Emerging Artists Theatre’s Spark Theatre Festival NYC will run from March 3 – 23, 2025, in New York City. Nearly 60 performances will be presented across three weeks, including plays, musicals, solo shows, dance, and more.

Festival Schedule:

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: ABBONDANZA!

Living in a world of pleasure, honesty, and imagination, these works ask you to show up not only for yourself, but for one another. As we tell our stories, do you see a glimmer of yours?

Co-Directors/Choreographers: Veronica Allen, Joey Anderson, and Claire Louise Goldes

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2:00 PM - 4:00 PM: Closet, My Sanctuary

"Closet, My Sanctuary" considers what is means to simultaneously learn love in the context of religion and queerness. This dance theatre work is an autobiographical movement collage, designed to capture the harm and humor in attempting to make sense of such blatant contradictions. A trio of musicians supports a trio of dancers through the private experience of trying to negotiate with God.

Choreographer: Heather Dutton
Music: Jyl Mars

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5:00 PM - 6:15 PM: Cut

"Cut" is the newest addition to my current movement research involving race, adoption, family, and community. Join us as we explore the ins and outs of Central Asian Folk and contemporary dance.

Choreographer: Davinara Marcario
Performers and Collaborators: Ava Rakowski
Music: Qashlarin Kamandir by Kronos Quartet, Alim and Fargana Qasimov

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5:00 PM - 6:15 PM: The truth is the truth is the truth is the

This dance theater exploration of Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas grapples with their complex artistic and political legacies and questions the concepts of genius and biographical accuracy. The script, score, and movement are derived from Stein and Toklas’s writings, contemporary and postmodern dance, and theatrical devising methods.

Choreographer/Writer/Director: Hallie Chametzky

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7:00 PM - 8:15 PM: Bound Between

“Bound Between” offers a powerful exploration of having or lacking control, a concept that resonates universally. The three dancers navigate the fragile space between restraint and release, reflecting on the paradox of control and the freedom found within constraints.

Choreographer: Jayde Margulis in collaboration with the dancers

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7:00 PM - 8:15 PM: Folding Time

A story of one's shifting self, exploring those we've become, might have been, and never will be. Our unspoken paths, divergent choices, and the hidden possibilities that shape who we are. Recognizing that all versions of ourselves, both realized and imagined, remain part of us on our way to becoming.

Title: Folding Time
Company: 32nd Pack Dance Company
Choreographer: Rachel Daly in collaboration with dancers

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7:00 PM - 8:15 PM: The Miles Davis African Suite

A bold fusion of Miles Davis' iconic music and African cultural narratives, blending dance, history, and identity into a mesmerizing ballet of unity and diversity.

Choreographer: Jason Herbert
Acting Coach: Robert Schaffer
Music: Miles Davis

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7:00 PM - 8:15 PM: Transexual Sexual Sex Journey

A young trans woman finds fleeting love, within her community-- Sometimes dangerous; always heartbreaking. A true story.

Writer: Tobi Wolfson

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