The New Play Festival, presenting four new plays written by UCLA M.F.A. playwrights and performed by undergraduate actors from the Department of Theater, runs Thursday, Nov. 3 through Saturday, Dec. 3. The series is hosted by the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television, with performances at 1340 McGowan Hall.
Opening the festival is "Cheap Laughs," Nov. 3-5, written byJosh Segal, directed by Roxie Perkins and described as: Van Macaw didn’t kill a guy. The audience loved his response to the heckler during his stand-up. One suicide later, Van’s career is on the skids. Will he seek redemption? Or will he rise above this trivial distraction and focus on what really matters: Getting some cheap laughs?
Other featured plays are:
- "Gamers" by Scott Barnhardt, Nov. 10-12
- "Monsters We Imagined" by Paula Vesala, Nov. 17-19.
- "The Winds of Ariston" by Patrick Hurley, Dec. 1-3
Purchase tickets here or at UCLA's Central Ticket Office in-person or by phone 310- 825–2101.
