Rorschach Theatre holds PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN performances Fri, 4/19 & Sat, 4/20 @ 8PM & Sun, 4/21 at 3PM for the new play Annie Jump & the Library of Heaven. Annie Jump, a small-town teen and science genius, comes face to face with her worst nightmare: a popular girl. When she learns that this girl with great hair might be an intergalactic super computer tasked with bringing humanity to the stars, she must decide what is worth sacrificing to fulfill her destiny.

Tony Award winning composer Jason Robert Brown and actor Lindsay Mendez appear in concert April 18 at The Kennedy Center, singing from Jason’s songbook with his band. The evening also features the nine Musical Theatre Fellows of Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival (celebrating it's 50th anniversary) from across the United States and Helen Hayes Award winner Tracy Lynn Olivera.

The Folger Shakespeare Library continues its celebration of Wm Shakespeare's birthday month with a FREE event on April 22: The Shakespeare Birthday Lecture "Rough Magic: Performing Shakespeare through Gaming Technology." Since it was first performed, Shakespeare’s The Tempest has enticed directors to stage the play’s magical beings and events through new technologies. This lecture examines the most recent of these experiments.

On the Kennedy Center's Millennium Stage April 18 (6pm) - The Michael Kanin Playwriting Awards Short Play Showcase. Presenting a selection of short plays performed, with national finalists competing for the Gary Garrison National Ten-Minute Play Award and the John Cauble Award for Outstanding Short Play, and features leading actors from the Washington, D.C. community.

Solas Nua presents a FREE reading on Mon, April 22 of THE HONEY TRAP by Leo McGann and directed by Matt Torney. Reading takes place at The Mansion on O Street in Dupont Circle and reservations are recommended.

FREE performances and events for kids and families in Wheaton - Saturday, April 13. InterAct Story Theatre Presents "Marian Licha, A Magical Journey through Latin America" as part of their Wheaton Family Theatre Series. Best for ages 3 and up. Puerto Rican-born actor and storyteller Marian Licha weaves alluring and interactive folktales in both English and Spanish, including Puerto Rican “Juan Bobo” stories, her own personal anecdotes, and short bilingual songs in an engaging program that lifts the spirit with humor and life-lessons from the oral tradition.