ABSTRACT
When I took over as literary manager at Arena Stage in the summer of 2008, the theatre was in a state of flux. Having recently moved out of its permanent home in southwest Washington, DC, in order to complete a major renovation, Arena was about to venture into uncharted waters with the upcoming launch of the ReStaged Festival. This ReStaged Festival was to be a two-year-long examination of Arena’s mission, practices, and purpose that would determine the type of programming that, in fall 2010, would be taken back into the new building, Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater.
