Arena Stage announces 2013/14 season

 

Four world premieres including a work by Resident Playwright Charles Randolph-Wright
and a presentation by Tectonic Theater Project ***

ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN returns to Arena Stage June 21-August 11

 

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MUSICAL EVENT ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN
RETURNS TO ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER
JUNE 21-AUGUST 11, 2013

*** 2013 Helen Hayes Award nominee Mary Bridget Davies reprises her role as the legendary blues-inspired rock star ***

Critically acclaimed musical event ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN at Arena Stage

 

CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED MUSICAL EVENT ONE NIGHT WITH JANIS JOPLIN CELEBRATES THE LEGENDARY BLUES-INSPIRED ROCK STAR AT ARENA STAGE AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER – SEPTEMBER 28 – NOVEMBER 4, 2012

The Normal Heart is Beating Strong at Arena Stage

 

I had the absolute pleasure of watching pure genius and expert talent come together, the other night in the Kreeger Theater at Arena Stage.

What a thought provoking show! The combination of statistical information and facts combined with humor, rolled with brilliant acting, made for a play that is now on my, “everyone must-see list”. I am already planning when to take friends back and when to take family! There are very few shows, if any, that have a serious subject matter that I would watch over and over again and come out feeling uplifted. This play is written in such a unique way. I really can’t get over it! Having missed the show on Broadway last season, I only knew the synopsis. Which, as you all know, I won’t give away here! I will say that because the play revolves around the beginning of the HIV/Aids epidemic in the early 1980′s, it is easy to expect a somber evening. Playwright Larry Kramer has just the right amount of jocosity seamlessly braided through his story.  Alright, so you get my point!  On to the actors…

Special benefit performanc​e of THE NORMAL HEART

 

THE DATE:  FOR A SPECIAL PERFORMANCE OF THE NORMAL HEART TO BENEFIT THE WASHINGTON AIDS PARTNERSHIP AND ARENA STAGE  MONDAY, JULY 23 AT THE MEAD CENTER FOR AMERICAN THEATER

Arena Stage Announces their 2011-12 Season!

 

 

Eleven new shows for the sophomore year of the Mead Center for American Theater’s 2011-12 Season

Local Student Playwrights Win 10-Minute Play Competition

 

Out of more than 800 entries, eight selected playwrights receive an Arena Stage production and a cash prize of $250

THEATRE REVUE: Anna Deavere Smith’s Let Me Down Easy

 

Anna Deveare Smith is one of those theatrical powerhouses whose presence can singularly command an audience. It’s a rare and gifted performer who can headline a one-person show, and Smith is one of the few who’s utterly riveting again and again. Having tackled race and violence in Twilight: Los Angeles and Fires in the Mirror, Smith explores life, death and the meaning of grace in Let Me Down Easy.