Arena Stage Announces New Season Lineup

By Southwester Staff  Arena Stage announced the company’s 74th season, which will include two original musicals, an acclaimed play with music, a comedy, a new addition to the Power Play series and the return of Step Afrika!. More information is available at arenastage.org/23-24.  2023/24 SEASON Cambodian Rock Band July 18 […]

After 25 Years of Shaping Southwest Theater, Arena Stage Artistic Director Molly Smith Set to Step Aside

By Sheila Wickouski Since 1998, Molly Smith has served as Arena Stage’s Artistic Director, racking up credits for directing, new play development and work with great playwrights that are now part of theater history. The completion of Arena Stage’s current season will mark her last in the role as she […]

Arena Stage to Host Salon Conversations with Theater Leaders

By Southwester Staff Arena Stage is inviting the public to a series of intimate, one-night-only conversations with leaders in the world of theater. Launched as a virtual series during the pandemic, what became known as “Molly’s Salon” will return live and in person for a farewell tour as Arena Stage […]

Theater Fellowship Program Opens to Applications

By Southwester Staff Southwest’s Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater has opened applications for the Allen Lee Hughes BIPOC Fellowship Program for the 2023/24 Season. Founded in 1990 and named for the four-time Tony Award-nominated lighting designer, the fellowship program is dedicated to cultivating the next generation […]

Evocative, Award-Winning Play The High Ground Opens at Arena Stage

By Sheila Wickouski Arena Stage presents a world premiere of award-winning playwright Nathan Alan Davis’ The  High Ground, a visceral story in which a Black man in Army uniform stands on Tulsa’s Standpipe Hill reflecting on the destruction and desecration of Tulsa’s Greenwood District, violence that became known as the […]

Arena Stage Rings in Holidays with Step Afrika!

By Sheila Wickouski From December 9-18, Arena Stage will host a festive, family friendly production called Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show.  Founded in 1994 by C. Brian Williams, Step Afrika! is the first professional company dedicated to the tradition of stepping. Step Afrika! blends percussive dance styles practiced […]

Arena Stage Announces Longtime Leader Molly Smith’s Final Show as Artistic Director

By Southwester Staff Arena Stage announced that My Body No Choice, a limited engagement staged in the run-up to the midterm elections, will be Molly Smith’s final production before she steps down as Artistic Director.   Featuring monologues from eight of America’s most dynamic female playwrights, My Body No Choice explores […]