⁣A heartfelt, holiday thank you to VA Rep Education Manager, Vivian White, and Box Office Manager Joel Vella for representing @vareptheatre.bsky.social at Better Homes Coalition’s 9th Annual Gingerbread House Challenge yesterday!⁣ ⁣ #tistheseason 🎄 #VARep #gingerbread #rvaevents

⁣VA Rep’s first preview of A CHRISTMAS CAROL is already SOLD OUT! ⁣A merry beginning to the season that even Scrooge would approve of. And that’s no humbug!⁣ ⁣ Tickets on sale now at virginiarep.org, or by calling our box office at (804) 282-2620⁣!⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #VARepCarol

Dripping with Pride…literally! ⁣ ⁣ Theatre creates space for every voice. ⁣Pride reminds us why that matters. Proud to represent @vareptheatre.bsky.social at VA Pridefest 2025! ⁣ If you’re not soaked, did you even Pride? ⁣ ⁣ #vapridefest #pride2025 🏳️‍🌈 #VARep #loveislove🌈 #SoakedWithPride

⁣⁣The train has officially left the station! Rehearsals are underway for @vareptheatre.bsky.social’s MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS and this cast is already on track for something special! ⁣⁣ Tickets: www.va-rep.org or by calling our box office at 804-282-2620.⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #VARepOrientExpress

⁣Sending our heartfelt congratulations to @vareptheatre's Director of Sales, Janine Sears, who is embarking on her well-deserved retirement! She has been the warm, welcoming face of our patron services since 1997. So many of our audience's experiences have been elevated thru her interactions w/them.

ONLY 6 MORE chances to see @vareptheatre.bsky.social’s summer musical WAITRESS & enjoy a slice of Live-Your-Life Pie! ⁣ Wednesday, July 30, 7PM⁣ Thursday, July 31, 7 PM⁣ Friday, Aug 1, 7 PM⁣ Sat. Aug 2, 2PM & 7PM⁣ Sun. Aug 3, 3PM⁣ ⁣ Tickets: www.va-rep.org or by calling 804-282-2620!

VA Rep picked the right Big League product for the November Theatre’s AAA stage. They spared no expense of creativity in set construction, culled the greatest cast for the task at hand, and trusted Richmond’s humanity to communicate all of the single-tear loveliness the work has to offer. #rva

VA Rep’s WAITRESS is officially open! Richmond, we’re serving up something special with joy, laughter & a whole lot of heart in every slice! Here’s to a fantastic run! ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #gratitudepost #VARepWaitress

VA Rep’s WAITRESS is officially open! ⁣ A huge congrats to the cast, crew, creatives & musicians whose tireless work in the kitchen has brought this beautifully baked Broadway favorite to life. ⁣ Tickets: www.va-rep.org ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Directed by @rickhammerly.bsky.social June 20 - August 3, 2025

Sharing a melancholy moment with Dr. Pomatter: The only man who can take your pulse and your pie order. Rehearsals for @vareptheatre.bsky.social’s WAITRESS continue… #VARepWaitress

⁣Please join us in welcoming a new member to the VA Rep team! Brandon LaReau, PhD, has returned to the Richmond area and joins Virginia Repertory Theatre as our new Development Associate. We’re delighted to have Brandon on board and look forward to all we’ll accomplish together.⁣

“One woman’s triumph over the ordinary.” Lordy, I love this movie…and Pauline Collins is truly magical! #MondayMovie

⁣⁣VA Rep is looking to cast 2-3 young performers for the role of Lulu in our upcoming production of WAITRESS. ⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ Auditions: May 15 (4-5PM) and May 17 (10-11AM) at Virginia Repertory Theatre. ⁣⁣ Visit va-rep.org/auditions/ for more information and to schedule an audition. 🥧⁣

HAPPY CLOSING to @vareptheatre.bsky.social’s production of Mo Willams’ DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS! Huge thanks to the phenomenal cast, incredible understudies & swings, creatives, crew, stage management & the VA Rep staff, all of whom worked diligently to make the PIGEON take flight!

Meet the incredible cast & creative team for VA Rep’s WAITRESS! Directed by Rick Hammerly, this beloved Broadway sensation celebrating the power of friendship, of pursuing your dreams & the magic of a well-baked pie, runs June 21 - August 3, 2025 at the historic November Theatre!⁣⁣ ⁣ #VARepWaitress

We had a great time seeing "Dial M for Murder" on stage at the historic #HanoverTavernTheatre and featuring the excellent @vareptheatre.bsky.social. Terrific show. 🔎

Open auditions for VA Rep’s upcoming production of WAITRESS, featuring the music of Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Sara Bareilles!⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Directed by Rick Hammerly⁣⁣ Music Direction by Leilani Fenick⁣⁣ Choreography by Paul Dandridge⁣⁣ ⁣ va-rep.org/auditions.html ⁣⁣ #VARepWaitress

⁣Yesterday, VA Rep visited w/legislators at the Capitol & stopped by the Senate floor to visit monthly donor & theatre patron, Nathan Hatfield, Assistant Clerk of the Senate. ⁣ ⁣ (📸: Martha Quinn - VA Rep Board Chair, Kiffy Werkheiser - Director of Development & Klaus Schuller - Managing Director.

⁣Yesterday, VA Rep’s production of Ken Ludwig’s MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE completed its successful run. Huge THANKS to the phenomenal cast, creatives, crew & stage management. Additional thanks to William Mullens, The Tomato Fund & the our enthusiastic patrons and audiences!

Announcing open auditions for VARep’s production of DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS!, a hilarious, heartwarming musical adaptation of Mo Willems’ beloved picture book. Directed by Paul Takács April 10 - May 4, 2025 In-Person Auditions: Feb 9 & 10 (6:30-9:30PM) Rehearsals begin: March 10

VA Rep’s rollicking production of ⁣Ken Ludwig’s MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE is entering its final week and is nearly SOLD OUT! Limited seating available for remainder of the run with best seats available Wed & Thurs night at 8pm. ⁣⁣ Tickets available at www.va-rep.org or 804-282-2620

⁣⁣Yesterday, VA Rep wrapped the enormous undertaking that was our holiday musical, CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Huge thanks to the directors, cast, crew, creatives, musicians, stage management & the VA Rep staff who brought this magical musical to life. ⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣#VARepCharlie

⁣TODAY is the final performance & last chance to see VA Rep’s CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY! This production has been magical. Thank you for visiting the Factory this winter! ⁣ ⁣ Tickets still available for today's 3pm matinee at www.va-rep.org, or by calling 804-282-2620. ⁣

With the nation and its theatres at a crossroads, now is not the time for timidity or self-censorship, writes TCG publications director Kelundra Smith @pieceofkay.bsky.social. "I’m concerned that we will do the fascists’ work for them by dimming our own light," she writes.

Tonight we open VA Rep’s rollicking production of Ken Ludwig’s MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES MYSTERY at Hanover Tavern. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ Enormous thanks to the cast, crew, creatives, and the VA Rep staff for their colossal efforts in bringing this madcap mystery to life. ⁣ ⁣ Photos by Aaron Sutten

⁣How It Started vs. How It Ended ⁣ ⁣ Yesterday’s VA Rep donor reception, sandwiched between a CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY matinee & Opening Night performance, followed by feting of the CHARLIE cast, crew, creatives, made for an exhausting, but incredibly satisfying Saturday. #gratitudepost

⁣⁣WONKA FACTORY TO OPEN AT LAST⁣⁣! ⁣⁣ Tonight we open VA Rep’s wonderfully whimsical production of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY! ⁣⁣⁣ Enormous thanks to the cast, crew, creatives, musicians, & VA Rep staff for their Herculean efforts in bringing Roald Dahl’s cautionary confectionary to life! ⁣⁣

Rolling into preview week like… @vareptheatre.bsky.social’s CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY begins previews Dec. 5th!

Just Tennessee Dixon’s projections & some black light! Can you spot Augustus Gloop? Tech for VA Rep’s CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY continues… #VARepCharlie

⁣⁣HAPPY THANKSGIVING, RICHMOND! ⁣From our VA Rep family to yours…heartfelt wishes for a day filled with warmth, joy, and gratitude.⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ And a well-earned day off for the cast, crew, creatives & staff working on CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY! ⁣Wishing you all a restful and restorative break.⁣⁣

⁣The wonderful world of Willy Wonka is slowly being realized through Dan Conway’s scenic design, Joe Doran’s lighting design & Tennessee Dixon’s projections! ⁣ ⁣ Dry tech for VA Rep’s CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY continues… ⁣ ⁣ Tickets: (804) 282-2620⁣! ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #worldofpureimagination 🍭⁣⁣⁣

Rehearsals continue for VA Rep’s production of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY! This magical holiday offering can be experienced live on the Majorie Arenstein stage from Dec 5, 2024 - Jan 12, 2025!⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣⁣ Tickets: (804) 282-2620⁣! ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣ ⁣⁣ #VARepCharlie #rvatheatre #worldofpureimagination 🍭⁣⁣⁣

⁣Introducing the incredibly talented cast & creative team of Ken Ludwig’s MORIARTY: A NEW SHERLOCK HOLMES ADVENTURE. Directed by 2024 Artsie Award recipient, Irene Kuykendall, VA Rep’s MORIARTY runs Dec 18 - Jan 26 at Hanover Tavern. ⁣ ⁣ Tickets on sale now at (804) 282-2620!

Meet the incredibly talented cast and creative team for @vareptheatre.bsky.social’s CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. This scrumdiddlyumptious musical can be experienced live at the historic November Theatre from Dec. 5, 2024 - Jan. 12, 2025!⁣ ⁣ #worldofpureimagination 🍭⁣⁣⁣