Loving v. Virginia
“In 1958, Virginia was not for these lovers. Virginia law said both that an interracial marriage was void and that a couple who left the state to get married and returned to Virginia committed a felony. Having married in Washington, DC, and returned to their home in Caroline County, Virginia, the Lovings placed themselves in legal jeopardy. In a harrowing scene — one with all too much contemporary resonance — the police break into the couple’s bedroom at 2 a.m. and cart them off to jail. The court then banished them from the state, and their home, for 25 years.”
- Bob Ashby of DC Theater Arts
“Graves’s flair for direction is evident throughout.”
- Page Laws of The Virginian-Pilot
“As a director, I’ve staged the story simply and intimately, so that the audience is focused on the humanity at the center of it. The singing actors that I’m working with here are also on the same page and approach this with purity and authenticity. Our set design is minimal, and I focus on creative blocking, lighting, and spatial relationship to carry the emotional arc.”
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