New Works Festival Year 3
New Works Festival Year 3 features plays by the graduating MFA in Dramatic Writing cohort of the USC School of Dramatic Arts, presented as concert readings with professional actors…
2021/22 Season of Plays
New Works Festival Year 2
NWF Year 2 showcases the emerging voices of the School’s second-year MFA in Dramatic Writing students with workshop productions. New Works Play 1: Click By…
The Hamlet Project
The play’s the thing in “The Hamlet Project,” an exploration of William Shakespeare’s iconic tragedy. Consumed with grief and determined to avenge their father’s apparent…
Godspell
Stephen Schwartz’s Godspell employs creative storytelling, dance and an eclectic blend of songs to deliver timeless messages of kindness, loyalty and love. Featuring an updated…
Blade to the Heat
Sexuality in and out of the ring is at the heart of Oliver Mayer’s exploration of the BIPOC boxing world of the late 1950s. Toxic…
Seize the King
Award-winning playwright Will Power delivers a propulsive and timely modern reinterpretation of Shakespeare’s Richard III. With England’s throne empty, Richard knocks down threats to his…
Scenes from The Odyssey
With her characteristic wit and irreverence, renowned playwright Mary Zimmerman transforms Homer’s epic tale of a hero’s arduous journey home into a captivating, contemporary and…
In the Red and Brown Water
Spirited Oya, a promising young athlete who is offered a scholarship that could jump-start her future, must make a difficult choice: following her dream or…
A Chorus Line
In an empty theatre, on a bare stage, the casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. For 17 diverse dancers, this audition is…
As You Like It
All the world’s a stage in the Forest of Arden where lovers become entangled in a beguiling game of love, lust and mistaken identity. Shakespeare’s…