The concept for the season revolves around the central characters in each show searching for their own happiness. To generate excitement (and sales) for the upcoming season, TheatreLAB’s Artistic Director Deejay Gray has taken a bold step. Most of the shows are being announced complete with director and CAST!
Significant Other By Joshua Harmon, Direction by Matt Shofner (9/13-29)
From the writer of “Bad Jews,” this is about a single man who meets Mr. Right and things get complicated.
Featuring Deejay Gray, Kelsey Cordrey, Jessi Johnson, Mallory Keene, Matt Polson, Dan Cimo and Jacqueline Jones. [Produced in association with Richmond Triangle Players]
A Doll’s House By Henrik Ibsen, Direction by Josh Chenard (12/6-22)
This is Ibsen’s 1879 classic about a troubled marriage.
Featuring Katrinah Carol Lewis as Nora and Landon Nagel as Torvald.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by Hugh Wheeler, Direction by Deejay Gray | Music Direction by JS Fauquet (2/14-3/16, 2019)
This is one of Sondheim’s most popular musicals about a barber who provides the ingredients for Mrs. Lovett’s pies.
Featuring Alexander Sapp, Bianca Bryan, Matt Polson, Ali Thibodeau, William Anderson, Paul Major, Audra Honaker, and Matt Shofner. [Produced as part of the 2019 Acts of Faith Festival]
Women’s Theatre Festival
This inaugural event features 4 one-woman plays performed in rotating repertory over four weeks! [Co-produced by 5th Wall Theatre] Direction by Carol Piersol, Katrinah Carol Lewis, Debra Clinton, and Melissa Rayford (Titles and dates to be announced soon.) This will also mark the launch of the Carole Piersol Scholarship, which will be awarded to a woman either in college or recently graduated.
(3/28 – 4/20)
An Octoroon By Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, Direction by Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates (5/16-6/1)
In 1859, a famous Irishman wrote this play about slavery in America. Now an American writes his version. Winner of the 2014 OBIE Award for Best New American Play.
Xanadu Music& Lyrics by Jeff Lynne & John Farrar, Book by Douglas Carter Beane, Direction by Maggie Roop, Music Direction by JS Fauquet (7/11 – 8/10)
From the 80s film musical about a Greek muse who descends from Olympus to Venice Beach.
Featuring Rachel Marrs, Trevor Craft, Audra Honaker, and Georgia Rogers Farmer.
Level 4 A World Premiere by Dante Piro, Direction by Chelsea Burke (8/22-8/31)
This play examines how we react to the limits of the world we live in against a video game backdrop.
Piro is a recent TheatreVCU grad.
Deejay told me that they have already sold more subscriptions for this season than for the past 3 seasons combined, so Season Subscriptions are now available.