Carlsbadistan’s New Village Arts Theatre has decided to go “ensemble” for their 11th season. What that means is that all six of the theater’s productions will be created entirely by the same 14 actors, directors, designers and stage managers.
The Ensemble Project gives New Village Arts the opportunity to fully explore the group mind at work in a theatrical setting. The collaboration of this group will create a stronger art form than an individual alone and allow New Village Arts to continue its Ensemble experience with a better understanding of the potential of concentrated Ensemble work.
For more information (including a list of all plays to be performed and dates) please follow the jump.New Village Arts has become known as one of the best ensemble theatres in Southern California. But what exactly does that mean? And how does an ensemble actually work? For its eleventh season, NVA has decided to delve fully into these questions to emerge with a strong, specific artistic vision.
The NVA Ensemble is made up of 14 actors, directors, designers and stage managers who will work together on every play in the season. The first six plays in THE ENSEMBLE PROJECT will be by various American and world playwrights in currently published work and will feature a wide range of genre and style. The final play will be created specifically for this Ensemble and be a fully staged world premiere.
THE ENSEMBLE PROJECT gives New Village Arts the opportunity to fully explore the group mind at work in a theatrical setting. The collaboration of this group will create a stronger art form than an individual alone and allow New Village Arts to continue its Ensemble experience with a better understanding of the potential of concentrated Ensemble work.
In addition to seeing the Ensemble members’ exciting work onstage, subscribers will be will be given special access to witness the process of theatre making through the eyes of their personal Ensemble member. Every subscriber will be matched up with a member of THE ENSEMBLE PROJECT to trade thoughts about the current production, learn more about the behind the scenes work and experience the theatre through an Ensemble member’s eyes. SEASON 11 will be a thrilling time for both NVA’s artists and audiences. Purchase your season passes now!
SEASON 11: THE ENSEMBLE PROJECT
August 6 – August 12, 2011
AH, WILDERNESS!
By Eugene O’Neill
Directed by Amanda Sitton
September 10 – October 2, 2011
THOM PAIN (based on nothing)
By Will Eno
Directed by Kristianne Kurner
REGIONAL PREMIERE
October 29 – November 20
OF MICE AND MEN
By John Steinbeck
Directed by Daren Scott
February 11 – March 4, 2011
COMEDY OF ERRORS
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Justin Lang
March 31 – April 22, 2011
BURIED CHILD
By Sam Shepard
Directed by Lisa Berger
June 2 – June 24, 2011
THE ENSEMBLE PROJECT
By Suzanne Bachner
Directed by Suzanne Bachner
WORLD PREMIERE
In addition to the Mainstage Season, the Ensemble will be working on two special theatrical events:
1. New Village Arts’ holiday tradition! Joe Mantello’s adaptation of David Sedaris’s THE SANTALAND DIARIES, featuring Daren Scott.
2. The New Play Festival: two weeks of workshops of new plays in January 2012
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