New Play Festival 2026 

Part of the Page to Stage Program
Featuring Readings of 2 New Scripts
New script submissions are accepted all year.
Submission details here: PAGE TO STAGE
Audience VOTES for the script to be produced in the Fall.

Performances are the last two weekends in February.

Readings are FREE with advance reservations.
Reservations are strongly recommended due to extremely limited seating.

Dragons Love Tacos

 by Ernie Nolan
A MAC Education Production: By Kids, For Kids
Directed by Lydia Jagodzinski – For Little Actors Ages 5-9

Performances April 25 – May 3, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Running Time: 25 minutes

Are you ready for a TACO party? This spring, students will bring the beloved story Dragons Love Tacos to life on stage! In this fun and interactive theater class, students will learn the basics of acting, teamwork, and stage performance through games, creative activities, and rehearsals. Together, we’ll build confidence, explore imagination, and put on a delightful show filled with dragons, tacos, and laughter. Join us for a fun-filled theater experience you won’t want to miss!

Rapunzel

April 25 – May 3, 2026 @2:00pm
Running Time: 90 minutes plus 15 minute intermission

Rene Shwartzbuckle is cuckoo for a turnip-like vegetable called rapunzel. When she spots a mouth-watering patch of the plant in Witch Izwitch’s garden, she sends her husband Walt out to ’borrow’ some. Witch Izwitch is certainly not amused! With her diabolical henchmen, the Glumpwarts, she terrorizes Walt into promising her his firstborn child in exchange for his freedom. We then jump ahead many years to Rapunzel (now you know where the name comes from!) Shwartzbuckle’s 18th birthday. The witch and the Glumpwarts show up as promised and whisk poor, innocent Rapunzel away to a tower in the forest. This show gives a new twist to an old story and a gentle message about the nature of beauty.

Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory Jr.

July 18 – 26, 2026 @2:00pm

Based on the classic book by Roald Dahl, Willy Wonka JR tells the story of the famous candy inventor, Willy Wonka, and the chaos that ensues when he decides to open his factory gates to five lucky kids and their parents for a tour. The story follows a young boy named Charlie Bucket and his journey from poverty to winning the ultimate prize, and it is much greater than a lifetime supply of chocolate. Willy Wonka JR touches on the troubles that are brought about when kids are left to be spoiled and bossy, and also shows how you can make beautiful things with a touch of “pure imagination.”

Junie B. Jones

 October 17 – 25, 2026 @2:00pm

Junie B. Jones, First-Grader, is super-excited about the upcoming Holiday Sing-Along and Secret Santa gift exchange at her school. Too bad tattletale May keeps ruining all of Junie B.’s fun. So when Junie B. draws May’s name for Secret Santa, she comes up with the perfect plan to teach her nemesis a lesson! But will the Christmas spirit of peace and goodwill interfere before she can give you-know-who what she deserves? A hilarious and endearing tale based on the best-selling book series by Barbara Park.