Metamorphosis presented by Scena Theatre at DC Arts Center

Metamorphosis

DC Arts Center
2438 18th Street NW Washington

"One morning, upon awakening from agitated dreams, Gregor Samsa found himself, in his bed, transformed into a monstrous vermin."

Presented by Scena Theatre

Thru - Nov 22, 2026

Thu, Nov 12: 7:30pm

Fri, Nov 13: 7:30pm

Sat, Nov 14: 7:30pm

Sun, Nov 15: 2:30pm

Mon, Nov 16: 7:30pm

Thu, Nov 19: 7:30pm

Fri, Nov 20: 7:30pm

Sat, Nov 21: 7:30pm

Sun, Nov 22: 2:30pm

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 202-462-7833

www.dcartscenter.org

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MD Theatre Guide - Highly Recommended

"...Franz Kafka's story "Metamorphosis" starts with one of the most famous first lines in literature: "As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams, he found himself transformed in his bed into a giant insect." Steven Berkoff's adaptation of the novella into a play starts similarly with the words spoken by Gregor's father. Directed by Robert McNamara and staged by Scena Theatre, it proceeds over a brisk 90 minutes at the DC Arts Center to explore uncomfortable themes of alienation and family dysfunction."

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- Alexander Ferguson

DC Theater Arts - Highly Recommended

"...Adapted for the stage by Steven Berkoff (as simply Metamorphosis) and directed by Robert McNamara in an excellent, expressionist Scena Theatre production, Gregor Samsa's tragedy of existential otheredness becomes an extraordinary theater experience, exposing a traumatic family drama graphically and emblematically as realism and naturalism can't."

- John Stoltenberg

Metamorphosis presented by Scena Theatre at DC Arts Center

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