CSP New Works Fest 2025

Presented by Conch Shell Productions in partnership with HB Studio

Join us for the CSP New Works Fest 2025— a vibrant showcase of new plays written by Caribbean-heritage playwrights, presented as workshop performances that celebrate creativity, community, and the power of Caribbean voices on the American stage.

This year’s lineup features five powerful works exploring love, faith, legacy, and self-discovery through bold, imaginative storytelling:

• Petron Brown – Stand Right There and Perish, or (May I Never Lose You)
  When a son returns home seeking forgiveness, he finds his father standing on the stripped foundation of their dismantled house — and together they face the ghosts of what was lost and what cannot be rebuilt.

• Arthur W. French III – Dinner with Roxie
  A Pr*son guard and a prisoner share their final ten minutes together before her execution — a deeply human story about friendship, faith, and staying true to conviction.
• Joshua W. Josey – Weavers
  This dark comedy opens on a mother and son who both realize that the other isn't who they quite remember. What begins as familiar, humorous banter and reconnection soon unravels into confrontation and the uneasy acceptance that love doesn't always mean understanding.
• Jessica Betty – The Game
  At an elite academy, Elizabeth and her robot handler Q navigate ambition, self-sabotage, and survival in a witty, thought-provoking sci-fi drama that asks: What does it mean to keep moving forward?
• Tyla Harris – Bammy an' Buxom
  A young, second-generation Jamaican-American artist hosts a family Thanksgiving dinner that spirals into a supernatural reckoning when her great-grandmother claims a duppy has come to collect her soul.

✨ About the Festival
The CSP New Works Fest is Conch Shell Productions’ annual fundraising event dedicated to uplifting Caribbean-heritage playwrights. Each writer serves as producer of their own work, collaborating with directors, actors, and dramaturgs to bring their stories to life through a solidarity-based creative model.

🎟️ Admission: $30
📅 Performances: December 4–6, 2025
📍 Location: HB Studio Theatre, 124 Bank Street, New York City

Celebrate new Caribbean voices. Experience stories that inspire empathy, laughter, and change.

CSP New Works Fest 2025 is presented in partnership with HB Studio and supported in part by our generous donors, the Flushing Town Hall GO Queens Grant, and the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Conch Shell Productions (CSP) is a New York–based nonprofit arts organization founded by Haitian-American actress, writer, and producer Magaly Colimon-Christopher. CSP is dedicated to developing, presenting, and producing new plays and films by Caribbean-heritage artists whose stories inspire social change.

Through programs like the CSP New Works Fest, CSP creates spaces where underrepresented voices are nurtured, celebrated, and shared with diverse audiences.

CSP operates at the intersection of art, culture, and community — amplifying Caribbean perspectives and fostering creative collaboration that strengthens the cultural fabric of New York City and beyond.

Learn more and donate to support our work by visiting www.conchshellproductions.com

HB Studio, located in New York City’s historic West Village, is one of the original performing arts training institutions in the United States. Founded in 1945 by actor and director Herbert Berghof, and later joined by Uta Hagen, HB Studio offers an artistic home and creative refuge for performers at all stages of their careers.

Through its classes, workshops, and performance labs, HB fosters a collaborative environment rooted in practice, process, and professional growth — where artists can explore their craft, refine their voice, and bring truth to their storytelling on stage and screen.

Learn more at www.hbstudio.org

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