Bay Street Theater Announces Its Second Annual New Works Festival

Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts has announced the 2nd Annual New Works Festival, scheduled to run from April 24-26.

This year's three-day festival, focused around the theme of "rediscovery," will include readings of plays in development and a new version of a musical that originally premiered in 1997, all performed by professional actors. Each reading will be followed by a talkback with time for the playwrights and the audience to ask one another questions and share their reactions to the play.

The works included in the festival will be A Delicate Ship by Anna Ziegler, The Green Heart, A Musical with book by Charles Busch and music and lyrics by Rusty Magee, and Plane Play by Julia Brownell. The readings slated for the festival are free, with suggested donations.

There will also be an Artist Interact – a panel discussion, moderated by Tony Award-winning producer Ken Davenport and featuring the creators of The Green Heart, about the process of developing new musicals over the course of years and multiple productions. The panel will be held at 7pm on Saturday, April 25, and will be followed by a cocktail reception at Bay Street where the audience can meet the writers and other artists involved with the readings. Tickets for the panel discussion are available at here.

For the complete festival schedule and more information, click here.