With support from the California Arts Council, New Village Arts will support general operating costs including diversity/inclusion programs and partial salaries of Associate Artistic Director Ahmed Kenyatta Dents and Programs Coordinator Kiara Hudlin, responsible for implementation and management of the Dea Hurston Fellowship (DHF). Now in its 11th year, DHF is the first performing arts career-pathway program of its kind in San Diego created specifically for historically underserved young women and men of color across San Diego County.
DHF hosts young women from underserved high schools at live performances and supports college students and post-college individuals in paid internships. Their experience will involve all aspects of theatre arts, arts administration, and interpersonal and professional skills development and includes arts experiences and training at NVA, San Diego State, Moxie Theatre, and the San Diego Opera.
New Village Arts (NVA) is now celebrating its 23rd season of award-winning, professional theatre, thrilling and unique visual arts, and thriving education and outreach programs in the Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center.
NVA attracts over 25,000 patrons to Carlsbad Village to experience professional theatre in its intimate, 100 seat house and has been recognized as one of the finest theatres in San Diego County and a regional leader in equity, diversity and inclusion. NVA’s robust Education and Outreach program includes immersive theatre programs in local high schools, The Mainstage Players: a professional training program for teens and young adults with neurodiversity, Mindful Theatre: programs for the local senior community, and Teatro Pueblo Nuevo, an outreach program to our bi-lingual and multi-cultural community.
In 2023, NVA opened the Next Stage, a smaller stage that hosts comedy, opera, spoken word, salsa, and much more.
NVA has truly become the cultural hub of North County San Diego.

