New Works Festival

Featuring Catholic Playwrights

September 2025
Twin Cities, MN - Location TBD

Missed the Boat Theatre’s inaugural New Works Festival will take place with staged readings in September 2025 at a Twin Cities, MN, venue to be determined. 

This festival is an opportunity designed to support and encourage the development of new plays and musicals from a Catholic Christian worldview. 2-4 scripts will be selected to receive a rehearsal workshop with a director and performers culminating in a public staged reading followed by a moderator-led talkback.

Notification of selection will be made by June 1, 2025.

Festival Timeline

  • April

    Submission period for play scripts April 1-30

  • May

    Review phase by panel of judges May 1-31

  • June 1st

    Winners notified & Festival date announced (on or before June 1st)

  • June

    Pairing of directors and playwrights & scheduling conversations

  • July 3rd

    Deadline for Playwright to confirm attendance at Workshop & Festival

  • Late July/Early August

    Actor auditions for staged readings

  • September

    New Works Festival. Exact festival dates will be finalized based on conflicts provided at the time of script submission, to support selected playwrights’ in-person attendance as much as possible.

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