14th Annual New Works Festival
The Firehouse Center for the Arts'
14th Annual NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
Kicks Off January 22rd!
TWO WEEKENDS
Friday & Saturday Nights
January 22 & 23 and 29 & 30, 2016
All shows begin at 8:00PM
Celebrating our 14th year! Since 2002 the Firehouse Center for the Arts and the New Works Festival have fostered the development of New England writers, directors, and actors.14th Annual NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
Kicks Off January 22rd!
TWO WEEKENDS
Friday & Saturday Nights
January 22 & 23 and 29 & 30, 2016
All shows begin at 8:00PM
Providing insight on the play-writing process from conception to presentation, this festival allows us to share with the community a rare and special look at the abundant talent that surrounds us.
Submissions were judged by an independent panel of theater professionals in blind readings. The plays, playwrights and directors which will be on stage for this year's two-weekend festival are listed below, which include: two full-length plays, and 13 ten-minute shorts.
The full-length plays are performed as staged readings, and the ten-minute shorts are memorized. All plays feature a different set of directors and actors!
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The Firehouse Center for the Arts'
14th Annual New Works Festival 2016
The Long and Short of It
Two weekends!
Friday & Saturday, January 22 & 23
Friday & Saturday, January 29 & 30
All showtimes are 8:00PM
TICKETS:
$16.00 Single-Night Tickets
$44.00 Four-Night Pass*
Please see below for the schedule for the four evenings.
Note: The schedule for the evenings of shorts below reflects the plays that will be on stage each evening, but not the order of appearance.
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>FRIDAY, JANUARY 22
FULL LENGTH (1)
An American Mosaic
Written by Scott Sullivan
Directed by David Houlden
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>SATURDAY, JANUARY 23
SHORTS (6)
*TOP PICK*
Too, Too Solid Flesh
Written by Peter M. Floyd
Directed by Stephen Faria
Last of the Good Stuff
Written by Deirdre Girard
Directed by Suzanne Hitchcock Bryan
Martin's Dilemma
Written by David Michael Sirois
Directed by Mark Davis
Going Up
Written by Stephen Faria
Directed by Jason Breitkopf
Smoke and Mirrors
Written by Jay MacNamee
Directed by Susan Ferber
The Writer's Box
Written by Maggie Kearnan
Directed by Lynn Mullin
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>FRIDAY, JANUARY 29
FULL LENGTH (1)
*TOP PICK*
The Midvale High School Class of 1954 Fiftieth Reunion
Written by Alan Brody
Directed by Sherry Bonder
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>SATURDAY, JANUARY 30
SHORTS (7)
The Cuckoos
Written by R.D. Murphy
Directed by Kimberly A. Holliday
Talking to Roses
Written by Kimberly A. Holliday
Directed by Fontaine Dubus
Terms of Engagement
Written by Steven Eimert
Directed by Katherine Howell
The Number
Written by Barbara Blumenthal Ehrlich
Directed by Jannie Kitchen
Confessions of a Character Actor
Written by Aaron Leventman
Directed by Tim Diering
Healing the Heart
Written by Ray Arsenault
Directed by Greg Chabot
You're Invited
Written by George Smart
Directed by Anne Easter Smith
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To purchase tickets for individual nights, please visit firehouse.org or call the box office at 978-462-7336. To purchase Four-Night Passes, please call the Box Office directly at 978-462-7336. Hours for Box Office are Wed-Sun, 12:00pm-5:00pm, or until curtain on show days.
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ABOUT NEW WORKS FESTIVAL:
The Firehouse is committed to the development of new work. Over the past 13 years, more than 160 were performed on our stage first-through our annual Firehouse New Works Festival. This festival fosters the growth of New England playwrights while showcasing the talent of local and regional actors and directors. (Last year, 43 actors, 17 directors, and 16 playwrights were featured in our festival!) Playwrights from across New England submit their 10-minute, one-act, and full-length plays to an independent panel who select the festival's shows in anonymous readings. Directors and their casts then work with selected playwrights to produce two weekends of original theater.
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14th Annual New Works Festival
Date and Time
Saturday Jan 30, 2016
Location
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Market Square
Newburyport
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