UVA Drama productions planned for the 2024-25 academic season

 Mainstage:

Love is the Greater Labyrinth

by Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz
translated by Diversifying the Classics
Directed by Anna Rebek, Guest Director

Opens November 2024 in the Ruth Caplin Theatre
**Auditions August 31, and Sept 1, 2024**

Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz is a celebrated 17th century Mexican playwright, philosopher, poet, and nun. This new translation of her final play tells the story of Theseus and the Minotaur, but the dangers of the Labyrinth are nothing compared to the intricate maze of suitors, lovers, and rivals who are vying for one another’s affection and threatening one another’s lives. Sor Juana’s play follows the Spanish Comedia tradition of freely mixing tragedy and comedy for surprising results that will keep audiences on their toes as they follow the twists and turns.

As You Like It

Adapted by Shaina Taub and Laurie Woolery
Music and Lyrics by Shaina Taub
Directed by Jessica Harris, Guest Director

Opens March 2025 in the Culbreth Theatre (pending acquisition of rights)
Auditions in Fall 2024 

 UVA Alumna Jessica Harris will lead this community-engaged production of Shaina Taub’s musical adaptation of As You Like It. Similar to UVA Drama’s 2023 production of Taub’s Twelfth Night, the show will feature a celebratory collaboration between UVA and community performers and will provide an opportunity for students and community organizations to join together. Get ready for magical, Shakespearean journey to the forest of Arden, where all find acceptance, and maybe even true love,

Other Theatrical Events:

Staged Reading

Wolf Play

by Hansol Jung
September 2024 in the Helms Theatre (pending acquisition of rights)
Auditions in Fall 2024

UVA Drama is pleased to share a staged reading of this inventive play that tells the story of a struggle over an adopted child who identifies as “the wolf” and is portrayed by a puppet. The play asks which experiences make the strongest bonds and are we able to choose what’s best for ourselves.
 

The New Works Festival

opens February 2025 in the Helms Theatre
Auditions in Fall 2024

Featuring the work of UVA student playwrights and directors.
 

Virginia Players Lab Series

Fall 2024 and Spring 2025, date TBD

Student-led shows selected by Virginia Players
 

Overcranked, Student Film Festival

Spring, 2025, date TBD

Student written and directed films