Lillian Hellman Festival at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater continues the company’s season-long Lillian Hellman Festival by hosting free programming, including staged readings, panel discussions and film screenings, January 25-February 5, 2017 to celebrate the iconic playwright, author and political activist. All Festival events are FREE but reservations are required. To reserve your tickets, visit arenastage.org/hellman-festival or call the Arena Stage Sales Office at 202-488-3300.

Panel Discussion – Beyond Gender: Inspiring Generations of Female Writers
Sunday, January 29 at 4:00 p.m.
In the Arlene and Robert Kogod Cradle
During this panel, contemporary female playwrights discuss the effect that Hellman’s writing, life and legacy have had on their own careers. Panelists include Executive Director of the National New Play Network and Coordinating Producer of the Women’s Voices Theater Festival Nan Barnett; Georgetown University professor and playwright Christine Evans; and playwrights Mary Kathryn Nagle and Karen Zacarías.