Diving Deeper into the Life of Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was a prominent British novelist renowned for his intricate characters and sharp social commentary, which reflected the challenges of Victorian society...
Behind the Scenes of A SHERLOCK CAROL
Rehearsals are in full swing for A Sherlock Carol, with director Steve Pacek leading the charge to bring this thrilling mashup of two literary classics to life.
A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS CAROL | Cast & Creative Team
Meet the brilliantly talened (and merry) cast and creative artists behind Virginia Stage Company’s Holiday Tradition A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS CAROL adapted by Mark Shanahan adapted from the famous novella by Charles Dickens. Directed by Jordan Setzer
From Scrooge to Sherlock: Playwright Mark Shanahan
Mark Shanahan has a knack for reimagining beloved stories, transforming them into theatrical experiences brimming with heart, humor, and ingenuity. As the playwright of A Merry Little Christmas Carol and A Sherlock Carol, Shanahan combines his love for classic literature with his talent for …
A Holiday in Rep - What Does That Mean?
What Does ‘In Rep’ Mean?
Rep, short for repertory, means that one company of actors performs multiple plays in the same period of time…
Outwire Podcast | VA Stage’s Dracula cast members talk turning the classic story on its head, and how fun it can be.
We hopped on a Zoom with cast members Anna Sosa and Dan Cimo to dish about how the women take center stage in this production and really stick it to the man–and just how funny that can be.
Virginian Pilot | ‘Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really’ sticks it to The Man
Playwright Kate Hamill (well-aided and abetted by director Melissa Mowry) has taken lucrative liberties with Stoker’s “Dracula,” just as she has with other out-of-copyright classics such as Jane Austen’s “Sense and Sensibility,” “Pride and Prejudice” and “Emma.” Besides gender and nationality-switching key characters such as Van Helsing, Hamill has openly attacked paternalism on all fronts. This VSC production features, for example, an “all-female” creative team (with one nonbinary person, as Mowry specifies). In her playbill notes, Mowry calls this production “a labor of love and rage,” the rage directed against the degradation of women by men legally empowered to suck their life’s blood from them.
Domestic Violence Resources
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, we are partnering with YWCA of South Hampton Roads, Her Shelter, and Samaritan House to change perceptions and erase the stigma around intimate partner violence.
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