07/21/2026
WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU FOR OUR 2026/27 SEASON WHEN WE EXPLORE THE THEME "VERSUS!"
Our VERSUS season is prompted by the time we are living in where party over country has become the rule in politics, where media pits the conservative right against the liberal left and everyone in the middle is lost. Working in collaboration with our company of artists, we began thinking about the ideas that shape us and guide us through life and how much of that is based on a tribal mentality. Our parents, friends, and culture all contribute to who we are as people and at the same time often leads us to a similar mindset. This tribalism feels good. We are in it together. We are working towards a common goal because our ideas are aligned. It would be easy to spend your life following these beliefs, but what happens when you are exposed to the rest of the world? What happens when you are challenged by new ideas?
VERSUS will explore what it means in American society when the world is not a black and white binary but a grey spectrum of nuance. The season will explore MAN-made dichotomous structures and binaries that currently constrict us, blind us, and often turn people against each other rather than championing the nuances and commonality of being human. Why is it always ‘us and them’ instead of ‘we’, left vs right, right vs wrong, east coast vs west coast, conservative vs liberal?
Might we be losing the nuance of human feelings, the exceptions to the rule, the things that lie in the grey rather than the black and white? We will explore human nature and the how and why of the divides that both make us part of a greater cause and also bring us at odds with our neighbors.
New2You Festival Returns in Spring 2027
We are delighted to announce that our New2You Festival will return in Spring 2027. We will be calling for proposals in mid-September with the deadline being October 14th to apply. Mark your calendars! The call will ask for proposals on our season theme.
