We're looking forward to a great season here at Virginia Stage! This season will be a bit different than years past as we renovate the Wells Theatre, and we're excited about the opportunity to put together performances in different venues around Norfolk!
October 28 - November 13
By Charles Dickens
Adapted & Directed by Patrick Mullins
Music by Jake Hull
PRESENTED AT TCC'S ROPER PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
In collaboration with The Governor's School for the Arts
This music-driven adaptation of Charles Dickens' classic takes us on a gritty journey of hope and the search for identity while exploring what it means to be born into a certain class. Told through an American lens in collaboration with The Governor's School for the Arts, Twist's yearning for a better life still resonates.
December 7 - 24
By Charles Dickens
Adapted & Directed by Patrick Mullins
PRESENTED AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED WELLS THEATRE
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It wouldn't be the holidays without Dickens' A Christmas Carol at VSC! This heartwarming tradition for the whole family follows the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future as they visit Ebenezer Scrooge and remind us all of hope, redemption, and love.
January 17 - February 5
By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Chris Hanna
PRESENTED AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED WELLS THEATRE
No show could be more perfect for the Grand Reopening of the Wells Theatre. The building's magnificent architecture and Williams' towering masterpiece represent the best in American creative achievement. Brought to life with fresh staging and talent, Chris Hanna's direction of Streetcar will capture the yearning and humanity that has gripped audiences since Stanley Kowalski first cried out into the New Orleans night.
February 28 - March 19
By David Ives
PRESENTED AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED WELLS THEATRE
One of America's greatest living comedy writers, Ives has crafted a cheeky, sometimes sultry, and always enticing play within a play. The character of Thomas Novacheck has searched high and low for a woman for the lead in the play he has written. As the audition unfolds on stage, we begin to question who is really auditioning whom?
April 11-30
Book by William F. Brown | Music and Lyrics by Charlie Smalls
From the story The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Directed by Patrick Mullins and Anthony Stockard
PRESENTED AT THE NEWLY RENOVATED WELLS THEATRE
In collaboration with Norfolk State University
This multiple Tony Award-winning musical adventure, adapted from L. Frank Baum’s classic children's novel The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, has received critical acclaim for film, television, and Broadway productions for more than 40 years. Our production will feature cast members from New York as well as Norfolk State University and promises to be one of our biggest spectacles since My Fair Lady.
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September 13 - October 9
Book, Music and Lyrics by Eric Schorr
Directed by Chris Hanna
PRESENTED AT ODU's GOODE THEATRE
In collaboration with ODURep
This musical by the coauthor of Frog Kiss tells a sweeping story that flows through generations and across continents—from the shores of Virginia to Japan and Antarctica. Scientists, soldiers, poets, and lovers strive to understand and master the power of the oceans that connect us all. In collaboration with ODURep, this newest installment of the American Soil Series is an original and timely work for musical theater that captures the urgency of one of humanity's most overwhelming challenges—to survive the rising sea.