Arts: Performance

Castleton Festival

The Castleton Festival nurtures young talents, fosters the arts and reclaims the human spirit through integrative mentoring, world-class performances and building of communities. Established by the late maestro, Lorin Maazel, and his wife, actress and teacher Dietlinde Turban Maazel, at their 550-acre estate on Castleton Farm Road, Castleton’s state-of-the-art 140seat Theatre House continues to offer a modest season of concerts, performances, recitals, chamber music programs, dance and theatrical events and opera as part of Castleton in Performance series. For details, visit castletonfestival.org or call 540-937-3454.

The Little Washington Theatre

The Theatre presents a wide variety of professional musical and dramatic performances, usually on weekends. There’s jazz, chamber music, Celtic music, classical piano recitals and an eclectic mix of other musical and classical theatre performances during each of the Theatre’s January-to-June and September-to-December seasons. Favorites include the Cambridge American Stage Tour, the Smithsonian Chamber Players, celebrated folk & bluegrass bands and classic jazz ensembles. Reservations are recommended for most events at the Theatre, 291 Gay St., Washington. Call 540-675-1253, email info@ littlewashingtontheatre.com or visit LittleWashingtonTheatre.com

Rappahannock Association for Arts and Community

RAAC is the nonprofit organization behind many local art programs and events, including the Artists of Rappahannock Studio & Gallery Tour held every November, film screenings, a lecture series at the library, plays and more held at the RAAC Community Theatre, Soup ’n’ Soul talks held in private homes and Mitchell Arts Fund grants awarded to new and aspiring local artists and projects. For more information, call 540675-3193, email info@RAAC. org or visit raac.org. RAAC also sponsors the RAAC Community Theatre (below).

RAAC Community Theatre

The Theatre presents plays, readings, poetry coffee houses and workshops in the historic (and now fully airconditioned and heated) former country church at 310 Gay Street, Washington. For more information, visit raac.org (and click on Community Theatre) or call 800-695-6075.