Photo from 2008 Source Festival by C. Stanley PhotographySource Festival
June 20 – July 12
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Three weeks packed with unbridled fearlessness and sheer nerve. Source Festival has selected 18 10-minute plays and commissioned five One Acts. During Project 24/7, preeminent local choreographers and playwrights have teamed up to produce seven 10-minute shows from start to finish in 24 hours. And 17 performing and visual artists are going on “creative blind dates” to spark six inventive mash-up projects. We invite you to watch tradition and innovation collide. Photo by C. Stanley Photography


Coming Soon:

Cabaret Carousel graphicThe In Series’
Cabaret Carousel
July 15 – 20
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In this revolving cabaret of Broadway, Blues, and Bossa Nova, three groups of performers alternate between nine performances. Choose your style, or see all three varieties!


Bare Breasted Women Sword Fighting. Photo by Clinton Brandhager.dog & pony dc's
Bare Breasted Women Sword Fighting
Conceived & Directed by Lorraine Ressegger
Performance schedule:
July 16, 9 p.m.
July 17, 10:30 p.m.
July 18, 10:30 p.m.
July 19, 8 p.m.
July 22, 8 p.m.
July 23, 8 p.m.
July 24, 10:30 p.m.
July 25, 10:30 p.m.
July 26, 6 p.m.
Tickets: $15. On sale June 22 at dogandponydc.com and capitalfringe.org.

Behave yourself — it's coming soon enough! Bare Breasted Women Sword Fighting is a vaudeville that unleashes the feminine mystique in a whirl of petticoats and a dazzling display of strength, swords, and skin. Behold brutal buxom beauties! Take in tantalizing ta-ta titans! Gaze longingly at the titillating, tangoing Bare Breasted Women Sword Fighting! (And, yes, this contains strong language and nudity.) Photo by Clinton Brandhager


Washington Improv Theater’s
iMusical — the completely improvised musical
Friday, July 24 8 p.m.
Saturday, July 25 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Tickets: $15, available online

After over 75 performances since 2006, what could the gang from iMusical do to top themselves? How about adding an intermission! For one weekend only, come see double the crazy scenes and double the hilarious songs as WIT brings you the all-new TWO act version of iMusical: The Improvised Musical!


Washington Improv Theater’s
Improvapalooza: WIT's answer to the summer music festival
July 30 – Aug. 1, 2009

The most improv you will ever see also happens to be the coolest event of the summer. Come hang with WIT as we celebrate the summer with a ridiculous marathon of improv. Hours and hours of completely unscripted spontaneous play. It’s like the best summer block party ever staged, except with improv shows. More info coming soon at www.washingtonimprovtheater.com.


Washington Improv Theater’s
Second Summer Run
Aug. 6 – Sept. 5, 2009

WIT returns to the Source for a special second summer run featuring the Neutrino Video Project — a 30-minute film shot in the time it takes you to watch it — and guest artists from New York, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and more as part of the first-ever improv comedy festival in DC. More info coming soon at www.washingtonimprovtheater.com.


Also check out what’s playing at the Mead Theatre Lab at Flashpoint.