Curtain Call

This week on Curtain Call features the second of a 2-part interview with Nathaniel Shaw and Vida Williams, the co-artistic directors of The New Theatre, an innovative new approach to the art.

This week on Curtain Call features the second of a 2-part interview with Nathaniel Shaw and Vida Williams, the co-artistic directors of The New Theatre, an innovative new approach to the art.

This week on Curtain Call features the first of a 2-part interview with Nathaniel Shaw and Vita Williams, the co-artistic directors of The New Theatre, an innovative new approach to the art.

This week on Curtain Call features the first of a 2-part interview with Nathaniel Shaw and Vida Williams, the co-artistic directors of The New Theatre, an innovative new approach to the art.

This week's Curtain Call is crammed with 4 reviews! Julie Turner, Julinda Lewis, Susie Haubenstock, Claire Boswell and Jerry Williams review EVERY BRILLIANT THING (Illuminated Stage), SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS (Cadence), VINCENT RIVER (RTP) and WAR IN PIECES (Firehouse).

This week's Curtain Call is crammed with 4 reviews! Julie Turner, Julinda Lewis, Susie Haubenstock, Claire Boswell and Jerry Williams review EVERY BRILLIANT THING (Illuminated Stage), SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS (Cadence), VINCENT RIVER (RTP) and WAR IN PIECES (Firehouse).

Julinda Lewis and Jerry Williams review I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE (Swift Creek Mill), then we meet Heather Miles, Artistic Director of the Broken Leg Theatre Company and hear about their new home and season.

Julinda Lewis and Jerry Williams review I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT, NOW CHANGE (Swift Creek Mill), then we meet Heather Miles, Artistic Director of the Broken Leg Theatre Company and hear about their new home and season.

Our first show of our SEVENTH season is a cool one. Jerry went down to The Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education to interview Julie Fulcher–Davis, the Artistic Director of the Illuminated Theatre, which has been named the resident professional theatre for…

Our first show of our SEVENTH season is a cool one. Jerry went down to The Perkinson Center for the Arts & Education to interview Julie Fulcher–Davis, the Artistic Director of the Illuminated Theatre, which has been named the resident professional theatre for…

For the final Curtain Call of our 6th season, 4 of our critics review THE BOTTOM SHOW (Quill), then we meet Chris and Joan Gavaler, the writer and director of THE ZOMBIE LIFE (opening in August at Firehouse).

For the final Curtain Call of our 6th season, 4 of our critics review THE BOTTOM SHOW (Quill), then we meet Chris and Joan Gavaler, the writer and director of THE ZOMBIE LIFE (opening in August at Firehouse).

This week on Curtain Call, five of our critics gather to review ELLA AND HER FELLA FRANK (Va Rep), then two of us talk about 12TH NIGHT (Quill).

This week on Curtain Call, five of our critics gather to review ELLA AND HER FELLA FRANK (Va Rep), then two of us talk about 12TH NIGHT (Quill).

We feature conversations about 2 special celebrations in our theatre community. Louise Keeton, the Artistic Director of Ashland's WHISTLE STOP THEATRE will tell us about their 10 year history, then 2 of the women behind BLACKLIST (Mary Shaw and Dr.…

We feature conversations about 2 special celebrations in our theatre community. Louise Keeton, the Artistic Director of Ashland's WHISTLE STOP THEATRE will tell us about their 10 year history, then 2 of the women behind BLACKLIST (Mary Shaw and Dr.…

This week on CURTAIN CALL Julie Harthill Turner, Jerry Williams, Julinda Lewis & Susie Haubenstock discuss WALLED IN (Firehouse), then James Ricks (Quill Theatre) fills us in on all the changes for this summer's Richmond Shakespeare Festival.

This week on CURTAIN CALL Julie Harthill Turner, Jerry Williams, Julinda Lewis & Susie Haubenstock discuss WALLED IN (Firehouse), then James Ricks (Quill Theatre) fills us in on all the changes for this summer's Richmond Shakespeare Festival.

This week’s CURTAIN CALL looks at 2 unique theatrical collabs. Carol Piersol (Artistic Director, 5th Wall Theatre) tells us about the previous and upcoming Porch Plays. Then, co-directors Chelsea Burke & Austin Lewis discuss how writer Chandler Hubbard's play SHANIDAR became…

This week’s CURTAIN CALL looks at 2 unique theatrical collabs. Carol Piersol (Artistic Director, 5th Wall Theatre) tells us about the previous and upcoming Porch Plays. Then, co-directors Chelsea Burke & Austin Lewis discuss how writer Chandler Hubbard's play SHANIDAR became…

This week on CURTAIN CALL Jerry Williams interviews Andrew Gall who wrote and directed the world premiere play WALLED IN at Firehouse Theatre.

This week on CURTAIN CALL Susie Haubenstock, Julinda Lewis and Jerry Williams review 4000 DAYS, the current production show at Richmond Triangle Players.

This week on CURTAIN CALL Jerry Williams chats with Todd Patterson and Carlen Kernish, two of the actors from the upcoming Richmond Triangle Players’ show 4000 DAYS.

This week on CURTAIN CALL Julinda Lewis, Claire Boswell and our latest addition to the Critics Circle, Julie Turner, will review FIRES IN THE MIRROR at Firehouse Theatre.

This week on CURTAIN CALL Claire Boswell from Style Weekly interviews 3 of the students in the RTCC’s Artsies Mentorship Program.

This week on CURTAIN CALL Jerry Williams gets the heat on FIRES IN THE MIRROR (Firehouse Theatre) with Jamar Jones, who is the only actor in the show and Katrinah Carol Lewis, who directed it.

Sharalyn Garrard from Heritage Ensemble Theatre Company talks about their new world premiere, Anthony Cosby, Jr. preps us for his Prince tribute, & Cynthia Mitchell presents the new show from CAT’s Bifocals.

This week on CURTAIN CALL, for the first time since October, our critics actually review 2 shows: Julinda Lewis, Susie Haubenstock, Claire Boswell and Jerry Williams discuss BITTER EARTH (Richmond Triangle Players) and KRAPP’S LAST TAPE (Firehouse Theatre). http://wrir.org/show/open-source-rva/  #CurtainCall…

Jerry Williams discusses the Firehouse Theatre production of KRAPP’S LAST TAPE with the only actor Alan Sader and the director James Ricks. http://wrir.org/show/open-source-rva/  #CurtainCall Click here for information on the new RTCC mentorship program, AMP!

This week on CURTAIN CALL, we meet the authors of 2 of the plays selected as finalists in RTP’s SoQueer Festival: Andy Nagraj, Jonathan Spivey & Ty Autry. http://wrir.org/show/open-source-rva/  #CurtainCall Click here for information on the new RTCC mentorship program,…

This week on CURTAIN CALL, we meet 2 of the people whose short plays were selected for Cadence Theatre’s Sitelines BLM program: Obadiah Parker and Jessiquito Mairena. http://wrir.org/show/open-source-rva/  #CurtainCall Click here for information on the new RTCC mentorship program, AMP!

This week on CURTAIN CALL, Jerry Williams talks with Lucian Restivo (Artistic Director of RTP) about The Santa Closet, while Susie Haubenstauck, Julinda Lewis and Claire Boswell join Jerry to discuss the show. There’s also a surprise visit from a Christmas…

This week on CURTAIN CALL, Jerry Williams talks with Tom Width from Swift Creek Mill and Tracey Coogle from Virginia Rep about the shows they’re offering to help make the holidays more festive. http://wrir.org/show/open-source-rva/ #CurtainCall

This week on CURTAIN CALL, Jerry Williams talks with Charles Wax, President of the board of Chamberlayne Actors Theatre about them losing their lease and where they go from here. The podcast will be on Artsies.org later today. http://wrir.org/show/open-source-rva/ #CurtainCall

This week on Curtain Call, Jerry Williams talks with Steve Koehler, Managing Director of Swift Creek Mill Theatre to talk about the big flood of the building in August and how the theatre is recovering.

This week on Curtain Call, Jerry Williams introduces Dorie Barton who is one of 3 directors of a virtual play created for Zoom produced by VCUarts Theatre.

This week on Curtain Call, Susie Haubenstock, Julinda Lewis, and Jerry Williams discuss the Firehouse production of ANN, a one-woman show about former Texas governor Ann Richards, and we’ll also revisit this year’s Artsies streaming show.

This week on Curtain Call, Jacqueline Jones tells us about her creation of noted Texas governor Ann Richards for ANN, the one-woman show at Firehouse.

Our 6th season of Curtain Call launches this week with interviews about 2 new opportunities in local theatre: Richmond Triangle Players Artistic Director Lucian Restivo talks about the So.Queer Playwright’s Festival and Project Director Omiyẹmi tells us about Cadence Theatre’s “Sitelines…

This week on Curtain Call Jerry Williams interviews Dr. Tawnya Pettiford-Wates, the founding artistic director of The Conciliation Project, and Deejay Gray, the founding artistic director of TheatreLAB, about the recently announced merger of their two companies.

This week on Curtain Call is the 3rd and final installment of our series on the Artsies. We’ll have Phil Crosby of Richmond Triangle Players to lend his views on the effect the awards have on local theatres, Karen Newton…

Jerry Williams talks with Joel Bassin (Firehouse Theatre) about THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY, the first live and streamed production in the area (and maybe the country), then Julinda Lewis will join Jerry to share their opinions of the show.

This week on Curtain Call, we interview Amy Wight, the producer of the Richmond Theatre Critics Circle (Artsies) awards for a dozen years, and unveil the theme of this year’s event.

This week on Curtain Call, we take a nostalgic look back at the creation of the Artsies. Susie Haubenstack, Julinda Lewis, Dave Timberline and Jill Bari Steinberg will discuss how it started and how it’s grown.

Susie Haubenstauck, Julinda Lewis, Claire Boswell and Jerry Williams talk about the shows they were looking forward to seeing the rest of this season (before COVID-19 shut the theatres down).

This week on Curtain Call: Nathaniel Shaw talks about Virginia Rep’s online projects and Joel Bassin discusses their upcoming season at Firehouse, including a historic return to the theater.

This special 56-minute version of Curtain Call was aired April 17, on WRIR-FM’s Open Source Richmond, VA. Here are links to the organizations discussed: CultureWorks Richmond COVID-19 Fund RPAA Legends at Home Richmond Quarantine Theatre Facebook page Richmond, VA OnStage…

This week on Curtain Call: Rich Griset, Susie Haubenstock, Julinda Lewis and Jerry Williams discuss THE GREAT GATSBY (Quill) and SMALL MOUTH SOUNDS (Cadence/Va Rep co-production).

This week on Curtain Call: Rich Griset, Susie Haubenstock and Jerry Williams discuss THE REVOLUTIONISTS (TheatreLAB) and THE 39 STEPS (Va Rep at Hanover Tavern). Also, Jerry interviews Laine Satterfield and Philip Davidson about the upcoming Cadence production of SMALL…

This week on Curtain Call: Rich Griset, Julinda Lewis and Jerry Williams discuss FENCES (Virginia Rep), THE CAKE (Richmond Triangle Players) & DADDY LONG LEGS (Swift Creek Mill Theatre).

This week on Curtain Call, Rich Griset, Julinda Lewis and Jerry Williams discuss ROSENCRANTZ AND GUILDENSTERN ARE DEAD (Quill Theatre), STUPID KID (Firehouse) and HARRIET TUBMAN (VaRep’s Children’s Theatre).