New Works Festival

Two people having a conversation in a performance in the New Works Festival 2023.

Our annual presentation of new student writing, directed, designed and performed by our talented students. Come see the stars of tomorrow... today!

Performed on Apr. 26-29, Barnelle Theatre

Bill One

Kidney Stone Fairy

Written by Karenina Osuna

Cast

Eva Afshary as Kidney Stone Fairy
Sara Bunge as Tooth Fairy
Iago Lashua as Ben

Production Team

Director: Andrew Solari
Scenic/Props Designer: Maricel Lehner
Costume Designer: Raven Pinkston
Lighting Designer: Tiffany Su
Sound Designer: Amy Steinman
Stage Manager: Maya Samarasena

Off-Air

Written by Ashley Parks

Cast

Drewes McFarling as Hayden
Skyler Reyes as Adelaide

Production Team

Director: Ellen Hauxhurst
Scenic/Props Designer: Chloë Fehr
Costume Designer: Raven Pinkston
Lighting Designer: Kelly Rodriguez
Sound Designer: Amy Steinman
Stage Manager: Maya Samarasena

Alien Connection

Written by Bethany Chase

Cast

Evan Flores as Todd
Zach Scrima as Susan

Production Team

Director: Makenna Ginn
Scenic/Props Designer: Audrey Szot
Costume Designer: Maricel Lehner
Lighting Designer: Kelly Rodriguez
Sound Designer: Maya Samarasena
Stage Manager: Chloë Fehr

Wishful Dreaming

Written by Greta Zimmer

Cast

Arthur Allison as Oliver/Zombie
Ilena Mita as Mom
Erick Moreno as Pirate/Teacher
Mia Rehwaldt as Frankie

Production Team

Director: Greta Zimmer
Scenic/Props Designer: Audrey Szot
Costume Designer: Justine Rocha
Lighting Designer: Tiffany Siu
Sound Designer: Amy Steinman
Stage Manager: Leander Clauseen

How Are You?

Written by Cody DeTurk

Cast

Avery Abell as Skylar
Addilae Carmichael as Emma

Production Team

Director: Audrey Burns
Scenic/Props Designer: Josey Spanier
Costume Designer: Juan Pablo Lopez Arroyo
Lighting Designer: Kelly Rodriguez
Sound Designer: Maya Samarasena
Stage Manager: Kelsey Casas

Bill Two

Loving, We Freed Ourselves

Written by Bettina Ernst

Cast

Zoë Carr as Prophet
Alexandra Dayka as Bird

Production Team

Director: Charlie Hazelton
Scenic/Props Designer: Josie Spanier
Costume Designer: Chloë Fehr
Lighting Designer: Tiffany Siu
Sound Designer: Amy Steinman
Stage Manager: Clair Voilieque

Masquerade

Written by Natalia Bermudez

Cast

Carlos Alvarez-Roth as Roger
Madeleine Shallan as Charlotte

Production Team

Director: Robin Wilkinson
Scenic/Props Designer: Audrey Szot
Costume Designer: Justine Rocha
Lighting Designer: Tiffany Siu
Sound Designer: Maya Samarasena
Stage Manager: Chloë Fehr

Mirror

Written by Lindy Howard

Cast

Kumari Billings as Expectation
Alissa Dubrovsky as Dysmorphia
Ashley Hsu as Dysphoria
Tiffany Siu as Sexuality

Production Team

Director: Nya Jonele Edler
Scenic/Props/Projection Designer: Chloë Fehr
Costume Designer: Juan Pablo Lopez Arroyo
Lighting Designer: Kelly Rodriguez
Sound Designer: Maya Samaresena
Stage Manager: Paige Blosser

The Men on the Down Below

Written by Pato Alvarez Morphy

Cast

Quinn DeVries as Cece
Braden McSwigan as Asher
Gillian Mozdy as Venus
Aristotle Vozaitis as Royce

Production Team

Director: Carter Vicker-Rynecki
Scenic/Props Designer: Chloë Fehr
Costume Designer: Juan Pablo Lopez Arroyo
Lighting Designer: Tiffany Siu
Sound Designer: Maya Samaresena
Stage Manager: Jonas Davids

Our Empty Chairs

Written by Mondara Ixchel

Cast

Mondara Ixchel

Production Team

Director: Emmalyne Hvizdak
Assistant Director: Amelia Tacy
Scenic/Props Designer: Audrey Szot
Costume Designer: Justine Rocha
Lighting Designer: Kelly Rodriguez
Sound Designer: Amy Steinman
Stage Manager: Paige Blosser

I'll Be Seeing You

Written by Bailey Wertzberger and Stryder Larsen

Cast

Henry Davies as Oliver
Clare Rogan as Robin
Annalise Silvestre as Rose

Production Team

Director: Pietro Saibene
Scenic/Props Designer: Josie Spanier
Costume Designer: Abby Poulos
Lighting Designer: Tiffany Siu
Sound Designer: Maya Samaresena
Stage Manager: Claire Voilleque

New Works Festival Production Team

Production Team

Production Stage Manager: Brendan Craig
Assistant Stage Manager: Betsy Johnson
Light Board Operator: Peter Salem
Sound Board Operator: Lila Neusner
Run Crew: Edward Ainslie and Alexandre Akhavein
Scenic/Prop Assistant: Reilly Fox

Mentors

Directing Mentors: Dana Resnick and Yvette Bishop
Playwright Mentor: Dorie Baizley
Stage Manager Mentor: Jason Sheppard
Design Mentor: Christopher Murillo
Costume Mentor: Tammie Chavez-Merheb
Lighting Mentors: Wesley Charles and Siu Muen Chew
Actor Mentor: Meagan Prahl
Prop Mentor: John Burton
Production Manager: Rob Hillig

Work-Study Students

Scenic/Lighting

Rachael DeBoer
Maureen Beld
Audrey Szot
Maya Samarasena
Bailey Wertzberger
Stryder Larsen
Zoë Carr
Tori Fong

Costume

Gillian Mozdy
Justine Rocha
Kaylee Greene
Cadee Couvillion
Noura Smith

Special Thanks to Leon Wiebers, Maile Masako Brady, Ivy Musgrove, Maureen Beld, Sydney Smith, Maricel Lehner, Abby Poulos, Kelly Rodriguez, and Amy Steinman.