IAMA THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS
EIGHT READINGS OF
GROUNDBREAKING NEW PLAYS
7TH ANNUAL
NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
DECEMBER 5-8 & 12-15, 2024
LOS ANGELES, CA (31 October 2024) — IAMA Theatre Company, committed to cultivating new voices and creating new, boundary-pushing work, will host its 7th Annual New Works Festival this December. Featuring eight new plays presented as staged readings, IAMA’s New Works Festival gives audiences an early look at future hits and allows playwrights to experience public reaction to their work for the first time. Thanks to a generous award from the National Endowment for the Arts, this season’s Festival has been expanded to eight new plays, up from six in previous years. IAMA Theatre Company’s 7th Annual New Works Festival will take place December 5-8 and 12-15, 2024 at Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles. Tickets ($18 for each reading, includes fees) are available at iamatheatre.com.
The 7th Annual New Works Festival will include Grief World written by Hannah Kenah and directed by Hannah Wolf at 8pm on Thursday, December 5, Wad by Keiko Green and directed by Rebecca Wear at 8pm, Friday, December 6, HIT MACHINE (or, TRUE WES) by Jonathan Caren and directed by Jaime Castañeda 8pm, Saturday, December 7, Baruch HaShem by Josh Levine and directed by Stefanie Black* at 8pm, Sunday, December 8, Beautiful Blessed Child by Daria Miyeko Marinelli and directed by Reena Dutt at 8pm, Thursday, December 12, Foursome by Matthew Scott Montgomery* and directed by Tom Detrinis* at 8pm, Friday, December 13, Care Less by Chloé Hung and directed by Lily Tung Crystal at 8pm, Saturday, December 14, and The Playground by KJ Cuitiño Bjorge and directed by Margaux Susi* at 8pm, Sunday, December 15. *Denotes IAMA Theatre Company Ensemble members.
WHAT: IAMA Theatre Company, committed to cultivating new voices and creating new, boundary-pushing work, will host its 7th Annual New Works Festival this December. Featuring eight new plays presented as staged readings, IAMA’s New Works Festival gives audiences an early look at future hits and allows playwrights to experience public reaction to their work for the first time. Thanks to a generous award from the National Endowment for the Arts, this season’s Festival has been expanded to eight new plays, up from six in previous years.
WHEN: December 5-8 & 12-15, 2024
SHOWS: 8pm, Thursdays-Sundays
WHERE: Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles
TICKETS: $18 for each reading (includes fees)
INFO: Information and tickets are available at iamatheatre.com
