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Current Releases
December 9, 2008
Arena introduces New Deal tickets: $25 tickets to remaining shows in 2008-09 season >

December 9, 2008
Arena Stage announces pre-Broadway engagement of Looped starring Valerie Harper to take place of Sweet Bird of Youth in Arena Restaged Part One season >

December 2, 2008
Finding Yolanda: Arena Stage holds open casting call to discover new local talent for upcoming Crowns >

December 1, 2008
Arena Stage announces full cast for A Delicate Balance >

November 12, 2008
Arena Stage now accepting entries for the 10th Annual Student Ten-Minute Play Competition >

November 6, 2008
The Arena Stage New Deal: For 24 hours get 7 shows for $25 each >

October 31, 2008
From Off-Broadway to Arena Stage: The D.C. debut of Next to Normal >

October 29, 2008
Arena Stage and the Georgetown University Theater and Performance Studies Program present: Where Are You Taking Me? What's Next in Musical Theater >

October 27, 2008
National Endowment for the Arts and Arena Stage announce inagural selections for NEA New Play Development Program >

October 10, 2008
Arena Stage announces full cast for Next to Normal >

September 24, 2008
Arena Presents Citizen Josh: the quixotic adventures of an unlikely activist >

May 8, 2008
Carrie Fisher stars in Wishful Drinking at Arena Stage at the Lincoln Theatre >

May 8, 2008
Daniel Beaty returns to Arena Stage with the powerful world premiere Resurrection >

May 8, 2008
Charles Ludlam's hilarious The Mystery of Irma Vep comes to life at Arena Stage >

April 28, 2008
Arena Stage announces winners of its 9th annual student ten-minute play competition >

April 10, 2008
Arena Stage announces programming for momentous two-year festival, Arena Restaged >

March 31, 2008
U.S. theater critics honor Moises Kaufman's 33 Variations with $25,000 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award >

March 31, 2008
Arena Stage announces the departure of Executive Director Stephen Richard >

February 14, 2008
Programming Returns to Arena Stage with two plays by American Giant Arthur Miller: Death of a Salesman and A View from the Bridge >

February 8, 2008
Registration Now Open For Camp Arena Stage >

February 8, 2008
Arena Stage Now Accepting Entries for the 9th Annual Student Ten-minute play competition >

January 30, 2008
Arena Stage Construction Officially Underway on Expansion to build Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater >

Project & Architectural Team Profile >
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Arena Leadership 2007-08 >

January 14, 2008
Groundbreaking date set to commence construction on $125 million expansion to build Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater >

December 21, 2007
Arena Stage announces new play development project in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts >

December 7, 2007
Arena Stage presents Ella, a musical celebration of the life and music of legendary jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald >

December 21, 2007
Target continues partnership with Arena Stage to sponsor the Target Family Fun Pack during Christmas Carol 1941 and Ella >

November 12, 2007
Arena Stage announces three special performances of Danny Hoch's new solo show Taking Over at Georgetown University >

October 26, 2007
Washington-inspired Christmas Carol 1941 makes spirited world premiere at Arena Stage this holiday season >

October 26, 2007
Arena Stage announces dates for 2007/08 Downstairs new play reading series >

October 2, 2007
Arena Stage board votes yes to start construction on $125 million renovation of historic D.C. theater complex >

The Next Stage: Architectural Team Profile >
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The Next Stage: Arena Stage Board of Trustees >
The Next Stage: Leadership Bios >
The Next Stage: Overall Project Timeline >

September 27, 2007
Musical adaptation of Gloria Naylor's award-winning novel The Women of Brewster Place arrives at Arena Stage >

August 30, 2007
Lisa Kron's Tony Award-Nominated comedy Well checks in for a healthy D.C. debut on Arena's Fichandler Stage >

August 1, 2007
World premiere 33 Variations starts off the Arena Stage 2007/08 season >

July 11, 2007
Arena Stage 2007/08 season updates >

July 5, 2007
Arena Stage expands discount ticket program for 2007/08 season >

June 7, 2007
Artistic Director Molly Smith gives opening speech for 2007 annual Theater Communications Group conference >

May 15, 2007
Daniel Beaty's acclaimed one-man show Emergence-SEE! returns to Arena Stage for two weeks only >

March 21, 2007
Artistic Director Molly Smith Announces Arena Stage's 2007/2008 Season >

December 6, 2006
Arena Stage raises more than $100 million for new theater campus >

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