Mission, Vision and Values

Mission

Arena Stage is the voice of American theater resident in our nation’s capital. Focused on American artists, our productions are innovative and representative of stories from across the country. We nurture new plays and reimagine classics. We celebrate our democracy and diversity through a multitude of voices in our productions and community engagement programs to inspire people to action. We produce all that is passionate, exuberant, profound, entertaining, deep and dangerous in the American spirit.

Vision

Arena Stage’s vision is to galvanize the transformative power of theater to understand who we are as Americans.

Values

• Create a work culture that reflects and borrows from the culture of the rehearsal hall which values experimentation and collaboration
• Pursue excellence in all aspects of our endeavor
• Commit to and champion being an anti-racist organization
• Champion and welcome diversity, equity, accessibility and inclusion throughout the organization and within our audience and the community at large
• Flourish by building a healthy, dynamic and powerful artistic community
• Create and steward financial resources to enable a vital Arena Stage
• Strive to instill in the public life‐long love and participation in the theater arts
• Serve artists and arts professionals; the national, regional and local communities; and theater through effective partnerships and collaboration at the most sophisticated and professional levels
• Pursue programs of education and other activities that engage and give back to the local community

Arena Stage is built on the land of the Piscataway people of the Algonquin-speaking tribes, as well as the lands of the Native American people of the greater Anacostia, Potomac and Tidewater regions.