Theatre Performances

Happening Next

Upcoming

Happening Next

Happening Next Theatre

Playbytes by Playwrights: No Idea Is a Bad Idea

Fall 2024 | October 18, 19, 20 & 25, 26, 27

At Lowell Arts

Every idea is on the table – brainstorm sessions, successes, and follies. Lowell Arts’ biennial Playbytes by Playwrights is a 10-minute play competition featuring original works that have been juried and selected to be performed. Plays that have been submitted and selected are the playwright's interpretation of this year's theme: No Idea Is a Bad Idea.

Event Details

Upcoming

Upcoming Theatre

Twelve Angry Jurors

by Reginald Rose, adapted by Sherman L. Sergel

Winter 2025 | January 31, February 1, 2 & 7, 8, 9

At Lowell Arts

Auditions: December 2024

A 19-year-old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. "He doesn't stand a chance," mutters the guard as the 12 jurors are taken into the bleak jury room. It looks like an open-and-shut case—until one of the jurors begins opening the others' eyes to the facts. With each juror revealing his or her own character as the various testimonies are re-examined, the murder is re-enacted, and a new murder threat is born before their eyes! Tempers get short, arguments grow heated, and the jurors become 12 angry people.

Kid Heracles and The Ultimate Pantheon Challenge

by Brent Alles

Youth Production Spring 2025 | April TBA

At the Lowell Performing Arts Center (Lowell High School)

Auditions: February 2025

They’re the ultimate superstars of Olympus: Zeus, Hera, Poseidon, Hades, Hestia, and Demeter. Otherwise known as: The Pantheon! And now, they’re looking for someone to join them… except this time they’re going to find their new member through the newest “reality” TV challenge show: “The Ultimate Pantheon Challenge!” Greek mythology meets “America's Got Talent” in this fun youth play that looks at what is sometimes needed to become the best person you can be.

2025–2026 Theatre Season Production Proposals

Deadline for Proposals: Monday, September 2, 2024

Requirements:

Plays must be feasible in a black-box style theatre in a non-traditional space.
Youth plays must be feasible for a large proscenium auditorium.
One form per production, multiple forms per person will be accepted.
Original works are welcome, but please do not post our proposal form to a play writing website or forum.
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