New Works Festival Presents: Time Everlasting

New Works Festival 2026 Presents: Time Everlasting

Location: Second Playing Space

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Content warnings will be listed in the lobby and viewed at a patron's own discretion

The Piano Lesson 

Directed by Sarah Dolman

Assistant Directed by Braiden Janes

Written by Elyse Roszell

Two young women find themselves in the worst possible circumstance imaginable: a never-ending piano lesson. Worse still? They’re under-practised and, as such, dreading the arrival of their teacher, the absent but ever-present Him. As tensions rise and they begin to probe the boundaries of their world, it grows increasingly clear that whatever mysterious being shoved them together may well be closer than they ever could’ve imagined.

Starring: Heather Giles as Polly, Sarah Wilson as Claire, and Claire Salomans as Echo

Content Warnings: Mention of Death, Manipulation, strong language (including sexually explicit language)

Tapestry from an Asteroid

Directed by Allie Van Stone

Assistant Directed by Anna Leslie

Written by Liam Witte

During his last night on the air, local radio personality DJ Kosmo plays requests from his audience: a young couple getting ready to say goodbye, a teenage girl on her birthday with her mother, two astronomers on the brink of a discovery, and a pair of lonely souls on a first date. As Kosmo's midnight shift wears on, it becomes clear that he is trying to use his final broadcast to reach one person in particular. Just like the rest of his lonely late-night audience, he's reaching out towards someone, and it's now or never.

Starring: Reid Nichols as DJ Kosmo, Fatemeh Jelvah-G as Miranda, Ace Cortez as Derek, Amelia Williams as Pauline, Summer Leigh as Luna, Kael Barker as Rod, Jasper Walia as Estella, Auveen Amiri as Teddy, and Avaya Link as Larissa

Content Warnings: N/A 

I Inherited the Harvest

Directed by Nathaniel Tesfaye

Assistant Directed by Robertson Wickins

written by Josh Greyvenstein

In a small town, one ceremony provides unimaginable wealth to the residents. Yet, when the residents of the town become uncontent they start to reveal secrets and expose each other to the harshness of their setting.

Starring: Alina Vuorinen as Tabby, Sofia Echeverria as Casey, Andreas Schroeder as Daniel, Ram Singh Gill as Ken, Avery Nault as Annette, and Cameron Kennedy as Priest

 Content Warnings: Violence (including physical assault) and Death, Child abuse, Religious themes, Suicide and Self-harm (including a staged noose), Incest

At the Sun's Last Breath

Directed by Kalen Sabasch

Assistant Directed by Ethan LaChance

Written by Madeline Podlubny

The sun is burning out. It’s been plastered on billboards, across news headlines, and in Instagram captions for weeks. As the threat of the sun’s last breath looms closer overhead, families initiate lockdown, friends come together, lovers reunite, and gamers… game. It is a wonderfully catastrophic discovery of what beginnings may lie in the end. Sometimes, all it takes is an outburst, a phone call, a light flicker, and the earnestness of a person who knows that they don’t have much time left. Follow four memories, sunbleached and vulnerable, as people find connection with each other, and the strength to not only recognize, but accept their regrets. Who would you spend your last day on earth with?

Starring: Tony Lavorato as Darren (Dad), Sadie Walsh as Linda (Mom), Cameron Burke as Georgia, Pyper Rhodes as Emily, Madelin Voitel as Mariam, Jenna Molenaar as Juliet, Mariana Perri as Cora, Karam Warraich as Steve, and Kaden DaCruz as Avery

 Content Warnings: Death, Abrupt lighting changes

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 In Development Series

I'm not funny anymore

Directed by Maddy Whitlow

Written by Grace Young

Two sisters recuperate while one recovers from a suicide attempt. In reconnecting, their childhood experiences at Lake Veronica begin to resurface and their relationship is put to the test.

Starring: Morgan Guenther, Nessa Quible, Rojeen Amiri, Gul Khan

Content Warnings: Mention of suicide

Still Life...

Directed by Ella Jensen

Written by Alisha Breton

Still Life... takes place on New Year’s Eve where close friends, Sarah Greenwell, Laura
Davis, Jessie Atwood, Ava Greenwell and Parker Olson are coming together ringing in
the New Year. Background noise from the old television distantly can be heard playing a
broadcast of The Vanishing Point with Malcolm Gregory the host of the program during the
evening. As the night continues on Sarah becomes eerily familiar with all the events playing
around her. Denial, addiction and the need to paint over Sarah's reality becomes warped
the more as time continues. As tragedy after tragedy arises Sarah starts to wonder who is
really controlling the show.

Starring: Yana Orchyshko, Virginia Sandness, Tailor Schubert, Savannah Robertson, Dalianna Melgar

Content warnings: Alcoholism, Mention of suicide. 

painting of two girls at a bus stop

Directed by Brandon Wang

Written by Tori Kibblewhite

At a city street bus stop, two university girls, a painter and a musician, share a moment of waiting. As conversation unfolds, they discover they have far more in common than either expect. A short play about art, bad boyfriends, and unexpected connection.

Starring: Ella Schaloske and Lex Datiles

Content warnings: N/A

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New Works is also hosting a talkback with the playwrights after our matinee show on Saturday.

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