Firehouse Theatre is starting off next year with one such performance, staging “I love you in spite of” on Sunday, Jan. One way stage productions can do this is through giving voice to individuals who feel marginalized, oppressed or simply misunderstood. In my conversations with local theater pros, they would like to seize this moment to raise live theater to a renewed level of relevance by increasing awareness and inspiring change.
One of the organizers of the international effort, Caridad Svich, said that she feels compelled to be “aking some healing art, some fiery art, some work that says we can rise up from and through collective mourning.”Īs the dustup around the cast of “Hamilton” directly addressing Vice President-Elect Mike Pence several weeks ago indicates, theater has the freedom and flexibility to respond to and interact with the world like no other art form. The RTP event was the local realization of an international action that hopes to continue the conversations around LGBT rights and domestic terrorism that were started after the horrible shooting at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub back in June. Sure, the masses are enjoying the familiar, calming charms of Richmond Ballet’s “The Nutcracker” or the amusing distractions of Virginia Rep’s “A Christmas Story” or “The Charitable Sisterhood Christmas Spectacular.”īut as the staging of “After Orlando” at Richmond Triangle Players last week indicates, local directors and playwrights are looking for ways to capture the current zeitgeist and dramatize it onstage with an immediacy unique to theater. 31.Īs 2016 rambles to its cacophonous close, there is a renewed sense of urgency in the performing arts world. Richmond Triangle Players offers a New Year's Eve opportunity with a Broadway star, when it presents “An Intimate Evening with Emily Skinner” on Dec.
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