NEWorks Next/Now

FREEDOM ADVANCES is our 2024 nonpartisan civic campaign aimed to increase voter motivation and participation in our national election this year. Click below to learn more about this initiative and to make a tax-deductible contribution.

Curious about the history of the found of nation's capital? Our documentary chronicles the long and complicated journey towards Washington, District of Columbia becoming our 51st state, Washington, Douglass Commonwealth. Winner of ten media prizes!

50 years of home rule is something to celebrate! That's reason enough to check out our exhibit currently on display at the DC History Center. Click below to learn more and plan your visit. 

Pictured: "Freedman" by Kamryn Olds

...for their recent Kennedy Center Opera House performance with the American Composers Orchestra [ACO] as part of The Gathering: A Collective Sonic Ring Shout, a program co-produced by the National Black Theatre, The Apollo, ACO, and Kennedy Center.

For a 2nd year, NEWorks produced DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's Full Democracy Champions Luncheon in commemoration of DC Emancipation Day. The event, held on Monday, April 15, 2024, was hosted by Symone Sanders-Townsend, MSNBC Co-host of "The Weekend," and featured The Honorable Max Frost as keynote speaker. 

Congratulations to our NEWorks Voices of America for their recent concert performance with celebrated tenor Andrea Bocelli and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. (PHOTO: Courtesy of NEWorks Productions)

For a second year, NEWorks has collaborated with the Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts in Orlando, Florida to present 6th & Jazz, an educational performance series that annually introduces over 16,000 sixth graders in Orange and Osceola Counties to the jazz genre!

Monday, January 15, 2024 at 6 p.m. in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall

Featuring Jordin Sparks, Nolan Williams Jr., Cécile McLorin Salvant, and more

NEWorks is honored to co-produce this free, ticketed musical tribute to the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., jointly presented by Georgetown University and the Center.

Our collaboration with dancers from Dallas Black and Alvin Ailey has won a 2023 Telly Award Silver Prize for Best Social Video (Dance & Performance) and the WETA/PBS feature story on our musical GRACE has been nominated for a regional Emmy Award. Click below to access both videos.