Morning Mischief: Emma & Knightley Bring Regency Romance to Coast Live
Anna (Emma) and Rishan (Knightley) stopped by to chat about Virginia Stage Company’s witty, romantic, and delightfully chaotic production of Kate Hamill’s Emma. Between laughs and Regency-level banter, they shared what it’s like to bring Jane Austen’s most opinionated heroine and her ever-patient sparring partner to life on stage.
Emma & Harriet Take on The Hampton Roads Show
Our leading ladies brought their charm, wit, and just the right amount of mischief to The Hampton Roads Show! Watch now…
13 NEWS NOW | Virginia Stage Company seeks new funding after losing grant from National Endowment of the Arts
The organization is finding ways to adjust after a federal grant is being taken away. The Virginia Stage Company planned on using it for a traveling play.
WAVY TV 10 | VSC loses $15,000 to NEA funding cuts
NORFOLK , Va. (WAVY) — Another local arts organization faces a significant loss of funding due to federal cuts, as Norfolk’s Virginia Stage Company works to navigate forward short of needed grants.
Stand Up For The Arts!
In the late evening of May 2, 2025, Virginia
Stage Company received word that the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was withdrawing a $15,000 grant that had been awarded to us to support performances of the mental health-focused play, Every Brilliant Thing, for high school audiences. The NEA’s email explained that our program does not align with new funding priorities, intended to “reflect the nation's rich artistic heritage and creativity as prioritized by the President.”
VEER Magazine: Virginia Stage Closes Season with Every Brilliant Thing
By Jerome Langston
“Every Brilliant Thing is a play that I have seen more often than any other play that I’ve directed,” says Tom Quaintance, the Producing Artistic Director of Virginia Stage Company, during a recent phone chat earlier this week. It’s quite the striking statement from this long-time AD and theatre director, who has obviously seen a whole lot of shows during his decades long career. Tom led VSC’s 2022 production of Every Brilliant Thing, which closed out season 43. Now it’s bringing season 46 to a fitting close, with a short run production on stage at the Wells, that also celebrates its successful touring production — a show that has impacted thousands of people with its over 70 performances.
Little Shop of Horrors is a Hit!
Little Shop of Horrors is a Hit! But don’t take our word for it. See for yourself…
THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT: A review of raucous ‘Little Shop of Horrors,’ out for blood
Contrary to some who complain that theater has gotten too political (theater, of course, has always been political), Virginia Stage Company‘s “Little Shop of Horrors” is merely, in the words of director Tom Quaintance, an innocent “horror comedy rock musical” designed to lull audiences into a plant-like stupor …
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