Mead Center for American Theater

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performing arts center theater complex

The Mead Center for American Theater is a performing arts complex in Washington, D.C., best known as the home of Arena Stage and a major hub for American theater.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater	4
Mead Center for American Theater complex	2
Mead Center for American Theater canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10117301 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mead Center for American Theater
Context triple: [Arena Stage, partOf, Mead Center for American Theater]

A. Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts
The Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts is a historic cultural venue and theater complex that hosts concerts, plays, films, and community events in downtown Muskegon, Michigan.
B. Lyric Performing Arts Center
Lyric Performing Arts Center is a historic Baltimore venue known for hosting concerts, theater, and other live performing arts events.
C. Meadow Brook Theatre
Meadow Brook Theatre is a professional regional theater company located on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, known for producing a wide range of classic and contemporary plays.
D. Geva Theatre Center
Geva Theatre Center is a prominent professional regional theater company and cultural institution based in Rochester, New York.
E. Weinberg Center for the Arts
The Weinberg Center for the Arts is a historic performing arts theater in downtown Frederick, Maryland, hosting concerts, films, and live stage productions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Mead Center for American Theater
Target entity description: The Mead Center for American Theater is a performing arts complex in Washington, D.C., best known as the home of Arena Stage and a major hub for American theater.

A. Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts
The Frauenthal Center for the Performing Arts is a historic cultural venue and theater complex that hosts concerts, plays, films, and community events in downtown Muskegon, Michigan.
B. Lyric Performing Arts Center
Lyric Performing Arts Center is a historic Baltimore venue known for hosting concerts, theater, and other live performing arts events.
C. Meadow Brook Theatre
Meadow Brook Theatre is a professional regional theater company located on the campus of Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan, known for producing a wide range of classic and contemporary plays.
D. Geva Theatre Center
Geva Theatre Center is a prominent professional regional theater company and cultural institution based in Rochester, New York.
E. Weinberg Center for the Arts
The Weinberg Center for the Arts is a historic performing arts theater in downtown Frederick, Maryland, hosting concerts, films, and live stage productions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	performing arts center ⓘ theater complex ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater ⓘ linked to: Arena Stage
architect	Bing Thom ⓘ Bing Thom Architects ⓘ
category	Cultural infrastructure completed in 2010 ⓘ Performing arts centers in the United States ⓘ Theatres in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
client	Arena Stage ⓘ
contains	Fichandler Stage ⓘ Kogod Cradle ⓘ Kreeger Theater ⓘ administrative offices ⓘ café ⓘ classrooms ⓘ lobby ⓘ parking garage ⓘ rehearsal spaces ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
designFeature	curving roof ⓘ glass-enclosed lobby ⓘ preservation of original theater structures ⓘ wood and glass façade ⓘ
focus	American musical theater ⓘ American plays ⓘ new play development ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.arenastage.org ⓘ
homeOf	Arena Stage ⓘ
locatedIn	Southwest Waterfront, Washington, D.C. ⓘ linked to: Southwest Washington, D.C.
locatedNear	Washington Channel ⓘ
locatedOn	Maine Avenue SW ⓘ
location	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
namedAfter	Gail B. Mead ⓘ
numberOfTheaters	3 ⓘ
openingDate	2010 ⓘ
operatedBy	Arena Stage ⓘ
ownedBy	Arena Stage ⓘ
partOf	Southwest Waterfront redevelopment in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
primaryFunction	producing and presenting American theater ⓘ
publicTransitAccess	L'Enfant Plaza station ⓘ Waterfront station ⓘ linked to: Waterfront Station
recognizedAs	major hub for American theater ⓘ
renovationCompletion	2010 ⓘ
renovationCost	$135 million ⓘ
seatingCapacity	over 1200 ⓘ
seatingCapacityOf	Fichandler Stage: about 683 ⓘ Kogod Cradle: about 200 ⓘ Kreeger Theater: about 514 ⓘ
structuralEngineer	Fast + Epp ⓘ

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