Virginia Players Lab Series

Whenever You're Ready

Written & Directed by Claudia Hunn
November 21st & 22nd, 7pm, November 23rd, 2pm, Helms Theatre

Whenever You're Ready, written and directed by Claudia Hunn, is an intimate theatrical journey through one year in the life of two teens as they take their first steps into adulthood. Navigating crises of love, identity, and friendship, Charity and Matthew explore what it means both to play a supporting role in each other’s lives and be the stars of their own. 

About the Director/Playwright: Claudia Hunn is a third-year English, Drama, and Art History student at UVA. While Whenever You’re Ready is her first full-length play, her writing has previously been featured in the annual UVA Drama New Works with In Due Time and will return again next semester with new comedic work, Rumspringa. Claudia has also worked closely with UVA’s Shakespeare on the Lawn, making her directorial debut last semester with Romeo and Juliet, as well as frequently joining their cast of classical theater aficionados as an actor.

Content Warnings: Profanity, discussions of transphobia, gender dysphoria, physical abuse, and sexual assault (stealthing). 

Runtime: 90 minutes 

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The Lab Series Program is presented by the UVA Department of Drama and the Virginia Players. Through Lab Series, we are interested in providing a vehicle for students to produce and direct their own theatrical work, mentored by the Virginia Players Executive Board and Drama Department faculty. By being selected to participate in Lab Series, directors/playwrights will receive up to $200 to launch their proposed project in the a Drama Department facility, often the Helms Theatre, a flexible blackbox performance space. With our resources and guidance, we aspire to give opportunities and experience to students interested in learning more about theatrical production, as well as help them bring their vision into reality on the stage.