A celebration of new works for the american stage

JUNE 2023

Join us this summer for a series of trail-blazing new plays and help shape new works from the ground up. In addition to sitting in for the performances, you’re also invited to watch intimate conversations between the playwrights, directors, and cast and share your own thoughts with the author and creative team—and help shape new works from the ground up.

Performances will be held in the new TheatreSquared, The Momentary in Bentonville and at the Medium in Springdale.

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2023 Lineup

Saturday Mourning Cartoons
by Iraisa Ann Reilly

Sunday, June 18 at 1pm (at The Medium)
Sunday, June 25 at 2pm (at TheatreSquared)

Jessica and Benny, two millennial, Latine siblings, have a falling out over whether to put their abuela, Yolanda, in a nursing home. Ultimately, Benny wins the argument, and Yolanda is sent to “el home.” When they are no longer able to go inside during visiting hours, the family is forced to confront one another while visiting her at the window. Yolanda will never find herself alone, as she is constantly in the care and presence of a special visitor. Saturday Mourning Cartoons is a play about dealing with change when everything changes at once and mourning alone in a time of collective mourning.

I Am Delivered’t
by Jonathan Norton

Tuesday, June 20 at 6pm (at The Momentary)
Saturday, June 24 at 2:30pm (at TheatreSquared)

Good Friday. The New Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church's Seven Last Words service is in full swing. But outside—on the church parking lot—another resurrection story is taking shape. Sis, the Vice President of Usher Board Number One and her protégé Pickles, find themselves in a battle royale of romantic quagmires. This joyful new comedy introduces theater audiences to the world of Church Usher Board culture and celebrates same-gender-loving church folk and the power and joy of being your authentic self. These are the announcements. Let us govern ourselves accordingly.

The Grove of Forgetting
by Robert Ford

Saturday, June 24 at 8pm (at TheatreSquared)

Summer, 1938. Ilona, a famed concert pianist, refuses to be ruled by fear even as fellow Jewish artists and academics flee Hungary. Budapest is a haven from the growing Nazi fervor—isn’t it? Filled with intrigue, music, and wry humor, The Grove of Forgetting is a taut emotional thriller, as one woman caught in one of history’s darkest moments fights to find her way forward.

NANCY
by Rhiana Yazzie

Sunday, June 25 at 5pm (at TheatreSquared)

It’s 1985 in Washington, DC, and two women are trying to steer their futures—Nancy Reagan from the White House, orchestrating her husband “Ronnie’s” political career according to daily astrological trends, and Esmeralda, a Navajo mother advocating for her community. Their worlds converge over an unbelievable discovery—Nancy has a direct familial connection to Pocahontas. Strange history collides with 80s nostalgia in this epic story that cuts through the veneer of shoulder pads, neon, and Van Halen with irreverent heart and deep empathy.

RAICES | ROOTS
by THE LATINX THEATRE PROJECT

Friday, June 23 at 7pm (at TheatreSquared)

The newest devised work by Northwest Arkansas’s trailblazing LatinX Theatre Project (LXTP). LXTP is a socially engaged theatre group of professionals and young artists-in-training that is committed to continuing an inclusive conversation about community identity through its devised theatre performances. The content of LXTP’s work not only includes original dialogue, movement, music, poetry, and rap; but also brings a focus to the authentic representation of Latinx voices in the arts and community.