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.

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
No Events
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