May 2016 - Location of the Month - CulturalDC's Performing Arts Spaces

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

In conjunction with Mayor Muriel Bowser’s InnoMAYtion initiative, the Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment is proud to select two of CulturalDC’s creative arts spaces ‘Flashpoint’ and ‘Source’ as Locations of the Month.

CulturalDC was established in 1998 by a coalition of government, business and creative leaders. The nonprofit organization was formed to support DC’s creative economy infrastructure and ensure there are spaces and resources for artists and arts organizations to live, create, exhibit and perform throughout the city.

Flashpoint, located in Northwest DC’s Penn Quarter neighborhood, features a flexible 60-seat black box with modular risers with chairs. Configurations for the space include thrust, proscenium arch and in the round. The space also comes with a dressing room, full lighting, audio and communication systems. The space is set up to accommodate events ranging from plays/musicals, staged readings, screenings, live music, improvised comedy and dance performances. Flashpoint also features a dance studio with 400-square feet of open space with 13-foot ceilings. This versatile, column-free space is equipped with mirrors and a sprung floor with Marley covering. The gallery shares a movable wall with the Mead Theatre Lab allowing both spaces to be combined and configured to up to 900-square-feet. There is also a comfortable conference room, which seats 12 people.

Source is located on 14th Street in Northwest Washington. The venue’s black box is a multipurpose, flexible performing arts space, which can be configured to suit a variety of entertainment needs. Events at Source have included modern dance, film screenings, improvisational theatre, and public meetings. The space can seat a maximum of 120 patrons on its modular risers. Rental of the black box includes the use of the front lobby, reception desk, patron restrooms, loading dock and dressing rooms. The rehearsal studio at Source is a 590-square-foot multipurpose space and has a sprung plywood and Masonite wood deck. Source also features a 300 square foot carpeted classroom and conference room complete with full-length pin board suitable for workshops, educational activities and more. Occupancy is 10 people active and 20 people seated.

Each year, CulturalDC serves over 1,000 artists and arts groups and 30,000 audience members through the activation of art space and presentation of contemporary visual and performing arts at their two spaces, Flashpoint and Source, and in nontraditional venues across the city. They opened DC’s first arts incubator, Flashpoint, and incubated ten emerging arts organizations there including Artomatic, Fringe Festival, Step Afrika! and Washington Improv Theater.

If you are interested in using CulturalDC’s Flashpoint and Source performing art spaces as a filming location, please contact us at [email protected]. To view more images of this and other Locations of the Month, please visit our location scouting page.