Please note that play titles, dates and artists are subject to change, pending rights availability.
My Fair Lady
Based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion
September 16 – October 5, 2008
A distinguished phonetics professor from London’s upper crust places a friendly wager that a common flower girl from the streets can be transformed into a lady, simply by teaching her to speak properly. Little does he know that she may have something of her own to teach. This recently discovered, two-piano adaptation of Lerner and Loewe’s sparkling score includes “I Could Have Danced All Night,” “Get Me To The Church On Time” and “On the Street Where You Live.” My Fair Lady is one of the greatest stories of the stage and a musical masterpiece for the whole family.
Centennial Casting
By Gino DiIorio and Nancy Bleemer
October 21 – November 9, 2008
For Vincent Didonato, the family’s metal casting shop that he runs would hardly seem the perfect place to meet Ms. Right. But that is exactly what happens when a bunch of resumes from several comely New York actresses start pouring into his “Casting” office. Finding one young waitress too irresistible to let slip away; he sets up an “audition” for a fictitious film. Mistaken identity and hilarity soon follow as show business and sheet metal collide. A mad-cap new comedy that proves sometimes it’s alright to let sparks fly.
A Christmas Carol
By Charles Dickens
December 3 – December 23, 2008
The holiday classic is back and better than ever! Dickens’ timeless story of Ebenezer Scrooge and his encounters with the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future has entertained and enlightened thousands of our patrons, teaching us the true meaning of the holiday season.
A Moon for the Misbegotten
By Eugene O’Neill
January 20 – February 8, 2009
A dilapidated Connecticut farm-house provides the backdrop for family intrigue in one of Eugene O’Neill’s best plays. Old Phil Hogan and his fiery daughter fear eviction from their landlord and devise a scheme to keep their home. But as emotions run deep, plans begin to unravel. All that remains are two “misbegotten” people, under the moonlight, facing their own loneliness. A Moon for the Misbegotten is one of the great American classics and can’t be missed.
Line in the Sand
A new play about Massive Resistance and Norfolk School Desegregation, By Chris Hanna
February 24 – March 15, 2009
One of the most significant battles to be fought on American soil happened here in Hampton Roads just fifty years ago. When Norfolk citizens struggled to reopen public schools that had been shut in defiance to racial integration, Virginia’s infamous policy of Massive Resistance made national headlines. To the eyes of many today, our community is still recovering from that fight. VSC Artistic Director Chris Hanna will weave excerpts from original media coverage, court documents, and recorded personal accounts with imagined scenes and characters he creates to examine the legacy Massive Resistance provides our region today.
Ella
Book by Jeffrey Hatcher, Conceived by Rob Ruggiero and Dyke Garrison, Based on an original play by Dyke Garrison, Musical Arrangements by Danny Holgate, Directed by Rob Ruggiero
March 31 – April 19, 2009
She was the First Lady of Jazz known the world over, but yet she hailed from right here in Tidewater. The powerful voice and rich life of Ella Fitzgerald are told in an exhilarating new musical that re-imagines her 1967 landmark concert in Nice, France. At times heartbreaking - but always uplifting - Ella features 14 of her greatest hits - including “That Old Black Magic,” and “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” – all performed by her onstage band and that unforgettable voice.
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