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Arena Stage

1101 6th St SW
Washington D.C, DC 20024

Arena Stage is a theatre in Washington D.C, DC.

Upcoming Shows

The Fruits of Our Labor

The Fruits of Our Labor

Sep 10 – Nov 1, 2026

The Fruits of Our Labor is a world premiere production from Step Afrika!, commemorating America's 250th anniversary. Directed by Jakari Sherman, with Conrad R. Kelly II and Vusi Mdoyi, the work blends stepping, percussion, poetry, and song into a rhythmic exploration of...

Prima Facie

Prima Facie

Jan 8 – Mar 7, 2027

Tessa is a brilliant criminal defense attorney who has fought her way to the top of her field, defending men accused of sexual assault. She knows how to win, and she trusts the system that made her success possible. But when the unthinkable happens to her, she finds herself...

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THE LAST VICTORIAN to Premiere at Washington Stage Guild

THE LAST VICTORIAN to Premiere at Washington Stage Guild

by A.A. Cristi · October 20, 2026

Washington Stage Guild will present the world premiere of JB Miller's dark comedy about two failed British antique dealers who inherit the world's oldest person and attempt to monetize her.…

Review: STONEWALL'S BUST at Best Medicine Rep

Review: STONEWALL'S BUST at Best Medicine Rep

by David Friscic · October 20, 2026

An air of merriment and unabashed mayhem pervades the hilarious and totally chaotic, hilarious, satiric comedy Stonewall’s Bust (presented at The Writer’s Center by the Best Medicine Rep). The acting ensemble works comedic wonders under the direction of Evan Morogiello.…

Review: THE FLYING LOVERS OF VITEBSK at Theater J

Review: THE FLYING LOVERS OF VITEBSK at Theater J

by Pamela Roberts · October 17, 2026

THE FLYING LOVERS OF VITEBSK knits together theatre, music and aerial performance in a production that is memorable, meaningful and gorgeous to behold. Music, movement, color, words and images conjure the real-life union of Marc and Bella Chagall and the tempestuous times they lived through. …

Review: FRIDA... A SELF PORTRAIT at Shakespeare Theatre Company

Review: FRIDA... A SELF PORTRAIT at Shakespeare Theatre Company

by Abby Korb · October 16, 2026

If Frida Kahlo was still alive today, I imagine conversations with her would be pretty close to how Vanessa Severo portrays it in her brilliant one-woman play Frida… A Self Portrait, now onstage at the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Klein Theatre.…

BWW Reviews: MONSTERS OF THE VILLA DIODATI at Creative Cauldron Stage

BWW Reviews: MONSTERS OF THE VILLA DIODATI at Creative Cauldron Stage

by Itai Yasur · October 15, 2026

A veritable whirlwind of events, contrivances, and literal storms brought Lord Byron, his physician John William Polidori, Percy Shelley, Mary Shelley, and Mary’s stepsister, Claire Clairmont to the Villa Diodati mansion at Lake Geneva, Switzerland.…

Past Shows

127 total · showing 61–70

Turn Me Loose

Turn Me Loose

Sep 6 – Oct 14, 2018

This intimate and no-holds-barred drama chronicles Dick Gregory’s rise as the first Black comedian to expose audiences to racial comedy. His comedy spared no one including politicians, celebrities and the white supremacists who were part of his regular audience. In confronting...

Snow Child

Snow Child

Apr 13 – May 20, 2018

Eowyn Ivey’s debut novel The Snow Child, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is reborn as a magical new musical with a bluegrass-infused score. The 1920 Alaskan wilderness is a brutal place to try to save a marriage. Reeling from the loss of an unborn child, Mabel and Jack...

Two Trains Running

Two Trains Running

Mar 30 – Apr 29, 2018

It’s 1969 and the Civil Rights Movement is sending tremors through Pittsburgh’s Hill District. At the center of the community is Memphis Lee’s diner, slated to be demolished—a casualty of the city’s renovation project. Confronted with a rapidly changing world, Memphis and his...

Hold These Truths

Hold These Truths

Feb 23 – Apr 8, 2018

There is a Japanese proverb that says, “The nail that sticks out is the one that gets hit.” In 1941, one American, the son of Japanese immigrants, was the nail threatened by the hammer of the United States government. Reeling from the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor and driven...

The Great Society

The Great Society

Feb 2 – Mar 11, 2018

Robert Schenkkan’s Tony Award-winning play All the Way set the stage for President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s sudden ascent to the White House. In its D.C. premiere, The Great Society brings the second half of Schenkkan’s epic story to its harrowing conclusion. As America is...

Sovereignty

Sovereignty

Jan 12 – Feb 18, 2018

Some wounds refuse to heal. Mary Kathryn Nagle’s daring new work, which debuts as the fourth production in Arena Stage’s Power Plays initiative, travels the intersections of personal and political truths, historic and present struggles. Sarah Ridge Polson, a young Cherokee...

Nina Simone: Four Women

Nina Simone: Four Women

Nov 10 – Dec 24, 2017

Velvet-throated songstress Nina Simone hypnotized audiences with her signature renditions of standards from the American songbook. But on September 15, 1963, a devastating explosion in Birmingham, Alabama rocked our entire nation to the core, and from the memory of the four...

The Pajama Game

The Pajama Game

Oct 27 – Dec 24, 2017

The Sleep-Tite Pajama Factory is a tiptop model of efficiency—so why are things getting so steamy? It could have something to do with how hard new superintendent Sid Sorokin has fallen for Babe Williams, the trouble-making head of the union grievance committee. Sparks really...

The Pajama Game PJ Party & C*CKtail Hour

The Pajama Game PJ Party & C*CKtail Hour

Dec 2

Wear your pajamas and join Arena Stage and 94.7 Fresh-FM for a special cocktail hour after the performance of The Pajama Game – hosted by Jen Richer from The Tommy Show. Enjoy great food from Spilled Milk Catering, delicious drinks and prizes from Fresh FM.

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Are You Now or Have You Ever Been? in Washington, DC Are You Now or Have You Ever Been?
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater (10/17-12/06)
Frida...A Self Portrait in Washington, DC Frida...A Self Portrait
Shakespeare Theatre Company (10/08-11/08)
The Score in Washington, DC The Score
Shakespeare Theatre Company (9/11-10/25)
XXII FUEGO FLAMENCO FESTIVAL in Washington, DC XXII FUEGO FLAMENCO FESTIVAL
GALA Hispanic Theatre (11/05-11/22)
Monsters of the Villa Diodati in Washington, DC Monsters of the Villa Diodati
Creative Cauldron (10/08-11/01)
Some Like It Hot in Washington, DC Some Like It Hot
Bernard Family Theatre, Olney Theatre Center (9/18-11/08) VIDEOS
Stonewall's Bust in Washington, DC Stonewall's Bust
The Writers Center (10/09-10/25)
The Fruits of Our Labor in Washington, DC The Fruits of Our Labor
Arena Stage (9/10-11/01)
Churchill in Washington, DC Churchill
Olney Theatre Center (1/28-3/21)
7th Street Echo in Washington, DC 7th Street Echo
Mosaic Theater Company (3/25-4/18)