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Starting now, tickets are on sale for all 10 of this highly-anticipated season's productions. Grab the best seats to your favorite shows today!
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Starting now, tickets are on sale for all 10 of this highly-anticipated season's productions. Grab the best seats to your favorite shows today! 🎫: arenastage.org/season
23-24 Season Wrapped
Our 2023/24 Season took us to some amazing places - from 1960s Cambodia to the deck of a whaling ship! 🎸🐋 Take a journey down memory lane as we look back on all of the exciting moments captured last season.
THE BEDWETTER - A MUSICAL
🚨 WE COULDN'T HOLD IT ANYMORE! 🚨
The hilarious comedy THE BEDWETTER - A MUSICAL has been handpicked to round out our can't-miss 2024/25 Season. Emmy-winning comedian Sarah Silverman's bestselling and heartfelt memoir about her 10-year-old self comes to life as she navigates a new school, her parents’ divorce, and a secret you’ll never guess (unless you read the title).
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THE BEDWETTER - A MUSICAL
In the Kreeger Theater | January 31 – March 16, 2025
Book by Joshua Harmon and Sarah Silverman
Lyrics by Adam Schlesinger and Sarah Silverman
Music by Adam Schlesinger
Creative Consultant David Yazbek
Choreographed by Danny Mefford
Directed by Anne Kauffman
By Special Arrangement with Tom Kirdahy and Barry and Fran Weissler
Audiences are LOVING @stepafrika's THE MIGRATION. But don't take our word for it. See what they had to say for yourself. 👇 Then book your ticket at arenastage.org/migration
The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence
Inspired by artist Jacob Lawrence, Step Afrika! tells the story of the Great Migration through their hallmark percussive dance theater.
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Welcome to our 24/25 Season! With 10 productions, we have a year chock-full of experiences that will take you from the hair-sculpting hilarity of a Harlem salon to a spectacular musical voyage spanning the furthest dimensions of the cosmos. This season has something for everyone! Check out what’s coming up next at Arena and then subscribe to begin the journey! 🎫: arenastage.org
“Goodbye, my love, goodbye.” Farewell to the romantic, sweeping UNKNOWN SOLDIER. What a gift to have this supremely talented cast telling this gorgeous story on our Kreeger stage. Book & Lyrics 📘: Daniel Goldstein Music & Lyrics 🎼: Michael Friedman Director 📢: Trip Cullman Associate Director 📋: Susanna Wolk Choreographer 🕺: Patrick McCollum Associate Choreographer 💃: Francine Espiritu Co-Music Supervisor 🎵 Julie McBride Co-Music Supervisor 🎵: Marco Paguia Music Director 🎶: Chris Kong Associate Music Director 🎹: Peter Leigh-Nilsen Set Designer 🏘️: Mark Wendland Costume Designer 👒: Jacob A. Climer Lighting Designer 💡: Ben Stanton Sound Designer 🔊: Leon Rothenberg Projection Designer 🔦: Lucy Mackinnon Hair, Wig, & Makeup Designer 💄: J. Jared Janas Cast 🎭: Kerstin Anderson Riglee Ruth Bryson Adam Chanler-Berat Lora Lee Gayer Amy Griffin Nehal Joshi Judy Kuhn Candice Shedd-Thompson Perry Sherman Jordyn Taylor Wood Van Meter Elizabeth Vargo Ronald Joe William Taylor Witt Sumié Yotsukura
Utica! Wichita! Nome! Where in the world is the Unknown Soldier? 🌎 He’s on the Kreeger Stage for just a few more days. Watch this exclusive clip from the show, then book your tickets to the final weekend of performances! 🎫: arenastage.org/soldier 🎥: By ZANNI Productions. Featuring Nehal Joshi, Ronald Joe Williams, Taylor Witt, Sumié Yotsukura, and Candice Shedd-Thompson.
Audiences are loving the "sensational" "fantastic" new musical UNKNOWN SOLDIER. But don't just take our word for it! Check out what they're saying ⬇️
The new musical UNKNOWN SOLDIER is "compelling," "gorgeous," "enthralling," and "simply magical." 🎥 🎫 Watch the trailer and then grab your tickets at arenastage.org/soldier
Happy First Performance to UNKNOWN SOLDIER! 💕💌 Cleaning out her grandmother’s home, Ellen discovers the photograph of an anonymous soldier tucked away in a box of keepsakes. So begins a journey into her family’s past that will change her future. 📹: Take a #FlashbackFriday to the rehearsal process as performances begin! 🎫: arenastage.org/soldier
Congratulations to TEMPESTUOUS ELEMENTS on a deeply moving, totally gorgeous run! 💜 It was an honor to premiere this play and explore the story of Anna Julia Cooper, her colleagues, and her students. This production may be at an end, but we will carry its message with us for a long time to come. Playwright ✍️: Kia Corthron Director 📣: Psalmayene 24 Choreography and Assistant Direction 💃: Tony Thomas Set Designer 🏫: Tony Cisek Costume Designer 👗: LeVonne Lindsay Lighting Designer 💡: William K. D'Eugenio Original Music and Sound Design 🎶: Lindsay Jones Hair and Wig Design 💇♀️: LaShawn Melton Cast 🎭: Kelly Renee Armstrong, Joel Ashur, Ro Boddie, Peter Boyer, Renea S. Brown, Gina Daniels, Jonathan Del Palmer, Brittney Dubose, Yetunde Felix-Ukwu, Jasmine Joy, Lolita Marie, Paul Morella, Monique Paige, Kevin E. Thorne II, Renee Elizabeth Wilson
We're celebrating Black excellence in education by hosting an HBCU pre-show mixer for TEMPESTUOUS ELEMENTS! We welcome all alumni and current students of HBCU’s to come out, represent your school or organization, and connect around the legacy that Anna Julia Cooper fought for. 🎟️: arenastage.org/elements
There’s no better way to celebrate International Women’s Day than by honoring a trailblazing feminist and author. Use code IWD50 for 50% off tickets to our Friday, March 8 performance of TEMPESTUOUS ELEMENTS. 💜💚🤍 🎫: arenastage.org/elements
"Amazing..." "Fantastic..." "Affirming..." "We would recommend it to anybody!" Check out what audiences are saying about TEMPESTUOUS ELEMENTS 💜📚🌩️ 🎫: arenastage.org/elements
We're celebrating this year’s International Women’s Day - March 8 - with TEMPESTUOUS ELEMENTS. In recognition of women comprising 50% of the population we are offering 50% off tickets to the play’s March 8th performance with code IWD50. We're encouraging this performance’s audience members to wear purple in support of the day’s mission. As one of the colors of International Women's Day, purple signifies justice, dignity, and being loyal to the cause. (Purple also holds a special significance in TEMPESTUOUS ELEMENTS.)
TEMPESTUOUS ELEMENTS is a D.C. history story, and we love getting to share it with our local community. We’ve got a Southwest Night for TEMPESTUOUS ELEMENTS coming up this Tuesday, March 5 at 7:30. If you live or work in SW DC, use code SWNIGHTS for $26 tickets. Details here: arenastage.org/tickets/savings-programs/