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Turning Historical Figures Into Modern Day Characters: A Conversation with Elena Freck

March 17, 2022

An interview with the playwright of Three Romances for the Unwell and Otherwise, Elena Freck. Conducted by Victoria Isotti, Dramaturg. Victoria Isotti: What initially drew you to the story of…

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Dramaturg’s Note | AS YOU LIKE IT

February 15, 2022June 1, 2022

By Michelle “Shell” Garcia, Production Dramaturg Eddie DeHais opened the December 13th workshop of their adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It by stating that the original Globe Theater neighbored,…

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CAST LISTS | Next to Normal and As You Like It

September 22, 2021June 1, 2022

Thank you to everyone who auditioned for Next to Normal and As You Like It. We are pleased to share the cast lists as well as notes from the directors…

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Blog Post from the Dramaturg | Interior of the Artist Without Her Sister

March 23, 2021June 1, 2022

By Dena Roncone, Production Dramaturg (NewFest New Play Workshop: Interior of the Artist Without Her Sister) The Interior of the Artist Without Her Sister gives the audience a view into…

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IN THE SHADOW OF AN ELECTION: the historical context of Brecht’s The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui

October 14, 2020June 1, 2022

“Art is not a mirror held up to realitybut a hammer with which to shape it.”—Bertolt Brecht Written in 1941, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui was created in exile…

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MEN ON BOATS | Land Acknowledgment Resources

September 24, 2020June 1, 2022

Compiled by Lucy Kania, Assistant Director DunnI wonder if the government will sanction this land once our expedition is over. PowellIt all comes down to how dangerous it is to…

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After Men On Boats: What comes of them?

September 24, 2020June 1, 2022

Here is a summation of where each man’s path lead them after the end of their time as Men on Boats:

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MEN ON BOATS | Dramaturgy Note

September 24, 2020June 1, 2022

Men on Boats is a play that charts and navigates as much terrain as its titular subjects do.

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From where are you reading this? | By Ann Rees Berry, MEN ON BOATS Dramaturg
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From where are you reading this? | By Ann Rees Berry, MEN ON BOATS Dramaturg

September 23, 2020June 1, 2022

Not the physical space you are currently inhabiting, but the land beneath and surrounding the space on which you are sitting.

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  • About
  • Blog
  • Upcoming Season
    • 2025-2026 Season
  • Past Seasons
    • 2024-2025 Season
      • POTUS, Or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
      • IMOGEN SAYS NOTHING
      • THE MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF EDWARD TULANE
      • AMOUR
      • I LOVE XXX
      • LIMBER, A LOVE STORY
      • NewFest Short Works 2025
      • RED WOLF
      • HEAD OVER HEELS
    • 2023-2024 Season
      • LITTLE WOMEN
      • HOW WE GOT ON
      • BONNETS: How Ladies of Good Breeding are Induced to Murder
      • BAT BOY: The Musical
      • THE IMPRACTICALITY OF MODERN-DAY MASTODONS
      • A DOLL’S HOUSE
      • 16 WINTERS, Or The Bear’s Tale
      • NewFest Short Works 2024
      • SECOND STAR TO THE RIGHT
      • NATASHA, PIERRE & THE GREAT COMET OF 1812
    • 2022-2023 Season
      • THE WOLVES
      • THE SPITFIRE GRILL
      • OLD JAKE’S SKIRTS
      • ARE YOU SOMEONE TO SOMEBODY?
      • PARIS
      • THE SECRET IN THE WINGS
      • MARY, SWEET MARY Or The Final Tragedy of Christopher Marlowe
      • NewFest Short Works 2023
      • THE LOYALS
      • CABARET
    • 2021-2022 Season
      • THE LATE WEDDING
      • THIS GIRL LAUGHS, THIS GIRL CRIES, THIS GIRL DOES NOTHING
      • BALTIMORE
      • MARIE ANTIONETTE
      • NEXT TO NORMAL
      • AS YOU LIKE IT
      • RAGE
      • THREE ROMANCES FOR THE UNWELL AND OTHERWISE
      • NewFest Short Works 2022
      • INTO THE WOODS
    • 2020-2021 Season
    • 2019-2020 Season
    • 2018-2019 Season
    • 2017-2018 Season
    • 2016-2017 Season
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