Javan Nelson
Latest News on Javan Nelson:
You&I And City Artist Corps Present THRESHOLD (Sep 19, 2021)
BWW Review: The Female Heroines You Didn't Know You Needed in THREE MUSKETEERS: 1941 (Jun 9, 2019)
Photo Flash: In Rehearsals With The World Premiere Of THREE MUSKETEERS: 1941 (May 17, 2019)
You&I And City Artist Corps Present THRESHOLD (Sep 19, 2021)
BWW Review: The Female Heroines You Didn't Know You Needed in THREE MUSKETEERS: 1941 (Jun 9, 2019)
Photo Flash: In Rehearsals With The World Premiere Of THREE MUSKETEERS: 1941 (May 17, 2019)
BIO
Javan Nelson began performing at Ironwood High School in Glendale, Arizona, where he grew up. Upon graduating, he attended the College of Fine Arts at the University of Arizona, receiving a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Acting. He then moved to New York City and began pursuing a career in the arts, working with numerous theatrical and production companies. He resides in New York today.
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You&I And City Artist Corps Present THRESHOLD
Experiential performance collective You&I, helmed by Fernando Moya Delgado and Allie Marotta, presents THRESHOLD, an interactive performance experience taking place in Washington Square Park.
Experiential performance collective You&I, helmed by Fernando Moya Delgado and Allie Marotta, presents THRESHOLD, an interactive performance experience taking place in Washington Square Park.
BWW Review: The Female Heroines You Didn't Know You Needed in THREE MUSKETEERS: 1941
Megan Monaghan Rivas' Three Musketeers: 1941 is an evocative, thought-provoking new work that is imperative in today's political climate. The commissioned world premiere of this play promises an evening of strength, empowerment, and emotion. Three Musketeers: 1941 is a part of Project Y Theatre's fourth annual four-week long Women in Theatre Festival, celebrating new plays and innovative performances by diverse female artists.
Megan Monaghan Rivas' Three Musketeers: 1941 is an evocative, thought-provoking new work that is imperative in today's political climate. The commissioned world premiere of this play promises an evening of strength, empowerment, and emotion. Three Musketeers: 1941 is a part of Project Y Theatre's fourth annual four-week long Women in Theatre Festival, celebrating new plays and innovative performances by diverse female artists.
Photo Flash: In Rehearsals With The World Premiere Of THREE MUSKETEERS: 1941
Project Y Theatre Company gave Broadway World an exclusive sneak peek into rehearsals for their World Premiere of Megan Monaghan Rivas' Three Musketeers: 1941, co-directed by Michole Biancosino and Andrew W. Smith, which is being presented as part of the fourth annual Women in Theatre Festival, June 5-29 at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres (502 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019).
Project Y Theatre Company gave Broadway World an exclusive sneak peek into rehearsals for their World Premiere of Megan Monaghan Rivas' Three Musketeers: 1941, co-directed by Michole Biancosino and Andrew W. Smith, which is being presented as part of the fourth annual Women in Theatre Festival, June 5-29 at the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre at the A.R.T./New York Theatres (502 West 53rd Street New York, NY 10019).
Hook And Eye Invades The Flea
LOOK OUT! Hook & Eye Theater is landing at The Flea with three outrageous new ideas to share. From a They/Them Generation riff on 1920s drag culture set against a Mae West play, to a tale of the MTA's wayward past and perhaps glorious future in the form of a subway ride, and an original play about a narcissistic soldier from the Gulf War in a play about identity, responsibility, and community. Hook and Eye Invades The Flea offers three unique visions for your pleasure. Each night a staged reading of our newest original work Echo & Narcissus and in-progress material from our inaugural Spoolers' Eliza Bent and Roger Q. Mason.
LOOK OUT! Hook & Eye Theater is landing at The Flea with three outrageous new ideas to share. From a They/Them Generation riff on 1920s drag culture set against a Mae West play, to a tale of the MTA's wayward past and perhaps glorious future in the form of a subway ride, and an original play about a narcissistic soldier from the Gulf War in a play about identity, responsibility, and community. Hook and Eye Invades The Flea offers three unique visions for your pleasure. Each night a staged reading of our newest original work Echo & Narcissus and in-progress material from our inaugural Spoolers' Eliza Bent and Roger Q. Mason.
The Exponential Festival Announces Lineup And Venues
The Exponential Festival, a month-long January festival for NYC-based emerging, experimental performing artists, is proud to announce the lineup of artists and venues for its fourth year of programming. Performances will take place January 4 - February 3 in partnership with The Brick, Chez Bushwick, The Glove, JACK, Target Margin Theater's The Doxsee, Triskelion's Douglas Elliman Studio Theater and Vital Joint. Panels will take place at The Bushwick Starr. The participants in this multi-artist, multi-venue festival are committed to ecstatic creativity in the face of commercialism. Exponential is driven by inclusiveness and a diversity of artists, forms, and ideas coupled with utopian resource-sharing, mentoring, and the championing of risky, rigorous work in eclectic fields to keep theatre kicking.
The Exponential Festival, a month-long January festival for NYC-based emerging, experimental performing artists, is proud to announce the lineup of artists and venues for its fourth year of programming. Performances will take place January 4 - February 3 in partnership with The Brick, Chez Bushwick, The Glove, JACK, Target Margin Theater's The Doxsee, Triskelion's Douglas Elliman Studio Theater and Vital Joint. Panels will take place at The Bushwick Starr. The participants in this multi-artist, multi-venue festival are committed to ecstatic creativity in the face of commercialism. Exponential is driven by inclusiveness and a diversity of artists, forms, and ideas coupled with utopian resource-sharing, mentoring, and the championing of risky, rigorous work in eclectic fields to keep theatre kicking.
SCUM, A New Kind Of Apocalypse Play By Sarah Shear, Begins World-Premiere Run This August
SCUM, a new play by Sarah Shear, will have its world premiere production this summer, directed by Javan Nelson. Following a sold out public reading in NYC and a successful crowdfunding campaign that surpassed its goal, Scum will run August 9-18 at The Producer's Club in Midtown, NY.
SCUM, a new play by Sarah Shear, will have its world premiere production this summer, directed by Javan Nelson. Following a sold out public reading in NYC and a successful crowdfunding campaign that surpassed its goal, Scum will run August 9-18 at The Producer's Club in Midtown, NY.
SCUM, A New Kind Of Apocalypse Play By Sarah Shear, Begins World-Premiere Run This August
SCUM, a new play by Sarah Shear, will have its world premiere production this summer, directed by Javan Nelson. Following a sold out public reading in NYC and a successful crowdfunding campaign that surpassed its goal, Scum will run August 9-18 at The Producer's Club in Midtown, NY.
SCUM, a new play by Sarah Shear, will have its world premiere production this summer, directed by Javan Nelson. Following a sold out public reading in NYC and a successful crowdfunding campaign that surpassed its goal, Scum will run August 9-18 at The Producer's Club in Midtown, NY.
The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation Announces Off-Off-Broadway Nominees
On Monday, July 23, 2018, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization who for the past 14 years has been dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2018 nominees at its annual event, The IT Party. Celebrating fourteen years and thousands of nominees at le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street.
On Monday, July 23, 2018, The New York Innovative Theatre Foundation, the organization who for the past 14 years has been dedicated to celebrating Off-Off-Broadway, announced the 2018 nominees at its annual event, The IT Party. Celebrating fourteen years and thousands of nominees at le Poisson Rouge, 158 Bleeker Street.
SCUM, A New Kind Of Apocalypse Play By Sarah Shear, Begins World-Premiere Run This August
SCUM, a new play by Sarah Shear, will have its world premiere production this summer, directed by Javan Nelson. Following a sold out public reading in NYC and a successful crowdfunding campaign that surpassed its goal, Scum will run August 9-18 at The Producer's Club in Midtown, NY.
SCUM, a new play by Sarah Shear, will have its world premiere production this summer, directed by Javan Nelson. Following a sold out public reading in NYC and a successful crowdfunding campaign that surpassed its goal, Scum will run August 9-18 at The Producer's Club in Midtown, NY.
Hook & Eye Theater Presents World Premiere Of SHE-SHE-SHE
Hook & Eye Theater is proud to present the world premiere of She-She-She, a vibrant new devised play with writing by Cynthia Babak that centers on six women whose lives intertwine across generations against the backdrop of one great mountain. Directed by Chad Lindsey, She-She-She is inspired by the real-life friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and leading black activist Pauli Murray.
Hook & Eye Theater is proud to present the world premiere of She-She-She, a vibrant new devised play with writing by Cynthia Babak that centers on six women whose lives intertwine across generations against the backdrop of one great mountain. Directed by Chad Lindsey, She-She-She is inspired by the real-life friendship between Eleanor Roosevelt and leading black activist Pauli Murray.
Art House Productions Stages GRACE, OR THE ART OF CLIMBING
Art House Productions (Meredith Burns, Executive Director) is proud to announce the spring mainstage theater production of Grace, or The Art of Climbing by L M Feldman. Making its east coast premiere, Grace will be directed by Adin Walker.
Art House Productions (Meredith Burns, Executive Director) is proud to announce the spring mainstage theater production of Grace, or The Art of Climbing by L M Feldman. Making its east coast premiere, Grace will be directed by Adin Walker.
Brooklyn-Based Company Receives Workshop & Premiere Dates for SHE-SHE-SHE; Seeks Crowdfunding For Fourth Original Play
Hook&Eye Theater has just announced works-in-progress, premiere dates for its fourth original play She-She-She. This vibrant collaborative piece tells a modern tale of alienation through the stories of six women across generations.
Hook&Eye Theater has just announced works-in-progress, premiere dates for its fourth original play She-She-She. This vibrant collaborative piece tells a modern tale of alienation through the stories of six women across generations.
Brooklyn-Based Company Receives Workshop & Premiere Dates for SHE-SHE-SHE; Seeks Crowdfunding For Fourth Original Play
Hook&Eye Theater has just announced works-in-progress, premiere dates for its fourth original play She-She-She. This vibrant collaborative piece tells a modern tale of alienation through the stories of six women across generations.
Hook&Eye Theater has just announced works-in-progress, premiere dates for its fourth original play She-She-She. This vibrant collaborative piece tells a modern tale of alienation through the stories of six women across generations.
Columbia Stages to Present THE TOOTH OF CRIME
A testament to rebellion. An ode to rock music. And one hell of a ride. Sam Shepard's THE TOOTH OF CRIME is a mythic showdown set in a surreal American West where renegade rock stars duel under the corrupting pressure of fame. Director Maridee Slater (Columbia Directing MFA 2015) valiantly leads a band of rockstars in this collaboration between Columbia Stages and Lickety Split Productions, featuring original music composed by Jillie Mae Eddy and Sam Gelband (of Honcho Poncho) that will assault the senses in an amalgamation of styles, from classic rock to rap and beyond.
A testament to rebellion. An ode to rock music. And one hell of a ride. Sam Shepard's THE TOOTH OF CRIME is a mythic showdown set in a surreal American West where renegade rock stars duel under the corrupting pressure of fame. Director Maridee Slater (Columbia Directing MFA 2015) valiantly leads a band of rockstars in this collaboration between Columbia Stages and Lickety Split Productions, featuring original music composed by Jillie Mae Eddy and Sam Gelband (of Honcho Poncho) that will assault the senses in an amalgamation of styles, from classic rock to rap and beyond.
Nylon Fusion Theatre Company Announces Their Short Play Festival 'This Round's on Us'
Nylon Fusion Theatre Company announces their Short Play Festival "This Round's On Us" on February 20-21, featuring eleven new plays in two sets. Guest writers include Michael Puzzo and Don Nigro. Gotham's John Doman plays President McKinley in Nigro's new play Front Porch. Hosted by Lori Kee.
Nylon Fusion Theatre Company announces their Short Play Festival "This Round's On Us" on February 20-21, featuring eleven new plays in two sets. Guest writers include Michael Puzzo and Don Nigro. Gotham's John Doman plays President McKinley in Nigro's new play Front Porch. Hosted by Lori Kee.
The Seeing Place Theater's LOVE SONG Begins Run Today 11/23
The Seeing Place Theater, known for intensely intimate ensemble work, will begin the run of John Kolvenbach's LOVE SONG today.
The Seeing Place Theater, known for intensely intimate ensemble work, will begin the run of John Kolvenbach's LOVE SONG today.
The Seeing Place Theater Announces Casting for LOVE SONG, 11/23-12/9
The Seeing Place Theater, known for intensely intimate ensemble work, announces casting for John Kolvenbach's disarming ode to loneliness cured: LOVE SONG.
The Seeing Place Theater, known for intensely intimate ensemble work, announces casting for John Kolvenbach's disarming ode to loneliness cured: LOVE SONG.
Random Access Theatre Presents TWELFTH NIGHT, 5/11
Random Access Theatre Company's Twelfth Night re-energizes Shakespeare's classic comedy. As told by eight actors and a musical instrument, this 90-minute show unfolds against the backdrop of Prohibition in the big city. Laurence Lesher directs this production, in which one actor plays the twin leads, Viola and Sebastian, and another plays Antonio and Orsino.
Random Access Theatre Company's Twelfth Night re-energizes Shakespeare's classic comedy. As told by eight actors and a musical instrument, this 90-minute show unfolds against the backdrop of Prohibition in the big city. Laurence Lesher directs this production, in which one actor plays the twin leads, Viola and Sebastian, and another plays Antonio and Orsino.
THE SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY Begins Performances in Brooklyn Tonight
The Spoon River Anthology travels to Brooklyn where it will receive an all-new production, conceived & directed Jimmy Maize, with music by Eli Zoller, choreography by Jon Cooper & Marine Sialelli, and music direction by Ethan Wagner, and featuring a cast of one-hundred performers, The limited engagement begins performances tonight, April 24 and will continue through this Saturday, April 28 at the Invisible Dog Art Center (51 Bergen Street in Brooklyn).
The Spoon River Anthology travels to Brooklyn where it will receive an all-new production, conceived & directed Jimmy Maize, with music by Eli Zoller, choreography by Jon Cooper & Marine Sialelli, and music direction by Ethan Wagner, and featuring a cast of one-hundred performers, The limited engagement begins performances tonight, April 24 and will continue through this Saturday, April 28 at the Invisible Dog Art Center (51 Bergen Street in Brooklyn).
THE SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY Plays Two Limited Engagements in NY With Cast of 100
Edgar Lee Masters' epic work, The Spoon River Anthology, receives an all-new production, of unprecedented scale and scope, conceived & directed Jimmy Maize, with music by Eli Zoller, choreography by Jon Cooper & Marine Sialelli, and music direction by Ethan Wagner, and featuring a cast of one-hundred performers, with two special limited engagements: April 18 - 21 at The Riverside Theatre (91 Claremont Avenue located inside the Riverside Church between 120th and 122nd Streets), in association with Columbia University School of the Arts; and April 24 - 28 at the Invisible Dog Art Center (51 Bergen Street in Brooklyn).
Edgar Lee Masters' epic work, The Spoon River Anthology, receives an all-new production, of unprecedented scale and scope, conceived & directed Jimmy Maize, with music by Eli Zoller, choreography by Jon Cooper & Marine Sialelli, and music direction by Ethan Wagner, and featuring a cast of one-hundred performers, with two special limited engagements: April 18 - 21 at The Riverside Theatre (91 Claremont Avenue located inside the Riverside Church between 120th and 122nd Streets), in association with Columbia University School of the Arts; and April 24 - 28 at the Invisible Dog Art Center (51 Bergen Street in Brooklyn).
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