Arena Stage modifies research role as major players depart
Underlining the challenges it faces in realizing its aspirations to be a national center for research, Arena Stage announced Wednesday that major components of its 2½-year-old American Voices New Play Institute are relocating to Emerson College in Boston. The transfer will mean a loss of some key personnel who have been deeply involved in the molding of Arena's widely talked-about play-development programs. Most n…