Working In The Theatre: Arena Stage

The creation of Arena Stage marked the beginnings of the regional theater movement in the United States in the 1950’s. As a pioneer in theater outside of New York City, Arena Stage became the first advanced theater in D.C. and the country including becoming the first to theater in D.C. to be racially integrated, the first recipient of the Regional Tony Award, and many more.

Today, Arena Stage thrives with a new exciting facility where all production work and productions take place under one roof. During these productions, Arena encourages the conversations onstage to continue offstage, and with a large audience of politicos and influencers attending these shows, it is no wonder that Arena is a huge part of opening up ideas and presenting questions in American Theatre.

Leadership support provided by Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

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This is a wonderful video for all students of theater. Thank you for this!!!

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I'm just finding out about this Arena Stage and discovering Molly Smith. I am so very impressed with her artistic ability. Please tell her I would like her to be part of my Broadway show "NoConintended".