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It's a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play

STAUNTON NEWS LEADER — 12/15/2023

Staunton's Silver Line presents final weekend of 'It's a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play'

By Patrick Hite

STAUNTON — Silver Line Theatre Exchange presents "It’s a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Play" by Joe Landry, Thursday, Dec. 28 through Saturday, Dec. 30. The American holiday classic is reimagined by an ensemble of five actors plus a foley artist bringing the characters and sounds of the film to life on stage. 

“The message of this story is one that will never go out of fashion,” said the theater's artistic director, Jeremy West. “And we have so enjoyed exploring the balance between nostalgia and timelessness with this piece.”

Poster with red curtain background and white snow-like particles, with the text 'It's a Wonderful Life' and a vintage microphone at the bottom.

WTJU — 12/15/2023

Arts this week: A conversation with Jeremy West

With Casey Kuhn

Children performing a play on stage, dressed in costumes with masks and robes, with one girl holding a book and other children in masks holding sticks, in front of a stone castle backdrop.

STAUNTON NEWS LEADER — 9/20/2023

Silver Line presents "Puffs" during Queen City Mischief and Magic

By Patrick Hite

STAUNTON — Silver Line Theatre Exchange (SLTE) presents "Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic" by Matt Cox, opening Friday, Sept. 22, at Silver Line Theatre Exchange on 211 N. Lewis Street in Staunton.

This fast-paced and irreverent retelling of the Harry Potter franchise from the perpective of the underdogs, the “(Huffle)Puffs,” was SLTE’s first show in their warehouse blackbox space last year, and they’ve brought it back this year due to popular demand.

A man with glasses and a beard sitting on a stool in front of a stage with black curtains, a Christmas tree, and a whiteboard.

STAUNTON NEWS LEADER — 12/21/2022

At Jeremy West's Silver Line, theatre arts get a new place to play: 2022 Newsmakers

By Monique Calello

STAUNTON — Jeremy West and Oliver Dahl sat on opposite ends of the front porch.

It was the height of COVID, lockdowns were in place and West found out his position as theater director at Stuart Hall School was eliminated. In fact, the entire theater program at the school was closing, as theaters across the world, Broadway included, were shutting down leaving thousands unemployed and quarantined at home …

A woman in a fluffy gray coat smiling and placing a glittery star on top of a decorated Christmas tree against a black background.

STAUNTON NEWS LEADER — 12/12/2022

New theater in Staunton performs its first show for the holidays

By Monique Calello

STAUNTON – There's a new theater in town to usher in the holiday season.

Silver Line Theatre Exchange presents "The 12 Dates of Christmas" by Ginna Hoben, opening Dec. 14 at 211 N. Lewis Street.

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WHSV — 3/20/2021

Staunton theater launches in middle of pandemic

By Tara Todd

STAUNTON, Va. (WVIR) - While theaters and performing arts programs shut down across the country due to the pandemic, one man in the Shenandoah Valley decided to take a leap of faith and open a theater company.