SPEAK: A Collection of Five New Plays | A New Works Showcase

Five original plays. Five casts. One night celebrating new writing, local artists, and stories taking their first steps.

SPEAK: A Collection of Five Plays

SPEAK: A Collection of Five Plays is a new works showcase featuring excerpts from five original plays by a local playwright—brought to life by five different casts in an evening celebrating new writing, local artists, and the thrill of seeing a story take its first steps onstage.

🎭 FIVE STORIES. ONE STAGE.

Comedy. Drama. Memory. Connection. The unexpected.

Each piece introduces a completely new cast, new characters, and a new world—but all five stories inhabit the same theatrical space.

A unified set transforms throughout the evening. Hanging fabric catches the light and becomes something new. A metal bed moves between worlds. Familiar objects disappear and return in unexpected places. Music, movement, lighting, and performance reshape the room before your eyes.

Nothing is entirely literal.

Everything is suggested.

And there is no traditional curtain speech.

The evening simply begins.

✨ THE PLAYS

THE ONE ABOUT THE LETTER

A comedy where one letter—and what happens because of it—sets the evening in motion.

VIOLET

A piece shaped by live music, movement, memory, and an ever-changing theatrical landscape.

HIDE AND PEACE

An intimate story unfolding within the quiet familiarity of a bedroom, where what is left unsaid can matter just as much as what is spoken.

STAY RIGHT HERE

A deceptively simple picnic. Familiar objects. Silence—and the people who choose whether to fill it.

MISS ERICA'S ACTING CLASS

The evening's final new world, where the act of performing becomes part of the story itself.

🌴 NEW STORIES. LOCAL VOICES.

SPEAK marks the beginning of a new works initiative dedicated to giving original writing and local artists a place to meet an audience.

Rather than presenting five established titles, this evening offers something rarer:

The opportunity to encounter five stories while they are still becoming.

Each play features its own cast, creating opportunities for a wide range of local performers to take the stage while introducing audiences to original work created here in our community.

Come discover a character you didn't know yesterday.

A story you've never heard before.

A line no audience has laughed at, gasped at, or sat silently with quite like this audience will.

Because new theatre needs more than writers and performers.

It needs people willing to be there at the beginning.

🎭 SPEAK: A Collection of Five Plays

A New Works Showcase

📅 Friday, September 18, 2026

🕖 7:00 PM

📍 Spirit Animal at Hotel Zoso | Palm Springs

Five plays.

Five casts.

One stage.

Come hear what Palm Springs has to say.

🎟 Reserve your seats and be part of the beginning.