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Playhouse Playwrights’ Project Festival of New Plays

October 20 @ 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM

$20 All Tickets 


Now in its fifth year of producing one-act plays by local playwrights, the annual Playhouse Playwrights’ Project Festival of New Plays will come to the mainstage again in October, with performances of ten original one-acts over a spirited two-day festival. You can purchase a ticket to either the Saturday roster of shows or the Sunday roster, or a Festival Pass that allows you to attend both days of creative and extraordinary entertainment! As we did last year, we are including two more “Tell Me A Story” unique and inspired personal stories, in anticipation of our stand-alone production in January 2025You don’t want to miss Festival of New Plays 2024! 

The Playwrights Committee is proud to announce this year’s selections. Thank you to all the Playwrights who submitted and Congratulations to this year’s Line-up! 
 
The 2024 Playhouse Playwrights’ Project Festival of New Plays includes
 
Daddy Speaks by Sam Leven
Directed by Jim Tyminski
Two spoiled adult children wait impatiently for their patriarch’s demise.
Pandora 2.0 by Katherine H. Vellis
Directed by Marianne Regan
Zeus gives Pandora yet another box to open and Athena arrives to dissuade her.
Donald Alden For Hire by Jim Bisco
Directed by Greg Schuh
Last episode of a radio drama before it is replaced by a TV facsimile
The Café On Main by Jeff Perlman
Directed by Marianne Regan
Local café serves its regulars second and third chances at love.
Ghost and Ghosted by Kathryn Ryan
Directed by Spensyr Krebsbach
Two millennials rate their relationship in months, weeks, days, hours and minutes.
The Family Tree by Laura Ratto
Directed by Spensyr Bach
Ancestry.com’s well-kept secret about the afterlife.
Heard Mentality by Allison Fradkin
Directed by Marianne Regan
Will Ada's hearing aids aid and abet her insecurities about her disability, or will
they help her turn hearing impairment on its ear?
Tale of the Tiger’s Ring by Todd Caster
Directed by Jim Tyminski
Holmes and Watson take on yet another perplexing case
Infomercial by Judy Marilyn Goldstein
Directed by Greg Schuh
Do you ever wonder if the side effects are worth the cure?
Wilted Amaryllis by Ambar Colon
Directed by Marianne Regan
Frances makes a deal with the Grim Reaper and rues its consequences.