Big the Musical
Big the Musical
By John Weidman, Music and Lyrics by David Shire and Richard Maltby
Directed by ...
Adult struggles emerge as a boy finds himself to have grown up overnight after being granted a wish by a carnival machine.
Performance Dates
August 14-24, 2014
Venue
NOVA Main Stage
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
By Christopher Durang
Directed by Craig Huisenga
NOVA Center for the Performing Arts is excited to present the Montana premiere of the 2013 Tony Winner for Best Play, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang. This hilarious new comedy will open NOVA’s 2014-2015 Season, running from September 12 through September 27.
Performance Dates
September 12-27, 2014
Venue
NOVA Main Stage
The Boy at the Edge of Everything
The Boy at the Edge of Everything
By Finegan Kruckemeyer
Directed by Dan Nickerson
Take a trip on an intergalactic journey through space and time– a quirky and fun play that exudes a young boy’s imagination and adventure.
Performance Dates
October 3-12, 2014
Venue
NOVA Black Box
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
By Rachel Sheinkin, William Finn (Music & Lyrics), Rebecca Feldman (Concept), Jay Reiss (Additional Material)
Directed by Wendy Carlin
A hit musical about six kids (played by young adults) vying for the coveted spelling bee championship. Quirky and fun!
Performance Dates
October 10-25, 2014
Venue
NOVA Main Stage
La Traviata
By Giuseppe Verde, Francesco Maria Paive (Libretto)
Directed by Matt Haney (Stage), Barbara Day Turner (Conductor)
Violetta Valéry, La Traviata’s 'fallen woman' may be the most heart-wrenching character in all of opera: a high-spirited but deceptively delicate woman who unexpectedly finds, and then selflessly gives up, the love of her brief life. Rousing, soaring, heartbreaking melodies so familiar you will need to restrain yourself from humming along. Sung in the original Italian.
Performance Dates
November 1, 2014
Venue
Alberta Bair Theater
Mauritius
By Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Amanda Megyesi-McCave
A thriller that exposes the criminal underworld of stamp collecting opens Friday at NOVA Center for the Performing Arts.
Performance Dates
November 7-22, 2014
Venue
NOVA Main Stage
It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
By Joe Landry
Directed by Susan Sommerfeld
It’s A Wonderful Life sparkles as a radio show. The audience sees and hears this American Holiday Classic come to life as actors bounce from character to character and sound effect to sound effect.
Performance Dates
December 5-20, 2014
Venue
NOVA Main Stage
Amahl and the Night Visitors
By Gian Carlo Menotti
Directed by William Mouat
Amahl and the Night Visitors – This one act Menotti opera, is a wonderful holiday story of Amahl, a precocious, disabled boy; his loving, care-worn mother; and the regal visitors who arrive one night and change Amahl’s life forever. With its beautiful score and touching libretto Amahl and the Night Visitors is appealing to all ages and musical backgrounds and is an inspiring story of how faith, charity, unselfish love and good deeds can truly work miracles.
Performance Dates
January 9-11, 2015
Venue
NOVA Main Stage
Peter and the Wolf
By Sergei Prokofiev
Directed by Anne Harrigan (Conductor), Dan Nickerson (Youth Coach)
A Billings Symphony Production featuring NOVA's Youth Actors. Sergei Prokofiev’s timeless tale told by musical instruments is given added dimension by the acting talents of NOVA’s Youth Actors.
Performance Dates
January 17, 2015
Venue
Alberta Bair Theater
Twelfth Night or What You Will
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Danielle Turlainen
Shakespeare’s comedy of gender confusion, in which a girl disguises herself as a man to be near the Count she adores, only to be pursued by the woman he loves.
Performance Dates
January 16-31, 2015
Venue
NOVA Black Box
Susannah
By Carlisle Floyd
Directed by Douglas Nagel
Chaos ensues after a group of church elders find a beautiful young woman bathing nude in a local stream, only to find them hiding their own desire for her in this tale of passion and deceit.
Performance Dates
February 6-15, 2015
Venue
NOVA Main Stage
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
By C.S. Lewis Dramatized by Joseph Robinette
Directed by Dawn Nickerson
Young Peter, Edmund, Susan and Lucy discover a mystical land called Narnia where an evil witch has reigned for many years. Join their conquest in conquering evil to restore the land’s once happy state.
Performance Dates
February 27-March 8, 2015
Venue
NOVA Main Stage
Communicating Doors
By Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by Craig Huisenga
Murder and time travel all in one small hotel suite. A funny and thrilling combination of science-fiction and film noir.
Performance Dates
March 20-April 4, 2015
Venue
NOVA Main Stage
Dinosaurs Before Dark
Dinosaurs Before Dark
By Mary Pope Osborne
Directed by Mary Ann Connors
A wild adventure begins when two friends find themselves living inside a book where dinosaurs and ancient creatures rule the earth.
Performance Dates
April 17-26, 2015
Venue
NOVA Main Stage
A Little Night Music
By Hugh Wheeler (Book), Stephen Sondheim (Music & Lyrics)
Directed by Vint Lavender
Romance and newly awakened passions abound in this beautiful musical. Lovely waltz rhythms glide the charm and wit of this Tony award winning gem.
Performance Dates
May 15-30, 2015
Venue
NOVA Main Stage