Title Wave

New Works Festival

Bay Street Theater’s New Works Festival showcases new plays in development, with a focus on staged readings, talkbacks, and critical discussion. The festival provides a platform for emerging playwrights and offers audiences the opportunity to experience innovative theater as it evolves.

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For legal purposes, Bay Street Theater is sorry we do not accept unsolicited scripts.

 

Title Wave

Finalists from Previous Years

Below is a list of past Title Wave finalists.

2025

UX
by Jason Gray Platt

AJAX
by Habib Yazdi

MISTER HALTSON
by Raffaele Pacitti

CURVY WINDOW: KILLING IT!
book by Bobby Goldman, Music and Lyrics by Drew Brody

2024

THE ORDEAL OF WATER
by Stephanie Alison Walker
directed by Jen Wineman

POLAR BEARS, BLACK BOYS & PRAIRIE FRINGED ORCHIDS
by Vincent Terrell Durham
directed by Kimilie Howard

DUTCH MASTER: A MUSICAL
music and lyrics by Jeffrey Stock
book by Marc Acito
directed by Will Pomerantz

HOUSE OF INDIA
by Deepak Kumar
directed by Zi Alikhan

2023

ANOTHER LOVELY DAY
by Leslie Ayvazian
directed by Leslie Ayvazian

COME AGAIN
by Lisa Feriend
directed by Sofia Ubilla

WHAT I KNOW, NOW
by and starring Julia Motyka
directed by John Leonard Thompson

Produced on the Bay Street Mainstage as part of the Summer Season 2023

YOU HAVE TO PROMISE
by Audrey Lang
directed by Blayze Teicher

2022

DOUBLE HELIX
a musical by Madeline Myers
directed by Scott Schwartz

Produced on the Bay Street Mainstage as part of the Summer Season 2023

ATACAMA
by Augusto Fredrico Amador
directed by José Zayas

ONE-MAN TITANIC
book by Scott Rothman
music by Joe Kinosian
lyrics by Kellen Blair
directed by Laura Brandel

ZERO STATE
by Allison Moon
directed by Jen Wineman

2021

BETWEEN/TIME 
by Dane Figueroa Edidi
directed by Danielle Drakes

TENT REVIVAL
by Majkin Holmquist
directed by Hope Villaneuva

PRINCESS CLARA OF LOISAIDA
by Matthew Barbot
directed by Teddy Bergman

THE RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW
by Peter Macklin
directed by Kyle Donnelly

2020

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2019

MY LORD, WHAT A NIGHT
by Deborah Brevoort
directed by Kel Haney

Has had multiple regional productions since debuting at the New Works Festival, including Ford’s Theater, Orlando Shakespeare and The Contemporary American Theater Festival

WALDEN
by Amy Berryman
directed by Mia Walker
Produced on the West End and is be a part of Second Stage’s Fall 2024 season

DELMONICO
by Jack Canfora
directed by Will Pomerantz

BLISS
a new musical by Emma Lively & Tyler Beattie
directed by Sheryl Kaller

2018

MEDEA
(A rock musical adaptation)
by The Kilbanes
directed by Reggie D. White

A SEAGULL IN THE HAMPTONS
by Emily Mann
directed by Stephen Hamilton

THE PROMPTER
by Wade Dooley
directed by Scott Schwartz

Produced on the Bay Street Mainstage as part of the Summer Season 2019

EIGHT NIGHTS
by Jennifer Maisel
directed by Will Pomerantz

Has been produced on stages in LA and Detroit since debuting at the New Works Festival

2017

MOLY SWEENEY
based on the play by Brian Friel
book by Eric Ulloa
music and lyrics by Caleb Damschroder
directed by Scott Schwartz

THE IMPOSSIBILITY OF NOW
by Y. York
directed by Will Pomerantz

THOMAS MURPHY
by Roger Rosenblatt
directed by Scott Schwartz

THE COCKTAIL PARTY EFFECT
by Scooter Pietsch
directed by Carolynn Richer

2016

THE ROOMMATE
by Jen Silverman
directed by Mike Donahue

THE MAN IN THE CEILING
book by Jules Feiffer
music and lyrics by Andrew Lippa
directed by Jeffrey Seller

Produced on the Bay Street Mainstage as part of the Summer Season 2017

FROM SHIP TO SHAPE
by Walker Vreeland
directed by Scott Schwartz

COMMUNITY
by Stephen Kaplan
directed by Rob Urbinati

2015

A DELICATE SHIP
by Anna Zeigler
directed by Jeremy Webb

Has had multiple regional productions since debuting at the New Works Festival

THE GREEN HEART: A MUSICAL COMEDY
based on the short story by Jack Richie
book by Charles Busch
music and lyrics by Rusty McGee
directed by Carl Andress

PLANE PLAY
by Julia Brownell
directed by Michelle Tattenbaum

2014

THE ORCHARD PLAY
by P. Seth Bauer
directed by Will Pomerantz

THE MAY QUEEN
by Molly Smith Metzler
directed by Vivienne Benesch

Has had multiple regional productions since debuting at the New Works Festival

FIGHT CALL
by Jessica Brickman
directed by Daniel Goldstein

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