Br!nk
At the Br!NK New Play Festival we celebrate & develop the work of Midwestern women playwrights.
Join us for the 10th Annual Br!NK New Play Festival
May 18 & 19, 2024
New Venue! The Baumgartner Center for Dance
Featuring:
BLACK BEAR ISLAND by Karissa Murrell Myers and TRAGEDY SOUND by Karen Saari
And the return of Br!NK Br!efs!
Next Submission window for Br!NK 2025: May 1st - June 30th
BLACK BEAR ISLAND
by Karissa Murrel Myers
May 18th @ 7:00pm
After the mysterious death of her childhood sweetheart, Amitra returns home to Black Bear Island determined to find out what happened to him. This tense thriller explores the nature of regret and the unreliability of memory.
TRAGEDY SOUND
By Karen Saari
May 19th @ 7:00pm
Tragedy Sound is a remote town in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, named for the body of water connecting to Lake Superior. On a dare, three young women take a canoe out into the dangerous waters of Lake Superior.
Br!NK Br!EFS are Back!
After a three year hiatus, the Br!NK Br!EFS are back!
This year's Br!NK Br!EFS are the short plays that were supposed to be a part of the cancelled 2020 Br!NK New Play Festival.
Performances
May 18th @ 2:00pm
May 19th @ 2:00pm
This year's Br!NK BR!EFS
THE AIR B&B OF BROKEN RELATIONSHIPS by Maria Burnham
ROBERTA'S SKIN by Deanna Strasse
SISTER OF EXPERIENCE by Colleen O'Doherty
DRY HUMOR by Maeve Elliot
BOUQUET TOSS by Maria Pretzl
What is Br!NK?
Each year, Renaissance Theaterworks puts a call out to Midwestern women playwrights to submit their work.
- Two playwrights are selected to receive the Br!NK Playwright Residency — the opportunity to develop and advance their scripts during a week-long workshop with a director, cast and dramaturg.
- This dedicated team partners with the Br!NK Resident Playwrights, researching and pondering the script from every angle.
- Following the workshop week, the plays are presented as staged-readings for the public at the week-long Br!NK New Play Festival in May!
The Br!NK New Play Festival is unlike a traditional theatrical evening. These staged-readings are focused on the playwright’s work and audience members are encouraged to provide feedback during guided talk-back sessions. Playwrights have the opportunity to meet the actors and directors and mingle with a community passionate about creating and enjoying theatrical works.
Br!NK New Play Festival weekend includes performances of Br!NK Br!efs — a collection of fully-staged ten-minute plays.
Br!NK 2024 is Supported by
