University of Lynchburg students, faculty, staff, and alumni shined a light on local history this month at the Old City Cemetery Candlelight Tours.
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Dillard Fine Arts Center main stage renamed for beloved Lynchburg theatre professor
For those who knew him, there was nothing Doc Hailey couldn’t do. “My mom used to say he was not smart enough to know that there was anything he couldn’t do,” Lavinia Garbee ’90 MEd said of her father, the University of Lynchburg’s first theatre professor, Dr. Robert Carter “Doc” Hailey Sr.
Fall theater season opens with ‘Dead Man’s Cell Phone’ Sept. 16
The University of Lynchburg’s fall theater season opens Thursday, Sept. 16, with “Dead Man’s Cell Phone,” performed on the Dillard Fine Arts Center main stage. Additional performances will be held Saturday, Sept. 18, and Sunday, Sept. 19.
Lynchburg theatre grad helps bring ‘Godspell’ to the Berkshires
This past summer, with the lights out on Broadway due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a theater in the rural Berkshires decided that the world, or at least western Massachusetts, needed live theater now more than ever.
Theatre grads’ collaboration gets national attention
Two University of Lynchburg theatre graduates attracted national media attention for a joint venture aimed at entertaining and educating children during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The show must go on: Curtain Call sings on
When classes went online in March, everyone at the University of Lynchburg had to figure out how to carry on while being physically separated. Students in Curtain Call, for instance, usually spend the semester at Dillard Fine Arts Center. They work on Curtain Up, a spring concert of original songs written in collaboration with New York City songwriters.
Lynchburg theatre brings ‘Pride and Prejudice’ to life
The University of Lynchburg’s theatre department will present its take on Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” Thursday, February 20, through Sunday, February, 23, in Dillard Theatre at the Dillard Fine Arts Center.
‘It’s A Wonderful Life’ at University of Lynchburg
Lynchburg graduate Katie Gardner ’08 returns to direct “It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play.” The show runs Thursday, December 12, through Saturday, December 14, at 7 p.m. in the Dillard Fine Arts Center studio theatre.
‘Spelling Bee’ starts Oct. 24
The University of Lynchburg Theatre Department will present “The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee,” which has been described as a “comical tale of several socially awkward youngsters finding joy, […]
‘Spamalot,’ ‘Greatest Showman’ on the lineup for Curtain Call Cabaret
Curtain Call, the University of Lynchburg’s musical theatre group, will perform its March Cabaret at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, March 29 and 30, in the Dillard Fine Arts Center theatre. Tickets are $5 and available via Etix. Due to mature themes, the show is not recommended for children.
