Category: Generic Theater
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The 2024-25 ACT-y Winners
Year number two of the HRACT Awards is in the books! Thank you to everyone for coming out to support the amazing community that these theaters create (and of course, some remarkable performances and impressive technical work). We’ve got to run the credits one more time for all the incredible people who made the evening…
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Information and Reminders for those Attending the Awards Ceremony
The 2024-2025 Hampton Roads Achievement in Community Theater Awards is almost here! If you are planning to attend, here are some reminders and information: If you are a NAMED NOMINEE (i.e., your name individually appears on our nomination announcement here): Finally, if you are part of a nomination for Best Performance of a Song (Ensemble),…
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Generic Theater’s “Clyde’s” Serves Up Sandwiches with a Side of Hope
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) “Sandwiches are the most democratic of all foods… a whole meal in your hands” says Montrellous, the kind-hearted, philosophical convicted felon who serves as the de facto leader of the all-felon kitchen staff of Clyde’s, a greasy spoon sandwich stop which has become a favorite of truckers passing…
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The 2024-25 HRACT Awards Nominees
We can’t believe that the second season of the HRACT Awards has already come to a close. We thoroughly enjoyed seeing all the shows this year, and really struggled to narrow down the list of deserving nominees to the requisite number for each category. The winners will be announced at our awards ceremony on October…
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Extraordinary Performances Create “Something Simple, Familiar, and Full of Feeling” in Generic Theater’s “Ordinary Days”
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) We walked into Generic Theater with sky-high expectations for “Ordinary Days”. Not only was this the closing show for Generic’s very successful season (the same final show slot that HRACT Award Best Play winner “Indecent” was in last year), we knew it was being fronted by four absolute…
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Grab Your Moral Compass and Find Your Way Through “A Great Wilderness” at Generic Theater
Photo courtesy of J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/) As I walked into the Generic Theater on Sunday afternoon, I had the same thought as Daniel on stage – so, where is the shock treatment equipment? We would soon find out that Daniel, played by the fast-rising and talented Lucas Guzzo, has indeed walked into a gay…
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Be a Fly on the Wall of Someone Else’s Messy Family Thanksgiving at Generic Theater’s “A Beautiful Day in November on the Banks of the Greatest of the Great Lakes”
We stepped into Generic Theater on Sunday afternoon to find a playing field/basketball court set up as the stage, complete with a press box and various high school fight songs blaring over the speakers – getting us hyped up for the battle to come. And boy was a battle brewing. You might not expect it,…
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Generic’s “Tarrytown” Continues the Run of Strong Spooky-Season Shows
The second show of our triple play weekend (and, barring a surprise regarding plotlines in “Mud Row” at PCT or “Xanadu” at SLT, the final Halloween-y show of the season) involved a trip to “Tarrytown” at the Generic Theater. This is a show that we had never heard of, which is not surprising for us,…
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Pictures from the 2023-2024 HRACT Awards Ceremony
We are still glowing from the fun of our first ever awards ceremony! Thanks to J. Stubbs Photography (https://jstubbsphotographyvb.com/), we’ve got professional quality pictures to share with you all from the night! Enjoy!
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And the Winners Are…
We had such a fun night at the inaugural HRACT Awards! Thank you to everyone who showed out, looked amazing, and had a fun time! Although we didn’t let anyone give acceptance speeches, we still have a whole list of people we just have to thank: Oh yeah, there is that little thing about the…