You can’t cross any intersection in downtown Norfolk this month and not see that A Christmas Carol and The Santaland Diaries are back at Virginia Stage Company at the Wells Theatre…
Dramatically Able on 13 News Now
A very special thank you to 13 New Now - WVEC for including Dramatically Able as part of their documentary series highlighting local nonprofit organizations making an impact in Hampton Roads. Dramatically Able, produced in partnership with Access Virginia, is a program that introduces all the aspects of the theatre to children who are blind and visually impaired. Through dramatic activities that help develop verbal and non-verbal communication skills, participants build self-esteem, increase self-awareness, and improve self-confidence.
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DISTINCTION MAGAZINE feature on Tom Quaintance
Tom Quaintance walked a visitor around the renovated Wells Theatre in downtown Norfolk with the pride of ownership. The Virginia Stage Company, which he leads as producing artistic director, actually rents the ornate show-place, a national historic landmark, for $1 a year from the city. But really, the Wells is the Virginia Stage Company and …
Crumpet the Elf on Coast Live
VEER: Insights Into Santaland Diaries
Previewing Dickens’ A Christmas Carol on Coast Live
WHRO Reviews OUR TOWN: "a Moving Tribute to the Tidewater Community"
Last weekend, Virginia Stage Company opened its new, immersive production of Thornton Wilder’s Our Town at the Wells Theatre. Our Town follows ordinary lives in a fictional town called Grover’s Corners in the early 20th century. The play within a play is a celebration of joys, pains, promises, and the human experience; it’s beloved as a standard of theater in American high schools, begging the question, “What will Virginia Stage do differently?”
