Garden State New Play Festival (Full Pass)
May 1st-4th and 8th-11th, 2025
Jersey City Theatre Center, 165 Newark Ave. Jersey City, NJ 07302
A New Model for Engaging Playwrights, Audiences and Communities around the Power of Playmaking
Presented by Jersey City Theater Center (JCTC) and The New Jersey Play Lab (NJPL), in partnership with the Department of Theatre and Dance’s BA Theatre Studies Program at Montclair State University
Featuring the work of:
Yangzhou (Yao) Bian, Khadija Diop, Boris Franklin, Gabriel Diego Hernández, Vincent Langan, Rossella Lopez, Elijah Maldonado, Palesa Mazamisa, Tiffany McQueary, Cynthia Mellon, Francisco Mendoza, Dave Osmundsen, Syd Rushing, Marcus Scott, and Dylan Zwickel
This collective of writers was carefully selected from an extensive submission and outreach process to honor the mission of JCTC and to realize the goals of The GSNPF: Community, Festivity, Advocacy, Sustainability and Artistic Equity.
As artistic institutions in a rapidly changing world, it is incumbent upon us to constantly question whether our work is truly being created, developed and produced in service of our community, and assess whether or not our work is reaching audiences in a meaningful, impactful manner.
The GSNPF was conceived around a new strategy of blending community and artistic development in which community members are given access to create art, not just consume art, resulting in a communal understanding and celebration of the inherent opportunity for both for individual and collective growth inherent in the process of new play development.
For more information on these writers, visit:
https://njplaylab.org/the-garden-state-new-play-festival-bridging-art-and-community/
The Collective of Playwrights participating in the GSNPF include both emerging and early career playwrights, Jersey City Community Members working in the non-profit and advocacy sector, international artists, both from abroad and from our local immigrant communities, college students, and high school students. Each of their plays focuses on an aspect of social justice.
For additional accommodations, email: info@jctcenter.org or call: 201-795-5386
Global Arts Passport does not apply to this event.