In the Press
DOG MOM is Theatre at its Best, Here or Anywhere Else
There are days of doing this when I just get to gush. Today is one of those days.
I have had the pleasure this past year of witnessing some of the best theatre of my life. VA Rep’s Primary Trust floored me. Richmond Shakespeare continued their epic run of hits with The Importance of Being Earnest, Macbeth and As You Like It. Richmond Triangle Players made I Love You Because sing.
DOG MOM: When Rescue Goes Both Ways
Writer, director, and actor Tate Elizabeth Hanyok used a multi-pronged approach to write DOG MOM, an original production running September 24 through October 11 at the Carol Piersol Stage at Firehouse Theatre.
Launch Point: Richmond
Something counterintuitive is happening in the world of Richmond theater.
While several companies are dealing with serious institutional challenges (see our season preview of local theater), the number of locally-developed original works being produced is at an all-time high.
Triumph Amongst Turmoil
A relentless stream of administrative news has made the local theater world so tempestuous that it’s been hard to focus on the productions actually showing up on stages.
Summer in the City benefitting Cadence Theatre
RICHMOND, Va. -- Summer in the City is a special fundraising event benefitting the Cadence Theatre.
8News gets a glimpse of Summer in the City by Cadence Theatre
8News got a visit from two special guests from Richmond-based Cadence Theatre to discuss how to support a local nonprofit while enjoying the performing arts this summer.
‘WitchDuck’ Vs. the 18th-Century Manosphere
With its satirical look at an overlooked piece of Virginia history, Eva DeVirgilis’s new play is for the women who’ve spoken up against patriarchy for centuries.
What the Duck
People have an instinctive aversion to hard truths, particularly if they’re hit over the head with them.
The ferociously comic and persistently wacky “WitchDuck” manages to circumvent that aversion. Like a skilled magician, the world premiere play serves up so many antic hijinks as a diversion that the hard truths sneak in past any normal defenses.
Casting a New Spell: Playwright Eva DeVirgilis conjures the bold magic of WitchDuck
Eva DeVirgilis has driven by Witchduck Road in Virginia Beach dozens of times. But, she had never questioned the origin until she participated in the Pipeline New Works Program through Cadence Theatre.
Founded in 2019 by Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and screenwriter David Lindsay-Abaire and Chris Lindsay-Abaire, the program helps creatives like DeVirgilis develop new works.
Cadence and Firehouse Theatre Will Co-Produce New Play WITCHDUCK
Cadence and Firehouse Theatre will present the world premiere of WitchDuck, a dark comedic and subversive new play based on the true story of Grace Sherwood, Virginia's last convicted witch. This new work, written by Eva DeVirgilis, reexamines this dreadful history with a smart feminist perspective.
‘Love & Vinyl’ Is a Rom-Com Set and Staged Inside Plan 9
Record stores have always been more than retail. People go in saying they’re just browsing, but that’s rarely the whole story. It’s a treasure hunt. They’re chasing a feeling. They’re hoping to recognize themselves in someone else’s taste.
That’s why Plan 9 Music makes sense as the setting for Love & Vinyl, a site-specific romantic comedy by playwright Bob Bartlett, produced by Cadence Theatre Company. The play doesn’t simulate a record store onstage. It takes place inside one.
‘Love & Vinyl,’ a play about a record store, is performed at real-life Plan 9
There’s a special kind of performance happening at Plan 9 Music this month.
Cadence Theatre Company will transform the longtime Richmond record store into an immersive stage with Bob Bartlett’s “Love & Vinyl”: a play about a record store, set inside of a record store.
Bartlett is no stranger to unconventional theater spaces. “Love & Vinyl” grew out of an earlier site-specific experiment that began not in a theater at all, but in a laundromat.
Record Store Drama
Art imitates life in a Cadence theater production at Plan 9 Music
What better setting for a play about record collectors than an actual record store? And few record stores could be more fitting than Plan 9, the venerable Richmond music hub located in Carytown. It’s where Cadence theater company will stage its production of “Love & Vinyl” Feb. 6-22.
Records and Romance
Art imitates life in a Cadence theater production at Plan 9 Music
What better setting for a play about record collectors than an actual record store? And few record stores could be more fitting than Plan 9, the venerable Richmond music hub located in Carytown. It’s where Cadence theater company will stage its production of “Love & Vinyl” Feb. 6-22.