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NewPlayFest Legacy
Dive into the anthologies of winning plays, published through Dramatic Publishing, and discover the stories that shaped the festival’s legacy. Explore the history of AACT NewPlayFest since its beginnings in 2014. Learn about past festival plays, playwrights, and the producing theatres that brought them to life.
NewPlayFest 2014-2022
Celebrating a Legacy of New Work
Explore past productions, playwrights, and the theatres that helped bring these groundbreaking plays to life.
NewPlayFest 2022
- Escaping the Labyrinth, by Thomas S. Hischak - Des Moines Community Playhouse, Des Moines, Iowa. Opened October 15, 2021.
Genre: Comedy. Cast Size: 3 to 7m., 1 to 3w. Approx. Run Time: 95 minutes - Unpacking Mother, by Karen Schaeffer, Market House Theatre, Paducah, Kentucky, Opened February 10, 2022.
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 2w. Approx. Run Time: 75 minutes - MLM is for Murder (Or, Your Side Hustle is Killing Us), by John Bavoso, Midland Center for the Arts/Center Stage Theatre, Midland, Michigan. Opened February 25, 2022.
Genre: Comedy/Satire. Cast Size: 1m., 4w. Approx. Run Time: 120 minutes - The Cafe Mocha Murders, by Deanna Strasse, Golden Chain Theatre, Oakhurst, California. Opened March 25, 2022.
Genre: Comedy/Farce. Cast Size: 4m., 5w. Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes - Of Men and Cars, by Jim Geoghan, Midland Community Theatre, Midland, Texas. Opened October 21, 2022.
Genre: Comedy/Drama. Cast Size: 5 to 12m., 2 to 8w. Approx. Run Time: 120 minutes - Launch Day (Love Stories from the Year 2108), by Michael Higgins, Theatre Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Opened October 21,2022.
Genre: Comedy. Cast Size: 3 to 5m., 3 to 5w., 1 to 3 any gender. Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes
>> More information on these plays, licensing, and the anthology from Dramatic Publishing Company
NewPlayFest 2020
- On Pine Knoll Street, by Mark Cornell - The Sauk, Jonesville, Michigan. Opened February 6, 2020
Genre: Comedy/Drama. Cast Size: 2m., 3w. Approx. Run Time: 115 minutes - Casserole, by Pam Harbaugh - Boise Little Theater, Boise, Idaho. Opened October 18, 2019
Genre: Comedy. Cast Size: 3m., 3w. Approx. Run Time: 100 minutes - Shattering, by Pat Montley - Tacoma Little Theatre, Tacoma, Washington. Opened January 24, 2020
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 2m., 2w. Approx. Run Time: 105 minutes - Goat Song Revel, by Dan Borengasser - Manatee Performing Arts Center, Bradenton, Florida. Opened February 6, 2020
Genre: Comedy. Cast Size: 5m., 1w. Approx. Run Time: 80 minutes - The Cayuga Canal Girls, by Laura King - Phoenix Stage Company, Oakville, Connecticut. Opened October, 2, 2021
- Proprioception, by Marilyn Millstone - Rover Dramawerks, Plano, Texas. Opened September 10, 2021
Genre: Comedy/Drama. Cast Size: 5w. Approx. Run Time: 95 minutes
>> More information on these plays, licensing, and the anthology from Dramatic Publishing Company
NewPlayFest 2018
- Finishing School, by Elaine Liner - Elkhart Civic Theatre, Bristol Indiana. Opened September 8, 2017
Genre: Comedy. Cast Size: 2m., 2w., 1 either gender. Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes. - Making Sweet Tea and Other Secretes by Paul Elliott - Lincoln Community Playhouse, Lincoln, Nebraska. Opened January 19, 2018
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 2m., 3w., 1 either gender. Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes. - Eternity, by Michael Cochran - Stage III Community Theatre, Casper, Wyoming. Opened January 26, 2018
Genre: Comedy, Cast Size: 5 to 6m., 4 to 5w. Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes. - Mynx and Savage, by Rebecca Gorman O’Neill - The Vortex Theatre, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Opened April 27, 2018
Genre: Comedy/Drama. Cast Size: 2m., 2w. Approx. Run Time: 100 minutes. - Treehouse, by Joe Musso - Cottage Theatre, Cottage Grove, Oregon. Opened August 10, 2018
Genre: Comedy/|Drama. Cast Size: 3m., 3w. Approx. Run Time: 85 minutes. - Sweet, by Denise Hinson - County Seat Theater Company, Cloquet, Minnesota. Opened September 28, 2018
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 3m., 2w. Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes.
>> More information on these plays, licensing, and the anthology from Dramatic Publishing Company
NewPlayFest 2016
- Lighthouse, by William Baer - Windsor Community Playhouse, Windsor, Colorado. Opened September 25, 2015
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 3m., 3w. Approx. Run Time: 100 minutes. - Laguna Beach, Ohio, by Malcolm MacDonald - Stage Right Productions/2nd Street Theater. Opened March 25, 2016
Genre: Comedy. Cast Size: 3m., 3w. Approx. Run Time: 100 minutes. - Wash, Dry, Fold, by Nedra Pezold Roberts - Chicago Street Theatre/Community Theatre Guild, Valparaiso, Indiana. Opened May 20, 2016
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 2m., 3w. Approx. Run Time: 105 minutes. - Gracefully Ending, by A. J. DeLauder - Theatre Arlington, Arlington, Texa. Opened July 1, 2016
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 3m., 2w. Approx. Run Time: 110 minutes. - The Emperor of North America, by Thomas Hischak - Silver Spring Stage, Silver Spring, Maryland. Opened September 16, 2016
Genre: Comedy. Cast Size: 2 to 3m., 3 to 8w. Approx. Run Time: 120 minutes. - Shades of Valor, by Karen L. Lewis - Twin City Stage, Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Opened October 28, 2016
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 3m., 2w. Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes. - Get Out of Dodge, by Jeanne Drennan - Venice Theatre, Venice, Florida - November 3-20, 2016
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 2m., 3w. Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes.
>> More information on these plays, licensing, and the anthology from Dramatic Publishing Company
NewPlayFest 2014
- The Boatwright, by Bo Wilson - Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, Grand Rapids, Michigan . Opened September 12, 2014
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 2m. Approx. Run Time: 95 minutes. - End Papers, by Barry Weinberg -Little Theatre of Mechanicsburg, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. Opened July 24, 2014
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 3m, 2w. Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes. - Jellofish, by Jim Henry - Phoenix Stage Company, Oakville, Connecticut - May 2-11, 2014
Genre: Comedy/Drama. Cast Size: 3m., 1w. Approx. Run Time: 105 minutes. - The Vanishing Point, by Nedra Pezold Roberts - California Stage Company Sacramento, California. Opened March 27, 2014
Withdrawn from licensing, pending script changes. - The Seamstress, by Cece Dwyer - Hickory Community Theatre, Hickory,, North Carolina. Opened January 10, 2014
Genre: Drama. Cast Size: 3m., 3w. Approx. Run Time: 95 minutes. - Exit Laughing, by Paul Elliott Springfield Little Theatre, Springfield, Missouri. Opened November 15, 2013
Genre: Comedy. Cast Size: 1m., 4w. Approx. Run Time: 90 minutes
>> More information on these plays, licensing, and the anthology from Dramatic Publishing Company