Hippodrome Theatre
NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
The New Works Festival focuses on new play development of established and emerging Florida playwrights. Over a week-long residency, playwrights are invited to workshop a new work which is followed by a public readings at the Hippodrome Theatre, an AEA professional theatre in Gainesville, Florida. The heart of the festival is to create opportunity for playwrights to develop their work in an environment that supports risk-taking, experimentation, and precision in storytelling.
Production History
Produced by MICHELLE BELLAVER
with Artistic Director STEPHANIE LYNGE
First Annual November 14 & 15, 2020
Second Annual February 18 & 19, 2022
Third Annual November 4 & 5, 2022
Fourth Annual October 13 &14 2023
1st Annual, Nov 2020
King Tide by JESSICA FARR
Sana Sana Colita De Rana by CALEB SCOTT
Cardboard Moon by KARA GORDON
Good by CLAYTON MURRAY
I Miss All My Entrances by HUNTER LEVI ROTHSTEIN
Second Annual, Feb 2022
Buckets of Rain by DOUGLASS GEARHART
Changeling by MONICA CROSS
Ghosts of Romeo by BOBBY MCAFEE
Terrence by TERRENCE JACKSON and JANE ARROWSMITH EDWARDS
Yes, No, Maybe, Ommm by KEN PEDERSON
Third Annual, Nov 2022
Eve and Loren, BETHANY DICKENS ASSAF
Suture Bowl, IRENE PYNN
The Ultimate Cheeseburger, JENA RASHID
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Fourth Annual, Oct 2023
Slaymaker, BETHANY DICKENS ASSAF
The Art of Floating, JENNIFER A. KOKAI
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Fifth Annual, Feb 2025
Bionic, JENNA JANE
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