Ashland New Plays Festival

Recommended by Ashland New Plays Festival

  • "Valid, truthful, riveting, relevant, harrowing, powerful." These are responses from Ashland New Plays Festival audiences after seeing this strong two-hander which is both a compelling story about the nature of truth in the "fake news" era we find ourselves in and an effective production over Zoom. We are excited to support this ANPF 2020 winner and can't wait for a theatre to consider TRUTH BE TOLD for full production.

    "Valid, truthful, riveting, relevant, harrowing, powerful." These are responses from Ashland New Plays Festival audiences after seeing this strong two-hander which is both a compelling story about the nature of truth in the "fake news" era we find ourselves in and an effective production over Zoom. We are excited to support this ANPF 2020 winner and can't wait for a theatre to consider TRUTH BE TOLD for full production.

  • "Dynamic, exhilarating, nuanced, heartwarming, RAGEFUL - in a good validating way." These are responses from Ashland New Plays Festival audiences after seeing this unique, vivid play about family, about women, about the lessons we learn, and the lessons we want to unlearn. We are excited to support this ANPF 2020 winner and can't wait for a theatre to consider THOSE DAYS ARE OVER for full production.

    "Dynamic, exhilarating, nuanced, heartwarming, RAGEFUL - in a good validating way." These are responses from Ashland New Plays Festival audiences after seeing this unique, vivid play about family, about women, about the lessons we learn, and the lessons we want to unlearn. We are excited to support this ANPF 2020 winner and can't wait for a theatre to consider THOSE DAYS ARE OVER for full production.

  • "Beautiful, heartbreaking, authentic, thoughtful, remarkable, timely, best two hours of Pandemic time." These are responses from Ashland New Plays Festival audiences after seeing this moving, relatable story, which in the words of Jo Twiss (the actor playing Fran), "It isn’t an issue play; it's a family play. You just feel like you know these people." We are excited to support this ANPF 2020 winner and can't wait for a theatre to consider HYANNIS for full production.

    "Beautiful, heartbreaking, authentic, thoughtful, remarkable, timely, best two hours of Pandemic time." These are responses from Ashland New Plays Festival audiences after seeing this moving, relatable story, which in the words of Jo Twiss (the actor playing Fran), "It isn’t an issue play; it's a family play. You just feel like you know these people." We are excited to support this ANPF 2020 winner and can't wait for a theatre to consider HYANNIS for full production.

  • "WOW, wise, poignant, true, incredible, America, intellectual romp." These are responses from Ashland New Plays Festival audiences after seeing this powerful story which explores privilege, activism and contentious family relationships that are both timely and constant. We are excited to support this ANPF 2020 winner and can't wait for a theatre to consider THE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION: A NINTH-GRADE EUROPEAN HISTORY PROJECT (THERE WILL BE A PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION) for full production.

    "WOW, wise, poignant, true, incredible, America, intellectual romp." These are responses from Ashland New Plays Festival audiences after seeing this powerful story which explores privilege, activism and contentious family relationships that are both timely and constant. We are excited to support this ANPF 2020 winner and can't wait for a theatre to consider THE COMMUNIST REVOLUTION: A NINTH-GRADE EUROPEAN HISTORY PROJECT (THERE WILL BE A PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION) for full production.

  • "Visceral, gripping, creative, stunning, powerful, thought-provoking, and hopeful." These are responses from Ashland New Plays Festival audiences after seeing this one-of-a-kind storytelling adventure into hope and hopelessness, angst, addiction, apathy, and acceptance. We are excited to support this ANPF 2020 winner and can't wait for a theatre to consider ZERO for full production.

    "Visceral, gripping, creative, stunning, powerful, thought-provoking, and hopeful." These are responses from Ashland New Plays Festival audiences after seeing this one-of-a-kind storytelling adventure into hope and hopelessness, angst, addiction, apathy, and acceptance. We are excited to support this ANPF 2020 winner and can't wait for a theatre to consider ZERO for full production.