Submissions close
2025-12-31 23:59 (America/New_York)
Last chance to make a submission for the 2026 season!

2026 Season Pass
2026-07-16 00:00 - 2026-07-25 23:59 | Bell Tower Arts Pavilion, 3270 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45241, United States
See It All. Support What Matters.

The Season Pass is the best way to experience everything the 2026 New Works Festival has to offer, and to stand with the playwrights, directors, and actors who make it happen.

For just $50, your pass covers all six productions: three fully staged shows and three readings, July 16–25. That’s six original works, six chances to witness something being born.

What’s Included

Your Season Pass gives you one ticket to each production in the 2026 New Works Festival:

Little Boxes — Emily Turner

Enemy of the Good — Fred Rothzeid

Waiting for Fair — F.J. Hartland

Sing for Me — Cris Eli Blak

My Dinner With Carly — Aaron Epstein

S.A.G. — Lisa Marie White

All shows take place at Bell Tower Arts Pavilion, 3270 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati.

Why a Season Pass?

Individual tickets run $20 for staged productions and $7 for readings, a full festival experience would cost $69. Your Season Pass gets you all six for $50, saving you nearly $20.

But more than the savings, a Season Pass says something. It says you believe new voices deserve a stage. It says you’re not just an audience member, you’re part of what makes this possible. Cincinnati LAB Theatre has been developing original works and nurturing local artists since 2014, and it’s the support of people like you that keeps that tradition alive.

Little Boxes
2026-07-16 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-07-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Bell Tower Arts Pavilion, 3270 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45241, United States
Four interconnected vignettes exploring the boxes we find ourselves in, the ones we struggle to escape, the life-altering surprises some hold, and the enduring beauty of family, in all its forms.

Enemy Of The Good
2026-07-17 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-07-23 19:30 - 21:00 | Bell Tower Arts Pavilion, 3270 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45241, United States
A woman scientist is found guilty of committing unusually heinous crimes while testing a revolutionary kind of computer. To handle her appeal she hires a former attorney who hasn’t practiced in decades. Did she commit the crimes? Why did she hire that particular attorney? And does this new kind of computer hold the promise of a better future or a greater danger for mankind?

Waiting For Fair
2026-07-18 19:30 - 21:00, 2026-07-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Bell Tower Arts Pavilion, 3270 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45241, United States
When Marisol reluctantly goes on a blind date with Troy and judges the sex to be “fair,” it sends out shock waves that affect the other couples (Natasha/Bo and Chase/Eli) in their circle of friends. As Troy continues his pursuit of her, the play skewers stereotypes of relationships, gender, sex, and classic movies. Will love (or life) be fair to any of them?

Sing For Me
2026-07-19 13:00 - 14:30 | Bell Tower Arts Pavilion, 3270 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45241, United States
A Black singer-songwriter finally gets her big break, only to discover that her record label plans to replace her public image with an AI-generated white avatar. As she struggles to retain ownership of her voice, her art, and her identity, she must decide whether survival in a digital-first music industry is worth the cost of invisibility.

My Dinner With Carly
2026-07-19 16:00 - 17:30 | Bell Tower Arts Pavilion, 3270 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45241, United States
Dating is hard. But for Carly and Charlie it may just be the end of the dating era. Charlie meets Carly for dinner but discovers more about Carly (and himself) than he expected.

S.A.G.
2026-07-19 18:00 - 19:30 | Bell Tower Arts Pavilion, 3270 Glendale Milford Rd, Cincinnati, Ohio, 45241, United States
In the attic of a haunted historic property, a Civil War soldier, a Victorian ingenue, and a rule-bound Depression era convict are joined by a freshly deceased Hollywood actress who has questions about the afterlife. When she proposes unionizing their eternal “employment,” the ghosts are forced to confront what they want, what they’ve lost, and whether their unfinished business can be finished. S.A.G. is a fast-paced comedy with heart about work, worth, and letting go.

Submissions for 2027 open
2026-08-01 00:00 - 2026-12-31 23:59
We’ll start accepting submissions for the 2027 season on August 1!
