By Sheila Wickouski On January 21, Arena Stage will host the world premiere of Change Agent, a fictional take on the historic events of the 1960’s that still shape our world today. Tony Award-nominated playwright and director Craig Lucas, known for An American in Paris and The Light in the Piazza, imagines how unsung influencers […]
Arena Stage Prepares to Launch Pandemic-Delayed Premiere of Celia and Fidel
By Sheila Wickouski In March 2020, the pandemic forced Arena Stage’s production of Celia and Fidel, written by Eduardo Machado, to close the same day it opened. On October 8, the cast and crew will prepare for another opening night of this world premiere production. Set during a critical moment in the Cuban revolution, […]
Toni Stone to Appear at Nats Park
By Southwester Staff Toni Stone was the first woman to play baseball in the Negro Leagues. She was also the first woman to play in a professional men’s league in the 1950s. Now, Toni Stone is about to make another appearance on the ball field when Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater […]
Akeelah and the Bee: An Interview with Molly Yeselson
Photo courtesy of Dan Norman. Akeelah and the Bee is running at Arena Stage from Nov. 13 to Dec. 27. SWNA’s Katelynd Mahoney was lucky enough to interview Molly Yeselson, who plays the role of Izzy/Snorting Girl/Crying Girl. This interview has been edited for brevity and clarity. Q: What are you most excited about in […]
I Love Being a Part of Voices of Now!
Photo caption: Najeé Eddy (left) and Keniya Brown (right) participate with the Jefferson Academy Ensemble in the 2015 Voices of Now Festival at Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater on May 14. Photo by Cameron Whitman Photography Have you ever had the one program, that one sport, one activity that not […]
Opera in the Outfield 2015
WHAT: Washington National Opera announces the return of M&M’S® Opera in the Outfield Cinderella WHEN: Saturday, May 16 at 7 p.m. at Nationals Park COST: Free community event WHAT: live broadcast of family-friendly production of Rossini’s charming opera “Pregame” entertainment and family events begin at 5 p.m. The most popular of Washington National Opera’s community […]
A Date with Justice Scalia
Currently running at Arena Stage is one of the strongest performances of the season in The Originalist. Likely the most famous stage actor in the District, Edward Gero plays the iconoclast Justice Antonin ‘Nino’ Scalia. Through the single act, one hour and 45 minute play, Gero takes on a mentor role to a young law clerk with decidedly opposing […]