GOLDEN BOY

Wow, what a show. We are selling out most performances, the audiences are thrilled, and we set a record for single day ticket sales last Sunday (for a matinee!!) I hope you all have your reservations - you truly do not want to miss this one. The show runs 2 hours and 40 minutes. We do still have tickets left for every show, but they are going fast.

Eddie Yaroch (who plays Roxy Gottleib in Golden Boy) having a very good opening night…

Also pictured: Frankie Regal (who sponsored the opening weekend events), Amanda Dane (Anna in GB), Amanda Sitton (Lorna in GB), Kristianne, Susanna Kurner and Box Office Manager Kelly Iversen. Did I mention we have the best looking team in San Diego??

A big thank you to the members of the Board who sponsored our Equity actor, Eric Poppick (he plays Mr. Bonaparte). His performance is wonderful, and he has been thrilled with his experience at NVA. He took Joshua and I out to lunch this week as a thank you, and commented so highly about NVA. His credits include work on Seinfeld, NYPD Blue and the movie Hero with Dustin Hoffman. Cool.

NVA’s FIRST SUMMER STOCK ACTOR!!

We figured since we convinced Joshua Everett Johnson to stay in town, we’d use him as much as possible. It helps that he’s a damn good actor. During the next two months, Joshua will be in not one but TWO shows with us! We have him lined up to be one of the three actors in Complete Works, and we just decided to cast him in Sailor’s Song as well (it’s going to be so great!). Manny Fernandes, who previously played Rich, is going to move to the role of Uncle John, and Joshua will come in as Rich. We had an informal reading last night, and it is so exciting!

CARLSBAD MAGAZINE

Those great guys at Carlsbad Magazine, Troy and Tim, included NVA as #6 in the Locals’ Top 25 Things to do in Carlsbad (this was after the top ten, so I guess we’re actually #16, but that’s still good)! They produce our season guide as well, and it has been a successful partnership.

MANAGING DIRECTOR SEARCH

As Interim Managing Director Elaine Gingery comes to the end of her stay here at NVA we’re in the process of interviewing for a full time MD and have already seen some great candidates. You can check out the listing at the San Diego Performing Arts League website if you or someone you know might be a good fit. But move quickly, the deadline for applications is July 15, so we hope to have a decision made by August 1.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS:

July 4th: Happy Fourth Of July (no Golden Boy performance)

July 8: First Read of Sailor’s Song: 7 PM at theatre

July 13: Closing performance of Golden Boy: Strike Set

July 14: Ensemble Workshop 6:30 - 10:30

July 15: First Read of Complete Works: 12:30 PM at theatre

August 2: Sailor’s Song opens

August 10: Complete Works opens

September 6 & 7: Fundraiser at the Munk’s in La Jolla

Have a wonderful and safe Fourth of July.

All the best-

Kristianne

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