Alumnae Theatre's 2015 New Ideas Festival to Run 3/11-29

The Alumnae Theatre's New Ideas Festival is an annual, three-week, juried festival of new writing, works-in-progress and experimental theatre, with a different program of plays each week and staged readings on Saturdays at noon. The 2015 festival takes place in the Studio at Alumnae Theatre and runs from March 11 to 29, 2015.

This year's festival features fifteen new works, ranging in length from ten to sixty minutes. Human connection in our digital world of cell phones, blogs, Twitter, Facebook, and online dating is a predominant theme. The eclectic mix of characters includes the perfect mate, a troubled civil servant, two elderly would-be sleuths, a Tamil refugee, and last but not least, Prometheus and sandworms!

Week One: INHERITANCE by Tabitha Keast/directed by Matthew Hines; THE INDIGO FOREST by Bridget Erin/directed by Sandra Banman; LOST CONNECTION by Lindsay Finnie/directed by Zita Nyarady; DEVICES by Meredith Taylor-Parry/directed by Ingryd Pleitez; Staged Reading of SURRENDER DOROTHY by Liz Best/directed by Eric Benson

Week Two: (EN)LIGHTNING by Catherine Frid/directed by Sandra Burley; CANIS FAMILIARIS by Carolyn Bennett/directed by Brenda Darling; SANDWORMS! by D.J. Sylvis/directed by Stacy Halloran; YOU CAN ASK ME HOW I'M DOING by Norman Yeung/directed by Meg Moran; Staged Reading of BUY MY HOUSE by Natalie Frijia/directed by Emily Nixon

Week Three: ROWING, ONWARD by Eugenie Carabatsos/directed by Anne MacMillan; GRIEF CIRCUS by Crystal Wood/directed by Kelsey Laine Jacobson; DEATH AND THE MARIAS by Rose Napoli/directed by Clara McBride; FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Neil Naft/directed by Donald Molnar; Staged Reading of THE CREASES IN MY SARI by Sindhuri Nandhakumar/directed by Joanne L. Williams.

For synopsis and more information on each show including biographies for the playwrights, directors, cast and crew please visit www.alumnaetheatre.com/new-ideas-festival.html