Waterworks Players
Craig Challender, Author at Waterworks Players
2024
Director Tsigaridas, I Presume?
The Vagrant,” which opens on February 23, will mark Greg Tsigaridas’ debut as a director. And there is one more intriguing first: “The Vagrant’s” author, local playwright Brett Hursey, has previously directed Greg in one of his ten-minute plays.
2023
A Season of Firsts
“Godspell,” which opens October 13th, will be the first Waterworks musical in three years. It will be a first for director Kolby Logue as well.
2023
Waterworks Announces Its New Season
Something old, something new, something brought back: The Waterworks Players’ 2023-24 season will feature some of each of these.
Auditions for “Godspell”
Auditions will be held at the Waterworks Theatre on August 6th & 7th at 7 p.m. Please prepare 32 bars from a musical of your choice. And prepare a one-minute upbeat monologue.
2023
Elijah Logue’s Newest Role
From his debut six years ago as Anthony Marsden in the Agatha Christie thriller “And Then There Were None” to his most recent appearance as Jack Merriwell in the melodrama “Adrift in New York,” Elijah Logue has become a familiar presence on the Waterworks stage. With “Wiley and the Hairy Man,” Waterworks’ upcoming production, he is taking on a very different role: First-Time Director.
2023
A Man for all Theatrical Seasons
Same Time, Next Year, The Waterworks Players’ current production opening this week, is a first-time directorial experience for Billy Tucker. But it’s far from his first time being involved with Waterworks.
2022
Cast Chosen for Twelfth Night
“If music be the food of love, play on . . .” This well-known line opens William Shakespeare’s mellow comedy Twelfth Night, now fully cast, for The Waterworks Players’ first production of 2022-23.
2021
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: The Panto A Review
Sometimes it takes an absence to remind us just how special homegrown talent can be. That’s especially true for this year’s Panto, which has been one of the Waterworks Players’ most popular productions for almost 15 years.
2019
2019
It’s Your Move: A Review of Chess
“Each game of chess / Means there’s one less / Variation left to be played; // Each day got through / Means one or two / Less mistakes remain to be made.” These opening lines from “Prologue”/”The Story of Chess” point us to the inevitable—but not predictable—conclusion of Chess, the 1988 American version of Tim Rice, Benny […]
This project is supported, in part, by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.
