New Works Festival
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.