Founded in 1989, on Lincoln Road, South Beach, the acclaimed Area Stage Company is a pioneering, award-winning theater company, presenting over a hundred productions that include; original works: Passage, Sleepwalkers, Arrivals and Departures and Lenin's Omelet; South Eastern premieres: Rum & Coke, the English language production of La Chunga and Agua Ardiente; Co-productions: El Arte de Quejarse (Kvetch) by Steven Berkoff with Venevision International and also with Teatro Centro de Arte, Ecuador, S. A..