Carrie, the Musical
Music by Michael Gore
Lyrics by Dean Pitchford
Book by Lawrence D. Cohen
Based on the novel by Stephen King

Directed by Jeff Davis
Choreographed by Mary Payne
Music Direction by Chelsea Majors

Carrie White is a misfit. At school, she's an outcast who's bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she's at the mercy of her loving but cruelly over-protective mother. But Carrie's just discovered she's got a special power, and if pushed too far, she's not afraid to use it… Based on Stephen King's bestselling novel. For this 2012 musical adaptation of Carrie, the show's original authors have joined with director Stafford Arima (Altar Boyz) and MCC Theater for a newly reworked and fully re-imagined vision of this gripping tale. Set today, in the small town of Chamberlain, Maine, Carrie features a book by Lawrence D. Cohen (screenwriter of the classic film), music by Academy Award winner Michael Gore (Fame, Terms of Endearment), and lyrics by Academy Award winner Dean Pitchford (Fame, Footloose).

Due to mature language and frightening subject matter, this production is not suitable for younger audiences.

Dates: October 4-November 2, 2019
Time: Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

Venue: Workhouse Theatre (in Building W3)
Tickets: $20-$35
*Ticket prices may rise with demand, advance purchase strongly recommended.

*Limited seating, advance ticket reservations are recommended for this performance, as ticket prices will rise with demand. Reserved tickets may be collected at Will Call beginning 30 minutes prior to event, doors open for seating 30 minutes prior.

Ho'ike: Maui

presented by

Halau hula a Ke Anuenue

Join Halau hula o Ke Anuenue presentation of Ho’ike: Historical Journey of Maui (the demi god) and Important Events in Maui. Glimpse the past and retrace Maui’s history through select songs and dance related to the Valley Isle.

During the performance featuring hula (dance) and mele (songs), the cultural significance embedded in each mele and hula will be explained and discussed.

Dates: Saturday November 16, 2019
Time: 2pm, doors open 30 minutes prior

Venue: W3 Theatre at Workhouse Arts Center
Tickets: $15, children 12 and under $10

*Limited seating, advance ticket reservations are recommended for this event. Reserved tickets may be collected at Will Call beginning 30 minutes prior to event, doors open for seating 30 minutes prior.

STAND UP COMEDY AT WORKHOUSE
JENNY ZIGRINO

 

With the sweetness of the Midwest and the iron balls of the East Coast, Jenny Zigrino is a comedian that packs a punch of truly original humor. She's charmed audiences across the country with her wit, keen observations, embarrassing anecdotes, and brilliant honesty for a compelling performance you can't ignore.

She made her late night debut on Conan O'Brien and was a recent guest on the hit shows @Midnight and Adam DeVine's House Party Season 3 on Comedy Central. She's been featured on TBS, Oxygen, Fox, and IFC.

A rising star in Hollywood, her first film appearance was a leading role in the film 50 Shades of Black with Marlon Wayans. She wrapped filming the new film Bad Santa 2 with Billy Bob Thornton, the highly anticipated sequel to the 2003 hit film Bad Santa. Release date is set for Nov 23rd, 2016. She's a regular performer at the Women in Comedy Festival and has also performed at the New York Comedy Festival, RIOTLA Comedy Festival, The 9s Music Festival, Great American Comedy Festival, Cape Fear Comedy Festival, Boston Comedy Festival, and many others.

Rahmein Mostafavi: Rahmein Mostafavi charms crowds with comic timing and charisma developed during a decade of live performance. He addresses social and political topics with a combination of satirical and observational comedy, leaving audiences with a greater sense of purpose, sex appeal and the occasional leg cramp. Rahmein entered the stand-up world after working as a longtime cast member of “Shear Madness,” the acclaimed Kennedy Center improv/comedy whodunit. His natural joke writing ability, combined with his acting chops, has won him rave reviews in both the Washington area and around the country. He also produces events under the “Cool Cow Comedy” banner, bringing live comedy to venues in Maryland and Virgnia. Rahmein has shared the stage with some of the best comics in the nation, including Dave Attell, Jake Johannsen, Artie Lange, Bert Kreischer, Rich Vos, Jon Lovitz, Tim Meadows, Joe Matarese, Bob Marley, The Sklar Brothers, Jen Kirkman, Red Grant, Godfrey, Joe Torry, Kyle Kinane, Finesse Mitchell, and Maz Jobrani. He has been featured at the Laugh Your Asheville Off comedy festival, The Devil Cup, Red Clay, The Cleveland Comedy Festival, and the Cape May Comedy Festival. Rahmein has been seen on FOX, heard regularly on Sirius XM, was featured in “The Truth About Money” on PBS, and was honored to be a speaker at the world famous TEDx Talks.

 

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT TICKETS FOR THIS EVENT ARE SOLD THROUGH RAHMEIN PRESENTS

TICKETS SOLD AT THE DOOR MAY BE HIGHER IN PRICE THAN ADVANCED SALES

(Advance reservations strongly recommended, as previous performances have sold out)

Friday November 29 at 7PM & 9PM

Location: Building W-3, Theatre

For INFORMATION or to PURCHASE tickets, please visit rahmein.com

Workhouse Swing Dance Party

With Glenn and Janice Gardner

Join us for a special Swing Dance Party in the McGuireWoods Gallery (second floor of W-16) featuring dancing, complimentary refreshments and cash bar. Glenn and Janice Gardner will lead the festivities, beginning with a complimentary brush-up lesson in Swing Dance from 7:30pm-8:00pm followed by two hours of casual social dancing beginning at 8:00pm.  All skill levels welcome!

We are occasionally asked about dress code for the dances hosted at the Workhouse. We do not have a specific dress code, but most attendees tend to wear casual cocktail attire. Some of our attendees dress more casually and some dress up a little more. Most importantly, dress comfortably as you will be dancing all night.

 

Swing Dance Party

Saturday December 7

Time: 8:00pm-10:00pm
Mini-Lesson 7:30pm-8:00pm, complimentary for those attending the Dance
Admission : $10 per person

A performance featuring local and regional musicians and dancers. Next Reflex Dance Collective brings together musicians and dance companies for a night of collaborative performance and diverse creativity. Next Reflex Dance Collective will also perform new work and choreography from their repertory. On the spot collaboration, improvisation and spontaneity is sure to ensue when these artists take the stage.

Next Reflex Dance Collective was founded by Roxann Morgan Rowley and Erika Surma in 2007.  An award winning modern dance company based in Northern Virginia, NRDC has been presented throughout the region by multiple venues and festivals including The DC Dance Festival, The Charlotte Dance Festival, The Cool NY Dance Festival, Mason/Rhynes Productions “Late Night Series”, The American Dance Institute, Dance Place, The Harman Center for the Arts, The National Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, among others.

It is NRDC’s mission to create art collaboratively with artists of all disciplines and to support the creation of experimental dance work. As a unit, we are committed to creating new work which challenges ideas and broadens perceptions, while also encouraging experimentation at the highest level. We are devoted to being a part of our dance community’s growth through the inclusion of various artists in specific performance and outreach programs.

Venue: W-3 Theatre
Dates: Saturday, February 8, 2020
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: $10-$25

*Limited seating, advance ticket reservations are recommended for this event. Reserved tickets may be collected at Will Call beginning 30 minutes prior to event, doors open for seating 30 minutes prior.

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Solve-It-Yourself Broadway Musical

Book, Music and Lyrics by Rupert Holmes
Inspired by the novel by Charles Dickens

Directed by Dan Stapula

Based on Charles Dickens’ final unfinished novel, this hilarious whodunit invites the audience to solve its mystery by choosing the identity of the murderer. The tale is presented as a show-within-a-show, as the Music Hall Royale – a delightfully loony Victorian theatre company – presents Dickens’ brooding mystery. Musical numbers include “Perfect Strangers,” “Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead,” “Off To The Races” and “Moonfall”. The original Broadway production won 5 Tony Awards (out of 11 nominations) including Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score and Best Musical).



Dates: March 20-April 19, 2020
Time: Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

Venue: Workhouse Theatre (in Building W3)
Tickets: $20-$35
*Ticket prices may rise with demand, advance purchase strongly recommended.


Interested in VIP Ticketing for select performances? VIP Ticketing includes reserved premium seating, admission to a pre-show lounge with complimentary refreshments and a beverage token. For VIP Ticketing information, please see listing just below this one.

*Limited seating, advance ticket reservations are recommended for this performance, as ticket prices will rise with demand. Reserved tickets may be collected at Will Call beginning 30 minutes prior to event, doors open for seating 30 minutes prior.

VIP Ticketing for:

The Mystery of Edwin Drood

The Solve-It-Yourself Broadway Musical

Book, Music and Lyrics by Rupert Holmes
Inspired by the novel by Charles Dickens

Directed by Dan Stapula

Based on Charles Dickens’ final unfinished novel, this hilarious whodunit invites the audience to solve its mystery by choosing the identity of the murderer. The tale is presented as a show-within-a-show, as the Music Hall Royale – a delightfully loony Victorian theatre company – presents Dickens’ brooding mystery. Musical numbers include “Perfect Strangers,” “Don’t Quit While You’re Ahead,” “Off To The Races” and “Moonfall”. The original Broadway production won 5 Tony Awards (out of 11 nominations) including Best Book of a Musical, Best Original Score and Best Musical).

Dates: March 20-April 19, 2020
Time: Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm

Venue: Workhouse Theatre (in Building W3)
Tickets: $40-$55

*Ticket prices may rise with demand, advance purchase strongly recommended.

Your VIP Ticket includes reserved premium seating and access to the VIP pre-show lounge in building W4 beginning one hour prior to curtain. The lounge includes light refreshments and two beverage tokens, each of which may be exchanged for a serving of beer, wine or soft drink.

If you are looking for Standard Ticketing options (not VIP), please see listing just above this one.

*Limited seating, advance ticket reservations are recommended for this performance, as ticket prices will rise with demand. Reserved tickets may be collected at Will Call beginning 30 minutes prior to event, doors open for seating 30 minutes prior.

A performance featuring Next Reflex Dance Collective Artists in concert at the Workhouse Arts Center’s W-3 Theater. Next Reflex Dance Collective presents new work from resident artists from the company and work from the company's repertory.

Next Reflex Dance Collective was founded by Roxann Morgan Rowley and Erika Surma in 2007.  An award winning modern dance company based in Northern Virginia, NRDC has been presented throughout the region by multiple venues and festivals including The DC Dance Festival, The Charlotte Dance Festival, The Cool NY Dance Festival, Mason/Rhynes Productions “Late Night Series”, The American Dance Institute, Dance Place, The Harman Center for the Arts, The National Theater, The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, among others.

It is NRDC’s mission to create art collaboratively with artists of all disciplines and to support the creation of experimental dance work. As a unit, we are committed to creating new work which challenges ideas and broadens perceptions, while also encouraging experimentation at the highest level. We are devoted to being a part of our dance community’s growth through the inclusion of various artists in specific performance and outreach programs.

Venue: W-3 Theatre
Dates: Saturday, May 16, 2020
Time: 7:30pm
Tickets: $10-$25

*Limited seating, advance ticket reservations are recommended for this event. Reserved tickets may be collected at Will Call beginning 30 minutes prior to event, doors open for seating 30 minutes prior.

Workhouse Social Dance 

*For our regular guests, please note new changes to the format for our monthly social dance.

Join us for our monthly Workhouse Social Dance in the McGuire-Woods Gallery (second floor of W-16) featuring dancing, complimentary refreshments and cash bar. The social dance will be led by professional ballroom instructors Bobbi Brennan and/or Cookie Bell beginning at 8:00pm and the music, dance, food and fun continue through 10:00pm. All skill levels welcome!

The night begins at 7:30pm with a complimentary 30 minute mini-lesson led by a professional dance instructor, versed in ballroom, Latin and social dance styles. General dancing begins at 8pm and continues until 10pm. For the schedule of mini-lessons, see below.

We are occasionally asked about dress code for the dances hosted at the Workhouse. We do not have a specific dress code, but most attendees tend to wear casual cocktail attire. Some of our attendees dress more casually and some dress up a little more. Most importantly, dress comfortably as you will be dancing all night.

 

Social Dance 8:00pm-10:00pm, $10 per person
Mini-Lesson 7:30pm-8:00pm, complimentary for those attending the Social Dance
*Please note that Host and mini-lesson subject to change.

The Drowsy Chaperone

Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar

Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison

Directed by Frank Shutts

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. Hailed by New York Magazine as "The Perfect Broadway Musical," The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre.


Dates: May 29-June 28, 2020
Time: Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm

*Sat June 27 is a 2pm matinee, no evening performance that date.

Venue: Workhouse Theatre (in Building W3)
Tickets: $20-$35
*Ticket prices may rise with demand, advance purchase strongly recommended.


Interested in VIP Ticketing for select performances? VIP Ticketing includes reserved premium seating, admission to a pre-show lounge with complimentary refreshments and a beverage token. For VIP Ticketing information, please see listing just below this one.

*Limited seating, advance ticket reservations are recommended for this performance, as ticket prices will rise with demand. Reserved tickets may be collected at Will Call beginning 30 minutes prior to event, doors open for seating 30 minutes prior.

VIP Ticketing for:

The Drowsy Chaperone

Book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar

Music and Lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison

Directed by Frank Shutts

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Book and Best Original Score, The Drowsy Chaperone is a loving send-up of the Jazz Age musical, featuring one show-stopping song and dance number after another. With the houselights down, a man in a chair appears on stage and puts on his favorite record: the cast recording of a fictitious 1928 musical. The recording comes to life and The Drowsy Chaperone begins as the man in the chair looks on. Mix in two lovers on the eve of their wedding, a bumbling best man, a desperate theatre producer, a not-so-bright hostess, two gangsters posing as pastry chefs, a misguided Don Juan and an intoxicated chaperone, and you have the ingredients for an evening of madcap delight. Hailed by New York Magazine as "The Perfect Broadway Musical," The Drowsy Chaperone is a masterful meta-musical, poking fun at all the tropes that characterize the musical theatre genre.


Dates: May 29-June 28, 2020
Time: Select Dates only- details coming soon!

Venue: Workhouse Theatre (in Building W3)
Tickets: $40-$55

Your VIP Ticket includes reserved premium seating and access to the VIP pre-show lounge in building W4 beginning one hour prior to curtain. The lounge includes light refreshment and two beverage tokens, each of which may be exchanged for a serving of beer, wine, or soft drink.
*Ticket prices may rise with demand, advance purchase strongly recommended.

If you are looking for Standard Ticketing options (not VIP) please see listing just above this one.

*Limited seating, advance ticket reservations are recommended for this performance, as ticket prices will rise with demand. Reserved tickets may be collected at Will Call beginning 30 minutes prior to event, doors open for seating 30 minutes prior.