Live Arts

Live Arts, in Charlottesville, Virginia, is a theater of unlikely connections. We bring together amateur artists and a bold, modern repertory. We look for the intersection of cutting-edge and community theater. We embrace such playwrights as Suzan-Lori Parks, Charles Mee, and Tony Kushner, and people their vivid worlds and words with actors who have day jobs and real lives. Since 1990, our company has staged more than 150 works, ranging from new interpretations of classics to avant-garde performance art. Regional media has called us "a theatrical company that takes your breath away" and "the region's boldest, most innovative theater ( www.livearts.org )