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The Freewheelin' Insurgents melds Black Lives Matter activism and local theater 

Dramatic delivery; theater closures cue openings in the mail 

BWW Review: Rona Siddiqui's orchestrations end the Arena Riffs trilogy on a high note 

Psalmayene 24 talks about creating his new musical The Freewheelin' Insurgents 

A personal relationship to America's racial reckoning wraps up Arena Riffs 

Southwest DC Mass Vaccination Site Opens at Arena Stage

Photos: First Look at Arena Stage High-Capacity Vaccination Site

Shots from the Vaccination Site at Arena Stage 

Mass Vaccination Site Opens at DC's Arena Stage 

New Vaccination Site Opens at Arena Stage

Arena Riffs concludes next week with musical premiere of A More Perfect Union

Psalmayene 24 chats about the creation and inspiration of The Freewheelin' Insurgents

Black Actors Face Grief of Pandemic in Hip-Hop Musical from Arena Stage  

Arena Stage to Host High-Capacity COVID-19 Vaccination Site

D.C. to Open High-Capacity Vaccination Site at Arena Stage

A conversation with Molly Smith about her career and the future of theater 

BWW Review: 'Arena Riffs' offers Psalmayene 24's compelling The Freewheelin' Insurgents 

'A Quick 5' with Louis E. Davis in The Freewheelin' Insurgents at Arena Stage 

Keeping the arts alive: Arena Stage launches digital music series 

Arena Stage drops a pandemic-era hip-hop musical 

A look at The Freewheelin' Insurgents, Arena Stage's new musical 

The Bengsons create new indie-folk musical for Arena Stage

Summer dates announced for Camp Arena Stage and Audition Intensive

BWW Review: A 27-minute musical about happiness and loss during a COVID winter 

Give this folk rock duo 27 minutes. They'll give you a musically heartbreaking world.

Arena's Commissioned Music Series, Arena Riffs, Begins Next Week

Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise Comes to Life via Love Letters

Staging the Recovery: Live Events a Year Into the Pandemic

Looking back at the legacy of The Great White Hope 

Arena Stage announces virtual 2021 Looking Forward Season

Arena Stage creates a series of nine snail-mailings for fans for Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise

BWW Interview: Theatre Life with Jenn Sheetz

Arena Stage Offers Robust Virtual Slate of Programming for 2021 Looking Forward Season

Arena Stage Announces Winter/Spring Looking Forward Season

Arena Stage Stretching in New Directions Online with a Film by Indigenous Artists and Three Original Musicals 

Ken Ludwig on his parents' love story and the lost art of letter-writing 

Unique Local Ways to Celebrate Valentine's This Year

'A Quick 5' with Jenn Sheetz, Properties Director of Arena Stage

Arena Stage Launches Love Letter Experience Through the Mail

The Year 2020 in Arts 

BWW Blog: Sharing Their Stories - An Interview with Seema Sueko

The Year Theaters Went Dark

DC area entertainment venues likely to see dedicated funding in relief bill

DC Theater: Innovation is Everywhere

Arena Stage Announces New Virtual Classes for Winter Season

Arena Stage welcomes Georgetown, Howard students in exploration of playwriting

Looking for Santa's Workshop? Try Your Local Theater

Thoughts of a Colored Man, workshopped at Arena Stage, headed to Broadway

Area theaters navigating safety protocols to welcome back audiences

War Words film adapted play brings veterans' stories to the screen on Veterans Day

Arena Stage and The Atlantic Council announce virtual viewing of Veterans Day 2020 

Arena Stage and The Atlantic Council premiere Veterans Day 2020 

Ahead of 2020 election,  E. Faye Butler speaks about importance of getting out the vote

Five lively groups nurturing the arts in Washington, D.C. 

"Backwards to the past": Arena Stage reopens with election message

Arena Stage returns to live performances with an outdoor production of the rousing Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It! 

E. Faye Butler discusses the need for artists to be activists

E. Faye Butler speaks out on playing Fannie Lou Hamer right now

Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It! encourages audiences to vote

Arena Stage produces first live production since pandemic, Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It! 

Bilingual virtual festival features American, Russian playwrights 

Arena Stage delivers outdoor performances of Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It!

Arena Stage resumes performances with live outdoor show 

BWW Interview: Theatre Life with E. Faye Butler

Binational playmaking takes exuberant, revealing form in the Russian-American 'Flash Acts'

Kamilah Forbes named 2020 Zelda Fichandler Award Recipient 

Arena Stage Offers Free Outdoor Play on Civil Rights Activism 

E. Faye Butler to rock the vote as Fannie Lou Hamer at Arena Stage

Arena Stage to Host Outdoor Performances of Fannie Lou Hamer, Speak On It! 

Free ‘Flash Acts’ theater festival to spotlight U.S. and Russian artists

The 51st State takes a look at the social justice movement

Seema Sueko discusses the process of making 'The 51st State' and the future of theater.

Arena Stage Remembers Ginsburg as Patron of the Arts

D.C. citizens speak through Arena Stage’s new film 'The 51st State'

Arena Stage docudrama makes case for making D.C. ‘The 51st State’

'The 51st State' – BLM and the Movement for D.C. Representation

Arena Stage Releases 'The 51st State', A Movie About D.C. Statehood

Playwright Aria Velz Talks About Arena Stage’s Film 'The 51st State'

Arena Stage Releases Third World-Premiere Film, ‘The 51st State’

BWW Video: Watch Arena Stage's Latest World Premiere Film 'The 51st State'

To understand what’s going on in the streets of D.C., theaters are having stage artists make movies

New film highlights Black Lives Matter movement and D.C.'s fight for statehood

Pandemic Forces Performing Arts Leaders to Rethink

Arena Stage tackles D.C. statehood, racism in livestream ’The 51st State’

Molly Smith speaks about the premiere of The 51st State 

Allen Lee Hughes Receives Henry Hewes Design Awards' Ming Cho Lee Lifetime Achievement Honor

Looking Back to Look Forward

Entertainment venues lit up in red, call attention to need for Congressional pandemic aid

Theatre Life with Otis Cortez Ramsey-Zöe on creating 'The 51st State'

VIDEO - Arena Stage's 2020/21 Season Will Begin January 2021; Announced During Livestream Event

Arena Stage's Playwrights' Arena Program Features Partnerships With Howard and Georgetown Universities

Youth respond to COVID-19 in heartfelt ‘Inside Voices’ film from Arena Stage

BWW Video: Watch Arena Stage's World-Premiere Film May 22, 2020

14 Virtual Theatre Summer Camps for Kids and Teens in Times of Social Distancing

What does a theater company do when it can’t make theater? Make a film.

Arena Stage presents virtual summer state ‘Looking Forward’

Artists brighten windows of shuttered businesses with new murals

Regional Costume Shop Director Reflects on the Hundreds of Connections That Make Theatre Imperative

Spotlight: Arena Stage's "Intermission" online programming

Arena Stage Gifts of Art

Arena Stage Plans On Roaring Back

Arena Stage Announces Virtual Programming

First Person: Words of Hope From Arena Stage's Molly Smith

Molly Smith: “Our job as artists is to remind our fellow human beings that better days are coming”

We Will Gather Again, Because We Have To

Curtain Call: DC area theaters hope to stage comeback after coronavirus

As Fundraisers Take Stock of a Grim New Landscape, They See Different Paths Ahead

Local Arts Groups Rely on Community Funding in the Absence of Government Support

Arena Stage Creates Masks for Children's National Hospital

Great reads for the armchair traveler

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

A look at Eduardo Machado's Celia and Fidel

Eduardo Machado on penning Celia and Fidel

Eduardo Machado talks about inspiration behind Celia and Fidel

Celia and Fidel: why the timing is perfect for a new play about Castro

At Long Last, Eduardo Machado Faces Fidel

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

Spotlighting August Wilson's Seven Guitars

Photo Flash: August Wilson's Seven Guitars Heads Into Rehearsal at Arena Stage

Full Cast Announced for Seven Guitars at Arena Stage

Full Cast of Toni Stone by Lydia R. Diamond Announced 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

Watch Kristolyn Lloyd and Cornelius S. Smith Jr. perform "Let the Storm Come."

First look at American Prophet: Frederick Douglass in His Own Words

Sneak Peek at "Let the Storm Come" from American Prophet: Frederick Douglass in His Own Words

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