Mr. David Dower
David Dower came to Arena Stage in October 2006 as associate artistic director after serving for 13 years as the founding artistic director of Z Space Studio in San Francisco. He leads Arena's artistic development team, which includes season planning, casting, new play development, literary management, scouting, line production, and the American Voices New Play Institute. The Institute grew out of a nationwide field survey he conducted with the support of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation in 2006, published at www.mellon.org under the title The Gates of Opportunity. In addition to his work with Arena and in the new works sector, David has developed and directed more than 25 original works appearing at regional theaters and touring internationally.