THEATRE | Nicole Vukov has us green with NV

NV Productions is all about the millennial in society.

Their mission statement proudly boasts a commitment to the telling of stories by, for, and about millennials, free of condescension, and empowering them as creators and decision-makers. The girl behind those green-eyed initials is Nicole Vukov, and her attitude to the work is enviable indeed. "We want to push boundaries and tell stories that are always kept behind closed doors. We want to bring to light arguments and themes that have been normalized in modern day society," she says with typical forthrightness, "We're ready to break down walls."

Based on her track record, this isn't surprising at all. "In the last year I starred in two off-broadway shows. Conversations with an Average Joe written and directed by Senator Joe Carraro," she explains, "I starred alongside Emmy Award-winning producer Kevin Magee. We ran at the renowned Jerry Orbach Theater (Home of The Fantasticks, the longest running musical of all time), and at the Davenport theater."

And that's just the tip of the iceberg. In the same year she also starred in an original production by the world-renowned Italian writer Dacia Maraini produced by the Italytime Cultural Center. "My next project with italytime will be starring as the lead in a one woman show. La Clausola by Aldo Nicolaj. Look out for it on May 25th. "I also recently came from performing a critical role in a T. Schreiber Studio Production of Love & Information at the Helen Mills Theater," she adds with a smile.

In between all of that you'd hardly believe she has the time for anything else, but low and behold, she and her company, the afore mentioned NV Productions, have two new projects coming soon on a stage near you (Provided you live in New York City). Their titles are Highlights & Shadows and The Immigrant Story Of A Millennial Dream, and you definitely want to catch them.

"I believe these are stories that haven't found their platform in the conventional theatre," she explains, "So it's up to people like us to give them one." With much of modern Broadway, and a lot of Off-Broadway, catering largely to their aging subscriber-base, there seems to be less of a chance for millennial stories to get a meaningful look in. "As a young woman in this industry and as a part of this generation I have felt so empowered by the acts of change in the last year. We need to keep emboldening people with those stories, and my way of doing that is through the arts," she describes passionately.

Highlights & Shadows is about three young Millennial girls navigating the ins and outs of muliebrity in the second millennium. "It explores the themes of mental burden, sex and consequence. It questions the term "It's fine, I'm fine" and highlights conversations that girls keep behind closed doors," continues Vukov, "It's lighthearted, but with a strong message at the core. We want it to start conversations." Nicole Vukov, Julia Fisk and Alessandra Edgar star in the production, and the play is co-written by the three of them. The play just finished its run at the Producer's Club to general praise. But the team is far from done…

The Immigrant Story Of A Millennial Dream is an original one-woman show that, as the title suggests, tells the story of a young immigrant girl trying to pursue her millennial dream. "The millennial dream is whatever you want it to be," Says Vukov, "It's an homage to the American Dream and how the millennial generation is redefining it. I won't say much, but it all starts with a key… and there's a twist," she smiles coyly. The show will perform at The Producers Club, May 10th and 17th. "I'm very excited," Vukov says.

NV, on top of it's already considerable workload, has also just announced an upcoming one-act play: Faded Apart, a thriller about two siblings trying to find their way back to each other. This will also be performed at The Producer's Club.

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Thomas Burns Scully is a PopDust contributor, and also an award-winning actor, playwright, and musician. In his spare time he writes and designs escape rooms. You can follow him on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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