Performances in Tennessee Stage Company’s New Play Festival begin this weekend and continue into March. The performances fall into three categories: Table Readings, Staged Readings, and World Premieres of Full Productions. Information and Tickets
The schedule is:
Table Readings
Christmas Reunion by Dennis Duff
A holiday story of a family struggling to reconnect and stay together despite themselves.
2/1 10:30 am — Fountain City Library
2/29 1:00 pm — Bearden Branch Library
3/1 2:30 pm — Lawson McGhee Library
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Goodbye Cruel World by John Babcock and Ted Westby
A black comedy of unrequited love and unexpected outcomes.
2/15 2:00 pm — Bearden Branch Library
2/22 10:30 am — Fountain City Library
2/29 2:30 pm — Lawson McGhee Library
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X’s And O’s by Taylor James Foster
A sci-fi tinged story of memory and reconnections set in an unknown future – or is a too well known past?
2/15 10:30 am — Fountain City Library
2/29 10:30 am — Lawson McGhee Library
Staged Readings
A House For Mandy by Robert Allen
A sleepy afternoon and evening on the front porch of a quiet southern street turns into a harrowing reliving of family struggles, resentments and violence.
3/14 2:00 pm — Historic Southern Railway Station, 306 W. Depot Avenue
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A Graveyard In Madrid by Paul Leeper
A twisted tale of love and murder – perhaps a little short on love but with plenty of murder…
3/21 2:00 pm — Historic Southern Railway Station, 306 W. Depot Avenue
World Premieres
Raft by Carolyn Thomas and Harrison Young
A birthday party takes a wrong turn when the inflatable bouncy castle set up on the beach for the occasion is unexpectedly swept out to sea in a sudden squall with two of the party-goers onboard. While they wait to be rescued they banter with each other to keep their spirits up while trying to keep a small hole in the raft from becoming a big hole…
Runs Friday, Saturday, Sunday – February 7 – 23
Friday/Saturday 8:00 pm; Sunday matinée 2:00 pm
Broadway Academy of Performing Arts, 706 N. Broadway – Parking in the rear
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Amazing Graces by Lea McMahan
On a weekend trip to the Smokey Mountains, a family comes to realize that the insecurities and petty grievances that have been festering between them for years amount to nothing when confronted with real violence from outside the family.
Runs Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday March 12 – 22
Thursday – Saturday 8:00 pm; Sunday matinée 2:00 pm
Historic Southern Railway Station, 306 W. Depot Avenue
