Are all white people born racist? That’s the central question driving the play Smart People, a production that opens at Arena Stage later this week. Set against the backdrop of Barack Obama’s 2008 ...

“Arena Riffs will take us on three different emotional journeys through our virtual world, using music, lyrics and each artist’s unique creative visions. The artists were asked to create whatever they ...

Following closely in the wake of courtroom drama Inherit the Wind, Arena opens the forum of its in-the-round Fichandler Stage to another heated debate on the nature of humanity, among other things, in ...

When the curtain rose on Arena Stage in Washington in 1950, it was as if a spotlight was being switched on for live theater across America. Under the stewardship of Arena’s founding artistic director ...

Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has announced its Fall/Winter Looking Forward Season featuring more than 70 virtual events and programs to engage with and respond to audiences in ...

It was the perfect place to sit down with Hana S. Sharif: a serene spot at the top of Arena Stage, one of the architectural wonders of the American theater, with three playhouses under one ...

This story has been updated to correct the spellling of Marta Lastufka’s last name and to note a photo with Barack Obama was taken in Chicago instead of Washington, D.C. On the day abortion rights ...