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It's Christmas in July! Join our Mistletoe Market

🎄 Christmas in July Mistletoe Market
Presented by Virginia Stage Company
July 20, 2025 at the historic Wells Theatre
11am-5pm

Step into a world of mid-summer magic at our Christmas in July Mistletoe Market—a festive, family-friendly celebration of local creativity and community spirit!

Join us inside the beautifully historic Wells Theatre, downtown Norfolk’s hidden gem, where holiday cheer comes early. This unique market showcases an incredible lineup of local artists, artisans, and crafters offering handmade treasures perfect for gifting—or keeping for yourself.

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EVERY BRILLIANT THING, a Part of the Norfolk Theatre Festival

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Scott Wichmann: MISTER SHOWTIME, Part of the Norfolk Theatre Festival

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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.

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MILITARY APPRECIATION MATINEE

Active Duty and Retired Military Members get 25% this Saturday’s Matinee. Just use the code MILITARY25

Offer good for Saturday, April 5th, 2:00pm

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Big Performances, Bigger Plant: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Production Photos

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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…

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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 …