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 [...]
On January 22, 1973 (aka 51 years ago today), the U.S. Supreme Court made a landmark decision in the case of Roe v. Wade, ruling that the Constitution of the United States generally protected the right to have an abortion. This historic decision established the legal right to choose [...]
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. [...]
