Play Festival 2025

Local Authors

May 31 & June 1, 2025

PRESCOTT FARM, LACONIA
Free Event

New plays written in our popular winter playwriting workshop will receive their world premieres around the beautiful Prescott Farm campus. Come celebrate the debuts of these short plays written, produced, directed and performed by members of the Powerhouse community!

Dragonriders
Playwright William Fray
Director Jim Rogato

Don't Say Daddio
Playwright Doreen Sheppard,
Director Courtney Palmer

Hands Off
Playwright Tyler Romprey
Director Hayley De Sousa

I'm Sorry
Playwright Paul Smith
Director Gary Locke

Banshee Cow Patty Mer-Dervishes, Unite!
Playwright Alyssa Walker
Director Katie Duncan

A Marital CATastrophe
Playwright Mary White
Director Julie Hirshan Hart

Feelings Change
Playwright A. M. Compagna
Director David Nelson

Dungeons and Disappointment
Playwright Tess Hodges
Director Meg King

The Question
Playwright Joel Iwaskiewicz
Director Amanda Wagner

Knights for Hire
Playwright Heather Vitale
Director Dana Gardner

Chaos is Served
Playwright Julie Hirshan Hart
Director Heather Vitale

Novel Romance
Playwright Jaydie Halperin
Director Cecily Schultz

Take a Hike
Playwright Kelly Bennett
Director Brendan Berube

North, North Quest
Playwright Sharleigh Thomson
Director Jennifer Cote

Welcome to Denial!
Playwright Amanda Wagner
Director Carey Hough

Fun Fact

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These short original plays are designed to be performed at Prescott Farm.

In 2024, we had plays about robots, a hit woman, intentionally failing tests, chemistry explosions, and more! What will the plays be about this year?

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