Arts & Entertainment

Washington and Lee University’s Staniar Gallery presents “A Yellow Rose Project,” an exhibition of photographic works made by women across the United States who submitted artistic responses, reflections and reactions to the 19th Amendment, which guarantees the right of women to vote in the U.S.

The Virginia Military Institute Theater Department is readying it fall production, “It’s A Theater Thing,” for this weekend. This selection of five short plays will feature different aspects of “doing theatre,” each with a cast of two characters. The plays are directed by VMI Theatre Director Joellen Bland, assisted by Linda Gorman. Performances will be on Friday, Oct. 8, at 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, Oct. 9 at 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Oct. 10, at 2 p.m. in the Gillis Theater in Marshall Hall at VMI. Admission, which is cash only at the door, is $10 for adults, and $5 for students and senior citizens (65+). VMI cadets and children ages six and under are free. Reservations are not necessary. Those attending must observe socially distant seating in Gillis Theater. Unvaccinated individuals must wear masks. Pictured here rehearsing for “It’s a ‘Theatre Thing!’” are (from left) Io Neo ’22+3, Alexander Andrews ’22+3, Victoria Krone ’22+3, Ted Harris ’23 (in bed), Victoria Wright ’24, John Sullivan ’22+3, Matthew Frazier ’23, and Lauren Wolf ’22. Not pictured is cast member Daniel O’Neal ’22+3. For more information, call Joellen Bland at 464-7389 or send email to blandjk@vmi.edu. (VMI photo by H. Lockwood McLaughlin)