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AINSLEY SEIGER, Cabaret, Virginia Theatre FestiVAL LOGO
Drama

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/

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Visual Art

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.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2023/04/crave-builds-a-creative-community-through-fashion?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured

The UVa University Singers and conductor Michael Slon will present “Considering Matthew Shepard,” a 2016 oratorio by Craig Hella Johnson that covers musical ground from country to Broadway to gospel to modern minimalism. Karin Elsner
Music

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.

https://dailyprogress.com/entertainment/music/uva-singers-to-premiere-oratorio-honoring-matthew-shepard-25-years-after-murder/article_76b94df4-d956-11ed-866f-c77d0b79dd58.html#tracking-source=home-top-story

Tina Fey by Miller Mobely
Drama

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

Spring Dance Concert
Dance

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.

April 14, 2023
An image of Barbara Brown Wilson looking at the camera, wearing a blue shirt
Architecture

Barbara Brown Wilson Receives Casteen Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award

UVA School of Architecture Associate Professor of Urban and Environmental Planning Barbara Brown Wilson was recently awarded the John T. Casteen III Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Award by the university.

https://www.arch.virginia.edu/news/barbara-brown-wilson-receives-casteen-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-award

Máté Szücs, viola; Lászlo Pólus, cello; Zoltán Bánfalvi, violin
Music

UVA Department of Music to Present Free Rotunda Dome Room Chamber Music Concert Featuring UVA Faculty and Faculty from the University of Pécs in Hungary

The UVA Department of Music will present a free chamber music concert in the Rotunda Dome that will feature UVA faculty along with faculty from the University of Pécs in Hungary. The concert, which is part of an ongoing artistic and cultural collaboration between the two universities, will take place on Saturday, April 22 at 1:00 PM.

April 6, 2023
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Visual Art

Local Fiber Artists Fight Against Fast Fashion by Using Sustainable Materials

Between classes, third-year College student Faith Goalder finds herself knitting in the halls of the University’s academic buildings. Knitting needles in hand, Goalder is one of the many young fiber artists working with fabric, yarn or thread as a material to advocate for sustainable fashion.

https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2023/03/local-fiber-artists-fight-against-fast-fashion-by-using-sustainable-materials