2015 NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
SEE IT FROM THE STARTAttracting theatrelovers 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’ mainstage and on to productions nationally. The acclaimed Fly By Night andEmma came to life in the Festival, as did Broadway’s Memphis, off-Broadway’s hit Striking 12, the off-Broadway playEquivocation, 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 two glorious weeks in August, audiences applaud, debate, and help shape new shows for America’s future, while sharing fine wines with their authors in the starlit courtyard of the Lucie Stern Theatre.
Want to see it all? Check out Festival Weekend, August 15 –16, and enjoy all the readings as well as additional panels and discussions featuring artists, staff members, and theatre locals.
SEE ALL 5 READINGS AND ARTISTS PANEL WITH A FESTIVAL PASS.
Subscriber Festival Pass: $49
Non-Subscriber Festival Pass: $65
Single tickets including Late Night Extra: $19 each
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SEE IT FROM THE STARTAttracting theatrelovers 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’ mainstage and on to productions nationally. The acclaimed Fly By Night andEmma came to life in the Festival, as did Broadway’s Memphis, off-Broadway’s hit Striking 12, the off-Broadway playEquivocation, 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 two glorious weeks in August, audiences applaud, debate, and help shape new shows for America’s future, while sharing fine wines with their authors in the starlit courtyard of the Lucie Stern Theatre.
Want to see it all? Check out Festival Weekend, August 15 –16, and enjoy all the readings as well as additional panels and discussions featuring artists, staff members, and theatre locals.
SEE ALL 5 READINGS AND ARTISTS PANEL WITH A FESTIVAL PASS.
Subscriber Festival Pass: $49
Non-Subscriber Festival Pass: $65
Single tickets including Late Night Extra: $19 each
Go directly to show descriptions.
A GOSPEL JOURNEYMarie and RosettaBy George Brant
Directed by Neil Pepe
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 8—August 17, 2015
With competition growing on the 1940s Gospel Circuit, Sister Rosetta Tharpe unveils a new partner, a beauty with a voice made in heaven. Will they blend, will they break, will life’s truths and tragedies find harmony at last?
8/8 @ 8pm • 8/12 @ 8pm • 8/15 @ 4pm
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Directed by Neil Pepe
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 8—August 17, 2015
With competition growing on the 1940s Gospel Circuit, Sister Rosetta Tharpe unveils a new partner, a beauty with a voice made in heaven. Will they blend, will they break, will life’s truths and tragedies find harmony at last?
8/8 @ 8pm • 8/12 @ 8pm • 8/15 @ 4pm
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A DARK COMEDY WITH BITEMan and BeastBy Lynn Rosen
Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 9—August 17, 2015
As his predictable life crumbles around him, a white social worker cares for a black client who cares for an orange tiger. Does everyone bite the hand that feeds them? Caregiving has rarely been more conflicted, or complex.
8/9 @ 2pm • 8/15 @ 8pm
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Directed by Giovanna Sardelli
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 9—August 17, 2015
As his predictable life crumbles around him, a white social worker cares for a black client who cares for an orange tiger. Does everyone bite the hand that feeds them? Caregiving has rarely been more conflicted, or complex.
8/9 @ 2pm • 8/15 @ 8pm
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AN ILLUSTRATED MUSICAL COMEDYThe Man in the CeilingMusic & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Book by Jules Feiffer
Based on the illustrated novel by Jules Feiffer
Directed by Jeffrey Seller
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 9—August 17, 2015
Someday he’ll be an artist! But for now, Jimmy is a flop as a boy: hopeless in class, helpless at sports, clueless as Mom and Dad. Can you find happiness with just a pen? A Pulitzer Prize cartoonist joins a Tony-nominated composer to find out.
8/9 @ 7pm • 8/13 @ 8pm • 8/16 @ 3pm
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Book by Jules Feiffer
Based on the illustrated novel by Jules Feiffer
Directed by Jeffrey Seller
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 9—August 17, 2015
Someday he’ll be an artist! But for now, Jimmy is a flop as a boy: hopeless in class, helpless at sports, clueless as Mom and Dad. Can you find happiness with just a pen? A Pulitzer Prize cartoonist joins a Tony-nominated composer to find out.
8/9 @ 7pm • 8/13 @ 8pm • 8/16 @ 3pm
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THE CYCLE OF ROMANCEThe There ThereBy Jason Gray Platt
Directed by Courtney Sale
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 11—August 17, 2015
Love lost. Love found. Love beckons, bewilders, grieves, and heals. We invent technology to define it, to protect it, to connect us ever more closely. And still, love breaks. But sometimes, played out over half a century, love lasts.
8/11 @ 8pm • 8/15 @ 12 noon
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Directed by Courtney Sale
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 11—August 17, 2015
Love lost. Love found. Love beckons, bewilders, grieves, and heals. We invent technology to define it, to protect it, to connect us ever more closely. And still, love breaks. But sometimes, played out over half a century, love lasts.
8/11 @ 8pm • 8/15 @ 12 noon
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A HIGH STAKES DRAMAConfederatesBy Suzanne Bradbeer
Directed by Lisa Rothe
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 14—August 17, 2015
Dad’s running for President. Daughter’s running wild. Reporters are running out of time. Then someone unfurls a Confederate flag. This headline-hunting political drama is a fresh, fascinating, and intense look at today’s muckraking media.
8/14 @ 8pm • 8/16 @ 7pm
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Directed by Lisa Rothe
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 14—August 17, 2015
Dad’s running for President. Daughter’s running wild. Reporters are running out of time. Then someone unfurls a Confederate flag. This headline-hunting political drama is a fresh, fascinating, and intense look at today’s muckraking media.
8/14 @ 8pm • 8/16 @ 7pm
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A NEW MUSICAL IN CONCERTThe Paper Rain CoatBy Alex Wong, Amber Rubarth, & Devon Copley
Lucie Stern Theatre
August 14—August 17, 2015
SPECIAL LATE NIGHT EXTRA
Featuring songs from their new musical in development and hits from their self-titled album, New York’s nationally-touring (with Vienna Teng!) indie band The Paper Raincoat chronicles a woman’s poignant, memory-driven journey into what might have been.
8/14 @ 10:30pm
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Lucie Stern Theatre
August 14—August 17, 2015
SPECIAL LATE NIGHT EXTRA
Featuring songs from their new musical in development and hits from their self-titled album, New York’s nationally-touring (with Vienna Teng!) indie band The Paper Raincoat chronicles a woman’s poignant, memory-driven journey into what might have been.
8/14 @ 10:30pm
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PANELMeet the ArtistsLucie Stern Theatre
August 16—August 17, 2015
The Festival’s featured playwrights and composers share their anecdotes and insights into creating brave new works for the American Theatre. Bring your questions and become a part of the conversation with writers who are shaping the theatre landscape of tomorrow.
8/16 @ 12 noon
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August 16—August 17, 2015
The Festival’s featured playwrights and composers share their anecdotes and insights into creating brave new works for the American Theatre. Bring your questions and become a part of the conversation with writers who are shaping the theatre landscape of tomorrow.
8/16 @ 12 noon
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