From Ritual to Riot:
LUV Productions 2025–2026

2025-2026 Productions

La Doña: The María Félix Story Genre:
Historical Ritual Drama Tone: Fierce, elegant, cinematic Summary: A richly layered stage odyssey chronicling the life of Mexican cinema icon María Félix. Told across four acts, the story traces her defiance of social norms, her stormy relationships, and her final victory as an immortal symbol of feminine power. Blending fashion, film, politics, and performance, the show becomes a ritual of legacy reclamation. 

Cherry Cola: A Mellencamp Musical Genre:
Jukebox Musical / Coming-of-Age Rock Show Tone: Rebellious, nostalgic, sweet, and socially charged Summary: Set in a small-town Americana dreamscape, this musical follows Jack and Dianne as they battle local cynicism, rival bands, and the slow erosion of youth dreams. Fueled by John Mellencamp's iconic tracks, Cherry Cola paints a vibrant portrait of youth agency, first love, music as resistance, and the resilience of community memory. 

250: The Pulse of a Nation (nationwide ticketing sales) for July 4, 2026 
Genre: National Civic Pageant / Technological Ritual Drama Tone: Majestic, immersive, reverent, emotionally activating Summary: Crafted for the United States' 250th anniversary, 250 is both a civic celebration and a ritualized time machine. Blending live drama, tech-enhanced spectacle, and historical montage, this production invites audiences on a kinetic journey through America's soul—from 1776 to the AI age. Narrated by Uncle Sam and three rotating archetypes (Veteran, Historian, Student), it fuses patriotism with protest, steel with spirit, and mythology with machinery.

Dalton & SPOT Save Christmas
Genre: Holiday Sci-Fi Comedy / Youth Theater Spectacle Tone: Wholesome, geeky, fast-paced, emotionally heartwarming Summary: When North Pole logistics go haywire and Santa’s AI control system malfunctions, it’s up to young robotics apprentice Dalton and his trusty semi-autonomous robo-pup SPOT to reboot the holiday. With teamwork, code, and compassion, they race to restore joy across rooftops and server rooms alike. It’s The Polar Express meets Big Hero 6, built for apprentices and student engineers alike.

JUNGLE LUV and the T-Rex
Genre: Adventure Comedy / Time-Travel Romp Tone: Campy, pulpy, heartfelt, cinematic Summary: An eccentric botanist, a fearless blogger, a cabbie who might be a sorcerer, and a Tarzan-type heartthrob fall backwards through time—landing square in a jungle of tyrannical reptiles, unlikely love, and mythical flora. JUNGLE LUV and the T-Rex is equal parts Lost World, screwball comedy, and spiritual coming-of-age, all wrapped in your signature blend of motion, mystery, and satirical heart.

Queen of the Speakeasies
Genre: Jazz-age Biographical Drama / Ritual Cabaret Tone: Glamorous, sharp, mythic, subversive Summary: Texas Guinan—the real-life “Queen of the Nightclubs”—emerges from Prohibition-era New York as a saloon-owning, headline-dominating powerhouse who greets her speakeasy crowds with “Hello, suckers!” She’s part Mae West, part Gatsby, all Texas. This production is a theatrical resurrection of her legacy, blending courtroom drama, vaudevillian swagger, feminist defiance, and a live jazz band in heels.

The Keyhole to LUV

Genre: Lyrical Ritual Theater / Poetic Techno-Opera Tone: Intimate, surreal, hushed, emotionally charged Summary: The Keyhole to LUV unfolds as a whispered memory, staged entirely through silence, projection, and the lingering sound of Billie Holiday. It is a theatrical séance of grief, surveillance, gendered erasure, and the sensuality of remembrance—told through voiceless performers, flickering keyhole projections, and a single voice that sings (never speaks). The story resides in what is not said, what is forbidden, and what love chooses to remember anyway.

LUV Disco: A Musical Journey
Genre: Ensemble Musical / Comedy & Community Spectacle Tone: Joyful, funky, comedic, radiant with heart Summary: In a dusty corner of middle America, three groups—a ragtag car wash crew, a crew of closeted truckers, and a trio of diner waitresses—each dream of stardom. Their paths collide at Funky Feet, the legendary underground disco that hosts a once-a-decade dance battle. LUV Disco is a soul-sparkling celebration of rhythm, resilience, and the sacred absurdity of dreams. Underdogs rise, disco balls spin, and the Low Rider becomes a chariot of mythic proportions. 

The Girl with No Voice: The Clara Bow Story
Genre: Biographical Drama / Ritual Memory Theater Tone: Tender, haunting, defiant, reverent Summary: Clara Bow—Hollywood’s original “It Girl”—rose from a Brooklyn tenement to silent screen superstardom, only to be silenced by scandal, tabloid obsession, and an industry unwilling to protect her. The Girl with No Voice reclaims her narrative through ritualized scene work, echoing memories, and a chorus of silent Claras. What begins as biography becomes ceremonial restoration—a reckoning with celebrity, trauma, and the price of being seen but never heard.

LUV Through Time and Music
Genre: Epic Romantic Musical / Media-Time Ritual Tone: Nostalgic, cinematic, whimsical, profoundly human Summary: One kiss. One couple. A century. LUV Through Time and Music follows James and Eleanor— two strangers whose kiss on V-J Day in 1945 becomes a mythic thread through 80 years of shifting love, music, and technology. From jitterbugging in Times Square to scrolling through digital headlines, their story unfolds alongside the rise and fall of LIFE magazine and the arrival of SPOT, a robotic observer who learns what it means to love. A love story told in cinematic tableaux, live choreography, and real-time historical rituals. 

The Imperial Saga: From Dreams to LUV By: Jim Mikel & Friends Genre: Historical Musical Epic / Civic Ritual Comedy Tone: Nostalgic, riotous, heartfelt, futuristic Structure: 4 full acts + intermission, with modular scenes and original songs Setting: Waco, TX – from 1920s nickel theaters to 2025 drone-lit LUV Cinema 

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