History of the Festival
of New Works
Artistic Director: Frank Gagliano (1999-2001)
Managing Director: Mary Lou
Chlipala (1999-2004)
The University of Michigan's Festival of New Works was a non-profit organization dedicated to the development of dramatic writing--plays, musicals, and screenplays--by contemporary professionals from around the US and Canada and student writers with a range of interests and voices. The Festival was initiated by the Department of Screen Arts & Cultures, Department of English Language and Literature, and the Department od Theatre and Drama in 1999. Using the 150-seat Trueblood Theatre in the Frieze Building, the Festival presented three new works each season: a student or alumni screenplay, a professional playwright's new play and a new musical. Simultaneously, the Frieze's 90-seat Arena Theatre served as the venue for new U-M student plays or screenplays. The Arena Theatre series was a totally student driven series: actors, directors, and writers. This series led by all students was called the "Arena Company."
1999 Season
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Rock Garden
A screenplay
by Beth Winsten
Directed by Daniel T. Green |
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Hearts
A play by
Willy Holtzman
Directed by Michael Montel |
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Summer of '42, a Musical
Book by Hunter Foster
Music and Lyrics by David Kirshenbaum
Directed by Brent Wagner |
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Dead and Kicking
A
screenplay by Tim Pollock
Road Rage
A play by Wendy Hammond
War Is...
A play by Oyamo |
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2000 Season
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The Edible Woman
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play by Dave Carley
Directed by Sara Chazen |
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Rooms
Original music,
book, and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman
Based on a story
by Pauls Scott Goodman and Mike Ockrent
Directed by Thomas Caruso |
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Allison
A screenplay
by Daniel Shere
Directed by Daniel T. Green |
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Cold
A screenplay
by Oliver R. Thornton
Directed by Gabe Burnstein
Getting There
A screenplay by Erin Hill
Directed by Jim Meade
The Next Time It Rains
A play by David Garcia
Directed by Sera Bonfiglio
The Total Immersion of Madeleine Favorini
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play by Frank Gagliano
Directed By Sarah Bay-Cheng |
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2001 Season
Trueblood
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Broadway Joe
A screenplay
by Gabe Burnstein
Directed by Daniel T. Green |
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Jingles in a Broken Tongue
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play by Leslie Lee
Directed by Daryl Jones |
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Love Songs
M
usic
and lyrics by Steve Cagan
Book by Libbe HaLevy
Directed by John Neville-Andrews |
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Divided
A play Mel
Shapiro
Directed By Seth Gordon |
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Sunday Drive
A
screenplay by Erin Podolsky
For Fear of Love, For Love of Fear
A play
by Angela Zuck
Chipslips
A play by David Roth
Our Good Neighbor
A play by Ryan Tecco
The Big Brother
A screenplay by David Anderson |
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Artistic Producer: John Neville-Andrews (2002-2004)
Managing
Director: Mary Lou Chlipala (1999-2004)
2002 Season
2003 Season
2004 Season
Trueblood
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Pig Farm
By Greg Kotis
Directed by John Neville-Andrews |
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Hungry
Screenplay
by Craig Silversteinn
Directed by James Meade
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End of the Universe
By Kerry Russell
Directed by John Neville-Andrews
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