by Judith Walsh White
Traveling Players Studio
Recommended for audiences ages 8+
45 min | Tickets: $16 online, $20 at the door
Arachne is an extraordinary weaver. She takes great pride in her work, as her skill is hard-earned. She has sacrificed for this craft - her own blood, sweat, tears, and sleep - but not formally to the gods. Athena, goddess of Wisdom & patron of Weaving, is enraged by the mortal's pride and lack of deference to the gods. She then challenges Arachne to a tapestry competition.
Arachne weaves into her tapestry stories of the gods and their vicious nature. So captivating is the tapestry, that the stories come to life right off the piece. Athena knows Arachne's work is better than her own. Embarrassed by the defeat and maddened by the stories Arachne has depicted, she turns Arachne into a spider, the first ever. Now, Arachne and her descendants will weave webs forever.
Performance Dates:
by Traveling Players' Improv Troupe - The Touchstones!
PenFed Plaza at Tysons Corner Center
Recommended for audiences ages 10+
45 min | Free (Rain Tickets* Available)
Join our Touchstones as they present a fully improvised performance inspired by prompts from you, the audience!
Performance Dates:
by Carlo Goldoni
PenFed Plaza at Tysons Corner Center
Recommended for audiences ages 10+
60 min | Free (Rain Tickets* Available)
Chaos abounds in this sitcom-esque comedy of errors! Truffaldino, a wily (and hungry) servant, has the perfect plan for financial success. If one master equals one salary's worth of food and comfort, then two masters mean twice the comfort and a double serving at every meal! It's a foolproof business model... so long as his bosses never learn about one another. Too bad they're searching for others right now! One "master" is secretly a young woman disguised as her dead brother, and the other is ... wait for it... her fiancé... who killed her brother!?! Featuring the archetypes found in Commedia dell’Arte, Servant of Two Masters is an utterly joyful ensemble-driven comedy.
Performance Dates:
PenFed Plaza at Tysons Corner Center
Recommended for audiences ages 10+
75 min | Free (Rain Tickets* Available)
In Shakespeare’s romantic comedy, Love’s Labor’s Lost, a quartet of four bachelors swear off women for three years in pursuit of knowledge and wisdom. Enter four young bachelorettes from France. Shakespeare, famous for his side plots, concocts a farcical love plot between a Spaniard, a clown, and a dairymaid. A little-known comedy that is thought of as Shakespeare’s richest in terms of textual wordplay and linguistic flavor— this would be a wonderful introduction to the bard and a treasure trove for those looking to find the poetic devices Shakespeare is best known for.
Performance Dates:
Recommended for audiences ages 10+
2 hr 30 min (with a 15 min intermission)
Cymbeline follows Innogen, princess of ancient Britain, as she undergoes a series of adventures to rescue herself and her nation from a scheming stepmother, rediscover her long-lost family, and reunite with her fiancé - while navigating assassination attempts, war, and villains. We often affectionately describe it as “every Shakespeare play at once.”
One of Shakespeare’s four romances, sometimes classified as a tragicomedy, this play is a whirlwind of events — complete with slander, love, mistaken identity, a beheading, and a final “recognition scene to end all recognition scenes” that keeps audiences and actors alike gasping through to the final reunions. Cymbeline is a beloved play that is less frequently performed - so catch it when you can!
Tour Schedule:
If it rains, the performance will be moved indoors and will become ticketed. Capacity is strictly limited, so buy Rain Tickets if you want to guarantee your chance to see the show in the event of inclement weather. Actors will get 2 comps each for their performance. 3-wk Technicians will receive 2 comps for whichever show they are assigned to. 6-wk Technicians will receive 2 comps for Cymbeline. Limited availability; tickets may not be available at the door.
Cymbeline: $30
All Other Rain Tickets: $16
Traveling Players Studio
Tysons Corner Center – D1L
1961 Chain Bridge Road, Tysons, VA 22102
P.O. Box 1315
Great Falls, VA 22066
