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Virginia Theatre Festival Announces Cast and Design Team for Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise
The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced that its upcoming production of Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise, the heartwarming two-person play about a World War II courtship conducted entirely by mail, will star Suzannah Herschkowitz and Jordan Sobel. Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise, which captures the story of the Tony Award-winning playwright’s own parents’ cross-country, pen-and-paper-powered love story, will be directed by Jeffrey Meanza. The show will open on Friday, July 21 at Helms Theatre.
UVA Alumna Tina Fey: ‘It Feels So Good To Be Back’
The conversation with Tina Fey, moderated by President Jim Ryan, highlighted the importance of the arts at the University and in society.
Students on Air at U.Va.’s Underrated Freeform Radio Station
Operating out of a snug studio one mile west of the Rotunda, University students are on the air from 8 a.m. to 2 a.m. daily on 100.1 FM. WXTJ is the University’s freeform student radio station, and it’s been a beloved home to student DJs for nearly 10 years.
Years After She First 'Met My People,' Tina Fey Readies for Return to Grounds
For the second time in 10 years, Fey will return to Grounds on Sunday to participate in the President’s Speaker Series for the Arts, a series that featured Fey as the inaugural guest in 2013.
Eye-Catching REDress Project Memorializes Indigenous Women
The REDress Project, launched in 2010 by the mixed-ancestry Métis artist Jamie Black, honors Indigenous victims in the United States and Canada.
Two Poets Who Debated Every Syllable
Rita Dove taught Safiya Sinclair that “it’s OK to say a thing plainly.”
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.
CRAVE Builds a Creative Community Through Fashion
CRAVE — standing for Creative, Raw, and Very Edgy — combines design, performance and spirit to produce a fashion show each spring featuring student performances, production and choreography.
UVA Singers to Present Oratorio Honoring Matthew Shepard 25 Years After Murder
When the University of Virginia University Singers perform a new oratorio on Friday evening, audience members can find their way into the story of Matthew Shepard through a variety of musical genres.
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.
Department of Drama’s Dance Program to Present Spring Dance Concert
The Dance Program is pleased to present the work of two guest choreographers this semester: Cara Hagan and Ruth Olga Sherman. The Spring Dance Concert is on April 20, 21, and 22 at 8:00 p.m. in the Ruth Caplin Theatre. The spring concert will feature both live and screendance works by students, faculty, and guest artists for an evening of dance that explores multiple perspectives and themes through the practice of performance.