As pavements heat up in Washington every summer, so does the atmosphere around the building at 1835 14th St. NW, home of Source. This Friday through June 30, Source will again be offering the Source Festival, a three-week-long event consisting of 25 original works for the stage: three full-length plays, 18 10-minute plays, three Artistic Blind Dates and a talent show.

The festival’s content is drawn from across the country. “To get the full-length plays, we reach out to anyone who had their play produced in the first five years of the festival’s history,” said Jenny McConnell Frederick, director of performing arts for CulturalDC and producer of the festival.