I’m an actor, director, playwright, improviser, audio designer, arts administrator, and educator based in the Twin Cities. Click on the pictures below to check out my work.

Hi, I’m Duck Washington!

Actor

Actor
Improviser

Improviser
Director

Director
Playwright

Playwright
Host

Host
Audio Designer

Audio Designer
Arts Administrator

Arts Administrator
Educator

Educator

  • “Go see it, because we all need to be inspired and Duck Washington’s writing and performance here are inspiring”

    — Single White Fringe Geek

  • “Washington's text is witty and literate, with joke lines imbedded throughout, but he never fails to make his sharp-edged point.”

    — Talkin’ Broadway

  • “Participating in Reboot was one of my highlights of the past 2 years. The performance is engaging, well-designed, and a lot of fun.”

    — Audience Member

  • “The show is funny and poignant, aiming to open a dialogue with people of all backgrounds in a safe and welcoming environment.”

    — phenoMNal Twin Cities

  • “I will vouch that this is an experience filled with engaging puzzles (created by David Pisa) and a thought-provoking script (written by Derek “Duck” Washington) that will leave you thinking about things like the intersection between law and morality, artificial intelligence and free will.”

    — Lavender Magazine

  • “That’s why you’ll see Caucasian-Aggressive Pandas and Other Mulatto Tales at the top of my Top 10 list for 2016. The production itself was everything I’d hoped for and, naturally, more.”

    — Single White Fringe Geek

  • “The script's keen, dark hilarity couldn't have been better if Dave Chappelle and Mark Twain had collaborated on it.”

    — American Underground

  • “Duck Washington directs the play with the perfect pace and tone, pausing for effect when necessary, at other times barreling through the story, walking the line between humor and tragedy.”

    — Cherry and Spoon

  • WINNER: Stages of MN Fringe of the Day Award

    — Stages of MN

  • “He directs with intelligence, and a focus on building the tension from expectation rather than open aggression.”

    — Stages of MN

  • “Seeing a show directed by Duck Washington is even more a treat. So seeing Sam Shepard’s True West at Theatre in the Round, which is playing now through May 14, was nothing short of a delight.”

    — Twin Cities Geek

  • “Smart doesn’t do the script justice, it makes us confront white privilege in both glaringly obvious ways and subtle insidious ways as well.”

    — Stages of MN

Upcoming Events

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Lettice & Lovage
Apr 4
Lettice & Lovage

Meet Lettice Duffet: expert on Elizabethan cuisine, enthusiast of medieval weaponry, and the ever-flamboyant guide at Fustian House. Meet Lotte Schon: lover of rules, keeper of order, and straightlaced inspector from the Preservation Trust. When Lettice theatrically “embellishes” the historical past of Fustian House, Schon calls her into her office….which triggers an unlikely beginning to an unlikely friendship.