Virginia Stage Awarded Grants From National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) includes Virginia Stage Company as one of the recipients of its first major funding announcement for fiscal year 2019. The announcement includes…
The Virginian-Pilot Review of FUN HOME by Mal Vincent
“...call it a complex venture in meaningful theater. FUN HOME is a brave choice for the Virginia Stage Company. It puts daring back on the boards at the Wells Theatre... FUN HOME gets you to care about these ordinary people on the hunt for a genuine life and acceptance on a personal and social level. This musical production will inspire deep soul-searching. In some ways, it is the delayed start of the new theater season."
FUN HOME on Coast Live
Preview of Fun Home on Coast Live. Director Jessica Holt and actress Caleigh Howell talk Fun Home, and give a live performance of “Ring of Keys” with Musical Director, Joanna Li.
VEERmag PREVIEW: Connecting With Fun Home
When director Jessica Holt and Virginia Stage Company’s producing artistic director, Tom Quaintance, met in New York City last year to discuss the possibility of her directing Fun Home, the Tony Award-winning musical based upon Alison Bechdel’s highly acclaimed graphic memoir…
AltDaily's Holiday Review of CHRISTMAS CAROL and SANTALAND
You can’t cross any intersection in downtown Norfolk this month and not see that A Christmas Carol and The Santaland Diaries are back at Virginia Stage Company at the Wells Theatre…
DISTINCTION MAGAZINE feature on Tom Quaintance
Tom Quaintance walked a visitor around the renovated Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk with the pride of ownership. The Virginia Stage Company, which he leads as producing artistic director, actually rents the ornate show-place, a national historic landmark, for $1 a year from the city. But really, the Wells is the Virginia Stage Company and …
Crumpet the Elf on Coast Live
Tom Detrinis, who plays “Crumpet” in The Santaland Diaries, has a jolly good time on Coast Live.








