Marg Helgenberger Returns to Her Stage Roots in ‘The Little Foxes’
The Emmy winner takes on the role of Regina Giddens in the Lillian Hellman classic.
All Stories About Arena Stage
The Legend of Zelda
Zelda Fichandler wasn’t just a founder of the American resident theatre movement; she was also one of its most clear-eyed critics.
Zelda Fichandler, Valiant Striver in the Arena
The dynamo who led Arena Stage and NYU Tisch’s acting program was acutely interested in human beings, and what theatre could reveal about them.
TCG Announces Inaugural Cohort for Rising Leaders of Color Program
Ten leaders of color from the D.C. Metro area will receive development and networking opportunities.
Ayad Akhtar Named 2016–17 Playwright in Residence at Arena Stage
The playwright will create a new work for a future season at the theatre.
Lynn Nottage’s ‘Sweat’ Receives 2016 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize
The Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright receives a $25,000 award for her play about America’s industrial decline.
Arena Stage Slates Women-Powered 2016–17 Season
Highlights include a Lillian Hellman festival and new historical plays by Lisa Loomer and Jacqueline Lawton.
Offscript: Eric Bogosian and Mike Daisey’s Wild Ride
This week, we welcome monologists Eric Bogosian and Mike Daisey, who chat about why they love and hate solo shows. Plus, the editors discuss television, leadership transitions in Chicago, and Wooster/Pinter kerfuffle.
Know a Theatre: Unicorn Theatre of Kansas City, Mo.
The Midwestern company is blazing new trails by producing contemporary American plays.
Michael Ross To Rejoin Center Stage and Depart Westport Country Playhouse
Ross will leave the Connecticut theatre to succeed Stephen Richard as the managing director of Center Stage in Baltimore.
