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Barksdale Theatre. Barksdale Theatre merged with Theatre IV in 2012 to become Virginia Repertory Theatre. [1] [2]Barksdale Theatre in Richmond, Virginia, United States, is Central Virginia’s first nonprofit professional performing arts organization, founded in 1953 at the historic Hanover Tavern by Tom Carlin, Stewart Falconer, David 'Pete' Kilgore, Priscilla Kilgore, Muriel McAuley and Pat ...
Theatre IV became the first professional theatre in the nation to perform within the Pentagon walls. [14] With a budget of $5 million, four distinct venues, 3 seasons, an educational program, and an annual audience over 80,000, Virginia Rep is the largest professional theatre and one of the largest performing arts organizations in Central Virginia.
Exterior of Signature Theatre. In 2007, in partnership with Arlington County, Virginia, Signature moved into its current facility, a $16 million theater complex in The Village at Shirlington. [1] [4] The first floor of the building houses the Shirlington Branch of the Arlington County Public Library, [5] the upper three floors house the theater ...
1975 Theatre IV was founded by Bruce Miller and Phil Whiteway, becoming Virginia's first professional theatre for young audiences.; 2009 Theatre IV, in partnership with Barksdale Theatre, continues to perform live before nearly 600,000 theatre lovers each year, presenting acclaimed home seasons in Richmond, and touring extensively throughout Virginia, 34 additional states plus the District of ...
Bruce Miller (theater director) is a stage director and producer living and working in Richmond, Virginia. [1] In 2017 he received a lifetime achievement award from the Virginia Theatre Association for his work with the Barksdale Theatre, Theatre IV, and Virginia Repertory Theatre. [2]
A repertory theatre, also called repertory, rep, true rep or stock, which are also called producing theatres, is a theatre in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation. [1] [2] Blue plaque marking the site of the Gaiety theatre
In 1939, the theatre first presented the Barter Theatre Award "for the outstanding performance by an American player." [27] The initial recipient was Laurette Taylor, and the 1940 award went to Dorothy Stickney. Each winner received an acre of mountain land near Abingdon and a Virginia ham and selected two actors to perform with the theatre. [27]
Dominion Energy Center is a performing arts center in Richmond, Virginia that houses a number of venues including the historic Carpenter Theatre, Libby S. Gottwald Playhouse, Bob & Sally Mooney Hall, and the Genworth BrightLights Education Center. The theatre was formerly known as Richmond CenterStage.