Fayetteville, AR – TheatreSquared has announced the lineup of new plays for the 15th annual Arkansas New Play Festival (ANPF). New plays featured in staged reading performances will include Saturday Mourning Cartoons by Iraisa Ann Reilly; Nancy by Rhiana Yazzie; I Am Delivered’t by Jonathan Norton; The Grove of Forgetting by Robert Ford; and Raices|Roots by LatinX Theatre Project. Special additional showings include the 2023 Arkansas Young Playwrights Showcase and the ANPF Apprentice Company performance of Rust by Basil Parnell.

Performances will be held in Bentonville at the Momentary (507 SE E St., Bentonville), in Springdale at the Medium (214 S. Main St., Springdale), and in Fayetteville at TheatreSquared (477 W. Spring St., Fayetteville). New Play Passes, granting access to all Northwest Arkansas performances, are on sale now for $50. Passes may be reserved by calling (479) 777-7477 or visiting arkansasnewplayfest.com.

Now in its 15th year, The Arkansas New Play Festival has since helped incubate the development of more than 75 new plays. The playwright-focused festival links authors with a director, dramaturg, and professional cast for an intensive laboratory process, culminating in staged reading performances. Through the Festival, TheatreSquared seeks to give voice to playwrights whose timely and relevant stories resonate with the moment we live in—in Arkansas, in mid-America, and as a nation.