TCG & TRG Arts Launch Single Ticket Theatre Collective
Theatre Communications Group (TCG), the national organization for theatre, and TRG Arts, the data-driven consulting firm for arts and cultural professionals, are pleased to announce the launch of the Single Ticket Theatre Collective. Ten theatres from across the country, including Virginia Stage, will participate in a five-month initiative that will include personalized single ticket campaign plans, classroom-style shared learning, and one-on-one consulting to maximize single ticket revenue and deepen patron loyalty.
The Virginian-Pilot talks NATIVE GARDENS
At least the fight over the border wall in the latest Virginia Stage Company production, “Native Gardens,” promises some laughs.
But thorny issues of race, what it means to be American, and what it means to be civil in a time of discourse, are still there in the popular comedy that opens this week….
VEER goes inside the rehearsal process for NATIVE GARDENS
Very little is left of an intense workday of rehearsal that preceded my current interview time with director Tinashe Kajese-Bolden, and actor John Ahlin, inside of a non-descript, 9th floor rehearsal space in downtown Norfolk. It’s the early evening of a still…
Mal Vincent reviews THE BLUEST EYE
Why do we call a dandelion a weed?
The question, simplistic as it may seem, is at the heart of Lydia R. Diamond’s dramatization of Toni Morrison’s first novel, “The Bluest Eye,” on stage at the Wells Theater.
The Virginian Pilot previews THE BLUEST EYE
Denise Watson of The Virginian Pilot previews The Bluest Eye.
THE BLUEST EYE on COAST LIVE
Director Khanisha Foster and actress Ja'Keetrius Woods talking THE BLUEST EYE on COAST LIVE.
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."








