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News, Season Announcement

IN Series Unveils 2026–27 Season

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IN Series’s 2026-27 season is announced. “The Makado” features Hayley Abramowitz, Andrew Adelsberger, Melanie Ashkar, Allan Palacios Chan, Teresa Ferrara, Robin McGinness, Cecelia McKinley, Noah Mond, and Hunter Shaner. Corinne Hayes and Timothy Nelson serve as directors. Dana Scott is the musical director. Performance Dates: October 10 – 25, 2026 Maribeth Diggle, Cecelia McKinley, Melissa Wimbish, and Jonathan Woody star {…}

Business, News

IN Series Becomes Key Collaborator on New Multidisciplinary Arts Hub in Southwest DC

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IN Series has announced it will become a primary partner at a new multidisciplinary arts hub opening in early Fall 2026 in Southwest DC. The company joins Theater Alliance and newly founded 4EYE Film Center as anchor tenants at the 9,096 square-foot facility located at 340 Maple Drive SW. The new space will include a 140-seat flexible black box theater, {…}

Interviews

Q & A: IN Series Opera Director Timothy Nelson on ‘Passion Plays’

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IN Series Artistic Director, Timothy Nelson, who is passionate about opera is presenting a series of “Passion Plays” based on the music of J.S. Bach, Gabriel Fauré and Adrienne Torf. While IN Series does not normally present a festival of new works, this is a special offering to audience members who can purchase tickets to all three events, each of {…}

IndieOpera

IN Series Set for ‘Passion Plays’ This March & April

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Washington, D.C.-based IN Series is set to “Passion Plays,” this March and April. The festival opens with “Only the Air,” featuring music by J.S. Bach with new text by playwrights Joshua Borths and Shana Oshiro. Directed by Timothy Nelson with musical direction by Joy Schreier, the production reimagines Bach’s “St. Matthew Passion” with newly spoken text alongside the oratorio’s famed {…}

Business, News

David Mack Makes History as First Executive Director of IN Series

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Washington D.C.’s IN Series has appointed David Mack as its first Executive Director. Mack, a veteran arts executive, producer, and consultant who has positions as General Manager of The Industry and Executive Director of Artist Magnet Justice Alliance, will assume the role on Dec. 1, 2025. “I’m excited to join the D.C. community as IN Series’ inaugural Executive Director as {…}

IndieOpera

IN Series to World Premiere Damien Geter & Jarrod Lee’s ‘The Delta King’s Blues’

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IN Series is set to present the world premiere of “The Delta King’s Blues” this December in Baltimore and Washington, D.C. The new blues opera by composer Damien Geter and librettist Jarrod Lee is set in a juke-joint environment and is inspired by the legend of Delta blues musician Robert Johnson, who made a fateful deal with the devil. “My {…}

Reviews, Stage Reviews

IN Series & Catapult Opera 2025 Review: St. John the Baptist

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(Photo: Bayou Elom) Following the invention of opera in Florence around the year 1600, its popularity spread throughout Italy. The early works of Peri, Caccini and Monteverdi offered a rebirth of Greek Drama with an attempt to find a way to understand the text through recitative and aria. These innovations made it possible to stage works whose texts could be {…}