New School Drama and New Victory LabWorks Present: Maggie at the Middle of the Mess & Seven Ravens at Bank Street Theater

The New School’s College of Performing Arts and New Victory LabWorks proudly extend their creative partnership with two dazzling new works created by students and emerging artists for young audiences:

Maggie at the Middle of the Mess by Dan Jones
Seven Ravens by Marisol Rosa-Shapiro

Showcasing fresh voices and innovative storytelling crafted to delight and inspire viewers from ages 7-10, these original productions are designed to spark curiosity and wonder!

Maggie at the Middle of the Mess, written and directed by Dan Jones 

Friday, November 14, 4:30 PM
Saturday, November 15, 12:00 PM and 4:30 PM
Sunday, November 16, 12:00 PM

No matter how often she’s told to do it, Maggie Martin can’t seem to start cleaning her disaster of a room! She’d rather go exploring in an amazing homemade digging vehicle, along with her loyal robot co-pilot. But even the formidable power of Maggie’s imagination can’t keep the clutter out, as she travels deep into the bowels of her bedroom and discovers lost treasures, forgotten homework, and other strange phenomena. With nowhere to go but down, how can Maggie ever make her way out of the mess?

The Seven Ravens, written and directed by Marisol Rosa-Shapiro

Friday, November 14, 6:00 PM
Saturday, November 15, 1:30 PM and 6:00 PM
Sunday, November 16, 1:30 PM

When a young girl makes a shocking discovery about the history of her family, she embarks on a challenging quest to reunite with loved ones she's never met.  Weaving a little-known Brothers Grimm tale with the experiences of child migrants, refugees, unaccompanied minors, and displaced youth across the globe, The Seven Ravens explores the meaning of home, the love of family, and the lengths to which a child may go to build bridges to her own lost past. A playful, imaginative, and visually arresting work, The Seven Ravens celebrates the resilience, imagination, resourcefulness, and tenacity of children living through displacement, separation, and dreams of reunion in the face of great odds, shedding light on one of today's most pressing sociopolitical issues through the lenses of allegory, fantasy, and play.  

A Creative Partnership Between The New School and New Victory LabWorks

Building on the success of their inaugural collaboration, The New School’s College of Performing Arts and New Victory LabWorks have joined forces to champion the next generation of theater makers. In conjunction with The New School’s legacy of bold, cross disciplinary artistry and New Victory’s commitment to inspiring young audiences through innovative and thought provoking performance, this partnership creates a vibrant platform where emerging artists are able to experiment and share imaginative new works that reflect the transformative power of the performing arts.

Join us!