22nd ANNUAL New Works Festival

at the Lucie Stern Theatre

Our 2025 New Works Festival is over and was a great success!  See what you missed and join us next year!

It’s in our DNA at TheatreWorks to gather our friends and family and build community around the creation of new plays for the American theatre. Plays that celebrate the human condition – stories that build understanding, that entertain, that take us to new surroundings, new emotions, and new heights! 

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GET YOUR Pass or TICKETS

Want to see it all? Try a FESTIVAL PASS!

Subscribers: $90
Non-subscribers: $95

Each pass entitles you to a ticket to one performance of each of this year’s five shows during the Aug 9–17 Festival

BUY A PASS!

*Festival Passes do not include Old Cock or Motion/Capture.

Have a particular show in mind? Get your Tix!

Single Tickets

INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCE TICKETS

$25*

You can buy individual tickets to any of our readings for $25 a piece! Just click the button of the show you’re interested in seeing below. 

*Does not include Old Cock special event.

Special New Works Event!

Presented in Partnership with mala voadora and Peacedale Global Arts

old cock

Fri, Jul 25, 7:30pm

Sat, Jul 26, 7:30pm

Sun, Jul 27, 7pm

Tue, Jul 29, 7:30pm

The Rooster of Barcelos is Portugal’s most popular souvenir. But now the gloves are off…and the feathers are flying.

A Special One Night Only Event

Motion /Capture

Mon, Jul 28, 7pm

A story of an accomplished actor, a ketamine addiction, and a frightening new production of Frankenstein.

NWF KICKOFF EVENT

Raise a glass to the future of American theatre! Help us launch TheatreWorks’ 22nd Annual New Works Festival in style.
 
Sip premium wines courtesy of J. Lohr Vineyards & Wines. Indulge in gourmet hors d’oeuvres and decadent desserts. Mingle with fellow theatre lovers, emerging playwrights, and the creative minds shaping tomorrow’s stages.
 
Be among the first to meet the new cohort of the Susan Fairbrook Core Writers Group and get the inside scoop on the bold, visionary projects TheatreWorks is bringing to life.
 
After the reception, the spotlight shifts to the Lucie Stern Theatre for a captivating evening of select readings—your exclusive first look at the fresh, groundbreaking work that might become the next TheatreWorks mainstage hit!

staged readings

TICKETS

Alice, formerly of wonderland

By Mark Saltzman

This enchanting a cappella musical tells the true story of the secret romance between Alice Liddell (yes, that Alice) and Prince Leopold.

Sat, Aug 9, 7:30pm

Wed, Aug 13, 7:30pm

Sat, Aug 16, 3pm

TICKETS

the bridge

By The Kilbanes
and Patricia Cotter

From the creators of Weightless and The Code and Susan Fairbrook Core Writers Group member Patricia Cotter, this is a love story about when it seems impossible—and yet vital—to build new things together.

Sun, Aug 10, 3pm

Fri, Aug 15, 7:30pm

Sun, Aug 17, 7pm

TICKETS

Malcriados

By christopher oscar peña

brothers. when mom dies, who gets to decide where she’s laid to rest, and will they remain connected without her?

Tue, Aug 12, 7:30pm

Sat, Aug 16, 12pm

TICKETS

The employee dharma handbook

By Geetha Reddy

When Leela is passed over for a promotion she comes to suspect that ancient conflicts might be the problem… But is HR the solution?

Thu, Aug 14, 7:30pm

Sun, Aug 17, 12pm

TICKETS

Vienna

By Irene Sankoff & David Hein

From the creators of Come From Away, a brand new time traveling take about human connection and the price we pay to change ourselves.

Sat, Aug 16, 7:30pm

Sun, Aug 17, 3pm

Interested in all? Grab a Festival Pass!

Each pass entitles you to a ticket to one performance of each of this year’s four shows.
GET A PASS!

Thank you to our festival sponsors!

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Lucie Stern Theatre

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Tue–Sun : 12pm–6pm

New Works Festival Program