New Stage Theatre Season Overview

Below are highlights from each show from December 2020 to present, as well as from the education program:

Misc Articles and TV News Segments:

• WLBT Segment 9.9.2020: New Stage Theatre hosts virtual sessions to stay COVID-19 safe
• WJTV Segment 9.3.2020: New Stage Theatre gears up for online productions
• Northside Sun Article 4.3.2020: New Stage Theatre gears up for online productions
• American Theatre Article 7.15.2020: South Central: Social Distance and Social Justice
• WLBT Article 12.10.2020 : New Stage offers streaming events to continue traditions, survive COVID-19
• WJTV Segment 1.13.2021: Winter Institute to host virtual events for National Day of Racial Healing
• MS Civil Rights Museum Blog January 2021: FedEx Sponsors MLK Day Celebration at State History, Civil Rights Museums
• WJTV Segment 12.20.2021: New Stage offering virtual theatre, workshop sessions
• WJTV Segment 2.24.2021: New Stage celebrates Black History Month with virtual performances
• WLBT Segment 7.4.2021: Jackson theatre returns for 56th season after COVID-19 shutdown

December 2020-2021 Solo Series

• A Christmas Carol featuring Jefferson Mays
• Let It Shine: A Visit with Fannie Lou Hamer

Extra Events

• Rising Toward a New Day Musical Revue

2021-2022 Season 56

• Little Shop of Horrors
• A Christmas Carol 2021
• I Just Stopped By to See the Man

New Stage Education 2021-2022

Virtual Tours:
Who Are You Calling Ugly? A Modern Duck Tale
If Not Us, Then Who? Freedom Rides to Freedom Summer
Macbeth
Andrea & The Lion: A Gratitude Story
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
If Not Us, Then Who? Freedom Ride to Freedom Summer

• 20-21 Virtual Tour Highlights

Classes

• Kids Studio (2nd through 6th grade)
• Youth Acting Troupe (6th through 12th grade)
• Virtual Adult Classes (16+)

2021 Summer Camps

• First Stages Summer Camp: Magic Tree House Pirates Past Noon (2nd-6th grades)
• Broadway Jr Summer Theatre Intensive: Shrek Jr. (6th-12th)