Jewel Box Series

This Sunday, celebrate Mother's Day with "Arabica," a unique blend of music by Doug Adamz and Light Rain and belly dance, featuring Sisters of the Moon, a group that has been revived by the daughters of two of its founders, Leilainia Marcus and Kareesha Willow. It's at 2:30 pm Sunday, May 12 in the Philanthropy Theatre. Tickets are $15 at the door or online at Ticketmaster.com.

Anthony Michael Stokes and his KESSTO Kreatures bring "The Scarecrow," a variation on 'The Wizard of Oz' that uses puppetry and music to take on racism, to the Jewel Box Series at 2:30 pm Sunday, April 14 in the Philanthropy Theatre. Tickets are $15 at the Plaza Theatre Box Office and Ticketmaster.com.

The El Paso Community Foundation Jewel Box Series at the Philanthropy Theatre returns with Teatro Neplanta's play AL'S CLUB at 2:30 pm Sunday, March 10 in the Phil. El Pasoan Mathew Bianchi's play emerged from Teatro Neplanta's 24-hour play festival 2022 and has been fleshed out into a full-on production directed by Adam Zarowski. It focuses on the interactions of three people in a bar and deals with ego, faith, addiction and universal questions. Tickets: $15 at the Plaza Theatre Box Office (no service charges) and Ticketmaster.com (with service charges).

Border Theatre is back with an all-new, interactive show called "Dare (Me) to be Stuspid!" at 2:30 pm Sunday, Feb. 11 in the Philanthropy Theatre.
Written and directed by Austin Savage and students from the Border Theatre acting labs, the show is about a 16-year-old struggling with identity amidst family and social media pressures.
Tickets are $15 at the door or https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C005F368BEE152F

Well-traveled singer, songwriter, guitarist and harmonica player Gary Johnson headlines the next Jewel Box Series show. Gary Johnson Live! will be at 2:30 pm Sunday, January 14 in the intimate Philanthropy Theatre in the Plaza Theatre Performing Arts Centre. Gary will be backed by The Golden Groove, fronted by Jewel Box veteran Daniel Rivera on saxphone. Tickets are $15 at the box office or https://www.ticketmaster.com/event/0C005F368BEC152B

We're taking comedy out of the club and putting it into the intimate, alcohol-free environs of the Philanthropy Theatre when the Jewel Box Series presents AN AFTERNOON OF COMEDY at 2:30 pm Sunday, Dec. 10 in the Phil. El Paso comic Lando V.C. headlines, with assists from ABQ comedian Carla Vasquez in the feature slot and El Paso's Anthony Ryan hosting. Tickets are $15 at the door (no service charge) and Ticketmaster.com (service charge added).

The eighth season of the El Paso Community Foundation Jewel Box Series at the Philanthropy Theatre continues with the Star on the Mountain Theatrical Productions' staging of Ellen Struve's comedy-drama RECOMMENDED READING FOR GIRLS. It's at 2:30 pm Sunday, Nov. 12 in the Philanthropy Theatre, $15 at the door or at Ticketmaster.com. It's about a beleaguered woman who begins to see the heroines of her favorite childhood books — in the flesh!

Tickets for the El Paso Community Foundation Jewel Box Series in the Philanthropy Theatre's eighth season go on sale Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the Plaza Theatre Box Office and Ticketmaster.com.

The season opens at 2:30 pm Sunday, Oct. 8 with Jan H. Wolfe's OUT OF THE CLOSET, INTO THE FIRE, a series of real-life stories of gay and trans people, which will be delivered by stage actors.

The rest of the series is:
RECOMMENDED READING FOR GIRLS, Star on the Mountain Theatrical Productions, 2:30 pm Nov. 12 — A comedy-drama about a distressed woman who gets a little help from friends — the title characters of her favorite childhood books.

AN AFTERNOON OF COMEDY, Lando VC and Friends, 2:30 pm Dec. 19 — Featuring the Church Bar comedy night host and others in an unusual setting (hint: it's not a club).

GARY JOHNSON, LIVE!, Gary Johnson, 2:30 pm Jan. 14 — The singer, songwriter and flatpicking guitar stylists offers an intimate performance of a range of music styles, rooted in folks, blues, country and rock.

DARE (ME) TO BE ... STUSPID!, Border Theatre, 2:30 pm Feb. 11 — Three one-acts connected by a 16-year-old girl trying to figure out who she is among a variety of societal and personal pressures.

AL'S CLUB, Teatro Neplanta, 2:30 pm March 10 — El Paso's newest theater group presents an original play by Matt Bianchi that grew out of a 24-hour play festival and workshops. It takes place in a bar and deals with ego, addiction, drunk driving and life's eternal questions.

THE SCARECROW, KESSTO Kreatures, 2:30 pm April 14 — An original take on 'The Wizard of Oz' from another point of view in this mixture of musical and puppetry from playwright, teacher and Jim Henson Foundation grant recipient Anthony Michael Stokes.

ARABICA, Light Rain and Sisters of the Moon, 2:30 pm May 12 — Doug Adamz and Light Rain, which launched in the 1970s, and Sisters of the Moon, Judy Marcus' belly dance troupe that now includes daughter Leilania Marcus, weave their magic in this afternoon of music and dance.

Tickets are $15 for each show, on sale Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the Plaza Theatre Box Office (no service charge added) and https://www.ticketmaster.com/search?q=jewel%20box%20series&sort=date

Next up in the Jewel Box Series: BILDAD, a cartoonish comedy from El Paso's Barbed Tales, that uses live actors and projections. It's at 2:30 pm Sunday, April 16 in the Philanthropy Theatre. Tickets are $15 at the box office. https://epcf.org/news/jewel-box-series-continues-with-cartoonish-comedy-bildad

Don't forget to spring forward this Sunday, jazz fans, and don't forget to check out The Golden Groove's "The Art of Jazz," conceived by Daniel Rivera, featuring an eclectic mix of jazz standards from around the world, at 2:30 pm Sunday, March 12 in the Philanthropy Theatre. Not to be missed!

Next up in the El Paso Community Foundation Jewel Box Series at the Philanthropy Theatre — "The Art of Jazz," with Daniel Rivera and the Golden Groove in concert at 2:30 pm Sunday, March 12. Tickets are $15 at the Plaza Theatre box office (no service charge) and at Ticketmaster.com (with service charge), on sale now.

The Jewel Box Series continues with "El Paso Stories," featuring seven intimate vignettes about the Sun City from seven writers, at 2:30 pm Sunday, February 12 in the Philanthropy Theatre. Tickets are $15 at the Plaza Theatre box office and Ticketmaster.com.

Our Franklin Mountains are the focus of "Oscillate," an interactive work of dance, music and more from El Paso's Mountain Movement. The performance is at 2:30 pm Sunday, January 8 in the Philanthropy Theatre. Tickets are $15 (there's no service charge if you purchase your tickets at the Plaza Theatre Box Office).

Next up: The Southwest Songwriters series with Doug Adamz, Gene Keller and Teresa Tudury at 2:30 pm Sunday, Dec. 11 in the Philanthropy Theatre. Tickets are $15 at the Plaza Theatre box office (no service charge) and Ticketmaster.com (service charge).

What a great way to bring back the Jewel Box Series! We had a strong turnout for the November 13 staged reading of "NO MAS," written and directed by Meagan O'Toole-Pitts and performed by El Paso's Lustre Theatre. Next up: the Southwest Songwriter Series with Doug Adamz, Gene Keller and Teresa Tudury at 2:30 pm Sunday, December 11 in the Philanthropy Theatre. Tickets are $15 on sale at the Plaza Theatre box office and Ticketmaster.com.

Lustre Theatre opens the seventh Jewel Box season with a staged reading of NO MAS, an historical drama by Meagan O'Toole-Pitts, at 2:30 pm Sunday, Nov. 13 in the Philanthropy Theatre. Tickets are $15, on sale now. Click the link for details:

Jewel Box Series opens with Lustre Theatre's historical drama NO MÁS - El Paso Community Foundation | Grants, Scholarships, and Philanthropy Services Jewel Box Series opens with Lustre Theatre's historical drama NO MÁS November 1, 2022 The El Paso Community Foundation Jewel Box Series at the Philanthropy Theatre opens its seventh season with NO MÁS, an original drama based on a true but little-known story from El Paso’s past. Lustre Theatre g...

It's our lucky seventh! The seventh season of the El Paso Community Foundation Jewel Box Series at the Philanthropy Theatre returns — with seven shows. This year's productions range from a stage version of Mitch Albom's "Tuesdays with Morrie" to several original works, including the historical drama "NO MAS." This year's participants are Lustre Theatre, Doug Adamz's Southwest Songwriter Series, Mountain Movement, Felix Arenas and Los Actores, The Golden Groove, Barbed Tales and Eden Performing Arts. https://epcf.org/blog/epcf-s-jewel-box-series-returns

Remember when NMSU's Scaffolding Theatre sold out the Jewel Box Series with "Disney's Beauty and the Beast" in 2017? You could be the next one to sell out the Philanthropy Theatre. The deadline for performing artists and groups to apply for the next Jewel Box season is 11:59 pm Friday, September 30. Go to epcf.org/jewelbox

After a two-year pandemic hiatus, the Jewel Box Series returns! First show is November 2022. Interested performing artists/groups may apply through Sept. 30 at epcf.org/jewelbox.

Call for submissions for the 2022-2023 Jewel Box Series coming soon!