Join us for Geva’s 24/25 Season!
This coming year at Geva will see extraordinary stories onstage, from August Wilson’s powerful memory play, HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED, which will take us back through the creation of his Century Cycle, to Harrison David Rivers’ new adaptation of A CHRISTMAS CAROL, to Christina Ham’s stunning and searing NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN, to a fresh take on Louisa May Alcott’s LITTLE WOMEN. We’re partnering both nationally and locally: with Berkshire Theatre Group and Bay Street Theater on a hilarious new production of Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN and with Pioneer Theatre Company on BEAUTIFUL; and we’re deepening our partnership with Friends of Ganondagan with Vickie Ramirez’ wonderful Haudenosaunee dramatic comedy PURE NATIVE. We’ll see the return of Baron Vaughn’s comedy-in-process series THE WORK OUT ROOM.
One Geva Subscription packages on sale now!
For pricing and addititonal info, download our 24/25 Season brochure.
Watch the ASL Interpreted 24/25 Season Performances and Events Announcement Video here.
One Geva Subscription Series
Mel Brooks’ YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN
SEP 25 – OCT 27
WILSON STAGE
Book by Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan
Music & Lyrics by Mel Brooks
Original Direction & Choreography by Susan Stroman
Co-Production with Berkshire Theatre Group & Bay Street Theater
Directed & Choreographed by Gerry McIntyre
Lighting and Scenic Design by Mike Billings
Mel Brooks’ comedic genius meets black and white horror movies in this electrifying musical comedy! When Dr. Frederick Frankenstein inherits his infamous grandfather’s estate in Transylvania, little does he think he’ll be pulled into the family business – until he finds himself exclaiming “It’s alive!” as he creates a monster to rival his grandfather’s. This wildly inventive new production brings the hilarious antics of the screen sensation to life with unforgettable tunes such as “The Transylvania Mania,” “He Vas My Boyfriend,” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz.”
August Wilson’s HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED
OCT 15 – DEC 01
FIELDING STAGE
By August Wilson
Co-Conceived by Todd Kreidler
From Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson comes this autobiographical one-actor play chronicling Wilson’s life as a Black artist in the Hill District in Pittsburgh. Through stories about his first jobs, first loves, and experiences with racism, we go deep into the life of one of the most celebrated writers of the 20th century, from his roots to the completion of his history-making American Century Cycle, his ten-play series showcasing Black experience from across the twentieth century.
NINA SIMONE: FOUR WOMEN
JAN 14 – FEB 09
WILSON STAGE
By Christina Ham
September 16, 1963. When Nina Simone heard that four Black girls had been killed in the bombing of the 16th Avenue Church in Birmingham, Alabama, her first impulse was to try and build a zip gun; instead she channeled her rage into “Mississippi Goddamn,” the song that marked the emergence of Nina Simone, the Civil Rights activist. Infused with traditional hymns along with songs including “Four Women,” “I Loves You, Porgy,” and “Young, Gifted and Black,” Nina Simone: Four Women looks at an artist and the women around her as their journey leads them down a path of discovery and healing.
LITTLE WOMEN
FEB 25 – MAR 23
WILSON STAGE
By Louisa May Alcott
Adapted by Heather Chrisler
Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel comes to fresh life in this inventive, theatrical adaptation which follows as the March sisters – Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy – gather in the family attic. From making up fairy stories, writing for their pretend newspaper, and playing make believe, they graduate to scenes of love, loss, and – for Jo – artistic self-discovery, as they come of age against the backdrop of the American Civil War.
PURE NATIVE
APR 15 – MAY 11
WILSON STAGE
By Vickie Ramirez (Tuscarora)
Directed by Randy Reinholz (Choctaw)
East Coast Premiere
In Association with Friends of Ganondagan and Native Voices
Brewster’s back after almost a decade and things have changed. Brews is proud of his success working for a large corporation, and wants to share it with the people of his Rez in Upstate New York. After all, it’s been a bad year, and Brews believes partnering with his corporation on a new bottled water factory would be a great opportunity for the Rez to create its own industry and sustain itself. But to his old love Connie, it’s a betrayal of everything the Haudenosaunee stand for. Who will win?
BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL
MAY 28 – JUN 29
WILSON STAGE
Book by Douglas McGrath
Words and Music by Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Music by Arrangement with Sony Music Publishing
Orchestrations, Vocal and Incidental Music Arrangements by Steve Sidwell
Additional Music Arrangements by Jason Howland
Co-Production with Pioneer Theatre Company
Directed by Karen Azenberg
Before she was hit-maker Carole King, she was Carole Klein, an up-and-coming songwriter from Brooklyn. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is the inspiring story of how she made her mark on the music industry – and found her own voice in the process. This Tony Award-winning musical with a book by the late Oscar- and Tony-nominated Douglas McGrath features the unforgettable songs “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” “You’ve Lost that Lovin’ Feeling,” “Natural Woman,” and “I Feel the Earth Move” from King’s iconic songbook.
Special Programming
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
NOV 23 – DEC 29
WILSON STAGE
By Charles Dickens
Adapted by Harrison David Rivers
Directed by Elizabeth Williamson
Dramaturgy by Sally Lobel
A World Premiere Commission
Charles Dickens’ holiday classic returns to the Geva stage in a new adaptation by Playwright in Residence Harrison David Rivers. Over the course of a single night, notorious grump Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by four ghosts. But will their intervention prompt him to change his “humbug” ways? Filled with humor, heart, hope – and a little bit of horror – A Christmas Carol reminds us that it is never too late to have a change of heart.
Tickets go on sale with our Annual One Day Sale, September 16th at midnight.
THE WORK OUT ROOM – The Comedy Series, Curated by Baron Vaughn
March 12 – March 22, 2025 & June 11 – June 21, 2025
FIELDING STAGE
Join us on the Fielding Stage for the continuation of Artist in Residence Baron Vaughn’s The Work Out Room, the long-form comedy series where the audience gets to watch some of the country’s most exciting comedians develop new material live with the Rochester community. Comedians to be announced.
