Men on Boats
Spinning historical, theatrical and gender conventions on their heads, this subversive tale of 10 men, four boats and two rivers contains none of the above.…
2019/20 Season
Amsterdam
In Maya Arad Yasur’s Amsterdam, a pregnant Israeli violinist sets out to trace the origins of a gas bill from 1944, which she found outside…
The Cider House Rules, Part One: Here in St. Cloud’s
This sweeping epic is a two-part stage adaptation of the beloved and controversial John Irving novel that follows the life of Homer Wells, a precocious…
Trouble in Mind
In 1956, pioneering African American playwright Alice Childress won the Obie Award for Trouble in Mind, her scathingly funny backstage study of racism in the…
The Cider House Rules, Part Two: In Other Parts of the World
This sweeping epic is a two-part stage adaptation of the beloved and controversial John Irving novel that follows the life of Homer Wells, a precocious…
The Brothers Size
Blending West African mythology with a modern-day story of the Louisiana bayou, The Brothers Size is a music-filled drama from one of the country’s most…
The Minotaur
A present-day version of a classic Greek myth, The Minotaur examines the tensions between family, love and individual choice. Ariadne must choose between her half-brother,…
Mad Forest
When rebellion brings down a dictator, what is left in the void? How will you use your freedom? Written in the aftermath of the 1989…
Barbarians
The quiet life in a small provincial town is suddenly disturbed by the imminent arrival of the first railroad. In Barbarians, Maxim Gorky investigates the…
Father Comes Home From the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)
Set during the Civil War, this explosively powerful new drama by Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks follows a slave, Hero, from West Texas to the…
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Romance, lust, nature, mysticism and the blurred lines between dreams and reality are explored in an enchanted moonlit forest on a warm summer night. Join…
Guarded
A sweltering summer in Los Angeles. On location for a big Hollywood feature. So many dreams in the balance. L.A. playwright Boni B. Alvarez has…
Othello
In William Shakespeare’s tragic masterpiece, newly married and promoted Othello finds himself the pawn in the manipulative games of his right-hand man, Iago. With powerful…
Camino Real
The Camino Real is a dead end—the end of the road in a police state in a vaguely Latin American country, and an inescapable condition.…
New Works Festival Year 3
The thesis plays of the graduating MFA in Dramatic Writing cohort are presented as concert readings with professional actors and directors. NWF Year Three is…