INTRODUCING SEASON 23:
8-TRACK: THE SOUNDS OF THE ’70S
CREATED BY RICK SEEBER
MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS BY MICHAEL GRIBBIN
Directed by gerilyn brault
Musical direction by e.y. washington
CHOREOGRAPHY by joy newbegin
“An electric, energetic, and powerful good time!” –Los Angeles Times
- Previews: August 16-23, 2024
- Opening Night: August 24, 2024
- August 16-September 15, 2024
SAN DIEGO PREMIERE!
New Village Arts kicks off the season in August with the nostalgia and fun of 8-TRACK: THE SOUNDS OF THE ‘70s. Put on your leisure suits, halter tops, and platform shoes and get ready to boogie down through ten years of groundbreaking music! With its propulsive rhythms and dazzling harmonies, 8-TRACK is a fast-paced musical romp through one of the most impassioned decades of the 20th century. This music lovers’ dream come true features the hits of The Emotions, The Carpenters, Labelle, Barry Manilow, Marvin Gaye, The Doobie Brothers, The Bee Gees, Helen Reddy, KC and the Sunshine Band, and more! Rediscover the heart and soul of the unforgettable decade with this joyously rousing, moving, and often downright hilarious musical in concert.
PRESENTED BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT WITH BROADWAY LICENSING GLOBAL.
THE THANKSGIVING PLAY
WRITTEN BY LARISSA FASTHORSE
Directed by Daniel Jáquez
FEATURING SAMANTHA GINN
“Very, very funny… this clever satire is something for which to be truly thankful.” – Hollywood Reporter
- Previews: October 4-11, 2024
- Opening Night: October 12, 2024
- October 4-November 2, 2024
SAN DIEGO PREMIERE!
Four (very) well-intentioned theatre people walk into an elementary school. The work at hand: a Thanksgiving pageant that won’t ruffle any feathers. What could possibly go wrong? In MacArthur Genius Larissa FastHorse’s skewering and satirical comedy, well, just about everything. Rambunctious, thorny and not altogether politically correct, THE THANKSGIVING PLAY serves up the hypocrisies of woke America on a big, family-style platter.
PRESENTED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH CONCORD THEATRICALS ON BEHALF OF SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.
MIracle on 34th street: A live musical radio play
ADAPTED BY LANCE ARTHUR SMITH
ORIGINAL SONGS AND ARRANGEMENTS BY JON LORENZ
directed by Faith Carrion and Kay McNellen
“Allow you and yours to be fully transported to a time when life was simpler, and the joy of family and loved ones is what truly matters most.” – Broadway World
- Previews: November 22-29, 2024
- Opening Night: November 30, 2024
- November 22-December 24, 2024
For the holidays, NVA will feature a musical adaptation of the classic MIRACLE ON 34th STREET told in the style of a radio play and created by San Diego artists Jon Lorenz and Lance Arthur Smith. With live Foley effects and a score of holiday carols, this beloved musical will melt even the most cynical of hearts. Two exciting, emerging directors on the San Diego theatre scene, Faith Carrion and Kay McNellen, will co-direct this heartwarming show, in which Doris Walker, a no-nonsense Macy’s executive desperately searches for a new store Santa Claus. She hires Kris Kringle who insists that he’s the real thing. But he has many skeptics including Doris and her six-year-old daughter Susan. Susan’s belief makes all the difference in this ‘miracle’ of the holiday season.
PRESENTED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH BROADWAY LICENSING, LLC.
The half life of marie curie
WRITTEN BY LAUREN GUNDERSON
DIRECTED BY KYM PAPPAS
“A 90-minute slice of history brimming with wit and wisdom, powered by two turn-of-the-20th-century female STEM stars.” —New York Stage Review
- Previews: January 24-31, 2025
- Opening Night: February 1, 2025
- January 24-February 23, 2025
SAN DIEGO PREMIERE!
THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE revels in the power of female friendship as it explores the relationship between two brilliant women, both of whom are mothers, widows, and fearless champions of scientific inquiry. In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. By 1912, she was the object of ruthless gossip over an alleged affair with the married Frenchman Paul Langevin, all but erasing her achievements from public memory. Weakened and demoralized by the press lambasting her as a “foreign” Jewish temptress and a homewrecking traitor, Marie agrees to join her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette, and recover from the scandal at Hertha’s seaside retreat on the British coast.
PRESENTED BY ARRANGEMENT WITH AUDIBLE THEATRE.
sandra delgado’s la havana madrid
WRITTEN BY SANDRA DELGADO
DIRECTED BY Juliana Frey-Méndez
“Heartfelt and fascinating” — Chicago Tribune
- Previews: March 21-28, 2025
- Opening Night: March 29, 2025
- March 21-April 27, 2025
SAN DIEGO PREMIERE!
Step back to the 1960s as the Ray Charles Stage at NVA is transformed to honor La Havana Madrid, a real nightclub in Chicago where newly arrived Latino immigrants gathered to dine, dance and find community. As the glorious rhythms of mambo and salsa form the heartbeat of an ever-changing city, audiences learn the stories of Latine newcomers seeking a home in Chicago, discovering their destinies and falling madly in love. Sandra Delgado’s LA HAVANA MADRID is inspired by real stories of Cuban, Puerto Rican, and Colombian immigrants who found refuge in that vibrant second-floor supper club in the Lakeview neighborhood of Chicago.
By the end of the night, audiences need little encouragement to get on their feet and dance along, encouraged by a soul-stirring Latine beat. Bring your dancing shoes, because this production should not be missed.
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