“We will break the cycle of exclusion and disengagement among our young people that keeps them from considering the theater as a realistic career option.” — Zelda Fichandler, Founding Director of Arena Stage The Allen Lee Hughes BIPOC Fellowship is a program near and dear to Arena Stage and [...]
I am delighted to pen my first note as your new Artistic Director at Arena Stage! I'm looking forward to getting to know you over the coming days, weeks, and months, and I wanted to take a moment to say hello. I am so grateful for the incredibly warm welcome [...]
We can’t believe the time is here, but it’s Molly Smith’s last week as Artistic Director of Arena Stage. She took the helm of this historic, internationally recognized theater—the first integrated theater in Washington, D.C.—at a time when women artistic directors of leading theaters were few and far between. [...]
