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Arena Stage is a theater production company in Southwest Washington, D.C. The theater company's...

Arena Stage is a theater production company in Southwest Washington, D.C. The theater company's home is on the DC waterfront, at 1101 Sixth Street, SW. Until its current and ongoing expansion, it consisted of three stages: The theater company has temporarily moved to Crystal City, a neighborhood in Arlington, VA, while it renovates and expands its permanent DC facilities. Additional works will be staged at the Lincoln Theatre in Washington, DC. The theatre company was founded in 1950. Its first home was the Hippodrome Theatre, a former movie house. In 1956, the company moved into the gymnasium of the old Heurich Brewery in Foggy Bottom, which was demolished to make way for the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge and the Kennedy Center. In 1960, they moved into their current location. One of its founders, Zelda Fichandler, was its artistic director from its founding through the 1990/91 season. Dougles C Wager succeeded her for the 1991/92 through 1997/98 seasons. The current artistic director, Molly Smith, assumed those duties beginning with the 1998/99 season. Arena Stage was one of the first not-for-profit theaters in the United States and was a pioneer of the regional theater movement.