Brand New Plays Right Here in Waco:

•  The Handless King by Harley Elias
  • A Festival Premiere, the Winner of the 2022 Festival
  • It's 728 BCE in the Assyrian Empire (modern Iraq) and the times, they are a-changing. DILGAN, a young scribe versed in Aramaic, has come to replace older scribe UBRU, who can only write Cuneiform. However, both scribes hold secrets that could change everything. A humorous take on obsolescence, change, and what it means to make a difference.
  • CW: Strong Language

• Hypotheticals by Rebecca Anne Nguyen
  • A Staged Reading, a 2023 Festival Finalist
  • A misanthropic woman kisses a stranger in an elevator on her way to mandatory psychotherapy. When the stranger turns out to be her new therapist, they’re forced into a professional relationship where the intimate environment is as fertile for romantic tension as it is for personal growth.
  • CW: Strong Language

• Wicked Bitter Beast(s) by Kira Rockwell
  • A Staged Reading, a 2023 Festival Finalist
  • A latter-day morality play about (un)forgiveness that reverberates through time, space, and realms. Estranged from her pastoral family, Zoey is a prodigal daughter on the run from her evangelical past and the hellmouth she fights to find her way through. An unruly parable that beckons you to face the wicked bitter beast(s) in your own life, especially the one looking back in the mirror.
  • CW: Strong Language, Sexual Situations

• Not the Myth by Paige Goodwin
  • A Staged Reading, a 2023 Festival Finalist
  • Medea, having just killed her kids, rides off into the sun and directly to Medusa’s “Mythological Man-Haters and Co.” vengeance agency to answer a job posting. Athena arrives and asks Medusa to help her get rid of every male God so that the women can start doing things they want to do. This request leads Medusa to her idea: If no one believes in a male God, does he exist? 

• Sunday the Thirtieth 3AM Raining Slightly Drunk by Chandler Hubbard
  • A Staged Reading, a 2023 Festival Finalist
  • Adam is fine. Well, Adam’s okay.
    Adam & John are great, thank you very much.
    Adam & John & Stephen are, uh, not very good at all.
    Stephen doesn’t know this yet. Hell, John doesn't even know that.
    Okay, Adam’s not fine. Adam's really not fine at all.
  • CW: Strong Language, Sexual Situations

So there's something for everyone. And with tickets starting at only $10, there's no reason to miss it! Check out the schedule and join us for a weekend of unforgettable theatre: