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 *