Pittsburgh New Works Festival is an annual festival where participating Pittsburgh -area theatre companies each produce an original one-act play.[ 1] Established in 1990 by Donna Rae, the Festival features four weeks of productions of new plays as well as two weeks of LabWorks (formerly staged readings).[ 2] The Festival has taken place in numerous locations, originally having performances at City Theatre 's Lester Hamburg Studio, Open Stage, the Father Ryan Arts Center in McKees Rocks , and currently Carnegie Stage in Carnegie .[ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 2] [ 7]
Each one-act is produced by a different Pittsburgh theatre company; participating theatre companies have included Phase 3 Productions , Prime Stage Theatre , 12 Peers Theater , Cup-A-Jo Productions , Unseam'd Shakespeare Company , The Summer Company , Pittsburgh Playhouse , Stage Right , Red Masquers , and Kuntu Repertory Theatre .[ 5] [ 8] Each year the Donna Awards (named after Donna Rae) are given out to actors, directors, and playwrights whose work has been judged the best of the festival.[ 9] The Festival has provided encouragement and valuable experience to many writers, including F.J. Hartland and Scott Sickles.[ 6]
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^ a b "The New Works Festival has become a must-see event" . Post-gazette.com. September 10, 1999. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
^ a b Carter, Alice T. (September 5, 2010). "New Works festival continues development mission – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review" . Pittsburghlive.com. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .
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^ Carter, Alice T. (October 13, 2009). " 'Blasphemy of Bees' takes 5 Donna Awards at Pittsburgh New Works Festival – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review" . Pittsburghlive.com. Retrieved November 12, 2011 .