Dan Schay New Works Festival Starts 7/8

Dan was dedicated to providing new experiences for playwrights, actors and our community through the New Works Festival each year. It is in his honor that tradition is continued by presenting the work of five playwrights and three young playwrights. The New Works Festival is a platform for artists to launch their new works. Each work will be performed as a staged reading.

Junction Creek by Kirt Shineman
In 1983, when 18-year-old Julie-Ann begins college her 'choices' are front and center, and yet, she discovers that being an adult doesn't always present right and wrong options. Julie-Ann is given the choice to attend class, drink, take drugs, and have sex, but the trouble with 'choice' is that her choices don't necessarily empower her, or do they?

Friday, July 8 at 7pm BUY TICKETS
Saturday July 9 at 2:30pm BUY TICKETS

The Love and Violence Trilogy by Luke Gomez
Saturday, July 9 at 7pm Sunday, July 10 at 2:30pm
Three hard edged one-act plays by one of Arizona's new generation of young playwrights that examines and then obliterates the thin line that sometimes exists between desire and pain in the 21st century.

Saturday, July 9 at 7pm BUY TICKETS
Sunday, July 10 at 2:30pm BUY TICKETS

3 Student One-Acts by Thespian young playwright winners
Friday, July 15 at 7pm Saturday, July 16 at 2:30pm
Reimagining the Greek Gods for today's world, feminism run amuck, an intense interview where everything is not as it seems. Theater Works proudly presents the winners of this year's annual young playwright competition! Proof beyond a doubt that the future of theatre in Arizona is in good hands!
*Sponsored by the Arizona Thespian Society
General Admission Tickets FREE, RSVP is required.
Friday, July 15 at 7pm RSVP
Saturday, July 16 at 2:30pm RSVP

In the Valley of the Sun by Richard Warren
Saturday, July 16 at 7pm
Sunday, July 17 at 2:30pm

Set in Arizona's Superstition Mountains over the ten-year period, 1987 to 1997. Maria leaves her cowboy lover Steel to follow her dream of dancing on Broadway. Years later she returns with her five-year-old daughter Sasha only to find her best friend Trudy living with Steel. Surprising revelations and startling requests are made. Tensions mount as each struggles to maintain their friendship.

Saturday, July 16 at 7pm BUY TICKETS
Sunday, July 17 at 2:30pm BUY TICKETS

Sperm by Ben Tyler
Friday, July 22 at 7pm
Saturday, July 23 at 2:30pm

This is the true story of Ben Tyler's adventures as a sperm donor who is keeping it all in the family. Share his year-long quest in the attempt to impregnate his sister-in-law. In the end, Ben learns much about permanence, in life and in art. Which lives longer, a statue or a play? Ben will be performing this piece on Broadway at the United Solo Festival in New York City this October.

Friday, July 22 at 7pm BUY TICKETS
Saturday, July 23 at 2:30pm BUY TICKETS

The Things We Do by Grant Woods
Saturday, July 23 at 7pm
Sunday, July 24 at 2:30pm

A very clever and very real comedy telling the story of Bill, Sarah, Ted and Alice, a group of not-so-young professionals discovering once the kids are grown, you may find yourself searching for very different things in life. Follow their journey as they discover the intricacies of modern love and the myriad ways humans deal with the complexity of our associations.

Saturday, July 23 at 7pm BUY TICKETS
Sunday, July 24 at 2:30pm BUY TICKETS

General Admission Tickets $12 ($2 City of Peoria Ticket fee included)

McMillin Theater Peoria Center for the Performing Arts 8355 West Peoria Avenue, Peoria, AZ 85345 Box Office (623) 815-7930

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