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Hip Shot: An Adult Evening with Shel Silverstein

Studio Theatre – Mead Theatre, 1501 14th Street NW
Remaining Performances: 
Saturday, July 16th, 7:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 20th, 10 p.m.
Saturday, July 22nd, 6 p.m.
They say: “Please leave the kids at home! The beloved children’s author shows a different side in these twisted, darkly comic exposes of our human frailties that will make you laugh, even as they [...]

Hip Shot: Between Takeoff and Landing

Goethe Institut – Mainstage, 812 7th Street NW
Remaining Performances:
Thursday, Jul 14th 10 p.m.
Saturday, Jul 16th 1 p.m.
Tuesday, Jul 19th 8:15 p.m.
Friday, Jul 22nd 10 p.m.
They say: “An untold story of 9/11, the stranding of 6000 airline passengers in Gander, Newfoundland (Canada), population 10,000. This “heartwarming & hilarious” solo performance recounts the story of Irish, English [...]

Hip Shot: Sanyasi

Spooky Universe Theater: Universalist National Memorial Church, 1810 16th St NW
Remaining Performances:
Thursday, July 14th at 8:15 p.m.
Saturday, July 16th at 11 p.m.
Sunday July 17th at 2 p.m.
Saturday July 23rd at 6:30 p.m.
They say: “Sanyasi 2011 is play written in 1917 by Ranbindranath Tagore and performed by our company today. With original composition and ensemble [...]

Hip Shot: A Day at the Museum

Warehouse, 645 New York Ave. NW (moved from 1019 7th St. NW, as previously listed)
Remaining Performances:
Friday, July 15, at 10 p.m.
Saturday, July 16, at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, July 20, at 10:15 p.m.
Saturday, July 23, at 2:15 p.m.
They say: “A wordless comedy set to an original orchestral score by Brian Wilbur Gundstrom. A nude woman in a [...]

Hip Shot: Pascal’s Aquarium

Mountain – at Mount Vernon United Methodist Church,
900 Massachusetts Ave NW

Remaining Performances:
Friday, July 15th, 10:30 pm
Sunday, July 17th, 7:15 pm
Sunday, July 24th, 2:00 pm
They say: “Witness the miraculous transformation of a purply-blue fuzzy lobster! Augustine must learn about life before transcending his environment. Experience a 12 puppet musical in an upscale restaurant fish tank. Submerge [...]

Hip Shot: Twisted

The Baldacchino Gypsy Tent Bar, 607 New York Ave. NW
Remaining performances:
Wednesday, July 13 at 7 p.m.
Friday, July 15 at 8:30 p.m.
Sunday, July 17 at 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, July 21 at 9:30 p.m.
They say: “Twisted is the hilarious true story of greeting card writer Tom T. and awkward weddings, improbable crushes, and sheep. In real life, [...]

Hip Shot: Captain Freedom

Fort Fringe – Redrum, 610 L Street NW
Remaining Performances:
Tuesday, July 12th, 7 p.m.
Thursday, July 14th, 8 p.m.
Friday, July 22nd, 10:45 p.m.
They say: “Captain Freedom has saved the world countless time and looked fantastic doing it, but not even a superhero is recession-proof. A super-heroic comedy from Landless Theatre (Diamond Dead, Carrie Potter) and humorist G. [...]

Hip Shot: cloudism

The Shop, 607 New York Ave. NW
Remaining Performances:
Tuesday, July 12 at 6 p.m.
Friday, July 15 at 10:30 p.m.
Wednesday, July 20 at 6 p.m.
Saturday, July 23 at 10 p.m.
They say: “cloudism is an experiential theater performance which incorporates the audience directly into its production. A space is created for participants to explore, interact and experience, blending [...]

Hip Shot: Shall I Compare Thee to a Purple Haze? The Lost Rock Sonnets of William Shakespeare

Fort Fringe – The Bedroom, 610 L Street NW
Remaining Performances:
Tuesday, July 12th, 9:45 pm
Friday, July 15th, 8 pm
Saturday, July 16th, 6 pm
They say:They’ve been broken up for nearly 500 years [sic], but William Shakespeare is getting the band back together and releasing the most ambitious concept album since Hamlet, proving that high culture once was [...]

Hip Shot: An Hour With Ken Johnson: The Secret of the Seven Openings

Goethe Institut – Mainstage; 812 7th Streen NW
Remaining Performances:
Wednesday, July 13th 10 p.m.
Saturday, July 16th 7:45 p.m.
Sunday, July 17th 2 p.m.
Wednesday, July 20th 8 p.m.
They say: “Is this comedy? Theater? An actual motivational talk? Whatever you call it, it will change your life forever, maybe. Off-Broadway writer/performer Laura Zam conjures Ken Johnson. Washington Post praise [...]