The Acts of Faith
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March 7 - 17
Richmond Triangle Players 1300 Altamont Avenue Richmond, VA 23230 (804) 346-8113 |
I Am My Own Wife
by Doug Wright 5th Wall Theatre Company, in partnership with Richmond Triangle Players This Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning one-man play tells the remarkable story of Charlotte von Mahlsdorf, a transgender woman who lived in East Germany during World War II and who would become the .founder of the Gründerzeit Museum, or “Museum of Everyday Objects” saved from the rubble of homes abandoned during the war. |
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Feb. 10 - March 4
(previews Feb. 8, 9) Talkbacks Feb. 18 and 25 114 W. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23220 (804) 282-2620 |
THE CHRISTIANS
by Lucas Hnath The Cadence Season Co-Produced by Virginia Repertory Theatre and Cadence Theatre Company Pastor Paul has guided his congregation through challenge after challenge for the past twenty years. But will his latest test of their faith be his undoing? Hnath’s acclaimed Off-Broadway hit examines faith in modern America – and the trouble with changing your mind WINNER Outstanding New Off-Broadway Play – 2016 Outer Critics Circle Award NOMINEE Outstanding Play – 2016 Lucille Lortel Award NOMINEE Outstanding Play – 2016 Drama Desk Award |
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The Diviners
By Jim Leonard Jr. Directed by Zachary Owen CAT Theatre The Diviners is the story of a disturbed young man and his friendship with a disenchanted preacher in southern Indiana in the early 1930s. Family and community members each have a different response to this curious companionship and its ultimate outcome. |
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Feb. 15 - March 10
Talkbacks March 1 and 8 1609 W. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23220 (804) 355-2001 |
WINGS, The Musical
Music by Jeffrey Lunden, Book and Lyrics by Arthur Perlman, from the play WINGS by Arthur Kopit Firehouse Theatre In this beautiful and haunting chamber musical an aviatrix confronts her final stunt as she fights to keep her balance and cling to her memories after losing the compass of language when she suffers a stroke. |
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March 2 (preview), March 3-17
Talkback March 11 1124 Westbriar Drive Richmond, VA 23238 (804) 343-6364 |
john & jen
Music by Andrew Lippa Lyrics by Tom Greenwald Directed by Doug Schneider Starring Chris Hester and Georgia Rogers Farmer HATTheatre Set against the background of a changing America between 1950 and 1990, John & Jen is a gem of a show, brimming with intelligence, wit and beautiful melodies. A truly original chamber musical, this off-Broadway hit honors brothers and sisters, as well as parents and children as it tells the story of Jen and her relationships with the two Johns of her life: her younger brother, who was killed in Vietnam, and his namesake, the son who is trying to find his way in a confusing world. This intimate musical is about connections, commitments, redemption, and the healing of the human heart. |
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Feb. 2 - 17
Talkbacks Feb. 4, 11 Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center 2880 Mountain Road Glen Allen, VA 23060 |
Brave New World
an adaptation of the Aldous Huxley novel Direction by Maggie Roop Quill Theatre What if we could live in a state of universal happiness, without pain, war, doubt, or sorrow—and all we had to give up were family, home, love, and faith? In this staging of one of the most important modern novels, Brave New World is a wild ride through the pain of a perfect paradise. |
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January 31 – February 24
Talkbacks Feb. 11 and 18 Richmond Triangle Players at the Robert B. Moss Theatre 1300 Altamont Avenue Richmond, VA 23230 (804) 346-8113 |
Corpus Christi
By Terrence McNally Directed by Dexter Ramey Richmond Triangle Players This highly provocative play tells a story that parallels the New Testament's, and its subject is nothing less than the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus. But McNally's Christ figure is a character named Joshua, a gay young man born and raised in Corpus Christi, Texas, in the early 1950s. He flees his hometown in search of a more accepting environment, gathering along the way a group of disciples who are bound to him by his message of love and tolerance. Joshua delivers his Sermon on the Mount, and officiates at a gay marriage ceremony, but, inevitably, his radical teachings (like Jesus's) will not deliver him from his fate. |
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Jan. 20 - Feb. 24
Talkback Feb. 2 17401 Jefferson Davis Highway South Chesterfield, VA 23834 (804) 748-5203 |
All My Sons
By Arthur Miller Swift Creek Mill Based on the true story of an Ohio aeronautical corporation accused of conspiring with army inspection officers to approve defective aircraft engines destined for military use, the play won Tony awards for both its author and its direcor (Elia Kazan). Idealism battles with reality, and suspicions battle with truth as Miller unwinds this heart-wrenching story of a family torn apart by greed and guilt. |
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Feb. 2 - 24
Talkbacks Feb. 8, 11 The Basement 300 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 (804) 505-0558 |
I'M GONNA PRAY FOR YOU SO HARD
By Halley Feiffer Direction by Deejay Gray TheatreLAB “Children, beware the worship of false idols.” Ella is a precocious and fiercely competitive young actress whose sole aim in life is making her famous playwright father, David, proud. Over the course of a boozy evening, Ella and David deliberate over whether to read the reviews of her Off-Broadway debut with toxic results… Halley Feiffer’s dark, probing, and very funny new play pulls the audience into the middle of a deeply complicated relationship and sheds new light on the eternal struggles of parents and children to find common ground. Starring Liz Earnest and Alan Sader. |
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Feb. 16 - March 11
Talkbacks Feb. 22, March 1 November Theatre 114 W. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23220 (804) 282-2620 |
A Raisin in the Sun
By Lorraine Hansberry Virginia Rep's Signature Season Lorraine Hansberry’s Tony Award-nominated domestic drama follows the story of the Younger family, as they discover the dangers of dreaming big and the heartbreak of reality. Mama's faith and deep religious convictions as the matriarch of the family give her the psychological resolve to meet life's challenges. Her strong spirituality, in contrast with her children's lack thereof, causes turmoil under the Younger family roof. While Mama looks to God for strength, the younger generation looks within to make their dreams come true. |
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March 2 - April 8
Talkback March 18 Historic Hanover Tavern 13181 Hanover Courthouse Road Hanover, VA 23069 |
Erma Bombeck: At Wit's End
By Allison and Margaret Engel Virginia Rep's Hanover Season For over 30 years, humorist Erma Bombeck entertained and enlightened readers as she chronicled the life of a suburban housewife. This hilariously entertaining one-woman play, largely pulled from Bombeck’s columns and best-selling books, celebrates Bombeck’s wit and wisdom and her contribution to American journalism. "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left and I could say, 'I used everything that you gave me'." -Erma Bombeck |
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February 2 - 25
Talkback Sunday, February 11 Virginia Rep’s Children's Theatre 1601 Willow Lawn Drive Henrico, VA (804) 282-2620 |
Songs from the Soul
By William Dye Virginia Rep's Children's Theatre This toe-tapping musical narrative examines the evolution of African-American music - from slave spirituals to jazz to blues to rap - and the essential role this music has played in African-American life. Music has always been more than entertainment. Indeed, it acts as a mirror to, and an instrument in overcoming, the challenges of a people from the early days of enslavement to the present day. |
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The Huntly Foundation |
Second Presbyterian Church is the convening sponsor
of this collaboration between the faith community and professional theatre companies.
of this collaboration between the faith community and professional theatre companies.