Press releases

June 22. 2011

Double Feature: Odyssey Cruise followed by Oklahoma!

June 3, 2011

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! returns to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater after breaking box office records during sold-out run and winning Helen Hayes Award for Outstanding Resident Musical

May 16, 2011

Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program, in partnership with Arena Stage, remounts The Glass Menagerie and The Glass Menagerie Project June 9 – July 3 at the Mead Center for American Theater

May 12, 2011

Polly Carl to become director of the American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

May 4, 2011

Announcing new ticket savings program at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

April 26, 2011

Steppenwolf Theatre Company's production of Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? which was recently presented at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater to open on Broadway

April 18, 2011

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater hosts inaugural five-day Voices of Now Festival

April 14, 2011

World-premiere stage adaptation of A Time to Kill brings John Grisham's bestselling courtroom drama to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

March 31, 2011

Rodgers & Hammerstein's Oklahoma! to include original principal cast members for the summer revival at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

March 30, 2011

Lynn Nottage's Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Ruined, directed by Charles Randolph-Wright, takes the Fichandler stage for its first in-the-round production

February 22, 2011

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! returns to Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater after breaking box office records during sold-out run as the innaugural production of the Mead Center

February 16, 2011

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces 11 shows for a year long 2011-12 season

February 7, 2011

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater honors Edward Albee with American Artist Award at Benefit for Community Engagement Programming

January 27, 2011

Arena Stage announces casting and companies for the two-month long Edward Albee Festival

January 25, 2011

Arena Stage announces winners of its 12th annual student 10-minute play competition

January 12, 2011

Long time Arena Stage producer and Mead Center facility project director Guy Bergquist retires after combined 25 years with theater

January 6, 2011

American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage announces agenda for the upcoming national convening

January 6, 2011

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater hosts the #New Play Festival

December 17, 2010

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents The Arabian Nights written and directed by Tony Award winner Mary Zimmerman

December 8, 2010

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater releases the first American Voices New Play Institute Monograph

December 3, 2010

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater presents Second Stage Theatre's production of Let Me Down Easy conceived, written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith and directed by Leonard Foglia

November 18, 2010

Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! shatters box office records at Arena Stage and extends through December 30, 2010

November 4, 2010

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater hosts outdoor petting zoo before select performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma!

November 2, 2010

Arena Stage now accepting entries for the 11th annual Student Playwrights Project

October 18, 2010

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater produces the world premiere of Marcus Gardley's every tongue confess directed by Kenny Leon. Featuring Phylicia Rashad

October 12, 2010

Opening menu announced for Next Stage by Jose Andres the new cafe in Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

October 4, 2010

Tickets for the Homecoming Grand Opening Celebration at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater are released online Friday, October 8, 2010

September 30, 2010

The inaugural season of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater begins with Rodgers and Hammerstein's Oklahoma! directed by Molly Smith

September 21, 2010

Arena Stage celebrates fifth year of partnership with the Georgetown University Theater and Performing Studies Program

September 15, 2010

Arena Stage announces Tectonic Theater Project's productions The Laramie Project and The Laramie Project: 10 Years Later to be presented as part of the 2010-2011 season at the Mead Center for American Theater

August 19, 2010

Arena Stage opens the Mead Center for American Theater with a homecoming grand opening celebration featuring free performances, artist discussions and activities throughout the center

August 12, 2010

Registration opens for pilot class of theater 101, part of Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American theater's American Voices New Play Institute

August 10, 2010

Arena Stage announces casting for the inaugural productions to open the Mead Center for American Theater

August 6, 2010

Arena Stage announces President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama to be honorary chairs of inaugural season and re-opening gala of the Mead Center for American Theater

July 27, 2010

D.C. Mayor Fenty welcomes Arena Stage home to the Mead Center for American Theater in southwest D.C. with press conference on theater's 60th anniversary August 16

July 14, 2010

Arena Stage announces José Andrés Catering with Ridgewells as operator of cafe in the Mead Center for American Theater

June 18, 2010

Arena Stage announces Katori Hall, Lisa Kron, Amy Freed and Charles Randolph-Wright join Karen Zacarías as the first resident playwrights of The American Voices New Play Institute at Arena Stage receiving three years of benefits and resources to develop new work

Spring, 2010

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the 2010/11 inaugural season for new three-theater campus

May 12, 2010

Due to record-breaking high demand Arena Stage extends Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies through June 6, 2010

May 11, 2010

Arena Stage presents the east coast premiere of R. Buckminster Fuller: THE HISTORY (and Mystery) OF THE UNIVERSE

March 18, 2010

Director Charles Randolp-Wright celebrates "The Duke's" incomparable influence on music, dance and style in Arena Stage's production of Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies choreographed by and starring Maurice Hines.

February 23, 2010

Partial casting announced for the Arena Stage production of Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies starring and choreographed by Maurice Hines

February 17, 2010

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater announces the 2010/11 inaugural season for new three-theater campus

February 12, 2010

Arena Stage artistic director Molly Smith directs an intimate, chamber version of the award-winning musical The Light in the Piazza

January 20, 2010

Arena Stage announces full cast for The Light in the Piazza directed by Molly Smith

January 19, 2010

Arena Stage explores the synergy of science and art through a new partnership with the Buckminster Fuller Institute

December 14, 2009

Valerie Harper to star in Looped on Broadway February 2010

December 9, 2009

Arena Stage presents the modern family comedy Stick Fly

November 18, 2009

Arena Stage announces full cast for upcoming play Stick Fly

November 10, 2009

Arena Stage now accepting entries for the 10th annual Student Ten-Minute Play Competition

November 4, 2009

Aena Stage continues partnership with Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program into 4th year

November 2, 2009

A new twist on classic musical: The Fantasticks come to Arena Stage

September 30, 2009

Arena Stage announces full cast for upcoming musical The Fantasticks

September 17, 2009

Maurice Hines comes to D.C. to hold open dance auditions for Duke Ellington's Sophisticated Ladies and teach free master classes

September 3, 2009

Pop-rock comedy and holiday musical for people who dread the holidays Striking 12 joins Arena Restaged part two

August 19, 2009

New Script, new cast & new director for DC premiere of The Quality of Life

August 7, 2009

Arena Stage recieves $1.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Foundation towards creation of the American Voices New Play Institute

July 16, 2009

Arena Stage finishes 2008-09 season on solid ground despite unprecedented global economic crisis

June 1, 2009

Legacy of Light cast change announcement: Jennifer Mendenhall to replace Carla Harting in Arena Stage world premiere

May 6, 2009

Four-time Emmy winner Valerie Harper stars as Tallulah Bankhead in Looped making its D.C. area premiere at Arena Stage at the Lincoln Theatre

April 24, 2009

Arena Stage continues downstairs development program with new play reading series this summer

April 10, 2009

Legacy of Light shines in its world premiere at Arena Stage

March 24, 2009

Edgar Dobie joins arena stage as new Managing Director

March 6, 2009

Hats off to a new production of Crowns by Arena Stage

March 2, 2009

Arena Stage presents Maureen McGovern in A Long and Winding Road

February 25, 2009

Arena Stage announces Part Two of the Arena Restaged Festival of American Voices

February 24, 2009

NBC4's Lindsay Czarniak to replace Broadway-bound Alice Ripley in Arena Stage Annual Benefit

February 19, 2009

Next to Normal joins 33 Variations as the second Arena Stage production to transfer to Broadway this spring

February 11, 2009

17th Annual Arena Stage Benefit for Community Engagement

February 6, 2009

Arena Stage wins outstanding box office award

January 27, 2009

Arena Stage announces winners of its 10th Annual Student Ten-Minute Play Competition

January 5, 2009

There's No Business Like Show Business! Irving Berlin's I Love A Piano comes to Arena Stage

January 5, 2009

Arena Stage Crowns Zurin Villanueva as new Yolanda

December 9, 2008

Arena introduces New Deal tickets: $25 tickets to remaining shows in 2008-09 season

December 9, 2008

Arena Stage announces pre-Broadway engagement of Looped starring Valerie Harper to take place of Sweet Bird of Youth in Arena Restaged Part One season

December 2, 2008

Finding Yolanda: Arena Stage holds open casting call to discover new local talent for upcoming Crowns

December 1, 2008

Arena Stage announces full cast for A Delicate Balance

November 12, 2008

Arena Stage now accepting entries for the 10th Annual Student Ten-Minute Play Competition

November 6, 2008

The Arena Stage New Deal: For 24 hours get 7 shows for $25 each

October 31, 2008

From Off-Broadway to Arena Stage: The D.C. debut of Next to Normal

October 29, 2008

Arena Stage and the Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program present: Where Are You Taking Me? What's Next in Musical Theater

October 27, 2008

National Endowment for the Arts and Arena Stage announce inagural selections for NEA New Play Development Program

October 10, 2008

Arena Stage announces full cast for Next to Normal

September 24, 2008

Arena Presents Citizen Josh: the quixotic adventures of an unlikely activist

May 8, 2008

Carrie Fisher stars in Wishful Drinking at Arena Stage at the Lincoln Theatre

May 8, 2008

Daniel Beaty returns to Arena Stage with the powerful world premiere Resurrection

May 8, 2008

Charles Ludlam's hilarious The Mystery of Irma Vep comes to life at Arena Stage

April 28, 2008

Arena Stage announces winners of its 9th annual student ten-minute play competition

April 10, 2008

Arena Stage announces programming for momentous two-year festival, Arena Restaged

March 31, 2008

U.S. theater critics honor Moises Kaufman's 33 Variations with $25,000 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award

March 31, 2008

Arena Stage announces the departure of Executive Director Stephen Richard

February 14, 2008

Programming Returns to Arena Stage with two plays by American Giant Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman and A View from the Bridge

February 8, 2008

Registration Now Open For Camp Arena Stage

February 8, 2008

Arena Stage Now Accepting Entries for the 9th Annual Student Ten-minute play competition

January 30, 2008

Arena Stage Construction Officially Underway on Expansion to build Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater

January 14, 2008

Groundbreaking date set to commence construction on $125 million expansion to build Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater