If you're a theater fan, mark your calendars: there's plenty to do when it comes to stage performances in Washington this week, from Beckett to Sondheim.
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Pinter Rep
First, Scena Theatre is at Atlas Performing Arts Center with three short plays by Harold Pinter that query the power of the state. "One for the Road" depicts a fascist interrogator, "Mountain Language" shows how words can kill and "The New World Order" shows what torture in defense of democracy looks like. Tickets are half off.
When: Wednesday, April 10, 8 p.m.
Where: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE
Price: $17.50
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Mosaic Theater Company of DC presents Native Son
Staying with the Atlas Performing Art Center, Mosaic Theater Company is doing a theatrical adaptation of Richard Wright's novel, also now half off. Twenty-year-old Bigger Thomas fights poverty, social conditions and fate on Chicago's South Side in the 1930s.
When: Thursday, April 11, 8 p.m.
Where: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE
Price: $25
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Beckett Trio, Part 2
Finally, Scena Theatre returns to the stage, this time with from Beckett. "Absurd" and "black" are words often used in describing these three shorts. "Ohio Impromptu" tells of lost love and death, "Come and Go" reveals long-held secrets and "Catastrophe" is a rare political work from Beckett. These tickets are also half off their usual price.
When: Friday, April 12, 8 p.m.
Where: Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H St. NE
Price: $17.50
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