(updated January 27, 2006 )
511 10th Street, NW – between E and F Streets
Box Office Phone: 202-347-4833
Membership Phone: 202-434-9545
This info is based on a mid-week trip, end of January, to see Trying
Your mileage may vary. Weekend dress may vary. Subject headers were written
by me (Pam).
The temp was in the 40s but with the wind chill it was in
the 20s. Everyone had a winter coat. I couldn't find a coat room and most folks
either still wore the coat or held it on their lap.
Only 1 fur coat.
Very casual dress. No dresses at all. No formal evening wear.
Lots of sweaters and slacks for both men and women with some guys in business
suits.
Many, many seniors (over the age of 70) were there and had some really pretty shawls. They appeared to be long time fans of James Whitmore.
One group of about 10 folks, who all seemed to be together, were all wearing sweat-suits.
The theatre itself is small and has that community theater feel to it.
There is only about a 1/4 inch difference in height in the first 6-8 rows. The seats are very close together. Rows D and E will be great! You are so close that you feel like you can reach out and touch the actors.
I'm 5'8 and didn't have any problems seeing, but the lady next to me was 5'2 and said that she wished she was a few rows closer.
The chairs are really wooden kitchen type chairs with L brackets on each leg to hold it firmly to the floor. The padding is like kitchen chairs with a piece on the wooden back, covering the slats, and a piece on the seat. The seats are about 19 inches across -- about the size of a stardard seat. The folks who had aisle seats got up and went to stand in the very back and then would come back.
The bathrooms are downstairs (and there are lots of stairs and some are narrow and twist as they go down). You have to go through the musuem, a sort of open room with various displays. That's also where there's a small area selling water and soda. Wine is usually sold at theaters but no one was seen anyone drinking any. I didn't stop there so can't really say for sure what was for sale.
The ladies' room has 7 stalls with 2 private residence-type
sinks (no room to put a purse).
It's long and narrow, so the lines were actually 2 deep outside the stalls and
then you had to go back to the sinks which were blocked by ladies in line.
For a show that was about 2/3 full and had a 15 minute intermission, at least 10 minutes were spent in the ladies' room...
..this didn't leave much time for the musuem displays so if that's an area of interest, go there before the show.
There is a full page ad for Shenandoah in the playbill. No
Scott pictures.
The ad reads
"Join us for this multiple Tony Award winning play based on the movie of the same title. Scott Bakula appears as a Shenandoah Valley farmer who has managed to keep his daughter and six sons out of the Civil War. But when Yankee soldiers mistake the youngest son for a rebel, he must decide what's worth fighting for."
In downloadable PDF format
Pictures from inside the theater, taken by Julia
Stage
Seating
area, orchestra
Info on Box Office/Will Call area, Cameras, and lot of other things can be found on the Shenandoah page
info on this page was gathered by
Mary
Julia
Pam
Favicon, thanks to Shippy
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