We are thrilled to announce

this year's festival lineup of Utah playwrights! 

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Twenty original works have been selected

for our third annual festival— 

ten semi-finalists to be presented as staged readings

and ten finalists to be performed as full productions. 

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Congratulations to the playwrights whose work

will be shared in the 2019 New Works Ten. 

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STAGED READINGS

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Elevator Pitch

by Gabriel Armstrong

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The Longest Shift at Greasy Steve's

by Jacob Baird

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The OCD Escape Room

by Cody Cutler

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Showtime

by Chelsea Hickman

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Metaphysical Robbery

by Sean Honey

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Beckett Goes to the Movies

by Stefan Oberlander

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The Lighthouse

by Erin Reich

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Bond

by Janine Sobeck Knighton

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I Drank Some of the Cranberry Juice

by Bryan Stubbles

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The Purse

D. Reed Whitaker

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FULL PRODUCTIONS

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Barnelby, Kipplington, and the Lost Ruins of Amxes Katar

by Caleb Andrus

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2:13 AM

by J. Scott Bronson

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Kitchen Garden

by Georgia Buchert

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The Beginner's Guide to Witchcraft Home Correspondence Course

by Cody Cutler

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At This Time

by Tyler Dawson

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Mama Tallulah

by Janine Sobeck Knighton

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Melinda's Molar

by Deirdre Nickel

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Exit Pursued by a Bear

by Emma Parkinson

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Chester

by Abigail Smith

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Stage Five

by Heather A. and Scott M. Stringham

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