New Village Arts Theatre, Carlsbad
The Thanksgiving Play
October 4 – November 3
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 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.
Miracle on 34th Street
November 22 – December 24
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.
New Village Arts Theatre is located at 2787 State Street, Carlsbad 92008. Box office (760) 433-3245 or visit www.newvillagearts.org.
