The Arts at VWU

April

Apr 4 - 7

VWU Theatre Presents Anastasia

Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center

Based on the beloved animated movie from 20th Century Fox, Anastasia is both a heartwarming and heart-wrenching dive into one of history’s biggest unanswered questions: what happened to Grand Duchess Anastasia Romanov? Set amidst the turmoil of the Russian revolution with the Bolshevik regime on the rise, Anya, an amnesiac orphan stranded in what was once the Russian capital, St. Petersburg, is on a quest to rediscover her past which she believes lies in Paris. Joined by a dashing conman, Dmitry, and an ex-aristocrat, Vlad Popov, who want to use Anya to bamboozle the only remaining Romanov, Dowager Empress Marie into believing that Anya is the lost Anastasia, she escapes to Paris with a determined Soviet officer on their heels. Including classic songs from the motion picture like “Journey to the Past” and “Once Upon a December,” Anastasia explores one determined girl’s journey to find home, love, and family as she discovers who she was and embraces who she is meant to be.

Book by Terrence McNally
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Inspired by the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Pictures by special arrangement with Buena Vista Theatrical
From the play by Marcelle Maurette as adapted by Guy Bolton
ANASTASIA is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com

Performances:  April 4 at 7:30 p.m.; April 5 - 6 at 8 p.m.; April 7 at 2 p.m.

Admission: $20 Adults, $10 Student/Military/Senior, Complimentary admission for VWU students, faculty and staff.

TICKETS/Guestlist

Apr 20

Durufle Requiem

Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center

4:00 p.m.

Virginia Wesleyan Camerata and the Virginia Choral Society join together under the direction of Dr. Bryson Mortensen to perform Maurice Durufle's Requiem, as well as motets by both Durufle and Gabriel Faure.

TICKETS

May

May 2

Virginia Wesleyan Orchestra

Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center

7:30 p.m.

Virginia Wesleyan Orchestra will perform a variety of classical and modern pieces that showcase the talents of our orchestra.

May 3

Virginia Wesleyan Vox Vera and Jazz Ensemble

Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center

7:30 p.m.

Virginia Wesleyan Vox Vera, fresh off their performance tour to Italy, and the Virginia Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble, collaborate on a fun concert full of contemporary, jazz, and everything in between. The Wesleyan Jazz Ensemble will perform a variety of jazz favorites at their spring concert. The jazz ensemble will showcase two songs from the late great Wayne Shorter, an early-jazz favorite of Louis Armstrong, the modern funk of the Meters, and a bossa from Antoinio Carlo Jobim.