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Join us for the fifth annual Confluence New Play Festival on March 27, 28 and 29 at the Festival rehearsal studio in Grand Center. Witness the beginnings of three new works written by the 2024 Confluence Regional Writers Cohort via staged readings each night. ABOUT THE FEST
The Confluence New Play Festival aims to propel unique Midwest voices into the national conversation and is the only new work program dedicated to Missouri and Illinois writers. Since creating the Confluence Regional Writers Project in 2018, 19 new works have been commissioned and workshopped; six have received a full production.
TICKETS
Single tickets ($12 general public, free for students) and weekend passes ($30) for the 2025 Festival Weekend are now available.
READING SCHEDULE
***THURSDAY, MAR 27 @ 7p
"Confetti Kids"
by Aurora Behlke (St. Louis, MO)
Maya doesn’t have a ride to prom. Her friends have ditched her, and her mom, Dr. Rachel Graves, is too busy fighting for a community that’s been poisoned by WWII-era radioactive waste. Like most fights, the front line has formed at a St Louis County PTA meeting. Dramaturgy and direction by Courtney Bailey.
***FRIDAY, MAR 28 @ 7p
"Nearly Tenn"
by Aaron Scully (Warrensburg, MO)
Nearly Tenn tells the story of young playwright, Tennesse Williams, and the journey of him and his play, The Glass Menagerie, from obscurity to legend. Dramaturgy by Rob Maesaka Directed by Ellie Schwetye
***SATURDAY, MAR 29 @ 7p
"The Great Love of Siabanda Sesay"
by M. Kamara (Carbondale, IL)
Over the course of the first ten years of the AIDS epidemic in the United States, Siabanda Sesay and Guillermo Aguilar – who have been best friends since NICU – take their first steps into adulthood, stumbling in and out of each other lives while they learn to balance what haunts them from familial love (or lack thereof), what they hope to cultivate in their romantic loves, and…each other. Directed by Carl Overly, Jr. Dramaturgy by Maiya A. Corral
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
3333 Washington Ave, St. Louis, MO, United States, Missouri 63110
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