Jun 15, 2012 -Jun 17, 2012
Steamboat Springs
BRAND NEW WORKS PREMIERED! The New Works Festival, now in its 15th year, brings performing arts professionals together in the Rocky Mountains to develop new pieces of theatre and dance while mentoring new talent in each medium. Presented under the artistic direction of Andrew Leynse, Artistic Director of Primary Stages, NYC and with sponsorship from The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, the New Works Festival continues Perry-Mansfield’s founding principle of nurturing new talent with new work.
HISTORY OF NEW WORKS
The New Works program was founded in 1997 to provide a collaborative forum for voices of the arts. Each season, artists are afforded the rare opportunity of professional-grade workshops being lead and performed by our nation’s leading artisans in composition, writing and dance.
Our 2002, 2003 and 2004 guest-artist-of-honor was Academy and Grammy Award-winning composer Mr. Stephen Schwartz, whose generous dedication to new talent is unparalleled.
During the final stages of New Works, students attend workshops, readings and master classes lead by the finest people in the business. Select students are afforded the opportunity to participate, gaining first-hand knowledge of the professional process.
Past festival works include “The Receptionist” by Adam Bock (received critical acclaim at Manhattan Theatre Club) “Lydia” by Octavio Solis (Denver Center Theatre Company), “The Blue Flower” by Jim Bauer & Ruth Bauer (Prospect Theatre at the West End Theatre), “Plainsong” by Eric Schmiedl (Denver Center Theatre Company), “A Sleeping Country” by Melanie Marnich (Cincinatti Playhouse in the Park), and “The Unauthorized Autobiography of Samantha Brown” with books & lyrics by Kait Kerrigan and music by Brian Lowdermilk, among others.