New Works Festival at IUP
Indiana University of Pennsylvania’s Theatre-by-the-Grove will close the 2021-22 season with the New Works Festival. The festival consists of five live performances of new one-act plays. The plays are “The Ox and the Door” by 2006 alumnus Chris Steele; “Death Wish” by 2013 alumnus Stephen Harvey; “Burying Mr. Mittens” by 2005 alumnus Phil Keeling; and “A Reimagining of Romulus and Remus” by current IUP theatre major Jacob Weverink. Directed by Michael Schwartz, the production will run April 6-9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Waller Hall main space, with a final matinee performance Sunday, April 10 at 2:00 p.m.
Audiences will experience stories of brothers struggling toward an understanding of themselves and their ailing father; farcical complications involving a possibly premature burial; a fraught, funny, and ultimately touching cat funeral; and a fanciful reworking of the mythical and legendary beginnings of Rome, all told with the economy and brisk leaps of imagination that the one-act form provides. Actors will be unmasked, with audience masking optional in compliance with current Covid-19 measures.
Theater-by-the-Grove’s productions will be performed and presented both in person and virtually. Tickets for this event are available for purchase online through the Lively Arts website (https://www.iup.edu/livelyarts/). Access to purchase tickets (or online streaming codes) is available 24 hours a day, seven days a week by visiting the events page of the website and clicking on the link of your chosen performance. For patrons who have questions or need assistance, you may call the Ticket Hotline at 724-357-2787, M–F, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. for assistance. Any seats remaining will be sold at the door starting one hour prior to the performance.
For more information on this and other events as well as group tickets within the Lively Arts, call 724-357-2787 (ARTS) or email lively-arts@iup.edu. Theater-by-the-Grove is produced by the Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance and the College of Arts and Humanities. It is funded, in part, by the IUP Student Cooperative Association. The Lively Arts, a program of the College of Arts and Humanities, presents nearly 200 performances, programs, and exhibits annually.