2026 SESSION
ENROLLED
HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 234
Commending Reston Community Players.
Agreed to by the House of Delegates, March 9, 2026
Agreed to by the Senate, March 11, 2026
WHEREAS, for 60 years, Reston Community Players has celebrated the performing arts, supported local artists and technicians, and delighted audiences through diverse, creative, and collaborative productions and programs; and
WHEREAS, Reston Community Players traces its origins to 1966, when Herndon residents invited a group from Reston to perform an original musical, The Greatest Game in Town ; and
WHEREAS, in its early years, the troupe occupied several different performance venues and overcame a number of challenges, including the 1972 fire at Bowman Chapel that destroyed all of its assets; later that year, the company officially reorganized itself as the nonprofit Reston Community Players; and
WHEREAS, in 1979, Reston Community Players mounted Applause , its first production in the brand new state-of-the-art CenterStage at the Reston Community Center in Hunters Woods, now known as the Leila Gordon Theatre, which continues to serve as its main venue; and
WHEREAS, in 1984, Lindsay Petersen, then secretary of the Reston Community Players Board of Directors, purchased a warehouse in Herndon for use as a rehearsal hall, scene shop, and office, and storage space for costumes, props, and set pieces; and