This year brings classics interpreted afresh, musical poignancy and pride, and explosively provocative new work. Let it lead you to new and unexpected places!
The Expectations Season is generously sponsored by Elizabeth LeVaca, remembering Joe LeVaca.
Live Arts is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal Agency.
UNCLE VANYA
29 September - 29 October, 2023
Director: Susan E. Evans
Chekhov's 1897 masterpiece filled with dark humor, hidden passions, and tumultuous family dynamics. Runs in repertory with LIFE SUCKS. by Aaron Posner.
16 February - 10 March, 2024
Directors: Director Jude Hansen, Music Director Abby Smith
Inspired by a true story, the huge-hearted musical KINKY BOOTS struts down the Live Arts stage featuring a Tony® and Grammy®-winning score by Cyndi Lauper and a book by Tony® winner Harvey Fierstein!
Part Two of Donja R. Love’s "The Love* Plays" trilogy, which explores Queer love through Black history, FIREFLIES centers on the Civil Rights Movement. A story of endurance and empowerment with language that is rich, rhythmic, and riveting.
Launched in 2023, WATERWORKS celebrates new theatrical voices in Charlottesville and beyond! This festival of new works puts the playwright at center stage and diversifies the stories told on the Live Arts stage.