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Dramatizing Khaled Hosseini’s Novel A Thousand Splendid Suns Into a Lyrical Play About Female Friendship and Resilience

In A Thousand Splendid Suns, a searing indictment of the Taliban’s treatment of women

Haysam Kadri and Lanna Joffrey talk about bringing A Thousand Splendid Suns to the stage

‘A Quick 5’ with Hend Ayoub of A Thousand Splendid Suns at Arena Stage

Arena Stage presents East Coast premiere of A Thousand Splendid Suns

Behind the lines: A talk with Hend Ayoub

How a play about the Taliban’s oppression of women manages to be both harrowing and hopeful

Courageous daughters in A Thousand Splendid Suns inspire us

Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Celia and Fidel at Arena Stage

Haysam Kadri chats about timeliness of A Thousand Splendid Suns

Photo Flash: A Thousand Splendid Suns Celebrates Opening Night at Arena Stage

Photo Flash: First Look at A Thousand Splendid Suns at Arena Stage

BWW Interview: Haysam Kadri of A Thousand Splendid Suns at Arena Stage

Behind the Scenes: A Thousand Splendid Suns @ Arena Stage

Family man Haysam Kadri on playing the villain in the Afghan play A Thousand Splendid Suns

Photo Flash: A Thousand Splendid Suns Begins Rehearsals At Arena Stage

Arena Stage Announces Cast and Creative for A Thousand Splendid Suns

Mother Road, an inclusive modern spin on an American classic

Mother Road: A Modern Story Inspired by Steinbeck's Classic Novel

BWW Interview: Tony Sancho of Mother Road at Arena Stage

Tony Sancho and Natalie Camunas talk about Mother Road

Tony Sancho talks about the inspiration behind Mother Road

‘A Quick 5’ with Kaitlyn Pietras, Projection Designer for Mother Road

Photo Flash: Mother Road Celebrates Opening Night at Arena Stage

Playwright Octavio Solis Expands American Narrative With Mother Road

On the Mother Road with Tony Sancho

Mother Road Shares a Modern Take of Steinbeck’s Migrant Tale

Mark Murphey chats about timeliness of Mother Road

Driving Down Arena’s Mother Road with Cedric Lamar

Photo Flash: Inside First Rehearsal For Mother Road at Arena Stage

Cast and Creative Team Announced for Mother Road at Arena Stage

Octavio Solis’s Journey to Mother Road

GALA Hispanic Theatre and Arena Stage amplify Cuban voices with a twofer of plays by Nilo Cruz and Eduardo Machado

World Premiere of Celia and Fidel Is Announced at Arena Stage

Robert M. Jimenez, Marian Licha and more will star in the world premiere of Celia and Fidel at Arena Stage

Lydia Diamond Wins 2020 Horton Foote Playwriting Award

Toni Stone: A Pioneer of America’s Pastime

Big-League Baseball’s First Woman, on a Stage of Her Own

For a new play about baseball, the actors needed a designated hitting coach

Interview with Cornelius Smith Jr. on World-Premiere Musical American Prophet

Cornelius Smith Jr. Will Star in World Premiere of American Prophet Musical at Arena Stage

Cornelius Smith Jr. to Play Frederick Douglass in American Prophet: Frederick Douglass In His Own Words

Charles Randolph-Wright Will Direct World Premiere of American Prophet Musical at Arena Stage

World Premiere of American Prophet Musical Announced at Arena Stage

New Theresa Rebeck, Craig Lucas Plays to Premiere at Arena Stage 2020-21 Season

Arena Stage Announces 10-Show Lineup for 2020-21

Arena Stage announces Rashomon, Catch Me If You Can for 2020-2021 slate

Corbin Bleu to Star in Catch Me If You Can in Washington, D.C.

Arena Stage Announces 2020/21 Season; Corbin Bleu in Catch Me If You Can, and More!

Arena Stage Unveils World Premieres From Craig Lucas and Theresa Rebeck, a Lynn Nottage Revival, and More

Arena Stage Will Present the American Voice Award to Assistant Speaker Ben Ray Luján

Molly Smith talks about her career in the theater

6 Theatre Workers You Should Know

Arena Stage Names 4 New Playwrights for Power Plays Initiative

Photo Flash: Ken Ludwig and More at Arena Stage's 'Letters Around Arena'

2020 Visions: Theatre leaders tell us what lies ahead

Photo Flash: Arena Stage Hosts Ninth Annual Military Thanksgiving

A London Theater Tour With Arena Stage

Lighting Designer: Allen Lee Hughes reflects on his career spanning five decades

PAAL recognizes the cast of Junk at Arena Stage

Tony Winner Heather Headley Will Headline Arena Stage's 2020 Gala

Heather Headley Will Headline Arena Stage 70th Anniversary Gala

Arena Stage to Host Ninth Annual Military Thanksgiving

Paul Tazewell tracks his career from Midwestern theater student to costume designer for Hamilton

Arena Stage To Host Ninth Annual Military Thanksgiving

Magic Time!: A theater buff auditions the GalaPro app

BWW Flashback: A Look Back in Pictures as Arena Stage Celebrates 70 years of Groundbreaking Theatrical Excellence

Arena Stage to Honor Baayork Lee

Celebrating Arena Stage at 70

Journalist Kara Swisher To Moderate Privacy Law Panel at Arena Stage

Arena Stage’s Molly Smith on the Wild Changes Around Southwest DC

Arena Stage Names Nataki Garrett Inaugural Andrew R. Ammerman Directing Award Recipient

Arena Stage Honors Nataki Garrett with Andrew R. Ammerman Directing Award

Photo Flash: Arena Stage 2019-2020 Season Preview

Arena Stage Kicks Off 2019/20 Season with Free Community Day and Props Sale

What Makes Washington, D.C.’s Arena Stage One of the Most Impressive Historic Theatres in the Country

Arena Stage Community Day Taking Place on August 24

Celebrate 70th Season at Arena Stage Community Day

Arena Stage's Community Day: Full of Family Fun

Tony-Award-Winning Dear Evan Hansen Was Born in D.C.

Three Local Theaters Are Throwing Free Open Houses This Month

Arena Stage Announces 70th Anniversary Season Community Day

AU and Arena Stage Team Up to Support Nation’s Top New Theatre Artistic Directors

Fiercely Imaginative: Arena Stage at 70

August Wilson Festival Kicks Off Season at Arena Stage

Arena Stage and American University Announce Artistic Director Intensive

Arena Stage announces cast members for Newsies and more

Edward Gero, Tazewell Thompson and more join Arena Stage's 2019/20 Season

Photo Flash: Inside Arena Stage's Reading of the Mueller Report Volume II

Live reading of Mueller Report in D.C. draws full house

July 11: DC actors, artists and community leaders join in marathon reading of The Mueller Report, Volume II at Arena Stage

The Mueller Report Is the Surprise Hit of the Summer

Arena Stage to Host 11-Hour Marathon Reading of the Mueller Report

DC Arena Stage to host 11-hour reading of Mueller report’s 2nd volume

Arena Stage To Host 11-Hour Marathon Reading of the Mueller Report, Volume II

Stage is Set for Dramatic Reading of the Mueller Report

Arena Stage will host a marathon reading of the Mueller Report, Volume 2

Arena Stage Will Host an 11-Hour Reading of the Mueller Report

Arena Stage Is Hosting A Marathon Reading Of The Mueller Report

Molly Smith: Now Is the Best Time to Be Making Theater

Meet 10 of DC’s Biggest Theater Stars

Kathleen Turner shines at Arena Stage Gala

Arena Stage honors Nina Totenberg at annual Gala

Kathleen Turner on her new cabaret, gay icon status, Hollywood career and more

Kathleen Turner shares movie memories ahead of Arena Stage Gala

Artist Lindsey Brittain Collins to be honored at Arena Stage Gala

Broadway favorites are among the Helen Hayes Award winners

Arena Stage wins seven Helen Hayes Awards, with Anything Goes on top

Arena Stage announces cast and creative additions for 2018/19 season

Area artist highlights black Georgetown, receives award from Arena Stage

American Voice Award Presented To U.S. Representative John Lewis (D-GA)

Actor Ed Gero talks his time at Arena and in the D.C. Theater Scene

Arena Stage celebrates its 70th Season!

Kathleen Turner to perform in D.C.

Arena Stage 12th D.C. Career Fair To Be Held April 17

Take an inside look into the Voices of Now international trip

Arena Stage Voices of Now artists return from international trip

Here's what's headed to Arena Stage for the 2019/20 Season

Arena Stage debuts accessible captioning technology

Junk and JQA mentioned as top shows of the Spring

Ann Richards and Fidel Castro, players in Arena Stage’s 70th Season

Announcing Arena Stage's 70th Season

Arena Stage's 2019-20 Season is announced

Announcing installation of GalaPro Software at Arena Stage

Arena Stage Gala To Recognize Lindsey Brittain Collins As Emerging Leader

Arena Stage Announces Additional Playwrights to Join Power Plays Initiative

Additional Playwrights Join Power Plays Initiative At Arena Stage

Jon Gossett is named Chief Development Officer

New Musical Dave Among Helen Hayes Award Nominees

Theater of the Mind: Washington Ear brings live theater to visually impaired

Camp Arena Stage hosts 2nd annual Camp Open House 1/12

DC Metro Theater Arts Names Dave one of 2018's Outstanding Productions

Lavern Chatman and Annie Simonia Totah to lead Arena Stage's Gala

Two Arena stars share their craziest stage mishaps

Two Trains Running named a 'sensation' of 2018

Arena Stage hosts eighth annual Military Thanksgiving

Camp Arena Stage Open House to be held on 1/12

Dialogue Starters announced for Civil Dialogue on January 14, 2019

Arena Stage announces 8th annual Military Thanksgiving

Arena Stage Gala To Honor NPR's Nina Totenberg; Kathleen Turner Headlines

Arena Stage's Dialogue Starters Announced For 11/11 Civil Dialogues

Taye Diggs leads Thoughts of a Colored Man workshop taking place at Arena Stage

Arena Stage kicks off the 2018-19 Season with annual Season Preview event

Get a taste of what Community Day has to offer on 8/25!

Del Mar Chef Brinn shares the recipe he'll be re-creating for Community Day

Upcoming Dialogue Starters announced for the Arena Civil Dialogues

Molly Smith on the Continuing Importance of The Originalist

Arena Stage to Host Exclusive Wine Auction and Wine Dinner

After the play; a supreme encore from Ruth Bader Ginsburg

An RBG appearance isn't a Talkback, it's an event

Arena Stage announces cast and creative additions for 2018/19 season

The Originalist celebrates its 59E59 opening night

Reynerio Tamayo's Cuban Slugger exhibit opens at Arena Stage

Future dialogue starters announced for Arena Civil Dialogues

Arena Stage Gala 2018 is a success

Star duet is formed at Camp Arena Stage

The 2018 Arena Stage Gala is a night to remember

A unique multi-arts camp experience

Arena Stage stands strong while Wharf transforms Southwest

Anita Maynard-Losh is named Senior Artistic Advisor

Arena Hosts Civil Dialogue On Race Relations In America

Arena Civil Dialogues to continue at Arena Stage

Demoya Watson Brown talks her career and Camp Arena Stage

Cuban Artist Reynerio Tamayo Exhibition at Arena Stage

Molly Smith named in Power 100 List

Arena Stage honors Mayor Muriel Bowser at Annual Gala

Career Fair to be Held at Arena Stage April 27

Lights, Camera, Eco-Friendly Action: Arena Stage's Solar Rooftop

Arena Stage Hosts Arena Forum on Privacy and Surveillance

How Arena Stage is Shaking Up Broadway