MAINSTAGE:
Continuity
by Bess Wohl
Directed by Doug Grissom
Fall 2025 in the 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 actual environmental crisis.
Fall Dance Concert
Kim Brooks Mata, Producer and Artistic Director
November 2025, in the Ruth Caplin Theatre
Featuring the work of student, faculty, and guest choreographers, the Dance Concert will showcase technical, creative and artistic approaches to movement and composition, while reflecting each choreographer's personal interests and stories -- an evening of engaging, evocative, and eclectic performances.
Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812
by Dave Malloy
Spring 2026 in the Ruth Caplin Theatre
*Auditions to be announced Fall 2025*
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 2026, in the Ruth Caplin Theatre
Featuring the work of student, faculty, and guest choreographers, the Dance Concert will showcase technical, creative and artistic approaches to movement and composition, while reflecting each choreographer's personal interests and stories -- an evening of engaging, evocative, and eclectic performances.
DEVELOPMENT STAGE:
New Works
February 2026, in the Helms Theatre
*Auditions in Fall 2025*
Featuring the work of UVA student playwrights and directors.
Virginia Players Lab Series
Fall 2025 & Spring 2026, dates TBD
Helms Theatre
Student-led shows selected by Virginia Players