Play Festival '25 - Program B (Fri. May 30)

Welcome to the New Play Festival at UC Santa Cruz!

“We’re so excited to bring back the New Play Festival (formerly Chautauqua) to our department, the campus and wider Santa Cruz community,” says LisaMarie Rollins, Assistant Professor, Department of Performance, Play & Design at UC Santa Cruz. The goal is to offer another creative space that offers opportunities for experimentation and play for those students who are interested in theater making in any form—live performance, dance or movement explorations, immersive or digital media installations. “It’s special because it really is like a development lab where students can propose any kind of experiment, get development support and have a showcase with low stakes at the end of the quarter.”

The selected plays will be staged readings with minimal technical embellishment so the focus reveals the depth of the kinds of topics, themes and movement the students are exploring. The New Play Festival returns with 6 shows.

Plays / Playwrights Featured For Program A B:

HOSTILE TAKEOVER by Grace Viggiano (alumni!)

UNIVERSAL PAPERCLIPS by Adrian Warren

CRIMSON BURNS by Rae Williams

MEET ME IN THE BELLY OF THE WHALE by Gillian O'leary

SILAR SCHOOL by Zane Speiser

GREAT WHITES BITE by Tieran Harvey

For more event info: (UCSC- New Play Festival '25)

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ADMISSION
- ALL TICKETS ARE FREE online only via Eventbrite;

-Follow PPD on Eventbrite for notifications and updates.

- Free for UCSC students/General Public (ticket required).

- Doors are scheduled to open 30 minutes prior to event start time.

- Seating at this venue is very limited and audiences are advised to arrive early.

- Ticket holders not seated at least 10 minutes before the advertised start time may forfeit their ticket/seat and no refund will be issued.

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ACCESSIBILITY

-For accessibility-related needs, contact YXJ0c2V2ZW50cyB8IHVjc2MgISBlZHU=.

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FULL SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
Four evening performances with doors at 7:00 p.m.: Two Sunday matinees at 3:00 pm
Fri., May 23 (Program A),

Sat., May 24 (Program B),

Sun., May 25 (Program A),

Fri., May 30 (Program B),

Sat., May 31 (Program A),

Sun., June 1 (Program B)
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PARKING
- Parking by permit, ParkMobile, or $5 cash/credit via the on-site parking attendant
- Arts Lot #126 is the closest parking lot to the event
- Visitors with DMV placards or plates may park for free in DMV spaces, Medical spaces, or ParkMobile spaces without additional payment, or in timed zones for longer than the posted time.
- More information provided by UCSC Transportation & Parking Services (TAPS)

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