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Arena Stage to Present 2025 Military Appreciation Night
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 29, 2025

Arena Stage has revealed the date and details of its annual Military Appreciation Night, a long-standing tradition created to honor military families. Learn more!

TLC Musical CRAZYSEXYCOOL, New Adaptations of DAMN YANKEES and PAL JOEY Will Play Arena Stage
by Nicole Rosky - Apr 14, 2025

Arena Stage Artistic Director Hana S. Sharif and Executive Producer Edgar Dobie have just announced the company’s diamond anniversary season. We have all of the details here!

Arena Stage Partners With Philippe Chow On Cobranded Culinary And Entertainment Experiences
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 12, 2025

The Washington DC location of Philippe Chow Restaurant, known for its modern Beijing style cuisine, and the Tony Award-winning Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater have launched a genuinely collaborative partnership, the first of its kind for both brands.

Arena Stage Selected to Join Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 17, 2025

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has been selected to participate in the Bloomberg Philanthropies Digital Accelerator Program. Learn more about the program.

Arena Stage Announces First Annual DC Area Performing Arts Camp Fair
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 19, 2024

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced its first annual DC-Area Performing Arts Camp Fair.

3RD ANNUAL BLACK MOTHERHOOD AND PARENTING NEW PLAY FESTIVAL Streams New Season
by Blair Ingenthron - Dec 1, 2024

Blackboard Plays and the Parent Artist Advocacy League will partner to uplift the stories of Black families for the 3rd Annual Black Motherhood and Parenting New Play Festival.

Arena Stage Receives Grant of Support from The Mellon Foundation
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 30, 2024

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has received a transformative two-year grant of $1,500,000 from the Mellon Foundation. Learn more!

Arena Stage Announces Free Community Day In September
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 29, 2024

Arena Stage announced a free Community Day featuring performances, workshops, and family-friendly activities on September 15, 2024.

Arena Stage Names Judy Leventhal As Chief Financial Officer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 9, 2024

Arena Stage appointed Judy Leventhal as the new Chief Financial Officer, bringing her extensive experience in financial management to the organization. Learn more about Leventhal and about the role!

Arena Stage Reveals Senior Leadership Team Promotions
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 28, 2023

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the promotions of two of its senior leaders, Shonali Burke and Ryan E. Merkel, effective July 1, 2023.

John Gallagher, Jr., Stark Sands, Adrian Blake Enscoe & Wayne Duvall to Star in SWEPT AWAY at Arena Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 23, 2023

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the principal cast for its fall/winter 2023 production of Swept Away. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets!

Brooke Ishibashi, Abraham Kim & More to Star in CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND at Arena Stage
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 15, 2023

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has revealed the cast and creative team for Cambodian Rock Band. See who is starring, and learn how to purchase tickets!

Potomac Law Group's Catherine Guttman-McCabe Unanimously Elected As Board Chair For Arena Stage
by Stephi Wild - May 4, 2023

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announced that Catherine Guttman-McCabe was unanimously approved by the company's Board of Trustees to lead the organization as its newly appointed Board Chair, beginning May 1, 2023.

Arena Stage Names Hana Sharif as New Artistic Director
by Stephi Wild - Apr 25, 2023

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced that its Board of Trustees has unanimously selected Hana Sharif, Augustin Family Artistic Director of The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, as its next Artistic Director. She will succeed Molly Smith, who is retiring at the end of June after 25 years with the company.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN Comes to the Benedum Center in May
by Stephi Wild - Apr 13, 2023

The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, part of the 2022-2023 PNC Broadway in Pittsburgh series, presents DEAR EVAN HANSEN, May 2-7, 2023, on stage at the Benedum Center, 237 7th Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15222. 

DEAR EVAN HANSEN Comes To Playhouse Square in May
by Stephi Wild - Apr 7, 2023

 Dear Evan Hansen producer Stacey Mindich has announced complete casting for year four of the Tony Award-winning musical's critically-acclaimed, record-breaking North American Tour. 

Review: ANGELS IN AMERICA, PART ONE: MILLENNIUM APPROACHES at Arena Stage
by David Friscic - Apr 3, 2023

A seismic theatrical jolt shot through the theatre world this past Thursday evening when a startling, radically deconstructed production of Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches opened at the Arena Stage; this interpretation grabs you like a “fever-dream” of the mind.  As soon as I walked in to see this interpretation of this classic play of the American canon, a distinctly European sensibility took hold, and I noticed the chandeliers were all covers in heavy tarp/sheeting and the Angel was raking the theatre-in -the -round stage while moving gradations of sand around an inner circle.  This Angel appears with some frequency in this interpretation and we are reminded that there “are” angels in America ---perhaps we do not need be ruled by the crazed politics that divide us.  We can choose to fight our biases and preconceptions.

Great Seats Still Available for Blockbuster DEAR EVAN HANSEN At Washington Pavilion
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 31, 2023

Blockbuster Broadway musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN is coming to the Mary W. Sommervold Hall at the Washington Pavilion for eight performances April 18–23, 2023.

DEAR EVAN HANSEN Comes to the Morris Performing Arts Center Next Month
by Stephi Wild - Mar 24, 2023

The American Theatre Guild is thrilled to present the record-breaking North American Tour of the Tony Award®-Winning Best Musical, DEAR EVAN HANSEN. This production is part of the BROADWAY IN SOUTH BEND SERIES and will take the Morris Performing Arts Center stage April 25–30, 2023.

SWEPT AWAY, UNKNOWN SOLDIER, POTUS & More Set for Arena Stage 2023/24 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 8, 2023

Arena Stage has announced its 74th season. The upcoming subscription season will feature two original musicals, an acclaimed play with music, an uproarious comedy, Arena’s 11th Power Play, and a return by audience-favorite Step Afrika!.