Current Season
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MAINSTAGE:
Continuity
by Bess Wohl
Directed by Doug Grissom, UVA Faculty
October 30 - November 1 & November 5-8, 2025
Helms Theatre
It’s magic hour in the New Mexico desert as an exhausted film crew races against the setting sun to shoot their blockbuster (but artsy) action movie, which takes place on an arctic (Styrofoam) ice floe, and features an ecoterrorist plotting a bombing mission to save all of humankind (supposedly). As the clock ticks and the desert sun beats down on the not-so-frozen landscape, personalities clash, artistic vision meets Hollywood demands, and the gap between fiction and science grows wider than ever. A dark but hilarious “play in six takes,” CONTINUITY interrogates the role of storytelling in a world on the brink of an actual environmental crisis.
Fall Dance Concert
Kim Brooks Mata, Producer and Artistic Director
November 20-22, 2025, in the Culbreth Theatre
Our dance concerts invite audiences to step into a multitude of worlds and narratives crafted through the moving body. Each performance showcases new works where students, faculty, and guest artists delve deeply into the creative process of choreography, building diverse worlds that reflect their unique perspectives and artistic journeys. Through both live and screendance works, these concerts present a rich tapestry of styles and viewpoints, creating evenings of engaging, evocative, and eclectic performances that invite everyone—whether you're new to dance or a longtime fan—to discover something unexpected.
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
by Dave Malloy
Directed by Diego Alejandro Gonzalez, Guest Director
March 26-28, & April 1-3, 2026, in the Ruth Caplin Theatre
From the celebrated and award-winning composer Dave Malloy comes Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812, an electropop opera based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace. Young and impulsive, Natasha Rostova arrives in Moscow to await the return of her fiancé from the front lines. When she falls under the spell of the roguish Anatole, it is up to Pierre, a family friend in the middle of an existential crisis, to pick up the pieces of her shattered reputation. This award-winning musical expands the possibilities for the genre with its daring score and bold storytelling.
Spring Dance Concert
Kim Brooks Mata, Producer and Artistic Director
April 16-18, 2026, in the Culbreth Theatre
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
Havivra
by Guest Artist in Residence and UVA Alumna Alexandra Déglise
with original music composed by Guest Artist in Residence Maher Beauroy
Feb 5-6, 2026, in the Ruth Caplin Theatre
The New Works Festival
February 19 - 21, 2026, 8pm in the Helms Theatre
Featuring the work of UVA student playwrights, directors, designers, and performers
AXIS Dance Company
Guest Artists in Residence April 19 - 25, 2026
ADDITIONAL GUEST ARTISTS AND DEVELOPMENT STAGE EVENTS
Looking for Lilith Theatre Company
Guest Artist Residency
including a new devised play, Lifecycle of a Blackberry, starring Morgan M. Younge
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More, Blackberries Please
a staged reading of this work by Dr. Yunina Barbour-Payne
based on the writings of Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal E. Wilkinson
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Virginia Players Lab Series
Fall 2025 & Spring 2026, dates TBD
Helms Theatre
Student-led shows selected by Virginia Players