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Arena Stage
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| Address | 1101 Sixth Street Southwest, Washington, D.C. United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°52′38″N 77°01′13″W / 38.8772°N 77.0203°W |
| Public transit | Waterfront station (Washington Metro) Metrobus (Washington, D.C.) |
| Operator | Molly Smith, Edgar Dobie |
| Genre(s) | American Plays & Playwrights |
| Capacity | 1,392 |
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| Opened | 1950 |
| Renovated | 2008–2010 |
| Years active | 1950–present |
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Arena Stage is a not-for-profit regional theater based in Southwest, Washington, D.C. Established in 1950, it was the first racially integrated theater in Washington, D.C.,[1] and its founders helped start the U.S. regional theater movement.[2][3] It has three stages. The Artistic Director is Hana S. Sharif. It is the largest company in the country dedicated to American plays and playwrights.[4] Arena Stage commissions and develops new plays. Its productions have received numerous local and national awards, including the Tony Award for best regional theater and over 600 Helen Hayes Awards.[5]
The current Artistic Director is Hana S. Sharif.[6] It is the largest company in the country dedicated to American plays and playwrights.[4] Arena Stage commissions and develops new plays through its Power Plays initiative.[7] The company serves an annual audience of more than 300,000.[8][5] Its productions have received numerous local and national awards, including the Tony Award for best regional theater[9] and over 600 Helen Hayes Awards.[10][5][11]
- ^ Levey, Bob (July 29, 2016). "Zelda Fichandler, Arena Stage co-founder and matriarch of regional-theater movement, dies at 91". The Washington Post.
- ^ lainw. "Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater". Dumbarton Oaks. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
- ^ History, The Oscar G. Brockett Center for Theatre; Criticism (2020-08-04). "This Month in Theatre History". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2022-09-12.
- ^ a b Goodman, Mike (31 July 2019). "Fiercely Imaginative: Arena Stage at Seventy". Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ a b c Fierberg, Ruthie (August 22, 2019). "What Makes Washington, D.C.'s Arena Stage One of the Most Impressive Historic Theatres in the Country". Playbill.
- ^ "Arena Stage Director Hana Sharif (Paywall)". Washington Post.
- ^ Jones, Kenneth (December 28, 2011). "Part of American Voices New Play Institute Will Exit DC's Arena and Enter Boston's Emerson College". Playbill.
- ^ News Desk (2022-06-11). "Molly Smith to retire from Arena Stage in 2023". DC Theater Arts. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
- ^ "Regional Theatre Tony". American Theatre Critics Association. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
- ^ Editors, American Theatre (2019-05-15). "Arena Stage Tops the Helen Hayes Awards". AMERICAN THEATRE. Retrieved 2022-07-14.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "Arena Stage Receives 9 Helen Hayes Awards". The New York Times. 1991-05-08. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
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