About This Event
PEOPLE’S THEATRE PROJECT presents
New Horizons Play Reading Festival
Experience the debut of three powerful new works by Christin Eve Cato, Max Garcia, and Montserrat Mendez, each developed through People's Theatre Project's 2024 Playwrights Unit. Under the mentorship of award-winning playwright Marco Antonio Rodriguez, these brand new plays will come to life in a showcase that explores and celebrates the diverse immigrant experiences in New York City.
Festival Schedule:
CEDAR WOOD
By Christin Eve Cato
**This Performance is SOLD OUT** - Standby Tickets will be available on a first-come-first-served basis. You may arrive as early at 6:30pm to join the line. Unclaimed tickets will be released to our standby line five minutes before the performance begins.
December 3 | 7pm
Two teenagers in the Bronx are about to get their hustle on when they are interrupted by a strange occurrence in their dead neighbor’s apartment.
Directed by: Karl Michael Iglesias
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FLY
by Max Garcia
**This Performance is SOLD OUT** - Standby Tickets will be available on a first-come-first-served basis. You may arrive as early at 6:30pm to join the line. Unclaimed tickets will be released to our standby line five minutes before the performance begins.
December 4 | 7pm
A reformed scam artist and a social activist find love in the midst of political corruption, supernatural attacks, and a talking elevator.
Directed by: Nadia Guevera
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GUERNICA Y GUANTÁNAMO
by Montserrat Mendez
December 5 | 7pm
A war-torn marine’s PTSD, manifested as a dangerously intelligent, dark-humored specter, forces her and her children to confront buried secrets and the deep scars of generational trauma stemming from her service in Guantanamo Bay.
Directed by: Jean Carlo Yunén Aróstegui
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IMPORTANT: Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start time to guarantee seating. Unclaimed tickets will be released to our standby line five minutes before the performance begins.
Tickets are FREE, RSVP Requested
The productions of People’s Theatre Project are supported by the Four Friends Foundation, the Horace W. Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Shubert Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Vilcek Foundation, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.
About This Event
PEOPLE’S THEATRE PROJECT presents
New Horizons Play Reading Festival
Experience the debut of three powerful new works by Christin Eve Cato, Max Garcia, and Montserrat Mendez, each developed through People's Theatre Project's 2024 Playwrights Unit. Under the mentorship of award-winning playwright Marco Antonio Rodriguez, these brand new plays will come to life in a showcase that explores and celebrates the diverse immigrant experiences in New York City.
Festival Schedule:
CEDAR WOOD
By Christin Eve Cato
**This Performance is SOLD OUT** - Standby Tickets will be available on a first-come-first-served basis. You may arrive as early at 6:30pm to join the line. Unclaimed tickets will be released to our standby line five minutes before the performance begins.
December 3 | 7pm
Two teenagers in the Bronx are about to get their hustle on when they are interrupted by a strange occurrence in their dead neighbor’s apartment.
Directed by: Karl Michael Iglesias
--
FLY
by Max Garcia
**This Performance is SOLD OUT** - Standby Tickets will be available on a first-come-first-served basis. You may arrive as early at 6:30pm to join the line. Unclaimed tickets will be released to our standby line five minutes before the performance begins.
December 4 | 7pm
A reformed scam artist and a social activist find love in the midst of political corruption, supernatural attacks, and a talking elevator.
Directed by: Nadia Guevera
--
GUERNICA Y GUANTÁNAMO
by Montserrat Mendez
December 5 | 7pm
A war-torn marine’s PTSD, manifested as a dangerously intelligent, dark-humored specter, forces her and her children to confront buried secrets and the deep scars of generational trauma stemming from her service in Guantanamo Bay.
Directed by: Jean Carlo Yunén Aróstegui
--
IMPORTANT: Please arrive at least 10 minutes before the scheduled start time to guarantee seating. Unclaimed tickets will be released to our standby line five minutes before the performance begins.
Tickets are FREE, RSVP Requested
The productions of People’s Theatre Project are supported by the Four Friends Foundation, the Horace W. Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Lily Auchincloss Foundation, Shubert Foundation, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, The Vilcek Foundation, an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council.