Thank you to all who participated in our 2022 Virtual New Works Festival!
所产生的
布雷登·哈特，22岁, 斯蒂菲·霍华德，22岁 和 Laural米德
For more than 20 years, the Occidental New Works Festival has paired student playwrights 和 actors with professional guest directors 和 performers. Focused on 作家-centric rehearsal 和 performance, the festival provides a real-world experience of new play development as it is practiced in major theaters around the country. 2022年的节日, all performances will take place on zoom - allowing both artists 和 audiences the chance to experience the plays from the comfort of their homes.
戏剧 & 时间表
All performances are virtual 和 admission is free
Saturday, February 26, 2022
2:00pm
ABCD by Lily Abha Cratsley '23
独幕剧
由 丽娜达特
As they prepare dinner, three generations of Indian women clash 和 comfort one another, exploring what it means to be an "American Born Confused Desi." Willow, a young academic, is eager to learn all that her Nani can teach her. 柳树的母亲, Aditi finds herself stuck between her own overbearing mother 和 a critical daughter. What will happen when loss, love, 和 longing are shared across the dinner table?
6:15pm
休闲 by 索菲·斯坦伯格，23岁
一出全剧
由 阿拉娜Dietze
The roof of the library, 宿舍淋浴, a frat party - college student Margo looks for love (or is it just sex) where she can find it. The guys she connects with along the way seem nice enough - but why is what they have to offer never what she really needs? With sexpert podcaster Angelica “Sexy” Stevens acting as both the angel 和 devil on Margo’s shoulder, it’s no wonder that she can’t find the answers, let alone ask the right questions.
Sunday, February 27, 2022
2:00pm
断开连接 by Mint Zekoll '22
一出全剧, in partial fulfillment of Mint’s senior comprehensive project
由 阿曼达·麦克雷文
Deanna 和 Cassie broke up months ago. Yet they now find themselves stuck in Cassie’s mess of an apartment, locked in from the outside. The situation forces them to explore the delicate nuances 和 comedic contradictions of why they came together, 和 why they fell apart. And all the while, an inexplicable force terrorizes them - does it come from within or without?
6:15pm
A double-bill of short performance pieces
草冠 by 朱莉娅·卡里根，25岁
由 吉娜年轻
冥想的一部分, 部分表演艺术, part theatrical exploration of life in quarantine, this short piece focuses on Sara With 和 H. Loneliness 和 longing power their gentle, but insistent attempts to make sense of a life on hold. Of how we can be so still when the world around us does nothing but move. 反之亦然.
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和我一起淹死 by Jaiyenan English '24
由 Leelee杰克逊
When Laila is young, she falls in love. Love is easy but loving isn't, 和 loss is harder still. Now she waits on the beach for the tide to bring love back to her. An ode to water 和 generational lessons.