Spring 2025

As You Like It
Location: Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center Main Theater
Performance Dates:
Friday Performances (March 21 and 28) at 7pm
Saturday and Sunday Performances (March 22, 23, 29, 30) at 2pm
Napa Valley College Performing Arts in association with Shakespeare Napa Valley and Festival Napa Valley present a ravishing musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic story. This immersive, dream-like tale of faithful friends, feuding families, and lovers in disguise captivates with chance encounters, profound self-discovery, and a fun indie-pop musical score.
Directed by Jennifer King, Music Direction by Dr. Christina Howell
The production features Festival Napa Valley Artist in Residence, Ashley Garlick (Actors’ Equity Association) as Rosalind. Rosalind “Wonder” study, Ashlynn Kertianis, will play Rosalind on Saturday 3/ 29.
Members of various Napa Community Groups as the “Community of Arden,” local choral ensembles as the “Choirs of Arden,” and Napa area Youth and Teens as the “Children of Arden” alongside Napa Valley College students who make up the core cast of this production.

¡Viva Mariachi! Festival at Napa Valley College!
Location: Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center, Mainstage
Dates: Saturday, April 12th at 2 pm and 7pm
¡Viva Mariachi! at Napa Valley College offers a unique opportunity for our community to learn how these programs are thriving throughout the U.S because of their effective role in student success, all while enriching the cultural vitality and musical traditions of their institutions and surrounding communities. Performance groups include: Mariachi Luz de Oro de UC Berkeley, Mariachi Aztlán de Pueblo High School, and Mariachi Las Mariposas from Garfield High School.
Find out all the details and more information at the NVC Office of Student Affairs HERE.

The 39 Steps Abridged
Location: Napa Valley College Studio Theater
Dates: May 2, 3, 9, 10 at 7pm and 4, 11 at 2pm
Mix a Hitchcock masterpiece with a juicy spy novel, add a dash of Monty Python and you have The 39 Steps abridged, a fast-paced whodunit.
This two-time Tony and Drama Desk Award-winning treat is packed with nonstop laughs, over 150 zany characters (played by a cast of four), an onstage plane crash, handcuffs, missing fingers and some good old-fashioned romance!
Directed by Olivia Cowell

Applied Music Recital
Location: Napa Valley College Silviagni Recital Hall
Dates: May 4th at 3pm & May 8th at 7pm
NVC faculty and talented musicians from the Napa community and beyond present monthly recitals of instrumental and vocal repertoire ranging from classical to musical theater and popular music.
Students studying Applied Music at Napa Valley College will be featured in a Student Recital that will include a wide range of musical styles. Led by Music Faculty Dr. George England.
Tickets are pay-what-you-can

Dona Nobis Pacem
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Location: Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center, Mainstage
Dates: May 10 at 2pm
Presented by Napa Valley College Music, Dona Nobis Pacem includes NVC Chorale and ACHS Chamber Choir
Samantha Burgess, guest conductor*
Christina Howell, soprano
William O’Neill, bass-baritone

Jazz Ensemble Concert
Location: Napa Valley College Performing Arts Center
Dates: May 15th at 7pm
Presented by Napa Valley College Music Jazz Ensemble, led by Peter Estabook.
Please Note: For non-departmental events, please contact the producing organization directly as they may be processing tickets and reservations.