See it from the start
Attracting theatergoers from across the country, TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival is the artistic highlight of the summer. An extraordinary opportunity to experience new plays and musicals in their early stages of development, the Festival has launched many new works onto TheatreWorks’ stage and on to productions nationally. The acclaimed Fly By Night and Emma came to life in the Festival, as did Broadway’s current musical triumph Memphis, off-Broadway’s hit Striking 12, the off-Broadway play Equivocation, winner of the 2009 Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, and The North Pool, winner of the Will Glickman Award for Best New Play to Premiere in the Bay Area in 2011. For three glorious weeks in August you’ll applaud, debate, and help shape five new shows for America’s future, sharing fine wines and ice cream with their authors in the starlit courtyard of the Lucie Stern Theatre—all for just one low price.
The 2011 New Works Festival brought about the Developmental Production of Little Rock by Rajendra Ramoon Marahaj as well as readings of the new musical The Giver based on the book by Lois Lowry with music by Scott Murphy and book and lyrics by Nathan Christensen, the new play Up North by Joe Tracz, and the new plays Upright Grand by Laura Schellhardt and Wild With Happy by Tony Award nominee Colman Domingo, both of which are going on to premiere on our Main Stage Season in 2012/13!
Picnic on site! We will have food available and encourage you to join us at our new picnic tables out in front of the Lucie Stern Theatre to enjoy summer at TheatreWorks at its best!
We will be announcing the titles for our 2012 New Works Festival shortly. Please check this page for updates!
