Virtual Events
Masterclasses
Masterclasses will focus on playwriting, acting, stage management and design. Geared for adults, each class is two to three hours long twice per week on Wednesdays and Fridays. In an intimate setting of no more than 10-16 people per class, it is an exciting opportunity for community members to connect with experts in the field to hone their craft or be inspired to learn a new skill. Due to the overwhelming demand, we are requesting that students sign up for only one masterclass each.
If you would like to be put on the waitlist for one of the masterclasses, please email your name, phone number, and the class you would like to be waitlisted for to Olivia Jones at ojones@arenastage.org.
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August 12 and 14 from 5 – 8 p.m.
Costume Design and Technology: The Business of “the Business” with Joseph Salasovich
August 19 and 21 from 5 – 7 p.m.
Playwriting Inspiration: Honing in on your voice with Karen Zacarías
August 26 and 28 from 5 – 7 p.m
Directing Snapshot with Seema Sueko
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Molly's Salon
A weekly Salon featuring artists and leaders of Arena Stage.
These half-hour-long weekly conversations will include some of our best thinkers and creative firebrands. Molly will sit down with a variety of artists and leaders to discuss new ideas they are excited about and glimmers of hope for the future.
Molly Salon's are from 7-7:30 p.m.
Thursday, August 13
Sheldon Epps, director
Leah C. Gardiner, director
Ruben Santiago-Hudson, director
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Thursday, August 20
Octavio Solis, playwright, Power Play commissioned writer
Tazewell Thompson, director and playwright
Najma Roberts, Democracy Fund
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Thursday, August 27
Khaled Nobawy, actor, Arena’s Camp David
Michael Edwards, Artistic Director, Asolo Repertory Theatre
Jackie Reyes-Yanes, Director of the Mayor's Office on Latino Affairs
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Thursday, September 3
Idris Goodwin, playwright and Power Play Commissioned Writer
Phillipa Hughes, Social Sculptor and Cultural Strategist
Jocelyn Clarke, dramaturg
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Broadway Dance Class
Choreographer Parker Esse (Anything Goes, Newsies) returns with energizing workouts and Broadway musical theater dance combination classes.
Classes are from 6-7 p.m.
Tuesday, August 18
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Civil Dialogues
Arena Stage hosts community conversations that provide an opportunity for members of the Washington, D.C., community to engage in civil discourse about social and political issues, and will demonstrate — with the goal — that people of diverse viewpoints can have fruitful dialogues with one another.
The Civil Dialogues are from 4-5:30 p.m.
August 17
Reaching the Other: How to dialogue with those with whom we differ greatly
Dr. Lara Brown, Director of GW Graduate School of Political Management
Camille Busette, Director of the Brookings Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative and a senior fellow in Governance Studies
Professor Cynthia Miller-Idriss, Professor of Education and Sociology at American University and Director of the Polarization and Extremism Research and Innovation Lab (PERIL)
Brette Steele, Director of Prevention and National Security at the McCain Institute International Leadership
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September 21
Suffer the Children: Child Care and Schools if COVID-19 Persists
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October 19
The First Hundred Days: Under Biden, Trump, or Biden and a GOP-controlled Senate
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