Planned Giving

Leave a Legacy

A gift in your will or estate plans can ensure that the programs you love at Arena are available for future generations. There are many creative ways to make a planned gift that ensure Arena’s future while providing benefits for you and your loved ones. The Full Circle Society allows us to celebrate planned giving donors throughout their lifetime with special opportunities including invitations to an annual appreciation event.

For more information or to notify us of an existing planned gift, please submit the form below or contact Maya Weil at 202-600-4158 or at mweil@arenastage.org.

Legacy Gift Commitment Form

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Why Leave a Legacy? (idk about this title)

Sue Benson has been an usher at Arena Stage for 15 years (this video is almost 7 years old). Hear why she has chosen to support the theater with a legacy gift.

Giving Options

If you choose to include Arena Stage in your estate plans, please provide your attorney with the following information: 

Legal Name: Washington Drama Society, Inc. (T/A Arena Stage)

Tax Identification #: 53-0246894

Arena Stage is a tax-exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and, further, is not a private foundation under section 509(a). Gifts and bequests to Arena Stage are deductible for income, gift and estate tax purposes to the extent permitted by law.

Arena Stage Legacy Giving Advisory Council

*indicates Arena Stage Trustee or Honorary Trustee

Edward Jay Beckwith

Private wealth attorney, Partner, BakerHostetler

Debbie Bowles*, CFP®

Retired wealth manager, Wells Fargo Advisors

Mara Bralove, CFP®

Family wealth advisor, The Bralove Group at Morgan Stanley

Celandra Deane-Bess*, CFP®

Senior Vice President, Private Client Advisor, Bank of America Private Bank

Aimee Griffin, Esq., LLM

Estate planning attorney, President of the Association of Black Estate Planning Professionals and Principal, Life & Legacy Counselors

John Lynham, Jr.*

Estate planning attorney, Principal, Offit Kurman

Anna Katherine "A.K." Moody, J.D., LLM

Private wealth strategist, BNY Wealth

Lisa McCurdy

Estate planning attorney, Managing Partner, The Wealth Counselor, LLC, and CEO, Defining Legacy Group, LLC

Richard "Dick" W. Snowdon*

Retired estate planning attorney

Maya Weil

Gift Planning Specialist, Arena Stage, and Easy Plannd Giving

As of April 20, 2026

The Full Circle Society

Arena Stage gratefully acknowledges these individuals who ensure the future of Arena Stage by making a planned gift. These gifts assure that Arena Stage will continue to challenge, educate and entertain audiences and maintain its excellence in theater nationally and internationally for generations to come.