Twelfth Annual
Big Muddy New Play Festival
Produced by SIU Associate Professor Jacob Juntunen
Seven New Plays by SIU Playwriting Students
Premiering April 18 - 21, 2024
All staged readings are free of charge
Guest Artist: Dr. Jaime Leigh Gray!
Jaime will lead a lunch chat open to the public on Friday, 4/19 at 11am in the Communication Building Room 2005 about dramaturgy and new play development
Free lunch provided by the New Play Lab RSO!
Jaime will lead a lunch chat open to the public on Friday, 4/19 at 11am in the Communication Building Room 2005 about dramaturgy and new play development
Free lunch provided by the New Play Lab RSO!
This year’s annual new play festival includes seven full-length plays by SIU playwriting students and involves dozens of artists.
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PRODUCTIONS: Tickets $10 available through the SIU box office
Philoten: And Her Pattern of Painful Adventures
By e.k. doolin (3rd Year MFA Playwriting Student)
Directed by Angela Schultz
4/18 - 4/21 , Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray after the Saturday, 4/20 Performance
Sixteen-year-old Philoten knows exactly who she is not: she is not a leader, she is not a lover, she is not a healer, but she is afraid of who she might be: a destroyer, a traitor, a murderer. After everything she thought she understood burns to the ground, she seeks refuge in her mother's holy shrine and discovers it holds secrets even she could not imagine.
The Black Paradox
By Cameron Noel (3rd Year MFA Playwriting Student)
Directed by Darryl Clark
4/18 - 4/21, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray after the Friday, 4/19 Performance
Late for a field trip, Shemar, a high school student is trapped in forbidden museum hall known as, The Black Paradox where Black experiences collides.
STAGED READINGS: All in the Moe Theater free of charge
A [Conventional] Found Family
by Alicia Utecht (PhD Candidate, Communication Studies)
4/19, Friday, 3:30pm, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray
When your favorite author in the world meets the biggest fan convention in the world, it’s guaranteed to be the best weekend of your life!
Before They Fall
By Mikayla Delos-Santos (1st Year MFA Playwriting Student)
Directed by Tricia Matthews, Barter Theatre (Abingdon, VA)
4/20 - Saturday, 10am, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray
Four fragile relationships… and a park bench
Dinner at Asphodel
by M Kamara (1st Year MFA Playwriting Student)
4/20 - Saturday, 1pm, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray
Unable to process the grief of her mother's death, Mo Lewis travels to the Underworld to find her mom and bring her back.
The Plastic Knife
By Aleksei J. Ellis (2nd Year MFA Playwriting Student)
4/20 - Saturday, 4pm, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray
Super slammer slumber party cut short by plastic! The murders within the dollhouse walls, but which doll is to blame?
The Banana Slip
by AJ Rice (Undergraduate Playwriting Student)
4/21, Sunday, 10am, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray
With crime on the loose and a campaign to win, local government employees take matters into their own hands to win, no matter the cost...
PRODUCTIONS: Tickets $10 available through the SIU box office
Philoten: And Her Pattern of Painful Adventures
By e.k. doolin (3rd Year MFA Playwriting Student)
Directed by Angela Schultz
4/18 - 4/21 , Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray after the Saturday, 4/20 Performance
Sixteen-year-old Philoten knows exactly who she is not: she is not a leader, she is not a lover, she is not a healer, but she is afraid of who she might be: a destroyer, a traitor, a murderer. After everything she thought she understood burns to the ground, she seeks refuge in her mother's holy shrine and discovers it holds secrets even she could not imagine.
The Black Paradox
By Cameron Noel (3rd Year MFA Playwriting Student)
Directed by Darryl Clark
4/18 - 4/21, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray after the Friday, 4/19 Performance
Late for a field trip, Shemar, a high school student is trapped in forbidden museum hall known as, The Black Paradox where Black experiences collides.
STAGED READINGS: All in the Moe Theater free of charge
A [Conventional] Found Family
by Alicia Utecht (PhD Candidate, Communication Studies)
4/19, Friday, 3:30pm, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray
When your favorite author in the world meets the biggest fan convention in the world, it’s guaranteed to be the best weekend of your life!
Before They Fall
By Mikayla Delos-Santos (1st Year MFA Playwriting Student)
Directed by Tricia Matthews, Barter Theatre (Abingdon, VA)
4/20 - Saturday, 10am, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray
Four fragile relationships… and a park bench
Dinner at Asphodel
by M Kamara (1st Year MFA Playwriting Student)
4/20 - Saturday, 1pm, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray
Unable to process the grief of her mother's death, Mo Lewis travels to the Underworld to find her mom and bring her back.
The Plastic Knife
By Aleksei J. Ellis (2nd Year MFA Playwriting Student)
4/20 - Saturday, 4pm, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray
Super slammer slumber party cut short by plastic! The murders within the dollhouse walls, but which doll is to blame?
The Banana Slip
by AJ Rice (Undergraduate Playwriting Student)
4/21, Sunday, 10am, Talkback with Dr. Jaime Gray
With crime on the loose and a campaign to win, local government employees take matters into their own hands to win, no matter the cost...