2026 Colorado New Play Festival
2026 Colorado New Play Festival
Readings June 13th - 14th
Library Hall, Bud Werner Memorial Library
Adirondack Chair Circle
by Stephanie Alison Walker
Banna is a perfection-seeking, suburban mom who finds meaning in leading a group of like-minded moms fighting the school district’s indoctrination of children. But behind the impressive facade, her marriage is in trouble, her relationship with her teenager is strained, and she is being tormented by an ever-present crow defiling her backyard. As their group gains traction and some sinister allies, she is faced with a choice: to open up and evolve or to double down and risk isolation. Adirondack Chair Circle examines the absurdity and hypocrisy in group dynamics, the inherent human need to belong, and asks, could Pickleball possibly save the country?
2026 CNPF Reading
June 13th - 4:00pm MT
Library Hall, Bud Werner Memorial Library
presented by
The Visitors
by Bryna Turner
When Joanna’s siblings arrive at her apartment unexpectedly, they each come with a different score to settle. This dark comedy explores the roles we play for our families and how we reckon with who gets what.
2026 CNPF Reading
June 13th - 7:30pm MT
Library Hall, Bud Werner Memorial Library
presented by
Natural History
by Collin Van Son
presented by
The year is 2169. As wildfires rage across the West, environmental activists and partners-in-crime Jane and Clyde embark on a daring caper to steal a taxidermied bison from the American Museum of Natural History. Only problem? It’s already gone. This darkly comedic reckoning with American mythology explores the tensions between history and nostalgia, personal and public responsibility, and art and activism. Natural History is a eulogy from the future about loss, legacy, and what is worth saving when the past disappears and the record is up for grabs.
2026 CNPF Reading
June 14th - 4:00pm MT
Library Hall, Bud Werner Memorial Library
Days End
by Brett C. Leonard
Unfolding in New York City over more than two decades, DAYS END examines a fractured family as they move through years of anger, addictions, disappointments, laughter, and undeniable love. As the play opens, we meet estranged spouses, Bobby and Jessie Padilla, having just made love on the morning after the funeral of one of their sons. Told in reverse chronology - culminating on the night when Bobby and Jessie first met - this bold new play reveals a family broken by both circumstances and choices, but always bound by enduring, complicated love, each searching for redemption and each other, simultaneously concluding with heartbreak and triumphant hope.
2026 CNPF Reading
June 14th - 7:30pm MT
Library Hall, Bud Werner Memorial Library
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