Who was Jacob Lawrence?
As part of Arena’s five-year partnership with Step Afrika!, the award-winning dance company is back at the Mead Center this summer with its hallmark production, The Migration: Reflections of Jacob Lawrence. The high-energy dance-theater show uses Lawrence’s famed group of paintings “The Migration Series” as both its artistic inspiration [...]
Arena Stage’s 2024 Gilded Age Gala
This year’s Arena Stage Gala was full of glamor, good times, and, yes, even a little bit of gold, as we celebrated our new artistic director, Hana S. Sharif, and a sublime season of storytelling. In a nod to the opulent 1870s high society portrayed in Edith Wharton’s Pulitzer-winning [...]
UNKNOWN SOLDIER Post-Show Conversations
A post-show conversation is a chance for audiences to discuss a production with members of the Arena Stage artistic team and the show's cast. They can cover a variety of topics, including the story's themes and relevance, artistic choices made for the production, the actors’ processes, and audience reflections and [...]
