Since its inception in 2005, Stagecrafters New Works Play Festival has been committed to the creation and development of new works. Through a "call for scripts," playwrights submit their unpublished, short works for review by a committee of selected directors, seasoned actors and amateur playwrights. The New Works Play Festival provides an exclusive view of the page to stage process. From playwright conception to director interpretation to stage presentation, audiences get a rare, inside look as to how a play makes it to the stage . The past four years have been met with great enthusiasm for the talent of upcoming playwrights, directors and actors.
One 15-minute play presented at the 2005 New Works Play Festival, Life and Death on a Park Bench by Edward J. Thomas of Centerline, MI, was tweaked and polished to a full stage play, Working Stiffs and made it's world premiere on the 2nd Stage in Stagecrafters' 2007-08 season.
Join us for the 2010 New Works Play Festival and get in on the ground floor of exciting new works.
Date: June 25 and 26, 2010
Location: Baldwin Theatre, 2nd Stage at 415 S. Lafayette, Royal Oak, MI 48067
Time: Friday, June 25 from 7 pm to 11 pm, Saturday, June 26 from 12 pm - 5 pm.
Admission Fee: $5.00 to attend as many shows as you'd like. See or all nine... come back both days...it's all up to you.
2010 Lineup!
HOUR ONE
7: 00 pm Literary Virus by Laura Tucker Bradshaw, Rochester Hills, MI.
Directed by Kimberly Wallace.
Cast includes: Jeannine Simpson, Phil Berns. 7:25 pm Helven by Steve Schultz, Sterling Heights, MI.
Directed by Barbara Vorves.
Cast includes: Nick Urban, Cindy Cole-Hansen.
7:45 pm Unpaid by Lynne McMahon, Chicago, IL.
Directed by Shar Douglas.
Cast includes: Patrick Kilbourn, Paul Vendetti.
HOUR TWO
8:00 pm The Stop Smoking Technique by Peter Wurdock, Royal Oak, MI.
Directed by Bill Dixon.
Cast includes: Greg Bowman, Brooke Allen/Bowman, Sandy LaJoie,
Dave Hoff.
8:30 pm Grief by Lynne McMahon, Chicago, IL.
Directed by Rodel Salazar.
Cast includes: Jerry Haines, Samantha Glover.
HOUR THREE
9:00 pm So Much For Seatbelts by Craig Kenworthy, Bozeman, MT.
Directed by Hal D'Arpini.
Cast includes: Nicholas Yocum, Sara Rydzewski, John Nowaczyk.
9:30 pm Command Performance by Kevin Six, San Diego, CA.
Directed by Sandy Glover.
Cast includes:
HOUR FOUR
10:00 pm The Comeback by Audra Lord, Ferndale, MI.
Directed by Audra Lord. (Talkback after the show)
Cast includes: Harry Burkey, Kyle Holton, Liz Schultz.
10:30 pm A Tribute to Ann Forsaith (Staged Reading)
Directed by Vonnie Miller.
Cast includes: 
