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New Works Now

featuring the winner of the 2025 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Playwriting

APRIL 24 & 26, 2026

Established in 2014, the New Works Now Festival embodies Northern Stage’s commitment to developing new work for the American theater. Since then, the New Works Now mission has grown to include providing additional workshop opportunities, producing New Works Now-nurtured plays as part of the main stage season when possible, and making a concerted effort to shepherd these plays into a bright future on the American stage.

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  • New Works Now Reading at Dartmouth College Free

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  • New Works Now Reading at Northern Stage $15*

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THE AGE OF MARY: Running time is approximately 95 minutes. There is no intermission.
The readings are recommended for teens and up.
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April 24 & 26, 2026

Winner of the 2025 Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Playwriting

The Age of Mary

by Avery Deutsch
directed by Anne Kauffman

Mary, a beloved actress in her seventies, is playing a teenager in a big-budget motion-capture film. But, she hasn’t been a teenager in a while. Russell, her scene partner, is playing a monster. But, he already spends all day feeling like a monster. Sarah, the PA, is trying her best, but her walkie-talkie is broken. And then there’s David, the director. Gosh, he’s handsome. A play about the parts of ourselves we banish, and the joy and pain of bringing them into the light.

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Friday's reading will take place at Filene Auditorium in Moore Hall, Dartmouth College.

About The Neukom Literary Arts Award for Playwriting
The Neukom Institute Literary Arts Award for Playwriting is an annual collaboration between the Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth, Dartmouth’s Department of Theater, and Northern Stage. The competition considers full-length plays and other full-length works for the theater that address the question: What does it mean to be human in a computerized world?

Meet the NWN Cast

Caitlin O'Connell

MARY

Ethan Dubin

Russell

Frederick Weller

David

Lauren Mills

Sarah

Meet the NWN Creatives

Avery Deutsch

Playwright

Anne Kauffman

Director

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New Works Now is made possible by The Neukom Institute for Computational Science at Dartmouth College.