Virginia Stage Company

[1] A nonprofit theater, VSC has developed their "American Soil Series," a program that commissions plays of special regional interest, usually receiving their world premieres.

Adopting the name Virginia Stage Company, they hired the first professional staff in 1978 and began detailed planning with help from the National Foundation for the Expansion and Development of American Theatre.

In October 1979, with $315,000 from the Norfolk Redevelopment and Housing Authority and $180,000 contributed and raised by the founding board of trustees, the lease was purchased, and VSC took possession of the Wells.

The company's repertoire includes Broadway hits such as The Wiz, Venus in Fur, A Streetcar Named Desire and Peter and the Starcatcher, locally written and produced plays such as I Sing the Rising Sea and The Hampton Years,[4] and classics such as The Tempest and Oliver Twist.

[5] 2016 - Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, Adapted by Patrick Mullins, with Music by Jake Hull[6] 2016 - I Sing the Rising Sea, Book, Music, and Lyrics by Eric Schorr 2013 - Frog Kiss, Book & Lyrics by Charles Leipart, Music By Eric Schorr, Based on the novella The Frog Prince – A Fairy Tale for Consenting Adults by Stephen Mitchell 2013 - Swingtime Salute (on the deck of the Battleship Wisconsin), Book by Patrick Mullins, Music & Lyrics by various 2012 - The Comfort Team by Deborah Brevoort 2011 - SCKBSTD, A New Musical by Bruce Hornsby, Music & Lyrics by Bruce Hornsby, Lyrics by Chip deMatteo, Book by Clay McLeod Chapman 2010 - The New Pink by Chris Hanna 2009 - Alive and Well by Kenny Finkle 2009 - Line in the Sand by Chris Hanna 2007 - King Lear – The Storm At Home by Chris Hanna, based on William Shakespeare’s King Lear 2006 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Adapted by VSC 2005 - The Taste Test by Frank Higgins 1998 - Nobody Lonesome for Me by Lanie Robertson 1996 - Snapshots by Michael Scheman and David Stern, Music by Stephen Schwartz 1996 - A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Adapted by David McCann 1989 - The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Adapted by Marsha Norman, Lyrics by Lucy Simon 1988 - Fossey by Lois Meredith 1988 - Play Yourself by Harry Kondoleon 1987 - Haut Gout by Allen Havis 1986 - Wetter than Water by Deborah Pryor 1985 - Morocco by Alan Havis 1983 - Island by Peter Link, Brent Nicholson, Joe Bravco and Larry Rosler 1983 - High Rolling by Robert Litz 1983 - Tiovivo by Mary G. St.

By Ed Meyerson 1981 - Hot Grog by Jim Wann & Bland Simpson Virginia Stage Company runs educational and community engagement initiatives.