Don’t Miss the opportunity to share this timely and poignant play with your class.For student matinees, we are excited to offer a post-show talkback with Japanese American community leaders who are passionate about sharing the history of the Incarceration camps and their impact on Japanese Americans past and present.
Interested in bringing your students? E-mail Joy at joy@newvillagearts.org*Recommended ages: 8th-12th grade

DESERT ROCK GARDEN is a memory play about belonging, family, and creating something beautiful out of nothing. This fictionalized historical story about a young orphan, Penny,  and a Japanese immigrant, Fuzzy, who forge a friendship in the Topaz Relocation Center in 1943 reveals the inherent human ability to transform nothing — loneliness and barren desert — into something long-lasting and precious.

Written by Roy Sekigahama – Directed by Yari Cervas

PREVIEWS FEB 11 – 18 –RUNS FEB 19 – MAR 13

STUDENT MATINEES ALSO AVAILABLE FOR  INTO THE WOODS, MAR 18 – MAY 1 IN OCEANSIDE

INTO THE WOODS brings well-known fairytale characters to musical life. Interwoven through their tales is the story of a baker and his wife, whose longing for a child is thwarted by a mischievous witch. Stephen Sondheim’s songs, seamlessly melded to James Lapine’s text, are perfect expressions of the complications of living in modern society and the difficult choices we encounter on the paths of our lives.

INTO THE WOODS will transform the Oceanside Theatre Company’s stage into a magical land where almost anything can (and does) happen.  LEARN MORE

THIS SPRING! KIDS ACT! CHARACTER CREATION ONLINE

Presented by: Kids Act and New Village Arts Put your child’s imagination into action in Kids Act, where they create their own characters and plays. In the end, students will perform their original plays, along with Shakespearean verse, for family and friends. Fee: $110

AGES 7- 10 – ENROLL HERE March 8 – April 26, Tuesdays 4:00 – 5:00 PM

AGES 11 – 14 – ENROLL HERE March 10 – April 28, Thursdays 4:00 – 5:00 PM