List of TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley) New Works
TheatreWorks (Silicon Valley) is a non-profit, professional theater company based in Menlo Park, California. Since 2000, TheatreWorks has been dedicated to the development of scores of new plays and musicals, earning national recognition and acclaim for the company and their new works program.
2002 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
Memphis (musical) |
Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro; Music & Additional Lyrics by David Bryan |
The Mistress Cycle |
Book & Lyrics by Beth Blatt; Music by Jenny Giering |
My Antonia |
Book by Scott Schwartz; Adapted from the novel by Willa Cather; Original Music by Stephen Schwartz |
2003 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
A Little Princess |
Book & Lyrics by Brian Crawley; Music by Andrew Lippa |
Striking 12 |
Book by Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, & Valerie Vigoda; Music & Lyrics by Brendan Milburn & Valerie Vigoda |
Caraboo (now called Caraboo, Princess of Javasu) |
Book by Marsha Norman; Lyrics by Beth Blatt; Music by Jenny Giering |
Jerry Christmas |
Book by Daniel Goldfarb; Music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa |
Baby Taj |
By Tanya Shaffer |
2004 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
Coyote Creek Flat |
By David Ford |
Malaya (now titled The Peninsula)l |
By Chay Yew |
Party Come Here |
Book by Daniel Goldfarb; Music & Lyrics by David Kirshenbaum |
The Water |
Book by Jeffrey HILTON & Tim Werenko; Lyrics by Jeffrey Hilton; Music by Georgia Stitt |
2005 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
The Funkentine Rapture |
Book by Lee Summers & Ben Blake; Music & Lyrics by Lee Summers |
Laughing Without an Accent |
By Firoozeh Dumas; Developed with David Ford |
Piece |
Book by Tara Smith; Music & Lyrics by Scott Alan |
Vrooom! |
By Janet Allard; Developed with Michael Bigelow Dixon |
Wheelhouse |
Book by Gene Lewin, Brendan Milburn, Rachel Sheinkin, & Valerie Vigoda; Music & Lyrics by Gene Lewin, Brendan Milburn, & Valerie Vigoda |
2006 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
American Klepto |
By Allison Moore |
Asphalt Beach |
Book by T.C. Smith & Peter Spears; Music & Lyrics by Andrew Lippa |
Big Red Sun |
Book & Lyrics by John Jiler; Music by Georgia Stitt |
The Drunken City |
By Adam Bock |
Mezzulah, 1946 |
By Michele Lowe| |
Something’s Wrong With Amandine |
Book by Winter Miller; Music & Lyrics by Lance Horne |
Emma |
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Paul Gordon |
2007 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
The Burnt Part Boys |
Book by Marianna Elder; Lyrics by Nathan Tysen; Music by Chris Miller |
Equivocation |
By Bill Cain |
The Shining Lives |
By Melanie Marnich, Writing Arthur; Book, Music, & Lyrics by David Austin; Story development by Jennifer Maloney |
2008 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
Creating Claire |
By Joe DiPietro |
Girlfriend |
Book by Todd Almond; Music & Lyrics by Matthew Sweet |
Touch(ed) |
By Bess Wohl |
Unlock’d |
Book & Lyrics by Sam Carner; Music by Derek Gregor |
2009 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
Auctioning the Ainsleys |
By Laura Schellhardt |
Ernest Shackleton Loves Me |
Book by Joe DiPietro; Lyrics by Valerie Vigoda; Music by Brendan Milburn |
Makeover |
Book & Lyrics by Darrah Cloud; Music by Kim D. Sherman |
The North Pool |
By Rajiv Joseph |
The Sparrow and the Birdman |
By Raquel Bitton & Chris Smith| |
Tales From The Bad Years |
Music & Lyrics by Kait Kerrigan & Brian Lowdermilk |
2010 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
Variations on a Theme |
By Anna Ziegler |
Red Clay |
Book and Lyrics by Jeff Hughes; Music by Scott Ethier |
How to Write a New Book for the Bible |
By Bill Cain |
Fly-By-Night |
Conceived by Kim Rosenstock; Written by Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick, and Kim Rosenstock |
Great Wall |
Book by Kevin Merritt; Music and Lyrics by Kevin So; Story Consultant – David Henry Hwang |
2011 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
Little Rock |
By Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj (Developmental Production) |
The Giver |
Based on the book by Lois Lowry; Music by Scott Murphy (Staged Reading-Musical) |
Upright Grand |
By Laura Schellhardt (Staged Reading-Play) |
Wild with Happy |
By Colman Domingo (Staged Reading-Play) |
Up North |
By Joe Tracz (Staged Reading-Play) |
2012 Festival
Title |
Notes |
|---|---|
The Trouble with Doug |
Book by Will Aronson & Daniel Maté; Music by Will Aronson; Lyrics by Daniel Maté (Developmental Production) |
Sleeping Rough |
By Kara Manning (Staged Reading-Play) |
The Loudest Man on Earth |
By Catherine Rush (Staged Reading-Play) |
Being Earnest |
Book & Lyrics by Paul Gordon; Music by Paul Gordon & Jay Gruska (Staged Reading-Musical) |
Triangle |
Book by Thomas Mizer, Curtis Moore, & Joshua Scher; Music by Thomas Mizer; Lyrics by Curtis Moore (Staged Reading-Musical) |