Season Archives About » Artistic Programming » Season Archives From Tokyo to Tallahassee, Toronto to Toulouse, New Victory Artistic Programming scours the globe to bring the best in theater for family audiences to our theaters. Some artists are longtime friends of the theater, whose work is renowned and whose names you’ll know, and some are artists we uncovered in unexpected places and introduced to U.S. audiences for the first time. They all share a certain kind of magic that makes us sit up and say, “That’s a New Victory show! 2024-25 The Princess and the Pea, Upswing, Unicorn Theatre and New Vic Theatre New Shoes, Tian Gombau Companyia de Teatre Baba Yaga and the Firebird, Baba Bird Theater Company in association with Playhouse Square Yuletide Factory, Cirque Mechanics Little Murmur, Aakash Odedra Company, Lewis Major Projects and The Spark Arts for Children Nuttin’ But a Word, Rennie Harris Puremovement American Street Dance Theater Hamid Rahmanian’s Song of the North, Fictionville Studio with support from Two Chairs The Magic City, Manual Cinema Moya, Zip Zap Circus 2023-24 The Vanishing Elephant, Cahoots NI Card Ninja, Javier Jarquin Night Light, Teater Refleksion and Andy Manley White Gold, Phare Circus Grand Soft Day, Branar Theatre and New International Encounter 360 ALLSTARS Música, Sonia De Los Santos Aanika’s Elephants, Feisty Elephant, Little Shadow Productions and Pam Arciero Productions I’mPossible, Omnium Circus I Wish, A Unicorn Production in association with Le Gateau Chocolat Four Go Wild in Wellies, Indepen-dance 2022-23 Cookin’, PMC Production Co. and Broadway Asia Romeo and Juliet, The Acting Company The Three Musketeers, The Acting Company Circus Abyssinia: Tulu, Bibi and Bichu Hip Hop Cinderella, Amas Musical Theatre in association with Hip Hop Musicals.com Baobab, Motus and the SÔ Company Zephyr, Cirque Mechanics Wink, Spellbound Theatre Shakespeare’s Stars, Spellbound Theatre 2021-22 On Demand Anansi the Spider Re-spun, Unicorn Theatre and Illuminations Huddle, Unicorn Theatre and Illuminations in association with Filskit Theatre Erth’s Prehistoric World, Erth Visual & Physical Inc. Doodle POP, BRUSH Theatre The Snail and the Whale, Tall Stories The Girl Who Forgot to Sing Badly, Theatre Lovett Stories of Oceania, Honolulu Theatre for Youth Sunny Days, Insect Hands and Night Tree, Second Hand Dance 2021-22 Generation Rise, Ping Chong and Company Jim Henson’s Emmet Otter’s Jug-Band Christmas, iTheatrics in association with The Jim Henson Company Air Play, Acrobuffos Jabari Dreams of Freedom, First Woman Stono*, Step Afrika! Leonardo! A Wonderful Show About a Terrible Monster, Manual Cinema *Canceled due to Covid-19 2020-21 With the New Victory stage dark during the 2020-21 Season, we shared the stories and creative processes of six returning companies as part of New Victory Arts Break: Explore a World of Arts. Slingsby Theatre Company (The Young King, 2017; The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy, 2011) Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company (8cho Aerial Tango, 2012) Oily Cart (Ring A Ding Ding, 2012) GRUEJARM Productions (SNAP, 2019) Isango Ensemble (Aesop’s Fables, 2019; A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 2015; The Magic Flute, 2014) Step Afrika! (Drumfolk, 2020; The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence, 2017) 2019-20 The Pout-Pout Fish, TheaterWorksUSA Aesop’s Fables, Isango Ensemble RE:PLAY, MUMMENSCHANZ 42FT – A Menagerie of Mechanical Marvels, Cirque Mechanics Because I Say So, Unga Klara CARTOGRAPHY, Kaneza Schaal & Christopher Myers Riddle of the Trilobites, CollaborationTown & Flint Repertory Theatre Drumfolk, Step Afrika! Treasure Island*, Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company Four Go Wild in Wellies*, Indepen-dance 4 Magic Shadows*, Catapult Snow White*, New International Encounter (NIE), Cambridge Junction and Tobacco Factory Theatres Jabberbabble*, Theatergroep Kwatta Fierce 5*, Cie L’Oublié(e) – Raphaëlle Boitel Não Não*, Le Vent des Forges *Canceled due to Covid-19 2018-19 Machine de Cirque Tinga Tinga Tales – The Musical, Tinga Rain Productions Beauty and the Beast, New International Encounter (NIE), Cambridge Junction and Tobacco Factory Theatres Velocity, David Geaney & James Devine Circus Abyssinia: Ethiopian Dreams, Bibi and Bichu Boing!, Travelling Light Theatre Company Emily Brown and the Thing, Tall Stories A Simple Space, Gravity & Other Myths Ajijaak on Turtle Island, IBEX Puppetry Fiesta con Sonia De Los Santos, Sonia De Los Santos The Nature of Forgetting, Theatre Re The World Inside Me, Spellbound Theatre in co-production with Chicago Children’s Theatre SNAP, GRUEJARM Production Silent Voices: Lovestate, Brooklyn Youth Chorus Around the World in 80 Days, New Vic Theatre Staffordshire, Kenny Wax Family Entertainment and Simon Friend in association with Royal Exchange Theatre Bout à Bout Le Clan des Songes 2017-18 The Young King, Slingsby A Sky for the Bears, Teatro Gioco Vita The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence, Step Afrika! Marmalade, Claire Parsons Co. Jason Bishop: Believe in Magic A Sick Day for Morris McGee, The Train Theater Undesirable Elements: GENERATION NYZ, Ping Chong + Company Bromance, Barely Methodical Troupe William Shakespeare’s Long Lost First Play (abridged), Reduced Shakespeare Company Black Beauty, Red Bridge Arts and Traverse Theatre Company Air Play, Acrobuffos Seedfolks, Children’s Theatre Company Pss Pss, Compagnia Baccalá Rennie Harris: Funkedified, Rennie Harris Puremovement Panda’s Home, Compagnia TPO in co-production with TONG Production & Teatro Metastasio Di Prato 2016-17 Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, Kidoons/WYRD Productions in association with The 20K Collective Mr. Popper’s Penguins, Kenny Wax Family Entertainment & TC Beech Chotto Desh, Akram Khan Company Paper Dreams, Mons Dansa Jason Bishop: Straight Up Magic Mother Africa: My Home, Circus der Sinne Oh Boy!, Théâtre du Phare Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play!, Kennedy Center Theater for Young Audiences on Tour Water on Mars, Plastic Boom Aging Magician, Beth Morrison Projects, VisionIntoArt & Brooklyn Youth Chorus The Way Back Home, Teater Refleksion & Branar Téatar Caesar/X, The Acting Company Something, Liberi Di… Physical Theatre Nivelli’s War, Cahoots NI in association with the Lyric Theatre, Belfast Grug and the Rainbow, Windmill Theatre Co 2015-16 Robin Hood, Seattle Children’s Theatre The Gruffalo, Tall Stories A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Isango Ensemble White, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company Cuba Vibra!, Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba Pedal Punk, Cirque Mechanics Museum of Memories, NIE Theatre The Velveteen Rabbit, Unicorn Theatre Untapped! Caps for Sale the Musical, Adventure Theatre MTC Handa’s Surprise, Little Angel Theatre Fly, The Pasadena Playhouse / Crossroads Theatre Company The Star Keeper, Théâtre de l’Œil Bello Mania The Pied Piper, Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company Cité, Le Clan des Songes 2014-15 The Old Man and The Old Moon, PigPen Theatre Co. The Snail and the Whale, Tall Stories The Magic Flute, Isango Ensemble 360 Allstars, Onyx Productions Minimón, Mons Dansa Cirque Zíva, Golden Dragon Acrobats Lionboy, Complicite Cambuyón, Enlace S.C. The Light Princess, A.R.T. Institute Pinocchio, Windmill Theatre/State Theatre Company of South Australia Babble, Replay Theatre Company Catch Me! (Attrape-moi), Flip FabriQue The Mysterious Hat, Justin Roberts and The Not Ready for Naptime Players LUV: American-Style, Rennie Harris RHAW Paper Planet, Polyglot Theatre 2013-14 Peter Pan, Belvoir Me And My Shadow, Patch Theatre Company Sleeping Beauty, Carlo Colla & Sons Marionette Company Songs From Above, Teater Refleksion & Teater My Feet Don’t Fail Me Now, Rhythmic Circus Mother Africa, Circus der Sinne Still Awake Still!, Jump Leads and Jessica Wilson Bob Marley’s Three Little Birds, Adventure Theatre MTC This [Baby] Life, Sally Chance Dance Measure for Measure, Fiasco Theater Knee Deep, Casus Bello Mania Fluff, Cre8ion Baby Rave, Young At Art HyperISH, ISH Saltbush, Compagnia T.P.O. & Insite Arts Kappa, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company The Ballad of Pondlife McGurk, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company 2012-13 Urban, Circolombia Ring A Ding Ding, Oily Cart Mojo, Theatre-Rites Black Violin Circus Oz: From The Ground Up Tour I, Malvolio, Tim Crouch Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo The Mark of Zorro, Visible Fictions Grug, Windmill Theatre As You Like It, The Acting Company Bello Mania The Intergalactic Nemesis: Live-Action Graphic Novel, Book One: Target Earth, The Robot Planet Ricochet—Arts for All Ages!, a series of performances from France for young audiences and their families Le Grand C, Compagnie XY Fragile, Le Clan des Songes David Bruce and Glyn Maxwell’s The Firework Maker’s Daughter, Based on the novel by Philip Pullman, Co-Produced by The Opera Group and Opera North in association with ROH2 and Watford Palace Theatre RHAW, Rennie Harris RHAW The Girl who Forgot to Sing Badly, Theatre Lovett 2011-12 Rick Cummins and John Scoullar’s The Little Prince, Bristol Riverside Theatre White, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company The Complete World of Sports (abridged), Reduced Shakespeare Company Untapped!, Raw Metal Dance Bai Xi, Cirque Shanghai Zoem! New Dutch Theater, supported by the Performing Arts Fund NL and public funds from the Netherlands Cultural Services. Also made possible with support from Theater Instituut Nederland (TIN) Rumplestiltskin, Stella Den Haag Miss Ophelia, Het Filiaal Hands Up!, Lejo Wuthering Heights, Restless souls, Co-produced by Theater Artemis and Theater Antigone Brazil! Brazil!, World Stage Productions and Broadway Asia International The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Actors Theatre of Louisville, The Repertory Theatre of St. Louis, Kansas City Repertory Theatre and Hartford Stage Lucky Duck, Coterie Theatre Ahhh Ha!, Do Jump! The Book of Everything, Belvoir and Kim Carpenter’s Theatre of Image Plop!, Windmill Theatre 8cho Aerial Tango, Brenda Angiel Aerial Dance Company 2010-11 Puss in Boots (El gato con botas), Gotham Chamber Opera and Tectonic Theater Project in association with Blind Summit Theatre Zoo Zoo, Imago Theatre Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe, Catalyst Theatre Egg and Spoon, Lyngo Theatre Company Squirm Burpee Circus: A Vaudevillian Melodrama, The Handsome Little Devils Momentum, Mayumana Nearly Lear, Susanna Hamnett Circus INcognitus, Jamie Adkins Skellig, The Birmingham Stage Company Mischief, Theatre-Rites and Arthur Pita Boom Town, Cirque Mechanics Potato Needs a Bath, Shona Reppe Puppets The Tragical Life of Cheeseboy, Slingsby Theatre Company Peter & Wendy, Mabou Mines 2009-10 New Victory Scottish Festival: in association with Imaginate Cinderella, Shona Reppe Puppets My House, Andy Manley in association with Starcatchers The Man Who Planted Trees, Puppet State Theatre Company Hansel and Gretel, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company in association with Brunton Theatre Peter and the Wolf, In the Wings Chestnuts Roasting on The Flaming Idiots Once and For All We’re Gonna Tell You Who We Are So Shut Up and Listen, Ontroerend Goed and KOPERGIETERY (2010 Under The Radar Festival) The Enchanted Pig, The Opera Group/ROH2 at the Royal Opera House/Young Vic The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)[revised], Reduced Shakespeare Company 46 Circus Acts in 45 Minutes, Circa Time Step, Parallel Exit Elephant, Dodgy Clutch Theatre Company in association with the Market Theatre PaGAGnini, Yllana The Butterfly Garden, T.P.O. Company 2008-09 The Green Sheep, Seattle Children’s Theatre Rewind, Knucklehead Zoo Hunchback, Redmoon Theater Birdhouse Factory, Cirque Mechanics Holiday House Party with Dan Zanes & Friends Cranked, Green Thumb Theatre Jason and the Argonauts, Visible Fictions Taoub, Groupe Acrobatique de Tanger Henry V, Guthrie Theater/The Acting Company Black Violin La Famiglia Dimitri Soledad Barrio & Noche Flamenca The Queen of Colors, Erfreuliches Theater Erfurt Rock ‘n Roll Penguin, Gamarjobat The Tom Tom Crew 2007-08 Comet in Moominland, Manitoba Theatre for Young People The Wolves in the Walls, National Theatre of Scotland Mayhem Poets Tapeire, Devine Dance Company New Shanghai Circus John Lithgow’s The Sunny Side of the Street Luna Negra Dance Theater Traces, 7 Fingers Rapunzel, Kneehigh Theatre Pigs, Bears and Billy Goats Gruff, Patch Theatre Company Aeros One of a Kind, Nephesh Theatre Past Half Remembered, New International Encounter IJK, Compagnie 111 2006-07 Rennie Harris’ New York Legends of Hip Hop Little Donkey, Theater Terra The Bluest Eye, Steppenwolf Theatre Company Speedmouse: The Worst of the Umbilical Brothers Circus Oz: The Laughing at Gravity Tour Lookingglass Alice, Lookingglass Theatre Company Dan Zanes and Friends: Catch That Train! Lifeboat, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company The Number 14, Axis Theatre Company Macbeth, Chicago Shakespeare Theater & Colla Marionette Company Ragamala Cirkus Inferno, The Daredevil Opera Company, presented by The New 42nd Street, The New Victory Danish Festival Songs from Above, Teater Refleksion and Teater My Diva, Sofie Krog Teater Elephant and Crocodile, Corona La Balance Hans Christian, You Must be an Angel, Gruppe 38 The Attic Under the Sky, Carte Blanche 2005-06 Black Grace The Mouse Queen, The Little Angel Theatre Cathay: Three Tales of China, Ping Chong & Company with the Shaanxi Folk Art Theatre Golden Dragon Acrobats The Stones, Zeal Theatre Baron Rabinovitsj, Het Filiaal The Frog Bride, David Gonzalez & RainArt Productions Complexions Comedy 4 Kids, James Campbell Brundibar & But the Giraffe, Berkeley Repertory Theatre 4-ISH, ISH 2004-05 Plan B, CIE111 Kikker, Theater Terra Rennie Harris’ Legends of Hip-Hop Aga-Boom The Shape of a Girl, Green Thumb Theatre Sleeping Beauty, Young Vic Theatre Company Introdans Typo, Jamie Adkins Luna/Penguin, Pantalone The Happy Prince, Macrobert Productions King A, Het Laagland Rain, Cirque Eloize 2003-04 Cookin’ Hamlet, Theatre De La Jeune Lune Dance Cuba Circus Oz The Gruffalo, Tall Stories Theatre Company If You Go Down to The Woods Today, Cas Public Moby Dick, Theater Triebwerk Vivace Bug Music, Don Byron Dear Fizzy, Théatre De L’OEil The Flaming Idiots Very Very Very Very Very Last Show, The Flaming Idiots 2002-03 The Junebug Symphony, James Thiérrée Soular Power’d, Full Circle Productions A Year with Frog and Toad, The Children’s Theatre Company New Shanghai Circus Twinkle Twinkle Little Fish, Windmill Performing Arts Company Snow White, Tall Stories Theatre Company Seán Curran Company Thwak, The Umbilical Brothers A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Aquila Theatre Company 2001-02 Life Is Rhythm, Camut Band Martha, Catherine Wheels Theatre Company Tom’s Midnight Garden, The Unicorn Blue Grassy Knoll What Goes Up, The Flaming Idiots Peter & Wendy, Mabou Mines Donald Byrd/The Group Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. Matthew and Stephen, Mathieu, François et les autres… Frogz, Imago Theatre Noche Flamenca 2000-01 Batoto Yetu Arabian Nights, Young Vic Theatre Company Kwaidan, Ping Chong & Company The Parsons Dance Company Circus Oz Urban Tap Circus, Theater Terra Party, Introdans Ensemble for Youth The Peking Acrobats The Post Man Delivers, Robert Post Crash Test Dummies, Antigravity 1999-2000 Philadanco! Shockheaded Peter, Cultural Industry The Maestro Returns!, Tomás Kubínek Suzanne Farrell Stages The Masters of 20th Century Ballet Flying Fruit Fly Circus Tir Na n’Og, Travelling Light Theatre Company The Flaming Idiots The Red Balloon, Visible Fictions Theatre Company Trinity Irish Dance Company Frogs, Lizards, Orbs and Slinkys, Imago Theatre DO JUMP! Extremely Physical Theatre Runt, Ro Theatre 1998-99 The Firebird, Teatro Gioco Vita Wake Baby, Reckless Moments The Second Hand MetaMURPHosis Minor, Tom Murphy Grimm Tales, Young Vic Theatre Company Doug Elkins Dance Company MytholoJAZZ, David Gonzalez with the D.D. Jackson Trio Rennie Harris Puremovement The Angels’ Cradle, Theater Grottesco Flamenco Vivo, Carlota Santana It Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues, Crossroads Theatre Company The Star Keeper, Le Théâtre de l’OEil New Shanghai Circus 1997-98 Ballet Hispánico Tomás Kubínek Dark Cowgirls and Prairie Queens, The Carpetbag Theatre Inc. Circus Oz American Ballet Theatre Studio Company Romeo and Juliet, The Acting Company S.W.A.R.M. Forces of Nature Fred Garbo Inflatable Theater Co. The Number 14, Axis Theatre and Touchstone Theatre Company The Great Gilly Hopkins, Stage One Peter Pucci Plus Dancers Nicky Somewhere Else, Speeltheater Holland The Wind in the Willows, Syracuse Stage 1996-97 Nightingale, Figures of Speech Theatre Sunjata, Amoros et Augustin and Ki-Yi Mbock Theatre Taylor 2 The Crown of Destiny, Théâtre Sans Fils, a co-production with the Scottish International Children’s Festival Sesame Street Film Festival, Children’s Television Workshop Sharps, Flats and Accidentals, The Flying Karamazov Brothers Two Gentlemen of Verona, Theatre for A New Audience Peter & Wendy, Mabou Mines Alvin Ailey Repertory Ensemble Sofrito!, David Gonzalez with Larry Harlow & The Latin Legends Band Old Man River, Cynthia Gates Fujikawa The Parsons Dance Company Avner the Eccentric, Avner Eisenberg Salvador: The Mountain, The Mango and The Child, Le Carrousel Theatre Company School Ensemble of the Dance Theatre of Harlem Towering, Theater Terra The Jungle Book, Theatreworks/USA 1995-96 Cirque Eloize Sheila’s Day, Crossroads Theatre Company Different Fields, Metropolitan Opera Guild The Green Bird, Theatre for a New Audience Snowflake, Gale LaJoye Tales of Victory: A Storytelling Festival World Cinema Festival Deuces Are Wild: Bill Irwin & Ghetto Original Productions Dance Company Danny Hoch & Dael Orlandersmith Urban Bush Women & The David Murray Octet The Color of Justice, Theatreworks/USA
