Hot news today from Arena Stage! The Associated Press has it that Arena Stage will be putting five full-time playwrights on the payroll. The three-year residency is the product of a $1.1 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which provides for a full-time salary, bennies, and office space. My back-of-the-envelope math puts it at around $70,000 a year for the playwrights, discounting any administrative costs, etc. Not bad! Those resident playwrights are Amy Freed, Katori Hall, Lisa Kron, Charles Randolph-Wright, and Karen Zacarías. The Arena Stage has brief bios for each. Jealous, New York?