PERRY-MANSFIELD NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2016
The Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival, now in its 19th year, brings performing arts professionals together in the Rocky Mountains to continue Perry-Mansfield's founding principle of nurturing new talent with new work. The Actors Theatre of Louisville, South Coast Repertory, Primary Stages, The Lark, and The Denver Center for the Performing Arts Theatre Company will develop 5 different new works at Perry-Mansfield this summer. Presented under Executive Producer, Jim Steinberg, Artistic Director, Andrew Leynse, (Primary Stages, NYC) and Associate Producer, Grady Soapes, the New Works Festival will be held June 10th - 11th in Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
The New Works Festival is sponsored by The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitalbe Trust.
Friday, June 10, 2016
PRIMARY STAGES
The Yes Ready Within by Mat Smart
Directed by Henry Wishcamper
Friday, June 10th @ 4pm – The Chief, downtown Steamboat Springs
Opening Night Dinner at Harwigs | Friday, June 10 @ 6pm, 911 Lincoln St.
ACTORS THEATRE OF LOUISVILLE
I Now Pronounce by Tasha Gordon-Solmon
Directed by Meredith McDonough
Friday, June 10th @ 8pm – The Chief, downtown Steamboat Springs
Saturday, June 11, 2016
THE LARK
The Quiet Ones by Mary Elizabeth Hamilton
Directed by John Clinton Eisner
Saturday, June 11th @ 1pm – Julie Harris Theater, Perry-Mansfield
SOUTH COAST REPERTORY
Orange by Aditi Kapil
Directed by Jessica Kubzanksy
Dramaturgy by Kimberly Colburn
Saturday, June 11th @ 4pm – Julie Harris Theater, Perry-Mansfield
BBQ Dinner with Rick Spenser | Saturday, June 11 @ 6pm, Julie Harris Lobby
DENVER CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS THEATRE COMPANY
Zoey’s Perfect Wedding by Matthew Lopez
Directed by Mike Donahue
Dramaturgy by Douglas Langworthy
Saturday, June 11th @ 8pm – Julie Harris Theater, Perry-Mansfield
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PRICING
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Festival Feast Pass
One ticket to all five readings, opening dinner at Harwigs, Saturday BBQ at Perry-Mansfield: $150
Festival Reading Pass
One ticket to all five readings: $60
Individual Reading Tickets
$15 in advance; $20 at the door
Friday Festival Pass
Includes tickets to both Friday readings & opening dinner at Harwigs: $100
Saturday Festival Pass
Includes tickets to the three Saturday readings & BBQ dinner at Perry-Mansfield: $100
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For more information, please call (970) 879-7125 or email Festival Coordinator Grady Soapes at [email protected]
For lodging and area information, please visit the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort online.
About the Perry-Mansfield New Works Festival
The New Works Festival was founded in 1997 to provide a collaborative festival for voices in the arts. Students have the opportunity to interact and observe a professional new play development process and our guest artists get to craft their pieces in a relaxed environment with a very supportive staff and audience.
Past festival works include Appoggiatura by James Still (Denver Center Theatre Company and LAUNCH PAD): The Whistleblower by Itamar Moses (Pacific Playwrights Festival); The Few by Samuel D. Hunter (Rattlestick Playwrights Theater); Bronx Bombers by Eric Simonson (Broadway, Circle in the Square Theatre and Primary Stages); The Receptionist by Adam Bock (received critical acclaim at Manhattan Theatre Club); Lydia by Octavio Solis (Denver Center Theatre Company, Yale Rep); The Blue Flower by Jim Bauer & Ruth Bauer (Prospect Theatre at the West End Theatre); Plainsong by Eric Schmiedl (Denver Center Theatre Company); The Morini Strad by Willy Holtzman (Primary Stages, City Theatre); Maple and Vine by Jordan Harrison (Humana ATL, Playwrights Horizons); Eat Your Heart Out by Courtney Baron (Humana ATL); What's That Smell by David Pittu (Atlantic Theatre); and The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown with books & lyrics by Kait Kerrigan and music by Brian Lowdermilk (Goodspeed).
About Perry-Mansfield Performing Arts School & Camp
In 1913, Charlotte Perry and Portia Mansfield fulfilled their dreams of creating a theater and dance camp in the mountains. Now, in its 103rd year, Perry-Mansfield is recognized as the oldest continuously operating performing arts school and camp in the nation. Throughout the years, a number of distinguished alumni, faculty, and guest artists have passed through the doors of Perry-Mansfield. The list includes Jessical Biel, John Cage, Martha Clarke, Merce Cunningham, Julie Harrison, Dustin Hoffman, Jack Lee, Jose Limon, Agnes de Mille, Lee Remick, Stephen Schwartz and Francis Sternhagen. Today students from all over the world take classes from a select group of accomplished and internationally renowned faculty. The tradition of Perry-Mansfield remains unsurpassed as the camp continues to prepare emerging young artists for the stage. Since 1992, Perry-Mansfield has been owned and operated by a 501(c)3 non-profit organization called Friends of Perry-Mansfield, Inc., and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.