New Play Festival 2020
In partnership with three east-coast theaters, our graduating playwrights are developing their thesis plays through month-long online workshops, which will culminate in made-to-measure presentations. The playwrights get to build reltionships with their theater and with their director, in preparation for joining the field.
Arcade
By Madeline Mahrer
Directed by Christina Roussos
x CLUBBED THUMB (NYC)
Live presentation completed. Video available here.
A young woman in trouble stumbles into a crumbling arcade in small-town Arkansas.
The Write Choice
By Daysha Veronica
Directed by Tyler Thomas
x NEW YORK THEATER WORKSHOP
Live presentation completed. Video available here.
A Black playwright has to confront a white artistic director about hiring a white cast instead of a Black cast for her play.
Where the Lovelight Gleams
By Kyle J. McCloskey
Directed by Cara Hinh
x STUDIO THEATRE (DC)
Live presentation completed. Video available here.
As three incarcerated women traverse the Southern California woods battling fires, we explore the question, how do you survive in America?
* Winner of the Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival Paula Vogel Award *