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“ QUIte a LIne-Up … big-name stars, theater gods and world

premieres, as well as

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on the agenda.” –Washingtonian

“ D.C.’s smartest, MoSt aMBItIoUS theateR.”

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Exclusive Pre-Broadway Engagement eSteLLe paRSonS In the VeLoCIty of aUtUMn SEPtEmBEr 6–OctOBEr 20, 2013 Estelle Parsons

World Premiere Drama

LoVe In afghanIStan OctOBEr 11–NOvEmBEr 17, 2013

charles randolph-Wright

A Life in Song and Dance MaURICe hIneS IS tappIn’ thRU LIfe NOvEmBEr 15–DEcEmBEr 29, 2013 maurice Hines

classic Family comedy

gUeSS who’S CoMIng to DInneR NOvEmBEr 29, 2013–JANuAry 5, 2014

Kenny Leon

World Premiere Presentation

the taLLeSt tRee In the foReSt JANuAry 10–FEBruAry 16, 2014

Daniel Beaty

Epic classical Drama KathLeen tURneR In MotheR CoURage anD heR ChILDRen JANuAry 31–mArcH 9, 2014 Kathleen turner

World Premiere Historical Drama

CaMp DaVID mArcH 21–mAy 4, 2014

molly Smith

rock, rhythm and Blues revue

SMoKey Joe’S Café the SongS of LeIBeR anD StoLLeR APriL 25–JuNE 8, 2014 randy Johnson

World Premiere Dance Event

heaLIng waRS JuNE 6–29, 2014

Bill Pullman

rock ‘n’ roll Extravaganza

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WELcOmE!

The theater is pulsating with energy and fire. From Paul Robeson to Jimmy Carter to Maurice Hines to Leiber and Stoller, the season’s personalities span America’s 20th century. It’s definitely a season to touch all the senses — vital, robust and modern. To help us tell these wonderful stories, I’ve enlisted the

aid of friends and colleagues who just happen to be some of the best actors and directors, playwrights and designers working in America today.

AWArD-WiNNiNg ArtiStS I’m pleased to welcome back Kathleen turner, maurice Hines, the manzari Brothers, moisés Kaufman, Daniel Beaty, charles randolph-Wright, Nicholas rodriguez, Kenny Leon and randy Johnson, plus the exciting debuts of Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons, two-time Tony Award winner Stephen Spinella, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lawrence Wright, MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient Liz Lerman, and stage and screen star Bill Pullman.

DyNAmic StOriES From the bright lights of the Apollo Theater to war-torn Afghanistan, from the true events of the Camp David peace accords to the Golden Age of Rock, Rhythm and Blues, this season will transport you from your theater seat into the heart of some of the most captivating, human and funny stories of our time — stories you won’t soon forget, including two musicals and four world premieres.

What a spectacular time to subscribe to Arena Stage. Join us!

All best,

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the VeLoCIty of aUtUMn

“ a tender, beautifully written play”– The News Herald

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Velocity of Autumn is generously sponsored by Beth Newburger Schwartz & Richard Schwartz.

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try to save his mother’s life as much as his own. Funny and dangerous, aching and revelatory, this perceptive play reveals both the fragility and ferocity of life. Academy Award winner Estelle Parsons (Bonnie and Clyde) and two-time Tony winner Stephen Spinella make their Arena Stage debuts.

In a Brooklyn brownstone, 79-year-old Alexandra lives alone with her fleeting memories and enough explosives to take down the block. At an impasse with her children over how she should spend her autumn years, her long-absent son enters as a most unlikely mediator, to

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Charles Randolph-wright is “a harlem Renaissance-style playwright whose

creativity deserves far more notice and praise.”– USA Today (Cuttin’ Up)

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the most unlikely of places: war-torn Afghanistan. One, an emerging hip-hop artist, the other, a high-level Afghan interpreter, both fight to navigate the pitfalls of romance, religious differences and political unrest.

From resident playwright charles randolph-Wright (Blue, Cuttin’ Up) comes a daring world premiere drama set to take audiences on a thrilling, romantic adventure in a chaotic land. Meet Duke and Roya, two fantastically different people discovering love in

tappIn’ thRU LIfe

Maurice hines is “an effusively good-natured dancer... with an

uncontrollable urge to swoop and tap. you might say he is driven

by a compulsion to swing.” – New York Times

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Maurice Hines is Tappin’ Through Life is generously sponsored by Susan & Steven Bralove, Linda & John Derrick and Virginia McGehee Friend.

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a co-production with alliance theatre at the woodruff and Cleveland play house

created by and starring Maurice hines

directed by Jeff Calhoun in the Kreeger theater

noVeMBeR 15–DeCeMBeR 29, 2013

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Gregory, and the singers who have inspired him, from Frank Sinatra to Lena Horne. To help bring the history of American tap to life, Hines brings the Diva Orchestra, an all-female nine-piece big band. Get ready to laugh, smile and tap your feet to the infectious song and dance of Maurice Hines!

Broadway legend maurice Hines teams up again with the unforgettable manzari Brothers for the first time since the smash hit production of Sophisticated Ladies to tap us through his incredible 40 years in show business. With song and dance, Hines pays tribute to his brother,

gUeSS who’S CoMIng to DInneR

Kenny Leon is “arguably Broadway’s leading

african-american director.” – Playbill.com

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an overseas romance, brings her African-American fiancé home to meet them. Personal beliefs clash with the mores of the late 60’s in this warm and witty exploration of family and culture and knowing which of them has the greater hold on our hearts.

Arena Stage favorite Kenny Leon (Stick Fly) returns to direct a new adaptation of the beloved film Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner. A progressive white couple’s proud liberal sensibilities are put to the test when their daughter, fresh from

the taLLeSt tRee In the foReSt

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“Mr. Beaty’s writing for his central characters is compassionate and

precise. he moves with the easy grace of a man attuned to the rhythmic

impulse that links music and poetry.”– New York Times (Emergence-See!)

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JanUaRy 10–feBRUaRy 16, 2014

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black man in the world,’ brought low by accusations of disloyalty to America. With a live band, Beaty brings “his signature wit, grit and piercing lyricism” (New York Times) to more than 20 characters and asks the burning question, can you remain an artist when your soul cries out to be an activist?

Bursting with soulful music and poetic storytelling, The Tallest Tree in the Forest fuses the talents of award-winning artist Daniel Beaty (Emergence-See!) with acclaimed director, moisés Kaufman (33 Variations). Discover the true story of incomparable singer/actor Paul Robeson, hailed as the ‘best known

“ a rapturous daze is the condition you

find yourself in after an evening with

Kathleen turner.”– Washington Post

KathLeen tURneR In

MotheR CoURage anD heR ChILDRen

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Mother Courage and Her Children is generously sponsored by Hank & Charlotte Schlosberg and Margot Kelly.

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translated by David hare | directed by Molly Smith

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JanUaRy 31–MaRCh 9, 2014

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rodriguez (Oklahoma!), Artistic Director molly Smith helms this unique in-the-round staging of Brecht’s powerhouse anti-war play fusing politics, satire and music into an epic theatrical event.

Kathleen turner (Red Hot Patriot) returns to star in the mother of all roles. Tough-as-nails Mother Courage profits off the very war that steals her children from her one by one. But will the cost of war be higher than she’s prepared to pay? Including the magnetic Nicholas

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Camp David is generously sponsored by Joan & David Maxwell. Recipient of an Edgerton Foundation New American Plays Award.

“ wright brings a clear-eyed, investigative

fearlessness.”– Washington Post (Going Clear)

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President Anwar Sadat in an attempt to create the impossible: Peace in the Middle East. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Lawrence Wright’s incredible new play is based on incredibly true events and the newest work in Arena Stage’s American Presidents Project.

Sixty-two miles north of DC, nestled in Catoctin Mountain Park, lies the clandestine retreat known as Camp David. For thirteen tumultuous days, President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn host Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin and Egyptian

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SMoKey Joe’S Café the SongS of LeIBeR anD StoLLeR

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apRIL 25–JUne 8, 2014

RoCK, RhythM anD BLUeS ReVUe

Smokey Joe’s Café is generously sponsored by Andrew Ammerman and the family of H. Max and Josephine Ammerman, and by .

“ Leiber and Stoller have been so monumental that

it is impossible to envision what american popular

music would be like today without them.”

–Randy Poe, Songwriters Hall of Fame

with infectious tunes like “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” “Stand By Me,” and “On Broadway” it’s no wonder this electrifying show received seven Tony nominations and became the longest-running musical revue in Broadway history. Get ready to raise the roof at Smokey Joe’s Café!

Staged by the visionary behind One Night with Janis Joplin, Smokey Joe’s Café transports us to the Golden age of Rock, Rhythm and Blues showcasing nearly 40 hits from Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame legends Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Bursting

heaLIng waRSencore presentation!

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Liz Lerman is “the source of an epochal

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A pioneer of contemporary dance, Liz Lerman’s newest work examines the healers who treat the physical and psychic wounds of battle. Bill Pullman (1600 Penn) will narrate as a dance ensemble representing medics and soldiers from the Civil War to today explores how we experience and recover from war.

Back by popular demand, the music of Janis Joplin and her influences will rock DC again with “exhilarating” (Washington Post) performances. Packed with classics like “Piece of My Heart, “Summertime” and “Mercedes Benz” the show delivers “no-holds-barred vocal fire through one classic song after another” (TheaterMania).

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