LBP NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2024

The Studio Collaborative: LBP NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2024

Company: LBP New Works Committee producing

Dates: March 29 & 30 @ 7pm, 2024

Tickets: Free

THE WINNING SHOWS:

Non-Local Winner: IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME by Gerry Rodriguez

Local Winner: FIRST AID By Jeff Kaufman

RESERVE YOUR  TICKETS HERE:

CHOOSE YOUR DATE:

• IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME  – Friday, Mar. 29, 2024 at 7pm

• FIRST AID  – Saturday, Mar. 30, 2024 at 7pm

All Collaborative Shows do not have assigned seating, so it is first come, first serve.

PLEASE NOTE: The Studio Theater is on the 2nd Floor.  It is only accessible by stairs; there is no elevator.

Description Of Festival: 

This annual festival nurtures emerging and established playwrights to develop new scripts. Reading 100+ scripts a year, the New Works Literary Committee chooses two top plays (a local winner from southern California, and a non-local winner) to receive a stage reading with critical feedback from professional theatre critics and an audience talk-back.

About the Shows:

IF I COULD TURN BACK TIME – After the sudden death of their sister, Julio must return to their family home in the South Texas borderlands for the funeral. Once there, Julio must grapple with the grief of losing their sister as well as confront their estranged family who do not approve of their involvement in the drag community. Encouraged by their sister, and in an effort to summon strength and confidence, Julio makes the decision to live as their drag persona, Sharona, for the remainder of their visit. 

Written by Gerry Rodriguez 

CAST:

• Jose Orozco (JULIO/SHARONA)
• Karina Rodriguez  (ANGELA)
• Alli Ramirez (ELVA)
• Stephen Saatjian (LUIS)
• Sonia Aguirre (GABRIELA)
• Marina Portillo (CARMEN)
• Geo Herrera (MATTHEW)
• Michael Marmont (FATHER PHILIP)
• Gabriel Myers Prunty (Stage Direction Narrator)

FIRST AID – On the eve of the 1968 presidential election, Pat Nixon runs away from her husband’s campaign. Her encounter with an ambitious young Black woman in a Missouri motel leads to revelations, promises, and betrayal.

Written by Jeff Kaufman

CAST:

• Alison Boole (PAT)
• Phoebe Ray McHenry (CAT)
• Christoper Hutchinson (PIZZA DELIVERY GUY)
• Dustin Ehlrich (BOYD)
• Dianna Beckman (JESS)
• Jack Murphy (FRANK)
• Melissa Adylia Calasanz (Stage Direction Narrator)

FREE TICKETS TO THE NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2024 ARE MADE POSSIBLE BY A GENEROUS SPONSORSHIP FROM THE PORT OF LONG BEACH