We’re looking to build our audience, expand our reach into the communities that we serve, and bring attention to the enormous talent we are blessed to have in Norfolk and throughout Hampton Roads. As a 501(c)3 non-profit organization, we depend on your financial support to fulfill this mission. Please consider supporting Generic Theater with a tax-deductible contribution.

We’re literally underground — in the basement of Chrysler Hall.

Scope Garage Parking — Drive into the Scope Parking Garage (St Pauls Blvd & E Bute St), stay to the right and drive down the ramp to the bottom level (U), and follow the Generic Theater signs around the perimeter (past the exit ramp) until you reach the underground theater entrance inside the garage.

Chrysler Corner Stairwells — Starting from the fountain plaza on the west side of the building, approach the Chrysler Hall Box Office and  enter via one of the red corner doors flanking the ticketing windows (see arrows in picture), walk down the stairs to the bottom level, and follow the Generic Theater signs through the garage to the underground theater entrance.

Auditions for ORDINARY DAYS will occur Monday, January 6th & Tuesday, January 7th, 2025 from 7:00–8:30pm in the Scope Exhibition Hall.

ORDINARY DAYS is a sung-through musical that examines the lives of four New Yorkers as they navigate love, art, passion, purpose and connection in a post 9/11 landscape. Please come prepared with at least 32 bars of a musical theatre style song of your choosing, with any cuts marked. An accompanist will be provided.

After decades as the gentle-natured leader of a Christian retreat that endeavors to “cure” gay teens, Walt is packing up his life and preparing for a reluctant retirement. But when his final client quietly disappears into the remote Idaho wilderness, Walt discovers that his previously unwavering moral compass no longer points the way. With profound humanity and subtlety, A GREAT WILDERNESS navigates complex moral terrain, exploring the shifting motives and inconstant strength of our personal convictions.  Written by Samuel D. Hunter, directed by Victoria Blake, weekends Jan. 17 – Feb. 2, 2025.

Buy early and save! Tickets can be ordered online, with discounts for advance purchases, groups of 10+, military, senior, and student patrons. Tickets can also be purchased in-person beginning 1 hour before performances at our underground theater box office. Come out and see a show!

A GREAT WILDERNESS – Jan. 17 – Feb. 2, 2025

ORDINARY DAYS – March 14 – 30, 2025

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