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Alley All New Festival

2024

New plays in development from some of the most exciting voices in contemporary theatre. All readings and workshops are free and open to the public.

Previous shows featured in the Alley All New Festival received world premiere productions at the Alley (Torera, Amerikin) and recently on Broadway (Pictures from Home). Join us the Alley All New Festival and say you saw the next world premiere “way back when…”!

Uhuru
By Gloria Majule
Directed by Eileen J. Morris

Join Mshale, a tour guide, as he leads a Tanzanian-only climb of Mount Kilimanjaro. He is joined by Sprite, a Tanzanian-American who sets out to decolonize ‘his mountain,’ and Henry and
Frannie, two missionaries who also call Tanzania home. This dramedy follows the unlikely foursome as they make the journey together to the roof of Africa.

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The Alley
By comfort ifeoma katchy
Directed by ShaWanna Renee Rivon

In an alley of row houses in Houston’s Third Ward in 1976, a once tight-knit family picks up the pieces. Inspired by stories of the playwright’s mother’s childhood, this funny and touching slice-of-life honors the hopes and dreams of a family and their community.

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Wolfie
By Sharr White
Directed by Rob Melrose

Melinda and Jasper are recent Manhattan transplants trying to live the life; a stunning rent-free apartment helps. But when their spirited dog, Wolfie, has a run-in with the one-percenters
downstairs — an influencer and her wealthy husband — the
couples find themselves in a high-stakes battle of money,
manners… and woman’s best friend.

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Zero Hour
By Tea Alagic
Directed by Lily Wolff

Told through a series of interviews, a woman explores her
relationship with her mother as defined by their shared
experience during the civil war in Bosnia and Herzegovina. This epic tale blurs the line between the political and the personal, shedding light on what it means to be an artist during a time
of war.

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