Fri Aug 2, 5:00 PM - Sun Aug 4, 10:00 PM
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Victory Gardens’ IGNITION Festival of New Plays is a national annual festival devoted to the development of new plays and bold voices. We are proud to celebrate our 11th year of the IGNITION New Play Festival where once again, we turn to artists who can change our world

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Victory Gardens’ IGNITION Festival of New Plays is a national annual festival devoted to the development of new plays and bold voices.
We are proud to celebrate our 11th year of the IGNITION New Play Festival where once again, we turn to artists who can change our world one play at a time. Come experience a weekend of diverse new works by six of the most exciting writers in the American Theatre and see #NewWERK come to life!
The festival is FREE and open to the public - just click the "Register" button and fill out the information about what reading(s) you plan to attend. 
Check out the lineup below - we can't wait to see you in August!
The 2019 Lineup Includes:
Friday, August 2 at 7:30pm
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By Keelay Gipson
Directed by Mikael Burke
This Is the Story of Football and Football is the Story of America. A Sports Fantasia on the Commodification of the Black Body in America - Using the NFL Draft as a jumping off point, the show follows three black men as they attempt to free themselves from the history of a nation pitted against itself.

Saturday, August 3 at 11:00am
They Could Give No Name
By Exal Iraheta
Directed by Chay Yew
Somewhere in the southern end of Arizona, medical examiner Nellie Ramirez descends into near-madness when her fiancé, a border patrol agent, accidentally kills a young immigrant girl. In order to save her future family, Nellie must make a decision that threatens to tear her life apart. Little does she know that soon the desert will come to collect what is due to it. This macabre, magical play takes an unsettling look at the complexities of identity, cruelty of immigration, and the power behind a name.

Saturday, August 3 at 2:00pm
Reckoning: Furies from a New Queer Nation
By Geraldine Inoa
Directed by Monty Cole
2015: a year when the Supreme Court's landmark ruling on marriage equality coincided with a record number of trans women being murdered. Reckoning: Furies from a New Queer Nation examines the most pressing issues affecting Queer America today: gay white male privilege and the systemic oppression of trans women. Because when a Supreme Court ruling like marriage equality passes, we must ask: what did we accomplish and who did we leave behind?

Saturday, August 3 at 7:30pm
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