New Village Arts Theatre

THINGS WE WANT / SEP 17 - OCT 11 / Regional Premiere

By Jonathan Marc Sherman
Directed By Lisa Berger

Featuring NVA Ensemble Members Adam Brick, Joshua Everett Johnson, Tim Parker & Rachael VanWormer

Things We Want is young, hip, exciting and a great match for the men in NVA's Ensemble. Three adult brothers are living together once again in their childhood apartment, struggling to define themselves while pursuing their desires and dreams. A darkly comic look at the illusions we have about what makes us happy - and what is within our power to change.

"THINGS WE WANT has to have the highest cool quotient of any show in town" - NY Times.

"[A] raucous, sentimental, quick-witted domestic comedy" - NY Newsday.

PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE / NOV 12 - DEC 6

By Steve Martin
Directed by Dana Case

Featuring NVA Ensemble Members Sandra Ellis-Troy, Kristianne Kurner, Amanda Morrow, Tim Parker & Tom Zohar with Greg Wittman and Eddie Yaroch

In a legendary bar in 1904 Paris, a chance encounter between the young Einstein and Picasso sets sparks and stars flying. What does the world look like to a genius on the verge of transforming it? Their views on sex, fame and the future collide amidst an eccentric constellation of characters. Steve Martin - yes, THAT Steve Martin - brilliantly tackles these questions and more in his award-winning comedy, where philosophy and humor are seamlessly woven together in this surreal encounter of two great minds. Winner of the Outer Critics Circle Award for Best Off Broadway Play.

"Consistently entertaining."-N.Y. Daily News

"A major treat."-Newsday

THE MAN WHO / FEB 4 - 28 / Regional Premiere

By Peter Brook & Marie-Helene Estienne
Directed by Kristianne Kurner

Featuring Ensemble Members Ron Choularton, Sandra Ellis-Troy & Manny Fernandes with Walter Murray

The Man Who is inspired by, but is in no way a conventional stage adaptation of, "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat," Oliver Sacks' best-selling collection of case histories about the neurologically impaired. Performed by a superb ensemble of four actors and one musician, this series of fables is an adventurous journey through the mind, as well as a demonstration of a very rare kind of dedicated theater craft.

"one of the most magically effective explorations of the mind (also possibly the soul) ever attempted on the stage" - The New York Times

"as vast and mysterious as the human imagination, and as commonplace as the image of a man trying to shave himself, but failing." - The New York Times

THE HEIDI CHRONICLES / APR 1 - 25

By Wendy Wasserstein
Directed by Amanda Sitton

Featuring NVA Ensemble Members Kristianne Kurner & Amanda Morrow with Cris O'Bryon

Art historian and "humanist" Heidi Holland tries to keep her bearings in the social currents of the 1960s, '70 and '80s. Winner of the 1989 Pulitzer Prize, the Tony Award and the New York Drama Critics Circle Award, NVA brings Heidi back twenty years later to illuminate what has changed and what has stayed the same. Featuring Executive Artistic Director Kristianne Kurner in the title role, this hilarious and touching play will stay with audiences long after they have gone home.

"It's the play of the season..." - Variety

"...witty, hilarious...not just a funny play, but a wise one...I doubt we'll see a better play this season." - NY Daily News

SUMMER & SMOKE / MAY 27 - JUNE 20

By Tennessee Williams
Directed by Kristianne Kurner

Featuring NVA Ensemble Members Dana Case, Joshua Everett Johnson & Jack Missett with JoAnne Glover

A haunting and poetic drama, Summer and Smoke tells the story of Alma (JoAnne Glover), a minister's daughter, and John (Joshua Everett Johnson), the hedonistic doctor next door. In her search for spirituality and lasting love, she is confronted with his need for sensual fulfillment. Their turbulent relationship becomes an emotional battle of wills that alters each of them irrevocably. Riveting and intense, this sultry production transports you to the oppressive and sweltering summer of Mississippi to experience the unrelenting power of desire.

"a gently torrid parable of body and soul" - The New York Times

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SINGLE TICKETS
Things We Want
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
The Man Who
The Heidi Chronicles
Summer & Smoke

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ON THE MAINSTAGE / SEASON 9

THINGS WE WANT / SEP 17 - OCT 11 / Regional Premiere

By Jonathan Marc Sherman Directed By Lisa Berger

PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE / NOV 12 - DEC 6

By Steve MartinDirected by Dana Case