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Law and Order: Organized Crime Series Regular, Ainsley Seiger, to Lead Virginia Theatre Festival Production of Cabaret

The Virginia Theatre Festival has made its first casting announcement for its upcoming 2023 season-opening production of Cabaret. Ainsley Seiger leads the cast as Sally Bowles. Seiger returns to the Virginia Theatre Festival stage after having been seen in 2018 productions of A Chorus Line and The Cocoanuts. Seiger is a graduate of UNCSA and became a series regular on NBC’s Law & Order: Organized Crime in early 2021, playing Detective Jet Slootmaekers.

https://virginiatheatrefestival.org/casting_announcement_cabaret/

Tina Fey by Miller Mobely
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Years After She First ‘Met My People,’ Tina Fey Readies for Return to Grounds

Without ever having stepped foot on the University of Virginia’s Grounds before, Tina Fey nervously moved into Metcalf House, the dorm she would soon call home, in the fall of 1988. “I didn’t grow up in a world where people went on college tours,” Fey said. “You kind of looked at a paper catalog about colleges, and then you would try to get in somewhere.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/years-after-she-first-met-my-people-tina-fey-readies-return-grounds

Tina Fey by Miller Mobely
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Tina Fey Returning to UVA for President’s Speaker Series for the Arts

The UVA President’s Speaker Series for the Arts will present award-winning writer, actor, producer, and noted UVA alumnae Tina Fey on Sunday, April 23 at 3:00 PM at the John Paul Jones Arena. Fey, who inaugurated the series in 2013, will participate in an onstage conversation moderated by University of Virginia President Jim Ryan.

February 24, 2023
Micah Rucci and Aubrey Plaza on stage at SNL UVA graduate and NBC page Micah Rucci, left, appeared on camera during “The White Lotus” star Aubrey Plaza’s monologue on “Saturday Night Live.” (Photo courtesy of “Saturday Night Live”)
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UVA Grad’s 15 Seconds of Fame on ‘Saturday Night Live’

If you tuned into “Saturday Night Live” a few weeks ago, chances are you unwittingly spied a 2022 University of Virginia graduate who was worked into a skit with “The White Lotus” star and former NBC page Aubrey Plaza. In her opening monologue in January, Plaza reminisced about her time working at “SNL” and decided to give the audience an impromptu tour of the famous studios at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/uva-grads-15-seconds-fame-saturday-night-live

Press Photo from Haunting Play, THE RIVER at Live Arts: three people on stage with tables and lanterns
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Virginia Premiere of Jez Butterworth’s Haunting Play, THE RIVER

Live Arts Theater’s 2022/23 Transformations Season leaps into the new year with the Virginia premiere of Jez Butterworth’s hauntingly lyrical THE RIVER, directed by Robert Chapel. THE RIVER will have 16 performances in the Founders Theater, January 20 through February 11, 2023, at Live Arts Theater, 123 E. Water Street, Charlottesville. Tickets are $27 for adults or $24 for students and senior citizens and are available through the Box Office at boxoffice@livearts.org, by phone at 434-977-4177 x123, or online at livearts.org/tix.

https://livearts.org/2022/12/virginia-premiere-of-the-river-opens-january-20/

Poetry Reading at the Vault VA

Live Arts Presents Two Nights of Theater and Poetry at Vault Virginia this December

Live Arts Theater announces two nights of theater and poetry at Vault Virginia this December. The Live Arts Playwrights’ Lab presents a staged reading of local playwright John Paul Mandryk’s new play When Liberty Is Sieged at 7:30pm on Monday, December 5, and the next POETRY LIVE! showcase is hosted by local poet James Cole at 7pm on Sunday, December 11. Both events will be presented at Vault Virginia, 300 E Main Street, in Charlottesville. To enter Vault Virginia, audience members should use the door on Third Street SE.

November 28, 2022
An image of A Chorus Line rehearsal
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Spectrum Theater Brings a Broadway Classic to Grounds

As the University continues to navigate its first full year without masks since the beginning of the pandemic, performing arts groups on Grounds are working hard to dazzle returning audiences. One of these groups, Spectrum Theatre, is gearing up for its production of “A Chorus Line” this November.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2022/10/spectrum-theater-brings-a-broadway-classic-to-grounds?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

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U.Va. Drama presents a Gossip-Filled Production of “Sense and Sensibility”

Over 200 years after its publication, Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility” remains wildly popular with modern audiences. Now, University Drama is putting on its own production of Hamil’s play.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2022/10/u-va-drama-presents-a-gossip-filled-production-of-sense-and-sensibility?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

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“Love and Information” Explores What it Means to be Human in a Modern World

In a world of constant stimulation and information, where can humanity be found? Live Arts explores this question in its season’s opening production, "Love and Information" by Caryl Churchill.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2022/10/love-and-information-explores-what-it-means-to-be-human-in-a-modern-world?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_latest

Kathleen Turner | Image by Jeremy Daniels

POSTPONED: Kathleen Turner’s Finding My Voice

Finding My Voice takes audiences on a remarkable behind-the-scenes journey of Kathleen Turner’s extensive and well-documented career. Peppered with songs from the great American songbook, Kathleen Turner croons hits including “It’s Only a Paper Moon”, “I’d Rather Be Sailing”, “On the Street Where You Live”, “Every Time We Say Goodbye”, showcasing her trademark husky voice.

October 31, 2022