Workhouse Arts Center is proud to announce the First Annual New Works Festival. Workhouse recently announced a call for new scripts (plays and musicals). Scripts were carefully reviewed, and finalists were chosen. On August 24 and 25 finalists will perform a 20–90-minute cut from their full piece in front of the panel and event attendees. The top-scoring piece will win a full-length staged reading in our W3 Theater in early 2025.
Attendees may purchase a single ticket for one selected title, or may purchase a Passport Ticket, which will guarantee admission to all six readings.
Finalists and Scheduled Readings
August 24
10 AM - Type Onederful by Bella Panciocco
A new girl at a summer camp for kids with type 1 diabetes meets a group of girls who turn tracking their blood sugar into a competition.
Noon - The Peak by Brett James Womack
Sisyphus finally pushes his boulder up the hill and now that he has lost his sense of purpose, he goes on a quest to get it back.
3 PM - Hearts of Brother's Temper by Megan Fraedrich
A modern take on the history behind the Abraham Lincoln assassination. Three famous Brothers make a pact to perform Julius Caesar for one night only in the wake of political unrest.
5 PM - The Calhoun Maculate by Fletcher Lowe
The true story behind the man who won “the impossible shot” and the insurance company who was determined not to give him the money he won.
August 25
Noon - Apartment Swap by Alli Hartley-Kong
A D.C. writer looks to move into a larger apartment for her and her soon-to-be husband through an apartment swap program. Her claim to fame and commitment issues turn the search upside down.
2 PM - Gloaming Nowhere by J.S. Streible and Prdocued by Mackenzie Spivey
A Storyteller weaves us a life in Appalachia from within the veiled world of Nowhere.
