The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced casting for its upcoming production of the beloved cult-classic musical Little Shop of Horrors. Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Jeffrey Meanza, will run from July 11-21 in Culbreth Theatre.
The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced casting for the 50th Anniversary season-opening production 50 Years and Counting: A Musical Revue. Set to run June 27-30 in Culbreth Theatre, 50 Years and Counting: A Musical Revue will be directed by the Theatre’s longtime former Artistic Director Robert Chapel. The production features a cast of 10 VTF alumni performing some of musical theater’s most beloved and show-stopping songs from musicals VTF has produced over the last half-century, including Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, Carousel, Ragtime, Spamalot, and more. Founded in 1974, VTF is the Commonwealth’s longest-running professional summer theatre company and was formerly known as the Heritage Repertory Company, Heritage Repertory Theatre, and Heritage Theatre Festival before renaming as the Virginia Theatre Festival in 2022.
Spectrum Theatre, one of the University’s student-run theater organizations, launched their spring 2024 production of Steven Sater and Jessie Nelson’s musical, “Alice by Heart” in the Student Activities Building Thursday.
University students eagerly gathered at 1515 Thursday for the University Program Council’s Stand-Up Comedy Show.
On the lower level of the Drama Building on Culbreth Road exists a treasure trove of historic clothing, aptly named the Historic Clothing Collection.
This year, the entirely student-run Contracted Independent Organization will put on the beloved musical “Legally Blonde,” continuing its tradition of giving first years and new transfer students the chance to perform.
Comedy lovers at the University showed up in droves to Crozet Pizza Buddhist Biker Bar Tuesday night for the return of UVA Stepmom’s fun-filled “Step Comedy Jam,” with musical guest Loose Champagne.
University alumna Jessica Harris founded and serves as the artistic director for the nonprofit organization.
What if women wrote great plays but everyone forgot about them? Even though their themes remain super relevant? WTJU 91.1 FM and UVA Drama present “She Wrote Plays” – new takes on works from a century ago by forgotten women playwrights. Charlottesville-based playwrights, tech producers, and actors have taken these old scripts and adapted them into modern radio dramas.
On a busy Thursday night on Arts Grounds, the student-led, annual New Works Festival opened with resounding success.
The UVA Department of Drama will continue its 2023-2024 season with 'The Green Bird', Carlo Gozzi’s 1765 commedia dell’arte inspired telling of an Italian fable that combines spectacular comedy, enchanted forests, singing apples, and a mysterious green bird. 'The Green Bird', directed by Dave Dalton, opens March 21 at Culbreth Theatre.
2024 Chorus Auditions: Saturday, March 2 at the Charlottesville Band Building at 1119 Fifth Street SW, Charlottesville, VA 22902. Charlottesville Opera Adult and Children's Chorus members are crucial parts of every season! This season, our shows are 'The Music Man' and 'L'elisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love)'. 'The Elixir of Love' is sung in Italian. Deadline to sign up is Friday, March 1.
