The Arts Club of Washington
Drama Committee
presents Lizzie Albert in a sneak preview of the
Perisphere Theatre production of
Lauren Gunderson's
Silent Sky
Lizzie Albert
Lizzi is a director, actor, and teaching artist who directed Perisphere’s 2023 production of Hazardous Materials, by Beth Kander. Other directing credits include This Historic Night (Seed Productions/Capital Fringe 2018), A Christmas Carol and The Tempest (Chesapeake Shakespeare Company), and an all-female Macbeth (Notre Dame of Maryland University). Acting credits include Avant Bards’ Julius Caesar, Constellation Theater Company’s Absolutely! Perhaps, and several productions with Chesapeake Shakespeare, where she is a company member. Lizzi is interested in creating intimate, expressive, psychologically insightful theater that allows audiences to both see their own experiences reflected on stage and be inspired to seek out new ones. She holds an M.A. in acting from the University of Essex and a BFA in theater from New York University.
Also starring Madeline Marie, Rocelyn Frisco, Martina Schabron, and Hanlon Smith-Dorsey
Wednesday, January 14th, 2026, 6:30 pm
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
$55 non-members - $50 members
Silent Sky is the story of Henrietta Leavitt (1868-1921), an early twentieth century astronomer whose discovery of how to effectively measure vast astronomical distances led to a shift in the understanding of the scale and nature of the universe. Directed by Susan Stroupe.
Learn more about Henrietta Leavitt.
This event is a fully cast Staged Reading by Perisphere Theater with a wine reception and hors d'oeuvres buffet. Doors open at 6:30 pm and performance will begin at 7:00 pm.
Lauren Gunderson is an American playwright, screenwriter, and short story author who specializes in storytelling that highlights remarkable female figures in history,science, and literature. Gunderson is one of the top 20 most-produced playwrights in American theatre, and has been the United States' most-produced living playwright in 2017, 2019, 2020, and is on track to be so again in 2025 and 2026. She lives in San Francisco, where she teaches playwriting.
Perisphere Theater is a Helen Hayes Award-winning professional theater based in Montgomery County, Maryland. They produce plays that examine the notion of history, focusing especially on the events, people, and points view that often get left out. Perisphere Theatre is supported in part by the Maryland State Arts Council.
Free parking for Arts Club members at the 2001 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. garage, entered from 20th Street northbound between I and K Streets.
This project is supported in part by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
