Verge Theater Is Excited To Announce
Our Inaugural…
New Works Fest
May 9, 10, 11
This highly anticipated weekend features 13 brand-new playwrights sharing their original works with the Bozeman Community, some for the first time. Throughout this three-day festival, our community will have the incredible opportunity to be a part of these playwright’s creative process by being a responsive audience member in the room, witnessing these incredible works brought to life on stage.
New Works Fest will feature thoughtfully written productions starring some of your favorite local performers. Featured work will display a wide variety of genres, subject matter, and staging by an eclectic group of creative writers that span the ages, social backgrounds, and lived experiences. Verge is honored to include one of Verge’s Teen Theater participants, an MSU film student, an Academy Award Winner, and more! From full productions to a selection of monologues to a collection of poetry to works actively still in progress, there is a something for everyone.
Tickets Now On Sale!
Shakespeare Pass | Full Festival Pass | $60 | Includes a $5 discount on Certain Death Tickets
Churchill Pass | Thursday Night Pass | $15
Ruhl Pass | Friday Night Pass | $15
Beckett Pass | Saturday Pass | $45
Individual Shows | $10
*Please Note! Passes do not include Friday & Saturday night’s headlining performance of Certain Death & Other Considerations. Those tickets will need to be purchased separately.
Thursday, May 9
Friday, May 10
Saturday, May 11
HEADLINER
Certain Death & Other Considerations
Friday, May 10 & Saturday, May 11 | 8:30 p.m. | $25
Fresh off its world premiere with Zoo Venues at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2023 and sold-out run in Los Angeles.
TICKETS ON SALE NOW!
About the Play:
The world will end in exactly 80 years – just enough time to have a baby! Certain Death and Other Considerations is a devised dark comedy that follows two couples (and a surrogate) as they prepare to welcome new life into a dying world. With doomsday waiting just outside of their natural lifespan, certain death is close enough to inform every decision, but far enough away to ignore in a pinch. Certain Death and Other Considerations is a story for the post-pandemic, pre-climate crisis generation.
Written by Eliza Frakes
Directed by: Eliza Frakes & Emma Pierce Rempel
The Company
Eliza Frakes | The Surrogate
Emma Pierce Rempel | Steph
Christian Skinner | Marc
Scott Lipman | Tom
Kyrie Dawson | Krista
Check out the reviews!
“A compelling premise, a smart script, and five engagingly understated performances.”
- The Stage
"The play is labeled as a drama and dark comedy, but it reminds me of the best science fiction in the type of conversation it provokes... don’t let your time run out by missing this show.”
- The Nerd Party
“Tantalizing.”
- Don Shirley, Angeles Stage
“A thoroughly engaging look at what it means to know time is running out.”
- Broadway World UK
“Stellar performances and world building.”
- Fringe Biscuit