Audiences can watch new works evolve at TheatreWorks

Audiences at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley s nd annual New Works Festival will be able to view the evolution of seven plays and musicals as playwrights and composers revise and refine their shows during the festival Set for July -Aug at Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto the festival includes readings of Old Cock by Pulitzer- and Tony-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan directed and performed by Jorge Andrade artistic director of Portugal s mala voadora theater company Andrade and mala voadora s Motion Capture will receive a one-night-only reading on July Following an Aug kickoff event featuring excerpts from plays by Susan Fairbrook Core Writers Group members the festival s readings also include Vienna a new musical from Come From Away creators Irene Sankoff and David Hein Alice Formerly of Wonderland Emmy-winner Mark Saltzman s a cappella musical about the real Alice The Bridge The Kilbanes and Patricia Cotter s new musical based on the true story behind the creation of the Brooklyn Bridge malcreados christopher oscar pe a s play about brothers reconnecting following their mother s passing and The Employee Dharma Handbook Geetha Reddy s workplace comedy Festival passes are single tickets are for Old Cock and for other readings and events and tickets to the kickoff event reception and presentation are at theatreworks org or - -