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Season 22 at the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center features four shows that are all multiple award-winners! From the brilliance of the Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning DOUBT to the hilarity of THE 39 STEPS; to the tender, poignant, and funny Tony Award-winning musical FUN HOME and the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning musical THE COLOR PURPLE, this season brings the very best to our stage and to you!
You won’t want to miss a moment of this winning season!
DOUBT: A PARABLE
Written by John Patrick Shanley
Directed by Kristianne Kurner
“‘Doubt’ hews closely to its reassuringly sturdy, familiar form the better to explore aspects of thought and personality that are anything but solid.”
–Ben Brantley, The New York Times
- PREVIEWS: September 22-29, 2023
- OPENS: September 30, 2023
- RUNS: October 1-October 22, 2023
Recipient of The Tony Award for Best Play and Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
John Patrick Shanley’s Pulitzer-winning play takes audiences to a catholic school in the Bronx where a nun accuses a priest of inappropriate behavior with a student. But did anything actually happen? Directed by Executive Artistic Director Kristianne Kurner, this timely play leans into how we define truth, and seems even more relevant today. DOUBT: A PARABLE returns to Broadway in February, 2024 – see it first at NVA!
Reproduced by permission of the author and Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
FUN HOME
music by jeanine tesori | Book and lyrics by Lisa Kron
Based on the Graphic novel
by alison bechdel
Directed by kym Pappas
Featuring Rae Henderson-Gray
“A beautiful heartbreaker of a musical.”
– Ben Brantley, The New York Times
- PREVIEWS: January 26-February 2, 2024
- OPENS: February 3, 2024
- RUNS: February 4-March 3, 2024
Winner of the 2015 Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Original Score!
In the new year, Kym Pappas will direct the groundbreaking musical FUN HOME, which follows a woman, Alison, as she delves into her past and seeks to come to terms with the life and legacy of her father (who is exactly the same as her and still so different). This Tony-award-winning musical invites us as the audience to come to a fuller understanding of the journey of coming out and stepping into yourself.
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
The 39 steps
ADAPTED BY PATRICK BARLOW
From the novel by John Buchan
From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by AJ Knox
“The 39 Steps remains a gallant and giggly ode to make-do resourcefulness, to the air of spinning illusions out of nothing but a clown’s talents.”
– Ben Brantley, The New York Times
- PREVIEWS: April 5-12, 2024
- OPENS: April 13, 2024
- RUNS: April 14 – May 12, 2024
Olivier Award for Best Comedy and Tony Award for Best Play
The hilarious THE 39 STEPS, directed by NVA’s own AJ Knox, is a feat of incredible comedic acting and will have audiences rolling with laughter and thrilling at the ingenuity of turning this Alfred Hitchcock story into something completely different. Amidst the laughter, audiences will experience a swoon-worthy romance between two unsuspecting lovers that find a reason to look after each other and look after the world.
Presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc.
The color purple
BASED UPON THE NOVEL WRITTEN BY ALICE WALKER AND THE WARNER BROS./AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT MOTION PICTURE.
BOOK BY MARSHA NORMAN | MUSIC AND LYRICS BY BRENDA RUSSELL, ALLEE WILLIS, AND STEPHEN BRAY
Directed by kandace crystal
“The Color Purple lifts you up as kindness, hard-earned forgiveness and stubborn tenacious goodness prevails against all odds.”
– Catey Sullivan, Chicago Sun-Times
- PREVIEWS: June 7-17, 2024
- OPENS: June 15, 2024
- RUNS: June 16-July 21, 2024
A Pulitzer Prize. A National Book Award. Eleven Academy Award Nominations. Four Golden Globe Nominations. Three Tony Awards.
This uplifting musical brings Alice Walker’s remarkable coming-of-age book to life, touching on such themes as domestic violence, female identity, and the power of love, which can overcome hatred and selfishness. A new, major motion picture produced by Oprah Winfrey, Stephen Spielberg, and Quincy Jones is coming out this Christmas Day 2023.
Presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by Theatrical Rights Worldwide
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A WEEKEND WITH PABLO PICASSO
Written by HERBERT SIGUENZA, BASED ON THE WRITINGS OF PABLO PICASSO
Directed by Todd Salovey
“Defiantly quirky…funny, mysterious and uplifting! There’s undeniable power in the presence of this creative genius, as embodied so convincingly by Siguenza.”
–The San Diego Union-Tribune
- PREVIEWS: August 4-11, 2023
- OPENS: August 12, 2023
- RUNS: August 4-September 3, 2023
Back by popular demand!
In this one-man tour de force based on Picasso’s writings, writer/performer Herbert Siguenza takes on the role of the legendary artist, inviting the audience into Picasso’s private studio for an intimate and revealing weekend as he prepares to deliver six new works to a buyer by Monday morning.
1222 oceanfront: a black
family Christmas
Written by Dea hurston
Original Music by milena (sellers) Phillips
Created by Dea hurston, Milena (Sellers) Phillips, Frankie Alicea-Ford, and Kevin “Blax” Burroughs
Directed by kandace crystal
“Playwright Dea Hurston’s world premiere musical is a sweet story about love and letting go.”
–The San Diego Union-Tribune
- PREVIEWS: November 30 – December 1st, 2023
- OPENS: December 2nd, 2023
- RUNS: December 2nd-December 24, 2023
Named one of the “best plays of 2021” by The San Diego Union Tribune.
NVA will return to its holiday hit originally commissioned in 2021 with new music and more! 1222 OCEANFRONT: A BLACK FAMILY CHRISTMAS, invites you to join the family of Dorothy Black at her beachfront home in Carlsbad on Christmas Eve. Stories, secrets, songs, and more abound in this classic musical.
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