CULTURAL FESTIVALS
WOKE! Civic Engagement Campaign (2020)
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing: 50 Years Later (2019)
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing: 50 Years Later (2019)
A digital arts campaign to raise civic awareness and civic engagement anchored by the viral video, 'I Have A Right To Vote'
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing: 50 Years Later (2019)
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing: 50 Years Later (2019)
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing: 50 Years Later (2019)
A year-long celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing
Bernstein Centenary (2018)
Apollo 11 Lunar Landing: 50 Years Later (2019)
New Frontiers: Launch, Explore, Discover (2017)
A year-long celebration of the life and music of Leonard Bernstein with programming in Philadelphia,, Washington, D.C. and Atlanta
New Frontiers: Launch, Explore, Discover (2017)
New Frontiers: Launch, Explore, Discover (2017)
A six-month project inspired by the 75th birthday of pioneering NASA Astronaut, Colonel Guion Stewart Bluford, Jr.
Firebird: Spirit Rising (2016)
Music: A Force for Mending (2015-16)
A five-month multicultural celebration of the human spirit's boundless capacity for good, imagination, creativity, and freedom.
Music: A Force for Mending (2015-16)
Music: A Force for Mending (2015-16)
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A seven-month series of signature performance and community events exploring themes of racial reconciliation, social justice and equality.
Liberty: Unplugged (2015)
A six-month festival celebrating Douglass, King, and Mandela, the powerful movements they led, and their increasingly relevant messages regarding human rights, voting rights, and freedom from enslavement.
Philadelphia Freedom Festival (2014)
A seven-month, citywide project celebrating the life and legacy of civil rights pioneers Octavius Catto and commemorating the 50th anniversary of the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964..
Joyful Sounds: Gospel Across America (2010)
Joyful Sounds: Gospel Across America (2010)
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A nine-day festival celebrating the rich national heritage of gospel music and other African American sacred forms.
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WNO COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Community-wide Spirituals Sing
Curated by Nolan Williams, Jr., Chief Music Editor, African American Heritage Hymnal
Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 6pm | Grand Foyer | FREE
Voices from choirs and churches all around the region assemble to sing traditional a cappella spirituals under the direction of some of the area's leading choral directors. Click here for more information.
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NSO POPS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Family Ties
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 at 6pm | Millennium Stage | FREE
Four diverse musical families from the Washington metropolitan region (our 'local von Trapps') perform classical, jazz, Hispanic, holiday and inspirational music for this diverse concert in support of the NSO Pops concert The von Trapps & Stephanie J. Block Family Holiday. Click here for more information.
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Lost in the Stars
Friday, February 12 through Saturday, February 20, 2016 | Eisenhower Theater
Two South African families, one black and one white, are brought together by a tragic murder charge in the age of apartheid in Kurt Weill and Maxwell Anderson's musical adaptation of Alan Paton's novel, Cry, the Beloved Country. Bass-baritone Eric Owens stars as Stephen Kumalo.
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Take one family. Add a dash of hope and a heaping handful of love, and you've got a recipe for pure musical joy. Don't miss the world premiere of this musical feast at the Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. March 18 to May 14, 2022.
Book by Nolan Williams, Jr. & Nikkole Salter
Music & lyrics by Nolan Williams, Jr.
Directed & Choreographed by Robert Barry Fleming
In association with NEWorks Productions and Edgewood
Playwright Nikkole Salter Joins GRACE Creative Team
As Playbill recently announced, Pulitzer Prize nominated playwright Nikkole Salter has joined our GRACE creative team. Salter is co-writing the book along with Nolan Williams, Jr., composer and lyricist.
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WOKE! Digital Arts Campaign
NEWorks has launched a digital arts campaign to raise civic awareness and engagement. Click here to explore our art exhibition, educational curriculum and film briefs.
36th Annual Mayor's Arts Awards
NEWorks Productions recently had the honor of scripting the 36th Annual Mayor's Arts Awards. The awards were broadcast as a television special in the fall of 2021.
"Becoming Douglass Commonwealth"
A documentary by NEWorks Productions presented by the Executive Office of the Mayor of Washington, D.C.
Produced and directed by Nolan Williams, Jr.
Hosted by Andrea Roane and Bruce Johnson
Narrated by Ralph UriYah Wesley
Premiered Friday, April 16, 2021
This one-hour television special chronicles the long and complicated journey towards Washington, District of Columbia becoming our 51st state, Douglass Commonwealth, featuring: Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, Rep. Steny Hoyer, Rep. James Clyburn, Rep. Jamie Raskin, The Honorable Eric Holder, The Honorable Muriel Bowser, The Honorable Vincent Gray, The Honorable Adrian Fenty, The Honorable Anthony Williams, The Honorable Sharon Pratt, Phil Mendelson, Linda Cropp, William Lightfoot, Ted Leonsis, Chef Jose Andres, John DeGioia, and more. #DCStatehoodNow
Grace NYC Industry Presentations
We presented two industry readings of GRACE in NYC on August 24, 2021. Click below to view images from our industry presentations and work sessions. (Photo credit: Daniel Rader)
Andrea Bocelli in Concert
Our NEWorks Voices of America Choir performed with celebrated tenor Andrea Bocelli for the Washington, D.C. leg of his world tour. This performance took place on Sunday, December 12, 2021 at the Capital One Arena and marked the fourth time NVOA has performed with Signore Bocelli. (Photo credit: Lourdes Presnell)
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GRACE, a new american musical
Take one family. Add a dash of hope and a heaping handful of love, and you've got a recipe for pure musical joy.
GRACE had its world premiere at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., March 19 to May 14, 2022.