
2026 Modern Works Festival
Back for its seventh year at Urbanite Theatre, the 2026 Modern Works Festival is a two-week celebration of new play development and women in theatre.

Back for its seventh year at Urbanite Theatre, the 2026 Modern Works Festival is a two-week celebration of new play development and women in theatre.

A Play About That Relatable Feeling When Someone Else Invents the Telephone Three Hours Before You Do.

A sharp, laugh-out-loud comedy about unlikely partnership, THE GARBOLOGISTS explores what we hold onto, what we throw away, & the surprising ways we find common-ground.

When a college student protests the inclusion of a film by a disgraced #MeToo-era director in her syllabus, acclaimed producer and professor Emma is forced...

BLACK BASTARD, the award-winning solo show by Jon Gentry, transports us to 1990s Houston in a humorous, heartfelt coming-of-age story shaped by curiosity, imagination, and...

Who is Eartha Mae? Created by & starring Jade WheelerThe sharp-witted, glamorous, incomparable Eartha Kitt commands the spotlight. But backstage in her dressing room, in...

The Apiary By Kate DouglasIt’s twenty-two years into the future, and honeybees are nearly extinct except for those kept alive in labs. When a shocking...

Job by Max Wolf FriedlichIt’s January 2020. Jane has been placed on leave from her Big Tech job after a viral workplace incident. She’s hell-bent...

Monsters of the American Cinema by Christian St. CroixRemy Washington, a Black man and widower, has inherited both a drive-in movie theater and the responsibility...

Modern Works Finalist#3-Screen Time by Sarah ChoBen and Julia are overjoyed to be expecting their first child, but are they actually ready for the realities...

Modern Works Finalist #1-1999 by Stacey Isom CampbellWhen a college student protests the inclusion of a film by a disgraced #MeToo-era director in her syllabus,...

Modern Works Finalist #2-Ahoy-Hoy by Jenny StaffordA Play About That Relatable Feeling When Someone Else Invents the Telephone Three Hours Before You Do. It’s 1876 and...

Too Fat for ChinaWritten, drawn, and performed by Phoebe PottsA Comic Look at the Agony of AdoptionToo Fat for China is a one-hour comedic storytelling...

Nan is working the night shift at Dunkin, fielding frequent calls from her husband, who needs help finding…everything. Meanwhile, Jennifer is doing her best to...

MODERN WORKS FESTIVALBack for the fifth year and taking place at Urbanite Theatre, the Modern Works Festival is a five-day playwriting contest, reading festival, and...

Back for the fifth year and taking place at Urbanite Theatre, the Modern Works Festival is a five-day playwriting contest, reading festival, and celebration of...

THAT MUST BE THE ENTRANCE TO HEAVENA World PremierePlaywright by Franky D. GonzalezDirected by Kathleen CapdesuñerGlory. Survival. Legacy. Citizenship. Four Latino boxers all chase a...

BACKWARDS FORWARDS BACKA World PremierePlaywright Jacqueline GoldfingerDirected by Brendan Ragan When a soldier returns from war carrying the ghosts of his tour, he’s faced with a...

BIRDS OF NORTH AMERICAPlaywright Anna Ouyang MoenchDirected by Summer WallaceAs birders, John and his daughter Caitlyn adore spending tender autumn days attempting to catch glimpses...

THE BURDENSPlaywright by Matt SchatzDirected by Brendan RaganSiblings Mordy and Jane have a problem. Their dreadful, centenarian grandfather is an emotional and financial tax on...
Videos
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Lady Disdain Asolo Repertory Theatre (6/06-6/27) |
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Out of Bounds Florida Studio Theatre (8/08-9/19) |
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Dear Evan Hansen Manatee Performing Arts Center (10/22-11/01) |
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Larger Than Life: The Definitive Boy Band Tribute Manatee Performing Arts Center (1/26-1/26) |
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2026 Modern Works Festival Urbanite Theatre (9/17-9/27) |
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Forgotten Broadway Florida Studio Theatre (7/31-8/01) |
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BEEHIVE – The 60s Musical Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe (3/03-4/11) |
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Roofing Contractors in Clearwater Professional Roofers Clearwater (5/27-10/27) |
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Guys and Dolls Manatee Performing Arts Center (4/22-5/02) |
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Appropriate Manatee Performing Arts Center (2/18-2/28) |
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