The New School’s College of Performing Arts and New Victory LabWorks have forged a dynamic partnership, championing bold new voices and imaginative storytelling for young audiences.

Building on the success of their inaugural collaboration, this exciting second chapter features two original productions designed to spark curiosity and wonder:

Maggie at the Middle of the Mess by Dan Jones

Seven Ravens by Marisol Rosa-Shapiro

These family-friendly shows are ideal for kids ages 7–10 with heart, humor, and creativity that will captivate audiences of all ages.

Maggie at the Middle of the Mess by Dan Jones

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?

Seven Ravens adapted by Marisol Rosa-Shapiro

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. 

Event information:

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

November 14, 2025, 4:30 PM

November 15, 2025, 12:00 PM and 4:30 PM

November 16, 2025, 12:00 PM

Seven Ravens written and directed by Marisol Rosa-Shapiro

November 14, 2025, 6:00PM

November 15, 2025, 1:30PM and 6:00PM

November 16, 2025, 1:30PM