Final Draft New Play Festival

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• Thu, Jan 4, 2018 - Sun, Jan 7, 2018  Various

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Join New Village Arts and Bagby Beer Company for the first annual Final Draft New Play Festival! Featuring three new plays by local playwrights, beer tastings, and community events, there will be plenty of opportunities to raise a glass to local theatre and beer!

The Plays: The Price of Peace by Lance Arthur Smith Friday 1/5 @ 8pm, Saturday 1/6 @ 8pm, Sunday 1/7 @ 2pm The Price of Peace charts machinist Sam Penn's journey through wartime America from California to Oak Ridge-- a secret city in Tennessee responsible for the fuel of a destructive new weapon. The city's inhabitants carried on their work and lives in secret without the knowledge of what they were working on or why they toiled. Laundry was folded, bridge clubs and sporting teams were formed, and the course of human history was altered irrevocably for all time.

The Velocity of Celebration by Dallas McLaughlin Thursday 1/4 @ 8pm The story of one man going through a breakup, learning to understand his father, and meeting the love of his life. Sounds like Sam Shepard or something, right? Well, it's not. I mean, not really. Did Punxsutawney Phil ever show up in True West? I didn't think so. There's karaoke, drunken soliloquies and old ladies who make cheese. Maybe it is a Shepard play.

The Seer & The Witch by Jennifer Lane Saturday 1/6 @ 4pm The past and present collide in the forms of Eleanor and Emily, two women living a century apart who both haunt the same corner room at the Elgin Institute of Mental Health. They are each other's only solace in a story that explores the nature of the female experience and how it has changed over the course of a hundred years, and how it has not.

Ticket Prices: Single Reading: $5 One ticket to any of the play readings. Single Ticket + Beer Package: $10 A single ticket, plus a pint of beer and a souvenir pint glass. All-Access Pass: $20 (Best Value!) Tickets to all three readings, plus 2 beers and a souvenir pint glass. All tickets include access to all special events listed below:

Thursday, 1/4 @ 6pm: Final Draft Opening Party & Beer Tasting Saturday, 1/6: 12 pm - Playwright Workshop: Crafting a Synopsis that Sings with Josh Gershick, Dramatists Guild 2 pm - Panel Discussion: Staging New Works: Artistic Directors Weigh In 6 pm - Final Draft Party Join us in the NVA lobby to share ideas, network, and drink delicious beers!