The UVA Department of Drama focuses on community engagement with its musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy As You Like It. The participatory staging includes UVA students and members of local arts organizations—from Charlottesville Ballet and the women of CLAW, to the young performers at DMR Adventures—in a story of acceptance that’s accompanied by a soundtrack of pop, rock, R&B, and more. “At its core, what you see on stage is 40 people telling this beautiful story about finding community and about people finding themselves and embracing who they are,” says director and UVA Drama Department alum Jessica Harris.
Thursday 3/27 through Friday 4/6. $10–16, times vary. Culbreth Theatre, UVA Drama Building, 109 Culbreth Rd. drama.virginia.edu
Photo by Kori Price
