The Virginia Theatre Festival announced today that its Artistic Director Jenny Wales will be stepping down from the position. Wales, a UVA alum who will continue as UVA faculty, shared the news in a letter to VTF supporters.
Since Robin Garcia and LaRissa Rogers began teaching in the University of Virginia’s art department two years ago, they’ve been thinking about how to turn the empty lot behind Ruffin Hall into functional space.
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The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced the cast and creative team for its production of Disney’s Newsies. Set to run July 9-19 in the Culbreth Theatre at the University of Virginia, Disney’s Newsies will be directed and choreographed by Matthew Steffens. A favorite of VTF audiences for his acclaimed direction and choreography of 2023’s smash-hit Cabaret and last season’s highly acclaimed Into the Woods.
The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced the cast and creative team for its production of Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty: A New Sherlock Holmes Adventure. Set to run June 20-28 in the Ruth Caplin Theatre at the University of Virginia, Ken Ludwig’s Moriarty will be directed by noted theater, film, and television director Nicolas Minas, who returns to VTF following his acclaimed 2024 production of The 39 Steps.
A trio of the area’s leading arts organizations, including The Paramount Theater, The Fralin Museum of Art at UVA, and the Virginia Theatre Festival, are joining forces to celebrate the life, work, and legacy of the iconic artist Frida Kahlo with a series of phenomenal presentations and events.
The Thursday, April 9th, performance of Hypocrite The Musical has been canceled by the promoter. All tickets purchased for this performance have been transferred to the performance on Friday, April 10th at 7:00PM.
The University of Virginia’s Dance Program and Department of Drama present the Spring Dance Concert 2026, an evening of eight original works by faculty, guest, and student choreographers.
This Sunday May 17, the Sunshine Fruit Market will take place at Visible Records from 11am to 4pm with local artists and live screen printing from 12pm to 3pm. For Arts This Week, we spoke with the event organizer, Hazel Addams.
So Creative Mornings is an international organization, and the general idea is that all these different chapters across the world, one Friday a month, find a speaker from the community, someone with a creative practice, and you come and you get free breakfast, you get free coffee, you hear what someone in your community is doing, and then it’s done by 10:00 AM and you go off to your day, hopefully inspired to make that last push through the work week to get to the weekend.
Have you, your colleagues, your lab, or your collaborators created a striking image, schematic, model or other visual element in relation to produced research? Do you ever wish you had a wider audience for a compelling visualization within an article, chapter, or book?
As a high school senior, Ephraim Bullock faced a major decision: pursue a career in professional ballet or attend college. A trainee at the Richmond Ballet, he had just received an offer from the company’s artistic director to join its second company, the entry point into professional dancing, complete with a salary. It was a step toward making it into the main company, and he had been dancing ballet since fourth grade, so the offer carried the weight of nearly a decade of hard work.
