrooms to help students learn public-speaking skills and offer guidance about staging the performance.

Videos from last year’s project are available to view.

Cynthia, Jennie and the Ford’s Education team

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

ON SALE NOW

November 21, 2019-January 1, 2020

BY CHARLES DICKENS; ADAPTED BY MICHAEL WILSON; DIRECTED BY MICHAEL BARON

A must-see holiday tradition!

Join the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future as they lead the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge on a journey of transformation and redemption. Originally conceived by Michael Baron, this music-infused production captures the magic and joy of Dickens’s Yuletide classic. Acclaimed actor Craig Wallace returns to play Ebenezer Scrooge.

2019-2020 SEASON

ON SALE NOW

GUYS AND DOLLS

MUSIC AND LYRICS BY FRANK LOESSER; BOOK BY JO SWERLING AND ABE BURROWS; BASED ON A STORY AND CHARACTERS OF DAMON RUNYON; CHOREOGRAPHED BY DELL HOWLETT; DIRECTED BY PETER FLYNN

A Classic Musical Comedy

In this beloved 1950s musical comedy, dice-slinging gamblers, pious missionaries and glamorous show girls come together for a light-hearted romp through New York. It’s a high stakes game of love as brash but charming Nathan Detroit bets Sky Masterson $1,000 to woo missionary Sarah Brown. Meanwhile, cabaret singer Adelaide tries to convince Nathan, her fiancé of 14 years, to finally tie the knot.