Emerging Artists Theatre’s Spark Theatre Festival NYC will run from March 3 – 23, 2025, in New York City. Nearly 60 performances will be presented across three weeks, including plays, musicals, solo shows, dance, and more.

Festival Schedule:

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM: Dream Deferred

One woman's battle with addiction becomes a powerful story of recovery, from her first encounter with drugs in her youth to finding hope and redemption within the confines of a treatment center. A raw, heartfelt portrayal of the struggle for sobriety and the life-changing promises it holds.

Writer:Janet Weakley
Director:Jake Daehler
Performer-Janet Weakley

Tickets $20 /$25 at the door

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7:00 PM - 9:00 PM: Apollo: The Man Who Built the Moon

The Space Race is on, tune in with your TV dinner. Apollo Wilson, aspirational astronaut/ex-NASA physicist/current BBC set designer, unknowingly becomes an accomplice in staging the 1969 moon landing on live television. Once your integrity is ruined, how far are you willing to go to accomplish your dreams?

Writer: Andrew Weiss
Writer: Sam Popkin

Tickets $25 / $30 at the door

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