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NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
2009

Featuring Staged Readings of Three New Plays and Three New Musicals,
Plus Two Concerts, and Much More!

July 15 - August 23, 2009
TheatreWorks at the Lucie Stern Theatre
1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto


For tickets and information, the public may
call (650) 463-1960 or visit theatreworks.org.

For press release, click here.

Click here for press information about TheatreWorks'
Mainstage World Premiere Musical, TINYARD HILL.

New Plays
New Musicals


THE SPARROW AND THE BIRDMAN

A Play that Sings
By Raquel Bitton and Chris Smith
August 3, 7:30pm

MAKEOVER
An Alluring Musical Comedy
Books and Lyrics by Darrah Cloud
Music by Kim D. Sherman
Directed by Tom Lindblade
August 5, 7:30pm / August 9, 7:00pm


AUCTIONING THE AINSLEYS

A Play for People and the Objects that Own Them.
By Laura Schellhardt
Directed by Meredith McDonough
August 18, 7:30pm / August 21, 8:00pm

ERNEST SHACKELTON LOVES ME
A Fever Dream Musical
Music by Brendan Milburn and Valerie Vigoda
Book by Joe DiPietro
Directed by Kent Nicholson
August 8, 2:00pm / August 11, 7:30pm
/ August 15, 8:00pm


THE NORTH POOL

A Psychological Thriller
By Rajiv Josepth
August 15, 2:00pm / August 17, 7:30pm

TALES FROM THE BAD YEARS
A Song Cycle for a New Generation
By Kait Kerrigan and Brian Lowdermilk
August 19, 7:30pm / August 22, 8:00pm
/ August 23, 7:00pm

 

Concerts


Maureen McGovern
A Long and Winding Road: The Concert
August 6, 8:00pm

 


Vienna Teng
In Concert
August 14, 8:00pm

 


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Founding Artistic Director Robert Kelley celebrates 40 years with TheatreWorks when he helms TINYARD HILL, the sparkling centerpiece of the 8th Annual New Works Festival
this summer.

Photo Credit: David Allen

 


Recently appointed Director of New Works, Meredith McDonough will oversee this summer's 8th Annual New Works Festival at TheatreWorks, and will direct AUCTIONING THE AINSLEYS, a new play by Laura Schellhardt.

Photo Credit: Carla Befera

 


GrooveLily bandmates Brendan Milburn and
Valerie Vigoda
workshop their new musical with
Joe DiPietro, ERNEST SHCAKLETON LOVES ME at
TheatreWorks' 8th Annual New Works Festival.

Photo credit: David Allen


 


Joe DiPietro, composer of the Broadway-bound TheatreWorks original hit Memphis, workshops his new musical, ERNEST SHACKLETON LOVES ME,
a collaboration with GrooveLily bandmates
Brendan Milburn
and Valerie Vigoda at
TheatreWorks' 8th Annual New Works Festival
.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Joe DiPietro

 


Grammy Award-winning chanteuse Maureen McGovern will
perform A Long and Winding Road: The Conert as a
part of TheatreWorks' 8th Annual New Works Festival.

Photo Credit: Deborah Feingold

 


Vienna Teng will perform a concert of her greatest
hits, and songs from her brand new musical as a part
of TheatreWorks' 8th Annual New Works Festival.

Photo Credit: Kellie Kano

 


TheatreWorks' 8th Annual New Works Festival
will feature
a staged reading of THE SPARROW AND THE BIRDMAN,
a play that sings by Raquel Bitton (pictured above),
and Chris Smith.

Photo Credit: Courtesy of Raquel Bitton

 


Brian Lowdermilk and Kait Kerrigan will workshop
their new musical, TALES FROM THE BAD YEARS as
a part of TheatreWorks' 8th Annual
New Works Festival
.

Photo Credit: Jenny Woodward


 

 

 


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