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The New York New Works Theatre Festival jump starts the fall theater season with a carefully curated collection of short plays (and teasers for full length productions), presented to and for the public and a collection of producers and theater professionals from Broadway and around the country. A Panel of Tony and Emmy winners, Broadway producers, and other experts selects the plays, provides guidance, mentors the productions and helps eminent writers and producers develop their plays.

The Festival was started several years ago by Gene Fisch Jr and some of his colleagues to help boost the short play festival process of boosting plays, playwrights, and producers to the next level of success.

Interview with Gene Fisch Jr:





(Note: this interview was filmed in 3D 360 Virtual Reality, using the Vuze VR Camera. It can be watched as a normal video on any device that gets YouTube: including computers, smart-phones, even TV's with a YouTube app.  In addition, it can be seen in 3D 360 VR with any VR headset [Cardboard, Oculus Go, Daydream, etc] with software that can access YouTube VR videos.)

Among the many interesting presentations is a reading of Moby Pomerance's play about the family that helped develop the Oxford English Dictionary,  a work that was in progress for about 75 years (roughly 1857-1933.), vastly improving the pioneering dictionaries of Samuel Johnson (1755) and earlier works since the 1500's and possibly even earlier. 

The reading is directed by Emily Penick, a director and choreagracter, from Seattle, who is also one of the Panelists.

Interview with Emily Penick






(Note: this interview was filmed in 3D 360 Virtual Reality, using the Vuze VR Camera. It can be watched as a normal video on any device that gets YouTube: including computers, smart-phones, even TV's with a YouTube app.  In addition, it can be seen in 3D 360 VR with any VR headset [Cardboard, Oculus Go, Daydream, etc] with software that can access YouTube VR videos.)

The Festival provides two presentations of the short plays. Then, on the final day, Sat Sep 22, there will be an evening of the Panel's selection of their favorite plays. There are also two special staged reading events. 



Here is the 2018 Festival Schedule: 

Individual plays may run from about 10 to 25 minutes; total performance time probably at least 90 minutes. Disclaimer: Please be aware that shows after 8:30 PM may not be suitable for younger audiences.


Tuesday, September 4, 2018 - 7 PM

Queen Kong En Chaine - Dana Block
Patti Did Us In - Patricia Lawler Kenet
Angels at Work - Jerel Armstrong, Makie Armstrong,  Paul Johnson
Having A Ball With God - David Garrett Shaw
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Wednesday, September 5, 2018 - 7 PM

Siren's Den - Rori Nogee
A Fatima - Emily Claire Schmitt
Happy If Happy When - Kimerer L. LaMothe
Oh Happy Dagger - Claire Tyers
Escape from Paradise - Valdaniel Martin
Look For Me - Liz Schiller
The Inconvenient Miracle - Ria T. DiLullo

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​Thursday, September 6, 2018 - 7 PM

Life or Not - Cayla Berejikian
Law of the Jungle - Sam Downey
The Kitty Bomb - Kevin Daly
A Forbidden Love - Bital Islam
A Pitch From Satchel Paige - Loren & Jim Keller
Common Ground - Granville Burgess

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Friday, September 7, 2018 - 7 PM

Glitched - Melissa Manney
Jilted to Perfection - Debra Cook
Flower of Iowa - Lance Ringel
How Alfo Learned to Love - Vincent Amelio
The Words As Your Offering - Mara Lee Gilbert
Jewish, The Musical - Walter J. Kin

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Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 2 PM Matinee

Quantum Janis - Richard Isen
Lost Home Win Home - Shelby Edwards
Pooch - Scott Eyerly
The Mouse on Flight #121 - Daniel Curzon
Fat Ladies Aint All In The Circus - Geneva Chapman

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Saturday, September 8, 2018 - 7 PM

Oh Happy Dagger - Claire Tyers
Selah - Andy Post & Michael Murney
The Secret - Marshaline Letcher
Furniture - Natalie Lifton
Inamorata - Frederick Mark Kramer
Voyage - Ludovic Coutaud

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​Sunday, September 9, 2018 - 2 PM Matinee

Past Perfect - Philip Holt
Three On A Dime - Eileen Benson
Voyage - Ludovic Coutaud
Bacon Clickbait - David Don Miller
Fat Ladies Aint All In The Circus - Geneva Chapman

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Tuesday, September 11, 2018 - 7 PM

The Secret - Marshaline Letcher
Why Not Black - Auslin Williams
Selah - Andy Post & Michael Murney
HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr - Heather Massie
Life Or Not - Cayla Berejikian
Look For Me - Liz Schiller

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 2 PM Matinee

Moby Pomerance reading (FREE)
(a play about the "new" Dictionary)

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018 - 7 PM

Happy If Happy When - Kimerer L. LaMothe
The Inconvenient Miracle - Ria T. DiLullo
The Pink Hulk - Valerie David
Why Not Black - Auslin Williams
Patti Did Us In - Patricia Lawler Kenet
Jewish, the Musical - Walter J. Kin

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Thursday, September 13, 2018 - PM

Law of the Jungle - Sam Downey
Dietrich - Cindy Marinangel
Escape from Paradise - Valdaniel Martin
Past Perfect - Philip Holt
Common Ground - Granville Brugess

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Friday, September 14, 2018 - 7 PM

The Mouse on Flight #121 - Daniel Curzon
Quantum Janis - Richard Isen
Lost Home Win Home - Shelby Edwards
Pooch - Scott Eyerly
Bacon Clickbait - David Don Miller
Having A Ball With God - David Garrett Shaw

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Saturday, September 15, 2018 - 2 PM Matinee

The Kitty Bomb - Kevin Daly
A Pitch From Satchel Paige - Loren & Jim Keller
Glitched - Melissa Manney
A Fatima - Emily Claire Schmitt
Jilted to Perfection - Debra Cook
Three On A Dime - Eileen Benson

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Saturday, September 15, 2018 - 7 PM

Flower of Iowa - Lance Ringel
HEDY! The Life & Inventions of Hedy Lamarr -Heather Massie
Angels at Work - Jerel Armstrong, Makie Armstrong,  Paul Johnson
A Forbidden Love - Bital Islam
How Alfo Learned to Love - Vincent Amelio

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Sunday, September 16, 2018 - 2 PM Matinee

Dietrich - Cindy Marinangel
The Pink Hulk - Valerie David
Inamorata - Frederick Mark Kramer
Queen Kong En Chaine - Dana Block

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Sunday, September 16, 2018 - 7 PM

Panelist Lauren Class Schneider presents:

12 Angry Men:
A Staged Reading
Presented by

12 Impassioned Women

*rights pending

Labels: Emily Penick, Gene Fisch Jr, Lauren Class Schnieder, Moby Pomerance, New York New Works Theatre Festival, short plays, staged readings, theatre.