Teatro de Arena

This early company consisted of José Renato, Sérgio Britto, Henrique Becker, Geraldo Mateus, Renata Blaunstein and Monah Delacy.

After two years of performing in makeshift areas, the company finally inaugurates the room of Rua Theodoro Biama in 1955 which is in a renovated garage in front of the Church of the consolation which is in the middle of São Paulo.

The success of the production allowed for the space for the beginning of the Seminars of Dramaturgy movement that was to bring new Brazilian authors to the light.

During the Rio tour of They Don't Wear Black-Tie, Oduvaldo Vianna Filho and Milton Gonçalves left the company and founded the 1961 movement of Popular Centers of Culture (CPCs), by the National Union of Students - UNE.

These were busy years considering there was an international tour through the United States (New York, Berkeley, San Francisco, Kent, Cleveland, Kansas City, Buffalo, Chapaqua), Peru (Lima), and Mexico (Pueblas, Guanaguato, Guadalajara, Monte Rei, Leon, Porto Si, and Morela) with the Arena tells of Zumbi from Guarnieri and Boal, and Arena tells of Bolivar from Boal.

The last two shoes from the theater were Bertolt Brecht's Night Drums and Carlos Queiroz Telles These Intrepid Guys and Their Wonderful Week of Modern Art, however it was presented by Núcleo 2 do Arena.