A free three-day play reading event featuring 10 new plays by emerging and award-winning playwrights writing for the American theatre today, including new works by San Diegans.
January 11, 2025
ALIEN GIRLS - 4:00 pm
By Amy Berryman
Directed by Jaki Bradley
Tiffany is pregnant. Her best friend, Carolyn, is trying to be happy for her. When Carolyn's true feelings become public in the form of an essay that goes viral, the fallout may be irreparable. Time traveling through decades of friendship between two writers on the brink of huge life changes, Alien Girls is a meta-theatrical dark comedy about the joys and challenges of creating art and creating life.
Major funding for the Powers New Voices Festival is provided by the Powers New Works Fund. The Old Globe’s Community Voices Program is supported by the Ann Davies Fund for Teaching Artists. Financial support of The Old Globe is provided by The City of San Diego. The Theodor and Audrey Geisel Fund provides leadership support for The Old Globe’s year-round activities.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao - 7:30 pm
By Marco Antonio Rodriguez
Adapted from the novel by Junot Díaz
Directed by Eddie Torres
Oscar knows that a nerdy Dominican college freshman isn’t anyone’s idea of a romantic hero. But with the encouragement of his new college roommate, Yunior, Oscar is going to give love another chance... and then another... and then another. There’s just one problem: his family is cursed. A vivid new stage adaptation based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Junot Díaz. (This is an English translation of the play currently running in Spanish at Repertorio Español in New York.)
Tickets to all festival readings are free and require reservations. Globe subscribers and donors can reserve seats beginning Friday, Dec. 13, 2024 at noon. Subject to availability, reservations for the general public will be available beginning Friday, Jan. 3, 2025 at noon. Tickets can be reserved by calling the Ticket Services Department at (619) 234-5623. A line for standby seating will form 30 minutes before each performance of the Powers New Voices Festival. Based on ticket-holder attendance, those standing in the standby line may be seated. Seating is based on seat availability and is not guaranteed. Latecomers with tickets are also not guaranteed admittance.
Date: January 10 - 12, 2025
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