NOVA Center for the Performing Arts

Over the River and Through the Woods
2025-01-17 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Chicago)
Nick – Elias Jones

Frank – Dustin Timmons

Aida – Jane Van Dyk

Nunzio – Josh Williams

Emma – Ginger Roll

Caitlyn – Olivia Slade

Directed by Cora Brink

Written by Joe DiPietro

Nick is a single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey. His parents retired and moved to Florida. That doesn’t mean his family isn’t still in Jersey. In fact, he sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. This is routine until he has to tell them that he’s been offered a dream job. The job he’s been waiting for—marketing executive—would take him away from his beloved, but annoying, grandparents. He tells them. The news doesn’t sit so well. Thus begins a series of schemes to keep Nick around. How could he betray his family’s love to move to Seattle, for a job, wonder his grandparents? Well, Frank, Aida, Nunzio and Emma do their level best, and that includes bringing to dinner the lovely—and single—Caitlin O’Hare as bait…we won’t give the ending away here.

Reader's Theatre
2025-01-05 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-12-01 17:30 - 19:00

Funky Bunch Improv Comedy
2025-01-03 19:30 - 21:00, 2024-12-06 19:30 - 21:00 | NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, 2317 Montana Avenue, Billings, MT, 59101, United States
NOVA’s High School Improv Troupe, with guest appearance by Funky Bunch, Jr.

A Christmas Carol
2024-12-22 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-21 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-12-20 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-12-15 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-14 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-12-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-12-08 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-12-07 19:30 - 21:30 and 1 more date
Scrooge – Geoffrey Curtiss

Keith Miller

DeLaney Harrington

Matthew Clark

Alessia Caldwell

A Christmas Carol by Patrick Barlow is not your ordinary Christmas Carol. It’s packed with all the deep meaning and emotion of the classic but with 122% more laughs! 5 actors shall tell the tale. One to play Scrooge himself, and 4 to play everyone else!

NOVA's Traveling Circus with Montana Premiere Entertainment
2024-12-17 16:00 - 18:00, 2024-12-10 16:00 - 18:00, 2024-12-03 16:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-26 16:00 - 18:00, 2024-11-19 16:00 - 18:00
Cost: $275Ages: 5-18Day: TuesdaysTime: 4 to 6

Description: The circus is in town! NOVA has partnered with Montana Premiere Entertainment to bring the circus to NOVA. On the first night, students will be introduced to a variety of circus acts. They then will get to choose which skill they would like to focus on for the remainder of the series. The class will culminate in a full circus production for friends and family to enjoy! There will be a showcase performance on December 20th at 5:00pm.

Cabaret Club
2024-12-15 17:30 - 19:00, 2024-11-17 17:30 - 19:00
A joyful time of song and laughing! Come and join other singers at NOVA! No admission, just an opportunity to raise your voice!

Yellowstone Repertory Theatre production
2024-11-23 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2024-11-17 14:00 - 16:00 | NOVA Center for the Performing Arts, 2317 Montana Avenue, Billings, MT, 59101, United States
The Garish Sun

The Garish Sun, written by Craig Lancaster, directed by Craig Huisenga. Beleaguered newpaper editor Sonny Sturgis and his ragtag crew – star reporter Randi Hutch and surprising newcomer Dexter collins – have one day to tell a final blockbuster story. Presented at NOVA Center for the Performing Arts.

(This play contains strong language, not suitable for younger audiences.)

Backstage Pass
2024-11-21 16:30 - 17:30
Cost: $225Ages: Open for all agesDay: ThursdaysTime: 5:00 to 6:00Taught by: Janie Sutton

Description: Acting, singing, dancing, oh my! In this class students will learn how to become a triple threat! Students will learn the basics of musical theatre while learning music and choreography for a selection of songs. Showcase date and time TBD.

Acting
2024-11-20 17:00 - 18:00
For ages 12 to 18, OR who have completed at least ONE semester of “Intro to Theater”.

Wednesdays September 25 – November 20, 2024 5:00pm – 6:00pm

DeLaney Hardy Ray, instructorIn this class, students will learn what it means to become a performer! Students will learn how to correctly use their voices through projection and enunciation, how to use their body by creating stage presence and how to use their bodies to create a character, and how to use their imaginations to fully create the world of the play. Showcase date and time TBD.

Intro to Theater
2024-11-20 15:30 - 16:30
For ages 9 -12

Wednesdays, September 25 through November 10, 2024

3:30-4:30pm

DeLaney Hardy Ray, instructor

In Intro to Theater, students will build on what they learned in Creative Drama by writing their own play! Students will learn basic theater and stage etiquette and write their own play using various improv and ensemble building games. Showcase date and time TBD.

Musical Theater
2024-11-19 17:00 - 18:00

Creative Drama
2024-11-19 15:30 - 16:30
For ages 6 to 8

Tuesdays, September 24 through November 19, 2024

3:30 – 4:30pm

DeLaney Hardy Ray, instructor

Let’s play! Students will learn how to put on a play using theater games, learning how to follow stage directions, building an ensemble, and focused listening. They will also learn about their Actor’s Toolkit: Body, Voice, and Imagination! Showcase date and time TBD.

Auditions for The Enchanted Book Shop
2024-11-17 17:00 - 19:00
Calling for a flexible cast of about 23 young performers, this Youth Conservatory production, directed by DeLaney Hardy Ray is hoping for a great turnout for auditions! The story, about a struggling bookstore called “A Likely Story”, is filled with imagination, creativity, humor and magic. Casting is open to ages 7 – 18 years of age. Plan to come wearing comfortable clothes, shoes you can move in, and an attitude of “Yes, and?”! The production runs January 31, February 1 & 2, and February 7-9.
