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- Synetic Theater is a non-profit theater production company which performs at the Rosslyn Spectrum (Rosslyn, VA), The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and the Lansburgh Theatre (Washington, DC). Today, Synetic Theater is Washington DC’s premier physical theater company. Founded in 2001 by the husband and wife team of Paata and Irina Tsikurishvili, Synetic seeks to advance and enrich the theater arts in the Nation’s Capital through its unique performance style, which fuses the classical elements of drama, movement, dance, mime, and music into a distinct form of non-realistic theater. This form is simultaneously avant-garde and accessible, with a broad appeal to a wide, culturally diverse, and cross-generational audience. Through its educational programs in the dramatic and visual arts, Synetic strives to build the audiences of tomorrow by fostering and promoting the overall development of children and adolescents, as well as use the freshness of its performance style to reawaken a fascination with theater and art that lies dormant in large sections of the American population. In a society that is increasingly immersed in the visually rich but often contextually tepid waters of television, movies, and the internet, Synetic seeks to re-introduce the theater as a place where everything old can become new again. Towards this goal, Synetic endeavors to increase its national and international exposure, captivating audiences around the globe, while maintaining the excellence of its artistic and educational programs. Synetic Theater made its artistic debut in 2002 with its wordless Hamlet…the rest is silence and quickly established itself as a dazzling, powerful, and innovative physical theater company, receiving the 2003 Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Play, Outstanding Choreography, and Outstanding Director. Synetic has continued to build upon its success, producing four original works per year for the Main Stage season, each more impressive than the last. Overall, Synetic has earned 52 Helen Hayes Nominations and won 15 Helen Hayes Awards in only eight seasons, garnering acclaim for its wordless Shakespearean repertoire (Hamlet…the rest is silence, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream) as well as its text- and movement-based classical pieces, such as Host and Guest, Frankenstein, and Carmen.
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