FESTIVAL OF NEW VOICES 2025

​Season 87 - October 15-19, 2025​

FESTIVAL OF NEW VOICES 2025

“I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.” - Oscar Wilde

An inaugural festival of new writing to celebrate new voices and diverse perspectives, showcasing writing talent in the Tacoma area and beyond.
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PLAYS
Savage Saints by Raul Garza
The Good Kind by Gina Grosso
Herb Cleary Meant No Harm by Craig Houk
The Docent by Donna Kaz
A Second Language by Kate Neuman
Agatha by Zoe Stanton-Savitz
...Of Champions by chandra thomas

​​FESTIVAL TEAM
​Marty Mackenzie - Festival Associate Director
Darryin B. Cunningham
Ty Halton
Michelle N. Matlock
Sage Stevens
Frank Thompson

HERB CLEARY MEANT NO HARM
By Craig Houk
Director - Luke Amundson
Cast - Kerry L. Bringman, Jenifer Gillis-Rifenbery, Joseph Grant, Nyah Hart, Asante Hayes, Cara Hazzard, Mason Hoch, Mari Layson Roy, Brie Vaughn
Assistant Director/Stage Directions Reader - Sophia Reeve
Stage Manager - Maisha Rice

​THE DOCENT
By Donna Kaz
Director - Joseph C. Walsh
Cast - Irene Ellis, Laurice Roberts, Melvin Rouse, Jr., Travis Tingvall, Darryin B. Cunningham
Assistant Director/Stage Directions Reader - Russell Dunmire
Stage Manager - Stephanie Huber

​THE GOOD KIND
By Gina Grosso
Director - Faith Bennett Russell
Cast - Whitney Crawford, Madelaine Katz, John Pedro, Diana Trotter, Jonathan Williams​
Assistant Director/Stage Directions Reader - Malika Lee
Stage Manager - Stephanie Huber

​SAVAGE SAINTS
By Raul Garza
Director - Jeanette Sanchez
Cast - Dante Brookings, Melissa Knott, Xander Peña Layden, Dennis Rolly
Assistant Director/Stage Directions Reader - Bailey Stanton Christie
Stage Manager - Maisha Rice

​...OF CHAMPIONS
By chandra thomas
Director - Michelle N. Matlock
Cast - Don Anderson II, Maddy Banouvong, Krissy Dustan, La Chelle Heard, ShaVanety Jones, 6 Deep The Messenger
Stage Directions Reader - Ty Halton
Stage Manager - Maisha Rice

​AGATHA
By Zoe Stanton-Savitz
Director - Frank Thompson
Cast - Luke Amundson, Russ Coffey, Sharry O’Hare, Mark Peterson, Andrea Weston-Smart​
Assistant Director/Stage Directions Reader - Allie Smith
Stage Manager - Stephanie Huber
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A SECOND LANGUAGE
By Kate Neuman
Director - Frank Thompson
Cast - Sharry O’Hare, Andrea Weston-Smart
​Assistant Director/Stage Directions Reader - Allie Smith
Stage Manager - Stephanie Huber

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