CMU School of Drama


Monday, September 30, 2024

New oral history reveals influential Arena Stage founder Zelda Fichandler

DC Theater Arts: In 1950, Zelda Fichandler founded Washington, DC’s Arena Stage with her George Washington University theater professor Edward Mangum. After he left the enterprise two years later, Zelda guided Arena with vision and passion for the next 40 years, transforming the college experiment into one of the flagships of America’s theatrical world.

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