The Playwriting Festival originated in 2001-02 as a way to showcase some of the talent of Yale's aspiring playwrights. This year we are pleased to present the Festival for the first time in one of Yale's finest performance spaces, the New Theater at 1156 Chapel St.

Both the original plays and the applications to direct were submitted to the Dramat in mid-January. Following the show selection process, each chosen director was assigned to a play and given a short rehearsal period. The Festival culminated in staged readings, on February 19-21.

The Plays

When It Rains
by Julie Whitesell
Directed by Chloe Bass
It's raining men, and Maria is at the eye of the storm.

Voices of Juarez
by Kristen Pring-Mill
Directed by Andrew Sandberg
The spirit of a missing and murdered young woman in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, returns from the grave to recount her tragic tale.

An Ape and an Audience
by Josh Tarsky
Directed by Christopher Grobe
A deliciously nasty morsel of metatheater. A narrator/author-figure shows off his scenes that are shrewdly constructed so as to please the audience and provide cocktail-party conversation.

Tantalus
by Max Broude
Directed by Derek Miller
A vivid reimagining of one of the great figures of Greek mythology. Guilt, love, and fate comingle in this modern one-act in the classical tradition.

Romance in a Steel Box
by David Busis
Directed by Lauren Yee
Nick and Darlene look forward to a nice, quiet train ride... at least until they are interrupted by the antics of an old lady, her reluctant "foreign" beau, a disgruntled train employee, and a conductor who may know a little more about them than expected.

Sweat
by Laura Jacqmin
Directed by Lauren Stripling
Things don't always go "back" to normal. Sometimes people do bad things. And sometimes they do them for no reason.

Cast

Production Staff

Crew