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Always ... Patsy Cline
2025-09-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-20 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-21 15:00 - 17:00, 2025-09-26 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-27 19:30 - 21:30, 2025-09-28 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
Our next theatre production is a Patsy Cline tribute with stories from her life and songs performed with a live band. There will be 6 performances. To purchase tickets click reserve.
Friday, Sept 19, 7:30pmSaturday, Sept 20, 3:00pmSunday. Sept 21, 3:00pmFriday, Sept 26, 7:30pmSaturday, Sept 27, 7:30pmSunday, Sept 28, 3:00pm

RAAC Talk - Lee Miller's Photography
2025-10-03 19:00 - 20:30 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
Rappahannock author and art scholar Jane Livingston will explore Lee Miller’s photography during this free RAAC program.
Rappahannock movie-goers last year enjoyed Lee, the acclaimed film featuring American photographer Lee Miller’s exploits as a war correspondent in Europe for Vogue magazine. Miller’s artistic story will be further explored by Livingston in a talk and slide presentation. The former curator and associate director of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Jane Livingston authored Lee Miller: Photographer, the definitive book on Miller’s shaping contributions to modern photography. The book accompanied a 1989-1990 exhibit that toured seven cities in the U.S.
Miller’s life in Paris in the 1920s revolved around her artistic and romantic relationship with Man Ray, the American artist who became a leading figure in the Surrealist and Dadaist movements. Miller’s works during those years, and later, became some of the most memorable images of the era, when photography was evolving as both an art form and a communication medium for news.
Livingston will share insights into this pivotal moment for modern art, along with observations about the life and psychology of Lee Miller herself.
Hearing assistance will be available.

Queen Lear
2025-10-10 19:30 - 20:30 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
This hour-long adaptation of Shakespeare’s King Lear uses the original poetic language, with the narrative trimmed and shaped to reflect our interest in the themes of family dynamics among a mother and her daughters, the disbursal of generational wealth, aging in a female body, the blind expectations of privilege, and loyalty and love of chosen and blood family. It features six actors playing multiple characters, original music, and striking ensemble work. The show was created and is performed by Cottage Industry, an all female troupe based in Charlottesville. Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. Click here to reserve seats.

RAAC Movie - Black Bag
2025-10-24 19:00 - 21:00 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
RAAC will screen the critically acclaimed 2025 British spy thriller Black Bag, 7PM, Friday, October 24, at Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA. Twists, turns, mystery and intrigue abound as a counter intelligence officer with the National Cyber Security Center is given one week to investigate the leak of top-secret software program code. The film is directed by Steven Soderbergh and features a stellar cast including Cate Blanchett, Michael Fassbender, Marisa Abela, Tom Burke, Naomie Harris, Regé-Jean Page and Pierce Brosnan.
Though the RAAC film is free, donations are appreciated to offset production costs. Hearing assistance is available.

Fall Art Tour
2025-11-01 - 2025-11-02 | VA
RAAC’s annual Fall Art Tour is celebrating 20 years on the weekend of November 1 and 2. Studios and galleries will be open 10AM-5PM each day. This FREE premier Virginia event features over 80 artists and a self-guided, scenic tour of more than 30 Rappahannock County studios and galleries. Each year, visitors come from near and far to explore our bucolic villages and back-roads, meet the artists and take in the diversity of the art–painting, photography, pottery, sculpture, jewelry, stained glass, woodworking, bookbinding and more–on this weekend heightened by peak fall colors.
The Tour’s Main Gallery, located at 567 Mount Salem Avenue, Washington, VA is a great place to start the Tour experience, with a preview of every Tour venue! Tour maps will be available online one week prior to the Tour. For more information, visit https://fallarttour.org.

Film Talkback - News Without a Newsroom
2025-11-14 19:00 - 21:00 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
RAAC and Foothills Forum will present a film/talk-back featuring the compelling documentary–News Without a Newsroom–at Little Washington Theatre, Friday, November 14 at 7PM.
The film, directed by Oana Martisca and funded by the Knight Foundation, opens with wonderful images of the golden age of local news, featuring the bustling newsroom of the Miami Herald. It continues with comments by dozens of notable journalists, describing the transformation that moved quickly in the wake of advertising losses. It ends with a call to action, looking at new kinds of nonprofit and other organizations committed to news coverage that can restore the public trust.
Following the film will be a conversation about the evolving wave of innovation, featuring Rappahannock News publisher Dennis Brack.
The film/talk-back is free. Hearing assistance is available.

The Emperor's New Clothes
2025-12-05 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-06 15:00 - 16:30, 2025-12-12 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-12-13 15:00 - 16:30, 2025-12-14 15:00 - 16:30 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
RAAC brings The Emperor’s New Clothes to the Little Washington Theatre on the first two weekends in December. This adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen’s classic is lively, fast-paced and full of audience participation.
Performances will be: Friday, Dec. 5 (7 pm)Saturday, Dec. 6 (3 pm)Friday, Dec. 12 (7 pm)Saturday, Dec. 13 (3 pm)Sunday, Dec. 14 (3 pm)
Tickets: Adults $20 in advance ($25 at the door). Children 12 and under $5.Click here to purchase tickets.

The Nutcracker - Mini Performance and Class
2025-12-10 17:00 - 19:00 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
RAAC presents a special holiday event for children ages 3 to 10. They can experience the magic of The Nutcracker by taking a ballet class with Clara and her friends. There will also be a mini performance of The Nutcracker by members of the Charlottesville Ballet. The class will include introductory ballet steps and photo opportunities with the Charlottesville Ballet dancers. Class size is limited, so reserve your tickets for this FREE event now by clicking here.

RAAC Movie - Being There
2025-12-19 19:00 - 21:00 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
This satirical comedy, directed by Hal Ashby and based on the 1970 novel by Jerzy Kosinski, is about a simple gardener named “Chance”, played by the iconic Peter Sellers, who improbably mutates into “Chauncey Gardiner”, an influencer among America’s movers and elites. The film is a profound social commentary on media lords, and the people of privilege and power they follow.
Earning an Academy Awards’ Best Actor nomination for his starring role, Sellers demonstrated his comic mastery as Chauncey, bolstered by an all-star cast that includes Shirley MacLaine and Melvyn Douglas, winner of the Academy Awards’ Best Supporting Actor.
Film accolades include the British Academy Film Award for Best Screenplay and the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Comedy Adapted from Another Medium. In 2015, the Library of Congress selected Being There for preservation in the National Film Registry, finding it culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant.
Though RAAC film screenings are free, donations are always welcome to offset production costs. Hearing assistance is available.

RAAC Movie - When Harry Met Sally
2026-01-16 19:00 - 21:00 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
RAAC’s January movie is the critically acclaimed 1989 romantic comedy, When Harry Met Sally. Directed by Rob Reiner and starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, and Bruno Kirby, the film follows the title characters from the time they meet in Chicago and share a drive to New York City, through twelve years of chance encounters, and addresses the question, “Can men and women ever just be friends?”
Written by Nora Ephron, the film received the BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay. Ranked as one of the top comedy films in American cinema, other accolades include Academy Award, WGA Award and Golden Globe nominations.
Though the RAAC film is free, donations are always welcome to offset production costs. Hearing assistance is available.

RAAC Movie - Beauty and the Beast
2026-02-13 18:00 - 20:00 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
In celebration of unexpected love on the Eve of Valentine’s Day, RAAC will show Jean Cocteau’s 1946 classic “La Belle et La Bete,” or Beauty and the Beast, at the Little Washington Theatre, at 6 o’clock on Friday February 13 ( a test run of an earlier start for RAAC movies). Based on the 18th century fairy tale, the story unfolds like a beautiful but disturbing departure from the ordinary, with plenty of special effects created without any of today’s computer-assisted techniques.
Cocteau’s treatment of the eerie romance has been called “realism of the unreal. ” Audiences can watch a credible, if dreamy, young woman’s journey from horror to empathy to love for the beast, who has taken her hostage as part of a shocking deal imposed on her father when he is staggered by a business failure. Jean Marais plays the lonely, misunderstood beast, as well as two competing suitors for the affection of Belle, played by Josette Day.
Reports of the filming experience in post-war France add to the fascination. Marais would endure five hours of make-up time, with fur strips attached to his face and hefty incisors inserted in his mouth. And during the production period, Cocteau himself was stricken by a painful skin disorder requiring penicillin every three hours.
This French film includes subtitles, and RAAC provides hearing assistance, helpful in taking in the French dialogue and the sumptuous score by the French composer Georges Auric.
This special evening is free, but RAAC welcomes donations to cover productions costs.

Auditions for The Dining Room
2026-03-14 14:00 - 17:00 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
“The Dining Room” by A. R. Gurney is a comedy of manners, set in a single dining room where 18 scenes from different households overlap and intertwine. Each story is focused around a different family during different time periods who has in their possession the same dining room furniture set, manufactured in 1898. Portrayed with compassionate humor and abundant humanity, the action is a mosaic of interrelated scenes —some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP (White Anglo-Saxon Protestant).
If you would like to audition please complete an audition form here.

Tartuffe
2026-03-27 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-03-28 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-03-29 15:00 - 17:00, 2026-04-03 19:00 - 21:00, 2026-04-04 15:00 - 17:00 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
Tartuffe, the greatest hit from France’s greatest wit, presented by RAAC Theatre. Moliere’s 17th Century, masterful take-down of religious hypocrisy staged in full period dress by some of your most beloved actors. Translation by Richard Wilbur
You can purchase tickets by clicking here.

RAAC Movie - Hamnet
2026-04-10 19:00 - 21:00 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
RAAC’s second April movie will be Hamnet, the acclaimed Shakespeare-related film whose lead, Jessie Buckley, accepted the Oscar for best actress for her role as Agnes Shakespeare. Hamnet, had multiple Oscar nominations, including best picture and best adapted screenplay. Hamnet director Chloé Zhao was nominated for best director. The film carries the name of Shakespeare’s only son, Hamnet, whose death was the inspiration of the play many consider the master playwright’s best, Hamlet. Max Weiss, critic of Baltimore, said “The film is thoroughly imbued with that blend of mysticism and naturalism.”

RAAC Movie - Train Dreams
2026-04-18 18:00 - 20:00 | Little Washington Theatre, 291 Gay Street, Washington, VA, 22740, United States
On Saturday, April 18 at 6PM (so viewers can set out for dinner after the movie ends), RAAC will screen the celebrated four-time Oscar nominee, Train Dreams. Train Dreams is an American period drama directed by Chris Bentley, adapted from Denis Johnson’s 2011 novella, starring Joel Edgerton and Felicity Jones.. Set in Idaho, the story traces the 80-year life of Robert Grainier. Orphaned as a child, Robert drifts through life, finding work on railroad and logging projects, witnessing tragedies, including the deaths of fellow workers, and enduring the destruction of his family cabin. He eventually settles into a quieter existence, reflecting on life’s fleeting moments and maintaining a spiritual connection to lost loved ones.
Recognized as one of the top ten films of 2025, the film is celebrated for its cinematic artistry, evocative storytelling, and deeply human performances, establishing it as a standout work of contemporary American cinema.
Among the film’s many accolades, notable awards include: Best Feature, Best Director, and Best Cinematography at the Film Independent Spirit Awards; and nominations for Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, and Best Original Song, at the 2026 Academy Awards.
Though the RAAC film is free, donations are welcome to help offset production costs. Hearing assistance will be available.

Summer Chorus/Drama Registration Open
2026-05-01 - 2026-06-08 | Rappahannock County High School, 12576 Lee Hwy, Washington, 22747, United States
Registration for the Summer Chorus & Drama program is now open. Children can be registered here.

Soup and Soul
2026-05-02 18:30 - 21:30 | VA
RAAC’s next Soup & Soul event will feature Rappahannock artist Jane Irish.
Jane and her husband Crispin Sartwell have recently established residence in Woodville, with Crispin’s mother, long-time resident, Joyce Abell. Jane uses a diverse range of mediums, including oil on linen, distemper on linen, high- fire and low-fire ceramics, and plaster models and molds. Her paintings create confrontations and coexistences between realms of history, such as ornamentation and political protest, art and warfare, poetry and architecture. Jane has done major commissions like the ceiling of the new building at the Princeton University Art Museum, which opened in 2025, and is represented by the prestigious Locks Gallery in Philadelphia.
Soup and Soul events include a potluck dinner in a host home, along with a presentation by and conversation with a local artist. Tickets ($25) must be purchased in advance and information about the host home will be provided upon purchase.
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