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Full Cast and Creative Team for Season-opening Production of Cabaret
Drama

Virginia Theatre Festival Announces Full Cast and Creative Team for Season-opening Production of Cabaret

The Virginia Theatre Festival has announced the full cast and creative team for its season-opening production of Cabaret. Set to open on July 7 in Culbreth Theatre at the University of Virginia, 'Cabaret' will be directed and choreographed by Matthew Steffens, who returns to VTF and to his alma mater fresh from the Broadway and touring smash hit revival of 'Into the Woods'. The award-winning musical features a book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb, and is based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood.

https://virginiatheatrefestival.org/full-casting-announcement-cabaret/

An image of Luke Powers with his guitar
Music

Luke Richard Powers is Finding his Sound in Charlottesville

Third-year College student Luke Richard Powers is a rising star in the Charlottesville music scene, coming off not only a recent performance at The Southern Cafe & Music Hall but also the release of his new single “Red/Blue.”

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2023/04/luke-richard-powers-is-finding-his-sound-in-charlottesville?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

A headshot of Clare Spooner
Visual Art

How a UVA Instagram Post Helped Launch a Painting Career for Alum Clare Spooner

In June of 2018, Clare Spooner was settled into her work as an interior designer in New York City. Though she loved to paint, the University of Virginia alumna had no expectation at that point that art could become her career.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/how-uva-instagram-post-helped-launch-painting-career-alum-clare-spooner

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Film

In Newark, an Exhibition of Films Calls for Kinship

“Things We Do in the Dark: Cinematic Experiments in Kinship,” a two-part film exhibition currently on view at Express Newark, includes nearly two dozen films by Black and Indigenous artist collectives whose work takes on subjects including environmental and racial justice, beauty standards, education, and grief and healing

https://www.thecut.com/2023/04/express-newark-aliveness-art-exhibitions.html

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Dance

Joshua Purnell & Tom Norris

Nationally, the Tidewater region of Virginia is a focal point of Black culture: From contemporary artists like Pharrell Williams and Missy Elliott, to the beach music of the 1950s and 60s, to the Afro-Caribbean and gospel traditions, these roots run deep. Learn about artists Joshua Purnell and Tom Norris.

https://www.virginiafolklife.org/sights-sounds/joshua-purnell-tom-norris/

Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise, Directed by Jeffrey Meanza, To Open July 21 at Helms Theatre
Drama

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.

https://virginiatheatrefestival.org/casting-announcement-for-dear-jack-dear-louise/

an image of Ashley Park behind the desk at WXTJ
Music

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.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2023/04/students-on-air-at-u-va-s-underrated-freeform-radio-station

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Visual Art

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.

https://news.virginia.edu/content/eye-catching-redress-project-memorializes-indigenous-women