The CenterStage at Reston Community Center

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He’s a star of TV, stage and film. She’s an award-winning actress and writer. Together on social media Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody shared hilarious nuggets of their “uninterrupted togetherness,” thoughts on marriage and hundreds of other topics, entertaining millions during the COVID shutdown. Now they are hitting the road with A Conversation with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody, moderated by their son Gideon Grody-Patinkin, a live in-person visit full of family stories, professional anecdotes and glimpses into their 40-plus years of mostly marital bliss.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 


 To prevent unauthorized resale of tickets to this high-demand event, the CenterStage Box Office will limit purchases (online or in-person) to a maximum of four tickets per purchaser for this performance. 

 Reston-based organizations or clubs wishing to make a group sale purchase should contact the Box Office Manager, Bill Parker, directly at 703-390-6188 or via email at William.Parker@fairfaxcounty.gov. Please note that there is no discount available for group sales. Professional Touring Artist Series Tickets are already substantially discounted. Group ticketing for Non-Reston organizations or clubs is not available. 

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He’s a star of TV, stage and film. She’s an award-winning actress and writer. Together on social media Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody shared hilarious nuggets of their “uninterrupted togetherness,” thoughts on marriage and hundreds of other topics, entertaining millions during the COVID shutdown. Now they are hitting the road with A Conversation with Mandy Patinkin and Kathryn Grody, moderated by their son Gideon Grody-Patinkin, a live in-person visit full of family stories, professional anecdotes and glimpses into their 40-plus years of mostly marital bliss.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

 To prevent unauthorized resale of tickets to this high-demand event, the CenterStage Box Office will limit purchases (online or in-person) to a maximum of four tickets per purchaser for this performance. 

 Reston-based organizations or clubs wishing to make a group sale purchase should contact the Box Office Manager, Bill Parker, directly at 703-390-6188 or via email at William.Parker@fairfaxcounty.gov. Please note that there is no discount available for group sales. Professional Touring Artist Series Tickets are already substantially discounted. Group ticketing for Non-Reston organizations or clubs is not available. 

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We Feed People, from Oscar-winning director Ron Howard, spotlights renowned chef José Andrés and his nonprofit World Central Kitchen’s incredible mission evolution over 12 years. The film follows them from being a scrappy group of grassroots volunteers to becoming one of the most highly regarded humanitarian aid organizations in the world relief sector. This screening will be followed by a discussion with one of the executive producers, Restonian Nathan Mook.

As part of the Washington West Film Festival.

Children under 14 must be accompanied by adults. TV-14 rating.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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Nefesh Mountain has been hailed as one of today’s boundary-pushing groups in American roots music. The band performances have been called “a master class in string music” by Rolling Stone, and “arguably some of the best bluegrass ever made” by American Songwriter. It embodies the wild natures and unbridled free spirits of its members, bridging compositional prowess and prolific songwriting with deft and exciting instrumental jams. Their music continues to forge new paths, combining elements of everything from Americana and Appalachian bluegrass to Celtic folk and Eastern European melodies with messages of inclusivity, diversity and hope for our ever-changing world.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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Farsad is a regular panelist for NPR’s weekly current events program Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Star Talk. In her feature film, The Muslims Are Coming!, she took a group of Muslim-American comedians on the road in Middle America to do shows, meet the locals and counter Islamophobia through jokes. The film features Jon Stewart, Lewis Black, Janeane Garofolo, David Cross and Rachel Maddow among other luminaries, and won a humanitarian award from the Arab American Institute. Farsad’s first book, How to Make White People Laugh, was called “frank and hilarious” by Salon, while The Austin Chronicle calls her a “master humorist who is equal parts academic and amusing.”

 Copies of their book How to Make White People Laugh will be available for sale and they will join us for a book signing after their presentation. 

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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The fruitcakes of the Reduced Shakespeare Company take you on an irreverent yet heartwarming trip through the holidays in The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged).

It’s festive, funny physical family fun as these Three Wise Guys send up and celebrate your favorite winter holiday traditions. The only holiday show you’ll ever need to see!

In the spirit of Shakespeare’s comedies, RSC shows contain comic depictions of violence, mild innuendo, bawdy language, and the occasional rude word. All children (and parents) are different, so we’ve chosen to rate our shows PG-13: Pretty Good If You’re Thirteen.

 Children under 14 must be accompanied by adults. TV-14 rating. 

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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The fruitcakes of the Reduced Shakespeare Company take you on an irreverent yet heartwarming trip through the holidays in The Ultimate Christmas Show (abridged).

It’s festive, funny physical family fun as these Three Wise Guys send up and celebrate your favorite winter holiday traditions. The only holiday show you’ll ever need to see!

In the spirit of Shakespeare’s comedies, RSC shows contain comic depictions of violence, mild innuendo, bawdy language, and the occasional rude word. All children (and parents) are different, so we’ve chosen to rate our shows PG-13: Pretty Good If You’re Thirteen.

 Children under 14 must be accompanied by adults. TV-14 rating. 

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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Grammy Award-winner Dan Zanes, and Haitian American jazz vocalist Claudia Zanes, perform a mix of old and new songs from near and far in a style that’s been called “All-Ages Social Music.” In other words, when they perform, it’s a party! The music is homespun, joyful, sophisticated and artful. Claudia is a board-certified Music Therapist. Her background has given the pair additional ways to make meaningful community connections and reach a diverse audience.

 All persons including infants and children sitting on laps are to be ticketed by order of Virginia Fire Code. 

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

This performance is now SOLD OUT

Patrons wishing to obtain tickets should be in place at the Box Office window to get onto a wait list for released tickets beginning one hour prior to show time on Monday, January 15th. 

The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II is the President of Repairers of the Breach and co-chair of the Poor People’s Campaign. He has pastored Greenleaf Christian Church since 1993 and is a Professor at Yale Divinity School. Dr. Barber is a civil rights advocate and champion of various movements, including workers’ rights and women’s rights. He gained national attention with the Moral Monday protests in North Carolina in 2013 and co-anchored the relaunch of the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival in 2018.

 After the Keynote, a family-style meal will be available to all ticketed patrons, which is included with your ticket. Meals are gluten-free, and a vegetarian option will be available. Please check with the Box Office closer to the event to learn more details. 

 A selection of their books will be available for sale, and they will join us for a book signing after their presentation. Check with the Box Office closer to the performance date for specific titles. 

 Have kids at home?  Bring them at 10:30 a.m. for Especially for Youth, designed to keep your children ages 6 to 12 years (1^st through 6^th grade) happily engaged with a series of activities, an age-appropriate video, and arts and crafts based on the history of Dr. King and the civil rights movement. This activity is free of charge and includes lunch. Registration available beginning December 1st through RestonCommunityCenter.com. 

 Children under 16 must be accompanied by adults. 

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

 To prevent unauthorized resale of tickets to this high-demand event, the CenterStage Box Office will limit purchases (online or in-person) to a maximum of four tickets per purchaser for this performance. 

 Reston-based organizations or clubs wishing to make a group sale purchase should contact the Box Office Manager, Bill Parker, directly at 703-390-6188 or via email at William.Parker@fairfaxcounty.gov. Please note that there is no discount available for group sales. Professional Touring Artist Series Tickets are already substantially discounted. Group ticketing for Non-Reston organizations or clubs is not available. 

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Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, producer and New York Times bestselling author of 38 books. A regular contributor to NPR’s Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, three NAACP Image Award Nominations and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. The Kennedy Center commissioned a 2023 national tour of Acoustic Rooster’s Barnyard Boogie: Starring Indigo Blume – a musical based on his two beloved books. He is the writer and executive producer of The Crossover television series, based on his Newbery Medal-winning novel of the same name, available on the Disney Channel and Disney+.

 A selection of their books will be available for sale, and they will join us for a book signing after their presentation. Check with the Box Office closer to the performance date for specific titles. 

All persons including infants and children sitting on laps are to be ticketed by order of Virginia Fire Code.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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Romance is in the air with Moonlight & Love Songs! Enjoy an evening of heartwarming tales and beautiful music performed by one of America’s favorite female pianists, Robin Spielberg. Whether playing American classics from film and Broadway, or her original works inspired by love, nature and history, Robin’s neo-classical piano stylings coupled with her ability to connect with audiences always inspire and make us laugh. A Steinway Artist, Robin is a Billboard-charting artist with 24 albums, including Heal of the Hand, With a Song in My Heart and Love Story.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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The Jewish and African American people arrived in America by different paths. But the parallels in their histories as oppressed minorities brought them together in the struggle for equal rights. The exciting celebration of two cultures’ commonalities is the essence of Soul to Soul which brings together African American and Yiddish American experiences in a deeply stirring musical presentation. Starring Lisa Fishman, Cantor Magda Fishman, Elmore James, Zalmen Mlotek, and Tony Perry, with Brian Glassman on bass, Dmitri Slepovitch on clarinet and saxophone, and Matt Temkin on percussion. Soul to Soul has been performed for enthusiastic audiences from coast to coast.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the Irish god Lugh, patron of the arts, Lúnasa is indeed a gathering of some of the top musical talents in Ireland. Its members have helped form the backbone of some of the greatest Irish groups of the decade.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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Named for an ancient Celtic harvest festival in honor of the Irish god Lugh, patron of the arts, Lúnasa is indeed a gathering of some of the top musical talents in Ireland. Its members have helped form the backbone of some of the greatest Irish groups of the decade.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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V (formerly Eve Ensler) is a Tony Award-winning playwright, activist and author known for The Vagina Monologues. The play has been performed in 140 countries and is recognized as one of the most important plays of the past 25 years. V has also worked on films like HBO’s The Vagina Monologues, the Sundance Film Festival-winning documentary What I Want My Words to Do to You, and served as a consultant for Mad Max: Fury Road. V is a co-founder of the City of Joy, a transformative center for women survivors of violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo and featured in the Netflix documentary City of Joy.

 A selection of their books will be available for sale, and they will join us for a book signing after their presentation. Check with the Box Office closer to the performance date for specific titles. 

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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Violinist Akemi Takayama, a long-time friend of the CenterStage, with her musical colleagues from Shenandoah Conservatory and the Audubon Quartet, performs a concert celebrating their history and great music. Performers include Akemi Takayama (violin), Ellen Jewett (violin), Michael Stepniak (viola), Julian Schwarz (cello) and Ryo Yanagitani (piano). The afternoon’s music includes Dvorak’s Piano Quintet No. 2 in A Major, Op. 81 and Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2 in D Major.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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Once again, Buddy Silver, the self-proclaimed Mr. Vaudeville, finds himself in a predicament of theatrical confusion. Buddy has arrived at the CenterStage Motion Picture and Vaudeville House to host a vaudeville show that was to take place after the viewing of a film. When the film breaks, they call on Buddy to fill the gap. But he’s the only one there. The acts he had lined up weren’t due to arrive until later. What does he do? What can he do? The show must go on! After all, he’s Mr. Vaudeville! He’ll just have to do it all by himself ... that is, unless he can get a little help from the audience. It’s fun for the whole family in this hilarious afternoon of magic, mayhem and classic vaudeville comedy.

 All persons including infants and children sitting on laps are to be ticketed by order of Virginia Fire Code. 

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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The internationally renowned Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, rooted for more than 50 years in African American traditions and modern dance legacy, brings both the iconic and the innovative to the stage. The power, passion and beauty of this ensemble will elevate your spirit and heal your heart!

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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Trout Fishing in America is the longstanding, four-time Grammy-nominated musical partnership of Keith Grimwood and Ezra Idlet. A willingness to at once make fun of our most annoying daily habits, then to touch our hearts with tender and passionate images of family life, is what makes the connection between Trout Fishing in America and its audiences so compelling and poignant.

 Ezra and Keith will also make a special appearance earlier in the day at Lake Anne Plaza for the 2024 Founder’s Day event. 

 All persons including infants and children sitting on laps are to be ticketed by order of Virginia Fire Code. 

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location. 

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Okaidja Afroso ushers in a fresh breeze of musical flavors from the shores of Ghana’s Gulf of Guinea, drawing from the ecological knowledge of the indigenous Ga-Dangme fishermen, the power of nature-based rituals, and the connections that his ancestors had to the elements, particularly to the ocean. With his new project Jaku Mumor, Okaidja’s distinctive musical style extends ancestral traditions and creates a contemporary African oral tradition by combining percussion, guitar, dance and native language vocals.

 Reston Pricing = Those patrons who reside in a property or work at a business within Small Tax District #5  Be sure to select the RESTON Price in the drop down after selecting your seating location.