Live Arts

As the anchor tenant in a four-story performance space in the heart of downtown charlottesville, Live Arts is a hub for creativity, theater education, and community connection. Each year, we present a compelling season of plays and musicals. We welcome students of all ages to our year- round classes and workshops, offer teen playwriting programs, and run youth summer camps that introduce young artists to all aspects of the theater. We support the development of local works and provide resources for volunteer-led groups including a playwriting lab, script reading group, and costume and scenic guilds. And for more than two decades, we have provided tech support to high school and college theater companies performing in scotland at the edinburgh festival fringe. Powered by more than 1,200 volunteers, we are a national model for engaged community theater. For more than three decades, we've dedicated ourselves to the mission of "forging theater and community" in charlottesville, Virginia. Our engagement in local communities runs deep, and we happily attract participants and audiences from across central Virginia. We're known for exceptionally high caliber productions that reflect the remarkable talent of our volunteer actors and productions teams.