Take part in a new script’s first brave steps from the page to the stage!
RAW STAGES: New Works Festival is an opportunity to get an inside look at the script development process and provide feedback for the playwrights. The Festival will feature six staged readings of scripts-in-process, directed and performed by professional artists. Following each reading, audiences will be invited to join a live talkback with the artistic team and cast. Come and be a part of the magic!
Since 1978, History Theatre has produced over 140 world premieres. We are building a new canon of stories with and for our community that shape, reflect, and affect our shared experience. Note: The readings will be performed in the Auditorium at History Theatre, 30 E. 10th Street, St. Paul. All readings are general admission.
Tickets: $15 for individual readings; $45 for All-Access Pass* to readings (limited availability).
*Season ticket holders receive 50% off All-Access Pass.
2026 Staged Readings
Standing Tall
by R.A. Shiomi
Marielitos
book and lyrics by Peter Gil Sheridan and Christina Luzárraga
music by Julián Mesri
Survival Fit
by Katie Ka Vang
Evidence of V
book by Laurie Flanigan Hegge
music and lyrics by Jonatha Brooke
* Actor Equity Association (AEA) member