Riverside Center for the Performing Arts Educational Programs and Summer Performing Arts Camp
95 Riverside Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA 22406
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Riverside Center for the Performing Arts Educational Programs and Summer Performing Arts Camp includes a summer performing arts camp. The camp is offered as an annual summer performing arts camp.
• Schedule: Annual summer performing arts camp
• Price: Riverside offers an annual summer performing arts camp free of charge to economically disadvantaged children and youth.
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents professionally produced classic musicals, murder mystery plays, rock operas, and other shows with a live orchestra. The organization’s mission states that it promotes the creative and performing arts, presents theatrical productions, nurtures artists, offers educational programs, and conducts community outreach programs in a collaborative and dynamic environment. With grants and contributions from the public, it conducts community outreach that includes offering the annual summer performing arts camp free of charge to economically disadvantaged children and youth.
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts began on June 18, 1998, with its inaugural production of Oklahoma! under the name Riverside Center Dinner Theater and Conference Facility, rebranded in 2016 as Riverside Center for the Performing Arts, was impacted by the covid pandemic in 2020, and in 2024 attained the status of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Musical theatre critics have cited Riverside Center as “consistently demonstrating high-quality, professional-caliber productions” and “one of the best places to see musicals in the D.C. area,” and it has been described as offering Broadway-quality entertainment in Virginia. A testimonial from StaffordTour Stafford VA states, “They’re Broadway’s Best.”
The leadership and management team includes Patrick A’Hearn (CEO and Producing Artistic Director), Carson Eubank (Associate Producing Artistic Director & Music Supervisor), Barbara Breen (Company Manager), Aaron Thomas Moore (Production Manager), Christian Ward (Technical Director), Sara Clark (Costume Shop Manager), Weston Corey (Master Electrician), Reilly Cooper (Props Master), Cheyenne Tenda (A1/Head Audio), Cody Medley (Resident Stage Manager), Bethany Cheek (Resident Design Assistant/Wig Designer), Jared Elton (Scenic Charge Artist), Amber Harley (Accountant), Reggie Eusebio (Operations Manager and Events Coordinator), Nancy Huffine (Box Office Manager), Tammi Alford (Box Office Associate), Kristen Meade (Box Office Associate), Sarah Andersen (Director of Marketing), Alyssa Fleming (Group Sales), Stefan Boutchyard (Executive Chef), and Andrea Kahane (Director of Special Programs, Education, and Children’s Theatre). The Board of Directors includes Dr. John Coker (Vice President), Dr. Carolyn Norman (Secretary), Liz Lane (Interim Treasurer), Patrick A’Hearn (CEO and Producing Artistic Director), Stephen Dickinson, Jeffrey Dunn, Deborah Nelson, Kevin Perry, Dr. Tom Phillips, and Eric Purcell.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
• Schedule: Annual summer performing arts camp
• Price: Riverside offers an annual summer performing arts camp free of charge to economically disadvantaged children and youth.
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts presents professionally produced classic musicals, murder mystery plays, rock operas, and other shows with a live orchestra. The organization’s mission states that it promotes the creative and performing arts, presents theatrical productions, nurtures artists, offers educational programs, and conducts community outreach programs in a collaborative and dynamic environment. With grants and contributions from the public, it conducts community outreach that includes offering the annual summer performing arts camp free of charge to economically disadvantaged children and youth.
Riverside Center for the Performing Arts began on June 18, 1998, with its inaugural production of Oklahoma! under the name Riverside Center Dinner Theater and Conference Facility, rebranded in 2016 as Riverside Center for the Performing Arts, was impacted by the covid pandemic in 2020, and in 2024 attained the status of a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Musical theatre critics have cited Riverside Center as “consistently demonstrating high-quality, professional-caliber productions” and “one of the best places to see musicals in the D.C. area,” and it has been described as offering Broadway-quality entertainment in Virginia. A testimonial from StaffordTour Stafford VA states, “They’re Broadway’s Best.”
The leadership and management team includes Patrick A’Hearn (CEO and Producing Artistic Director), Carson Eubank (Associate Producing Artistic Director & Music Supervisor), Barbara Breen (Company Manager), Aaron Thomas Moore (Production Manager), Christian Ward (Technical Director), Sara Clark (Costume Shop Manager), Weston Corey (Master Electrician), Reilly Cooper (Props Master), Cheyenne Tenda (A1/Head Audio), Cody Medley (Resident Stage Manager), Bethany Cheek (Resident Design Assistant/Wig Designer), Jared Elton (Scenic Charge Artist), Amber Harley (Accountant), Reggie Eusebio (Operations Manager and Events Coordinator), Nancy Huffine (Box Office Manager), Tammi Alford (Box Office Associate), Kristen Meade (Box Office Associate), Sarah Andersen (Director of Marketing), Alyssa Fleming (Group Sales), Stefan Boutchyard (Executive Chef), and Andrea Kahane (Director of Special Programs, Education, and Children’s Theatre). The Board of Directors includes Dr. John Coker (Vice President), Dr. Carolyn Norman (Secretary), Liz Lane (Interim Treasurer), Patrick A’Hearn (CEO and Producing Artistic Director), Stephen Dickinson, Jeffrey Dunn, Deborah Nelson, Kevin Perry, Dr. Tom Phillips, and Eric Purcell.
Last updated May 13, 2026.
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