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.

Curtain Call

Act 7, Scene 4 (The New Theatre)

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).

Act 7, Scene 3 (4 Fall shows!)

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.

Act 7, Scene 2 (“I Love You” at the Mill, BLT)

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…

Act 7, Scene 1 (Perkinson Center)

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).

Act 6, Scene 24 (Bottom Show, Zombie Life)

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).

Act 6, Scene 23 (Ella/Frank, 12th Night)

For our final week of CURTAIN CALL for this season 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…

Act 6, Scene 22 (BlackList, Whistle Stop)

This week on CURTAIN CALL Julie Clayton, 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.

Act 6, Scene 21 (Walled In / Shakespeare)

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…

Act 6, Scene 20 (Porch Plays / Shanidar)

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

Act 6, Scene 19 (Walled In interview)

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

Act 6, Scene 18 (4000 days reviews)

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.

Act 6, Scene 17 (4000 days interviews)

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.

Act 6, Scene 15 (Fires in the Mirror)

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

Act 6, Scene 15 (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.

Act 6, Scene 14 (Fires in the Mirror interviews)

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