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We're Hiring a Director of New Works!

Live Arts is seeking its first director of new works, starting as early as May 2022. The director is charged with curating and producing an inaugural new works festival (May-June 2023) in collaboration with Artistic Director Susan E. Evans.

The festival is a month-long celebration of new theatrical voices, building on a long history of showcasing new works at Live Arts. This one-year part-time position is perfect for up-and-coming theater artists who aspire to artistic director positions!

Read the full job description for more information.
Applications are due April 29, 2022.

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Coming Up at Live Arts

POETRY LIVE! Showcase April 24

Our second installment of POETRY LIVE! hosted by James Cole will explore themes of the environment and generational responsibilities. Enjoy performances by local poets including Browning Porter, J. Thomas Brown, Ronald Berube, Bryan Hancock, Andie Weaver, and Tramere Monroe.

Pay-What-You-Can tickets are on sale now!

*This event will be presented at Vault Virginia on the Downtown Mall*

THE CHILDREN Talkback & Panel Discussion

Join us for a post-show audience talkback with Director Betsy Rudelich Tucker and the cast of THE CHILDREN on Thursday, April 28.

We will also be hosting a special community conversation on Sunday, May 1 to discuss sustainability, energy, art, and activism with local experts!

Learn more at livearts.org/events.

2022/23 Season Reveal

Mark Your Calendar Now

Wondering what next season will hold? Our Season Reveal will be 6:30-9pm on Monday, May 2. Catch a short performance featuring excerpts from next season's shows at 7 or 8pm in the Gibson Theater!

Keep an eye on our website (especially the events page and interactive calendar) for more details coming soon.

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Around Town and Beyond

Downtown Mall Block Party

April 22-23 | FREE!

As part of the 10th Annual Tom Tom Festival, the Downtown Mall will be turning into a New Orleans-style festival for two nights! Grab a drink from your favorite local bar, and take take it with you onto the bricks. Enjoy galleries and shops, live performances, and more in the first-ever Downtown Mall Block Party.

Check out our second POETRY LIVE! showcase at Vault Virginia and Careless Whispers, a storytelling performance produced at Live Arts by Whole Theatre and Larry Goldstein.

Full Tom Tom Festival Calendar

Gem of the Ocean

Charlottesville Players Guild

Leslie M. Scott-Jones directs Gem of the Ocean by August Wilson, the first show for Charlottesville Players Guild's Black Indigeneity Season.

Set in the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1904, Gem of the Ocean follows the story of a man who has stolen a bucket of nails from the mill which ends in the death of a man accused of the crime.

Runs April 14-24 at the Jefferson School African American Heritage Center.

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Romeo and Juliet

American Shakespeare Center

"Smashing...steamy...powerful...dazzling.” Critics are talking about American Shakespeare Center’s new production of Romeo and Juliet, a whirlwind of adolescent passion in a violent, vengeful adult world. In this powerful staging directed by Jose Zayas, we are reminded of the folly of hate, the innocence of love, and the redemptive power of reconciliation.

Now on stage at the Blackfriars Theatre in Staunton.

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