DEAPRTMENT NEWS – FEBRUARY 2024


Mainstage sponsorships support aspiring designers and performers

The department is excited to announce mainstage sponsorship opportunities! Support of our mainstages helps to create the very best educational experience for students while providing exceptional Theatre productions for our community.

VCUarts is grateful to the following Mainstage sponsors:

  • Jo Anne Draucker and Jim Thompson
  • Rejena Carreras
  • Sharon Larkins-Pederson and Edson Pederson
  • Mathis and Stephen Powelson
  • Sherry and Kent Titus
  • Jerry Williams aka TVJerry
  • Lorna and Randy Wyckoff

If you are interested in finding out more, please contact Sarah Hendricks, VCUarts Executive Director of Development. shendricks@vcu.edu / (804) 828-8844


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Anon(ymous) is this weekend!

A modern take on Homer’s Odyssey, Iizuka has called Anon(ymous) the perennial story of immigrants – past, present, and future. Audiences can expect an entrancing story, captivating design elements, and a dose of radical empathy. Read more here.


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Congratulations Sharon Ott

Congratulations to VCU Theatre Artistic Director and Associate Professor Sharon Ott on her new position at University of Houston! Starting this summer, she will be the new Director of the School of Theatre and Dance and Executive Director of the Houston Shakespeare Festival. We are grateful for her service as Chair and Artistic Director for the department during her time here at VCUarts and wish her all the best!



Compiled by Liz Hopper (professor emeritus), Jerry Williams (BFA ’71), and VCUarts Theatre for the February 2024 Theatre Alumni newsletter