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…
Staff Spotlight: Samantha Wilson
Get to know Samantha Wilson, our Capital Campaign Manager…
HOLA CULTURA interviews Karen Zacarías, NATIVE GARDENS playwright
Learn more about the show—Check out this video interview playwright Karen Zacarías by Hola Cultura, produced during Arena stage's production of Native Gardens.
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.








