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The Mosaic Spotlight

The Mosaic Spotlight, our bi-monthly newsletter, highlights Mosaic's impact in our community. Whether you're a longtime supporter or new to our audience, this is your go-to source for learning about new Mosaic initiatives and activities.

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MOSAIC THEATER PRESS RELEASES

  • JANUARY 7, 2025
    Mosaic Theater Company Honors Philanthropists Joan P. & David O. Maxwell and Playwright Mona Mansour at The Spark 2025 Benefit Celebration on February 8
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    NOVEMBER 12, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces 2025 High School Playwriting Contest
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    OCTOBER 1, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Presents The Art of Care, A World Premiere Theatrical Event, October 31 to November 24, 2024
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    SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Extends Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, An Immersive Nightclub Experience, to October 13, 2024
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    AUGUST 13, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Presents Workshop: POSTMORTEM September 8 to 12, 2024
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    AUGUST 8, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Presents Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, An Immersive Nightclub Experience, September 5 to October 6, 2024
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    APRIL 10, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces 2024-2025 Season
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  • MAY 13, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Presents Reflections on Home: A Celebration of Immigrant Voices from June 8-15, 2024
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    APRIL 22, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Presents Mexodus from May 16-June 15, 2024
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    MARCH 4, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Presents World Premiere of Nancy from March 28-April 21
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    FEBRUARY 27, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Presents H Street Oral History Project Festival March 16-17
    Project Explores Neighborhood’s History and Enduring Legacy
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    FEBRUARY 14, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company and Baltimore Center Stage Present MEXODUS A World Premiere Hip-Hop Remix Musical
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    14 DE FEBRERO DE 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company y Baltimore Center Stage presentan MEXODUS Estreno mundial del musical de remix de hiphop
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    JANUARY 22, 2024
    Mosaic Theater Company Honors Co-Founder Dan Logan of the Revada Foundation and Jane Lang, Atlas Performing Arts Center Founder at The Spark 2024 Benefit Celebration on February 10
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    JANUARY 20, 2024
    Cleveland Public Theatre (OH), Company One Theatre (MA), Crowded Fire Theater (CA), Mosaic Theater Company (DC), and Perseverance Theatre (AK) Announce Major Grant from the Mellon Foundation for the Innovative Future of American Theatre Cohort.
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    NOVEMBER 3, 2023
    Mosaic Theater Presents Confederates, Celebrating Black Women at the Frontlines of Freedom
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    OCTOBER 3, 2023
    Updated NOVEMBER 2, 2023
    Mosaic Theater Company Extends Regional Premiere of Confederates to Nov. 26
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    SEPTEMBER 14, 2023
    Mosaic Theater Premieres Monumental Travesties, Inspired by Controversial Emancipation Memorial
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    JULY 25, 2023
    Updated SEPTEMBER 13, 2023
    Mosaic Theater Company Presents World Premiere of Monumental Travesties
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    MAY 22, 2023
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces 2023-2024 Season
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  • MAY 5, 2023
    Black, Queer, and HIV-Positive: Mosaic Production One In Two Celebrates the Resiliency of the LGBTQIA+ Community
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    MARCH 9, 2023
    Cast Announced For Mona Mansour’s Unseen
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    FEBRUARY 23, 2023
    American Conflict Photographer Pieces Together a Fragmented Past in Unseen
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    JANUARY 17, 2023
    Casting Set For Bars And Measures, Mosaic Directorial Debut of Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas
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    JANUARY 2023
    Mosaic Hosts Reading of New Play With Music, Max & Willy’s Last Laugh
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    DECEMBER 2022
    Mosaic Launches Inaugural Catalyst New Play Festival
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    DECEMBER 19, 2022
    Artistic Director Reginald L. Douglas Makes His Directorial Debut At Mosaic With Bars And Measures
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    SEPTEMBER 6, 2022
    Mosaic Opens 2022/23 Season With Ifa Bayeza’s The Till Trilogy
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    MARCH 7, 2022
    Mosaic Announces 2022/23 Season
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  • MAY 28, 2022
    Mosiac to Stage World Premiere of Benjamin Benne’s Contemporary Queer Romantic Comedy “In His Hands”
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    APRIL 13, 2022
    Mosaic to Stage Pulitzer Prize-Winner Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Marys Seacole
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    APRIL 6, 2022
    Theater J and Mosaic Theater Partner for Fundraiser to Benefit Ukrainian Charities
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    MARCH 11, 2022
    Mosaic Announces Production of PRIVATE by Mona Pirnot
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    DECEMBER 23, 2021
    Psalmayene 24’s Autobiographical Dear Mapel Questions Impact of Distant Father
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    NOVEMBER 22, 2021
    ”Must See” Birds of North America Extended as Video on Demand Offering
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    NOVEMBER 7, 2021
    Mosaic Announces Reginald L. Douglas As New Artistic Director
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    SEPTEMBER 29, 2021
    Mosaic Announces Production of Birds of North America by Anna Ouyang Moench
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    SEPTEMBER 16, 2021
    DC Palestinian Film Festival To Screen Mosaic’s Production of Keffiyeh: Made In China
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    AUGUST 12, 2021
    Mosaic Announces Announces Delay of My Father, My Martyr, and Me
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    JULY 28, 2021
    Mosaic Announces Landmark Trilogy Celebrating Emmett Till’s Life and Legacy for Summer 2022
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    JULY 19, 2021
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces Nationwide Search For New Artistic Director
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    JUNE 22, 2021
    Former D.C. Councilmember David Grosso Joins Mosaic Theater Company
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    JUNE 16, 2021
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces 6 Plays for 21/22 Season
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    APRIL 1, 2021
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces Flexible Membership Model for 21/22 Season
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  • NOVEMBER 20, 2020
    Statement on The Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival
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    NOVEMBER 17, 2020
    A Message from Managing Director, Serge Seiden
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    NOVEMBER 17, 2020
    A Message from Mosaic Board Chair, Bill Tompkins
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    OCTOBER 5, 2020
    Mosaic Theater Company’s Fall 2020 Update
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    JULY 13, 2020
    Mosaic Suspends In-Person Performances Until 2021
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    MAY 1, 2020
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces Sixth Season, This Is How We Live: Witnesses To History Unfolding
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  • APRIL 10, 2020
    Mosaic Theater Announces Psalmayene 24 As Recipient Of Andrew W. Mellon Foundation National Playwright Residency Program Grant
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    FEBRUARY 26, 2020
    Mosaic Theater Company’s ‘Inherit the Windbag’ shines comedic spotlight on the dawn of American TV punditry
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    DECEMBER 15, 2019
    Award-winning "Pilgrims Musa and Sheri in the New World" by Yussef El Guindi headlines 20th Annual Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival.
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    OCTOBER 28, 2019
    Opinions Collide in Vaccine-Fueled, Award-Winning Comedy, EUREKA DAY
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    SEPTEMBER 26, 2019
    American Premiere of Norman Yeung's THEORY Poses Provocative Questions About Limits of Free Speech on a Modern College Campus
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    AUGUST 5, 2019
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC Turns 5 This Fall and Celebrates Historic Year
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    AUGUST 1, 2019
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC opens its Season 5 with “Fabulation Or, The Re-Education of Undine”
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    JUNE 6, 2019
    Baltimore Center Stage and Congo Square Theatre Company in association with The Apollo Theater and Mosaic Theater Company of DC present Twisted Melodies...
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    MARCH 29, 2019
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC to Receive $10,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
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    MARCH 29, 2019
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC Announces 5th Anniversary #WOKESEASON5
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    MARCH 5, 2019
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces Native Son Rep
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    FEBRUARY 7, 2019
    World Premier Productions by Mosaic Theater Company of DC Earn Four 2019 Helen Hayes Awards Nominations
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    FEBRUARY 7, 2019
    Workshop Collaboration Process Yields New Billing for SHAME 2.0
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    JANUARY 3, 2019
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces The World Premiere Workshop Production of Shame 2.0 (With Comments From The Populace) and Extension of Oh, God as annual Voices Festival Continues
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    NOVEMBER 21, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces DC Premiere of Divine Comedy OH, GOD
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    OCTOBER 24, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC Announces New Season Four Replacement production, Les Deux Noirs: Notes on Notes of A Native Son
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    AUGUST 21, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC will participate in $43 million program
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    AUGUST 10, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces New Play Commission for Women Playwrights and Season Four Reading Series
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    JULY 27, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company’s Fourth Season Begins With Empowering Marie and Rosetta
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    JUNE 26, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces Final Production of 2018-2019 Season
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    MARCH 30, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company Announces Season Four: "How Hope Happens"
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  • MAY 8, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company’s Third Season Concludes with Epic World Premiere The Vagrant Trilogy
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    APRIL 25, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company Remounts Helen-Hayes Nominated Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies
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    MARCH 26, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company’s Upcoming Production of Paper Dolls Extended Until April 29; PWYC Preview Now Scheduled for March 30
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    ​FEBRUARY 21, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company Kicks Off Annual Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival with American Premiere of Paper Dolls
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    JAUNUARY 16, 2018
    Mosaic Theater Company Launches National Tour of Renowned Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival
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    ​DECEMBER 15, 2017
    Mosaic Theater Company's World Premiere Production of Queens Girl in Africa launches "Locally Grown Mosaic Initiative"
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    NOVEMBER 14, 2017
    Draw the Circle joins The Real Americans for an Unforgettable Repertory at Mosaic Theater Company
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    OCTOBER 25, 2017
    Mosaic Theater Company's Third Season Continues with The Real Americans
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    ​OCTOBER 10, 2017
    Mosaic Theater Company’s Production of Vicuña & The American Epilogue Extended Until December 3
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    SEPTEMBER 13, 2017
    Mosaic Theater Company’s First Musical Extended; Movie Star Hired to Play Lead in Vicuña
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    AUGUST 8, 2017
    Mosaic Theater Company Begins Third Season with First Musical
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    JULY 25, 2017
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC Announces Expansion of Staff and Unveils Workshop & Special Event Series
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    MARCH 24, 2017
    UPDATED: JULY 20, 2017
    Mosaic Theater Company announces third season: a ripped-from-real-life, hugely adventurous lineup of eight plays including two musicals, two world premieres, and additional special events.
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  • MAY 12, 2017
    Mosaic Theater Company presents our annual, "Voices from a Changing Middle East Festival," featuring two unforgettable dramas. This year's festival falls during the 50th year since the Six Day War and the start of The Occupation. The festival launches with the late Gilad Evron’s moving allegory, Ulysses on Bottles directed by Serge Seiden. The Return, written by Hanna Eady and Edward Mast, directed by John Vreeke. Two taut dramas about the lives, circumstances, and humanity of Palestinians in Israel and Gaza.
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    MARCH 10, 2017
    UPDATED: APRIL 2, 2017
    Mosaic Theater Company presents first repertory, "South Africa: Then & Now," featuring two monumental plays by two South African icons. Blood Knot, Athol Fugard's landmark masterpiece, directed by Joy Zinoman. A Human Being Died That Night, based on the best-seller by Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, adapted by Nicholas Wright, directed by Logan Vaughn. Two probing two-handers explore the unfinished business of truth & reconciliation in South Africa, as well as ongoing issues of race and class in a divided country.
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    JANUARY 30, 2017
    Opening tonight: world premiere of Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm's Hooded, Or Being Black for Dummies, the climactic culmination of Mosaic Theater's three-part series: "Clamorous Encounters: Coming of Age in America." From one of America’s hottest rising-star playwrights comes an unforgettable story about two young African American men navigating adolescence, identity, and race in America. Staged by Mosaic Theater Managing Director & Producer, Serge Seiden, with associate director Vaughn Ryan Midder. ALL PERFORMANCES of are accessible to Deaf and hard-of-hearing audience members via projected surtitles, part of the Season Two Accessibility and Inclusion Initiative. Hooded Discussion Series announced: “Compelling Dilemmas: Race in America.”
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    JANUARY 7, 2017
    Mosaic Theater expands community initiatives during run of Charm to support local trans and gender nonconforming artists. Partnership with local artists Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi and Venus Selenite makes possible Local Voices Bookstore to celebrate the work of local trans and gender nonconforming artists of color.
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    DECEMBER 7, 2016
    Mosaic announces key casting update for Charm: lead role of 'Mama Darleena Andrews,' inspired by Chicago transgender icon Gloria Allen, to be played by B'Ellana Duquesne. KenYatta Rogers to become Associate Director and understudy for ‘Mama’ in an ensemble diverse in sexual orientation, as well as cultural, racial, and gender identity. New partners announced for discussion series: “Compelling Dilemmas: Transforming Identity”
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    DECEMBER 2, 2016
    UPDATED: DECEMBER 7, 2016
    Philip Dawkins' award-winning Charm, a groundbreaking story about transgender & gender nonconforming youth, continues Mosaic's series "Clamorous Encounters: Coming of Age in America." B’Ellana Duquesne leads ensemble in role inspired by Chicago transgender icon Gloria Allen. Winner of the 2016 Jefferson Award for Outstanding New Work. New community partnership with Whitman-Walker Health, aimed at expanding awareness of health & legal services for LGBTQ clients Staged by innovative DC director Natsu Onoda Power with associate director KenYatta Rogers. Discussion panels announced: "Compelling Dilemmas: Transforming Identity."
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    OCTOBER 7, 2016
    Three-part "Clamorous Encounters" series about coming of age in America launches DC premiere of Obie Award-winning Milk Like Sugar, along with new accessibility initiatives. Staged by Mosaic Theater Resident Director Jennifer L. Nelson, Kirsten Greenidge’s Milk Like Sugar is buoyant coming of age story about young women overcoming pressures of race, class, and acceptance.
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    AUGUST 25, 2016
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces daily mobile rush ticket partnership with TodayTix. Partnership is first for TodayTix in Washington, DC, and makes available a limited number of discounted Rush tickets for every performance in the 2016-17 mainstage season.
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    AUGUST 1, 2016
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC launches season two with Terry Teachout's One-Man hit Satchmo At the Waldorf, a gripping look at the life and career of jazz icon Louis Armstrong. Local favorite Craig Wallace plays Armstrong, Jewish manager Joe Glaser, and fiercely critical trumpeter Miles Davis, under direction of Eleanor Hodridge. Production kicks off discussion series "Race and Music: Blacks, Jews, and the Independent Artist," examining complex relationship between African Americans & American Jews in the entertainment industry.
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    MAY 27, 2016
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces Season Two Workshop Series, part of The Reva and David Logan Foundation Community Engagement Initiative. New ticketed workshop series offers development opportunities for crucial new voices; launches partnership with Gallaudet University.
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    APRIL 5, 2016
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces Second Season: Clamorous Encounters: Communal, Iconic & Comic. Building on achievements of the inaugural year, Season Two brings another eight titles, four additional performance weeks, and a new ticketed Workshop Series.
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  • APRIL 27, 2016
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces area premiere of Cori Thomas' When January Feels Like Summer under direction of Managing Director & Producer Serge Seiden. Off-beat romantic comedy about five lives in dynamic transition, during the heat of global warming, closes out Mosaic Theater's 2015-16 Inaugural Season.
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    MARCH 1, 2016
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces world premiere of Motti Lerner's After the War, fourth installment in "Voices From a Changing Middle East Festival," under the direction of Sinai Peter. Explosive new drama about classically trained musicians from the writer and director of The Admission features Helen Hayes Award nominees Paul Morella, Barbara Rappaport, and Michael Tolaydo.
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    FEBRUARY 9, 2016
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC's Voices From a Changing Middle East Festival continues with drama of East African refugees seeking asylum in Israel: The Promised Land (Eretz Chadasha), running February 16-28 at Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company. Poignant story of migrant refugees plays at the midpoint of Mosaic's Middle East Festival, underscoring one of the most urgent conflicts affecting our world today.
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    DECEMBER 21, 2015
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces return of "Voices From a Changing Middle East Festival: The War Comes Home" anchored at Atlas Performing Arts Center & other venues, January 6—May 1, 2016. Four-month festival begins with tandem solo performances: Wrestling Jerusalem, featuring American-Jewish performer Aaron Davidman, January 6-24, 2016, and I Shall Not Hate, featuring Palestinian-Israeli actor Gassan Abbas, January 23—February 14, 2016.
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    NOVEMBER 27, 2015
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC tackles inner-city violence with Marcus Gardley's The Gospel of Lovingkindness under direction of Resident Director Jennifer L. Nelson. December 9, 2015—January 3, 2015.
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    OCTOBER 6, 2015
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC opens inaugural season with Jay O. Sanders' Unexplored Interior (This is Rwanda: The Beginning and End of the Earth) under direction of Derek Goldman. October 29—November 29, 2015.
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    AUGUST 24, 2015
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces 36 actors slated for 2015-16 inaugural season. Helen Hayes Award winners and DC favorites join internationally recognized artists and strong newcomers in a company committed to telling diverse stories.
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    MAY 6, 2015
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC announces inaugural 2015-16 Season: The Case for Hope in a Polarized World. Resurgence of acclaimed Voices From a Changing Middle East Festival at core of eight intercultural productions.
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    APRIL 1, 2015
    Mosaic Theater Company of DC takes giant strides on path from vision to launch. Key financial support and claimed leadership team of Founding Artistic Director Ari Roth and Producing Director Serge Seiden build firm foundation for inaugural season.
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