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The Mixtape New Works Festival Vol. 2
Our New Works Festival is back and expanding!
The Mixtape New Works Festival Vol. 2 is a developmental project featuring 4 new pieces of theatre that will be
work-shopped and performed as stage readings in May 2026. The festival is to support the development of new musically inspired storytelling from Chicago artists.
Submissions are now closed.
Stay Tuned for more Details.
PAST WORK
BIT BOP BANG: A 48 HOUR MUSICAL THEATRE EVENT
Producer: Skylar Grieco
Associate Producer: Ali Foley
Stage Manager: Naava Ofri-Akman
Photos: Alex Albrecht
Candie
Book by DC Cathro
Music and Lyrics by Jack Morsovillo
Directed by Maya Paletta
Featuring Travis Shanahan, Nathan Dale Short, Avery Lareau, Levi Denton-Hughes, and Ava Pirie
The Ones You Know
Devised and performed by Adam Qutaishat, Courtney Rikki Green, Carisa Gonzalez, and Nicholas Druzbanski
The Wake of Lucy Mae Watkins
Book and Lyrics by Elijah Cox
Music by Mo Braithwaite
Directed by Seth Roseman
Featuring Kaci Deakins, Sissy Anne Quaranta, Trent Lunsford, Stephanie Kilper, and Jacob Pettyjohn
Welcome to the Lost and Found
Book by Anthony Whitaker
Music and lyrics by Joey Harbert
Directed by Jamal Howard
Featuring Kelly Combs, Anne Marie McGinley, Peter Ruger, Matt Flors, and Anna Gallucci
You Will Miss the Bus
Book by Cayla Joy and Cora Large
Music and Lyrics by Jaclyn Yee and Stella Solveig
Directed by Katherin "Kat" Poon
Featuring Cora Large, Hope Valls, Micah Mabey, and Graham Cole
Time Transfixed
Book and additional lyrics by Jocelyn Housely
Music and Lyrics by Jack Foley
Directed by Allison Petrillo
Featuring Manuela Alvarez Marquez, Brian Pember, Olivia Wheeler, and Mitch Karnis
The Seagull
By Anton Chekhov
Director: Skylar Grieco
Cast: Ruby Gibson, Levi Denton-Hughes, Jennifer Mohr, Ian Rigg, Sarah Cushman, Jack Morsovillo, DC Cathro
Music Director: Jack Morsovillo
Stage Manager: Deanna Oglesby
Intimacy Director: Ali Foley
Costume Designer: Parrish Davis-Sauls
Props Designer: Logan Smart
Photos: Molly Menuck
The Mixtape New Play Festival Vol.1
Checkerboard Chicks by Allison Fradkin
Friendsgiving The Musical by Kolin Lawler
She Had it Coming by Keelyn McDermott
Cast: Amanda Payne, Sarah Cushman, Josiah Robinson,
Allison Schaufler, Jay Mullens, Stella Childs, Nate Hall
Director: Skylar Grieco
Music Director: Jack Foley