
Debut: The Wayne Theatre Alliance’s new WTA Presents podcast
The debut of the new WTA Presents podcast features interviews with a pair of upcoming performers at the Wayne Theatre Alliance’s Gateway Theatre – Will Kimbrough and Barbara Martin.

The debut of the new WTA Presents podcast features interviews with a pair of upcoming performers at the Wayne Theatre Alliance’s Gateway Theatre – Will Kimbrough and Barbara Martin.

Staff Report Magician John Coleman will be the featured performer at the debut of the Wayne Theatre Alliance Children’s Hour on Friday. The 5 p.m. event at Blue Ridge Christian Fellowship at 329 W. Main St. in Downtown Waynesboro is geared toward children ages 5-12. Coleman is a magician whose interest in the performance art…
The Wayne Theatre Alliance announced that its executive director, Tracy Straight, “has concluded her tenure,” per a release issued on Thursday, in which the nonprofit’s board wished Straight “every success in her future endeavors.”
The Wayne Theatre in Downtown Waynesboro will premiere a production of Children of Eden, the acclaimed musical featuring music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and book by John Caird.
Nathan Stanley, the grandson of the late bluegrass legend Ralph Stanley, is set for a Friday, June 12, date at the Wayne Theatre in Waynesboro.
The Wayne Theatre, for too long, was used as a political football by our local pre-MAGAs, who seemed to prefer the idea of the historic theater building in the heart of Downtown Waynesboro crumbling into ruins than doing something with it.

Author Jane Austen’s final novel, Persuasion, was adapted for the stage and will be presented by the Wayne Theatre starting next week.
The Wayne Theatre in downtown Waynesboro will host comedian Tony Deyo on Saturday, Jan. 17, for one performance.
The Wayne Theatre will bring back the River City Radio Hour for one night in January to celebrate 100 years.
The Wayne Theatre is offering an intimate concert experience with vocalist Linda Davis, guitarist Lang Scott and humorist Bill Whyte on Dec. 7.
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