03-04-2025
Virginia Stage Company 2025-26 season starting with jazz, ending with world premiere
Virginia Stage Company's recently announced 2025-26 season will be packed with variety — swinging jazz, holiday fun, mysteries and even a thriller — and culminates in a world premiere.
Each of the seven shows will be performed at the Wells Theatre in Norfolk.
Here is what the theater company has in store:
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A tribute to the music of Fats Waller, the show features five performers swing dancing and singing humorous songs by the legendary jazz pianist. Part of Norfolk State University Theatre Company's professional series, it will be performed Sept. 3 through 21.
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Playwright Kate Hamill's adaptation of Jane Austen's classic novel 'Emma' is a comedy about the smart and energetic Emma Woodhouse, who prides herself on being an expert matchmaker. Oct. 22 through Nov. 9.
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Combining characters from classic tales by Arthur Conan Doyle and Charles Dickens, Sherlock Holmes must come out of a self-imposed retirement to solve the mystery of the untimely death of Ebenezer Scrooge. Dec. 4 through 28.
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A reimagining of Dickens' 'A Christmas Carol,' the play follows Scrooge as he journeys through life alongside the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Dec. 4 through 28.
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The play is a thriller that follows the plight of a blind woman who's threatened by criminals inside her Greenwich Village apartment. Jan. 28 through Feb. 15.
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This reimagining of the biblical story of Joseph features the music of acclaimed composer Andrew Lloyd Weber. March 11 through 29.
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Set in Harlem and involving two young friends who experience racial uprisings and heartbreak during the summer of 1943, this play will make its world premiere next spring in Norfolk. April 8 through 26.
Details: 757-627-1234
Colin Warren-Hicks, 919-818-8138,
