WCT New Works Festival
by Waco Civic Theatre

Jan. 29 - Feb. 01
Thursday-Sunday

BL!NK follows Sadie, an anxious but brilliant coder, and Natalie, her bold best friend and marketing genius, as they dream their way out of a small college town by creating a dating app designed to protect women from predators and data mining. In Act One, they pitch their idea to a skeptical investor, land a game-changing deal, and move to Silicon Valley—leaving behind Sadie’s stagnant relationship. Act Two picks up four years later. Natalie is planning her lavish wedding to Addie and growing frustrated that the now-single Sadie does not have a date. Then Sadie is swept into a whirlwind romance with Jake, a man she meets on their own app. As the wedding approaches, corporate compromises and personal heartbreak threaten their friendship, forcing both women to confront the true cost of success and what they want their futures to be.

RIVERBEND

A Staged Reading

RIVERBEND is a modern musical retelling of the Greek myth of Daphne and Apollo. Daphne is an eighteen-year-old high school graduate living in a small Rivertown on the Eastern Shore of Maryland. Feeling her late mother’s absence in town, she plans to take her sailboat for a year-long trip on “The Great Loop,” a journey her mother took when she was her age. However, when twins Aiden and Diana move into town, Daphne’s heart and her plans are challenged by feelings she’s never known. 

THE LAST PIECE

A Staged Reading

Amara is shocked when she receives a call from the doctor stating she must come see her ex-husband Andrew, who she has not spoken to in 10 years. She learns of his Alzheimer’s diagnosis and is encouraged by the doctor to spend time with him to discuss their past memories and slow the progression of his disease. As the two reflect on their relationship, they recall their feelings for each other and begin to fall in love again – or so Amara thinks so. When Andrew’s memory begins to acutely worsen and he often finds himself torn between past and present, Amara is hurt as she wonders whether he ever loved her at all. Andrew ends up in the hospital after going missing and Amara finds him. When she learns why he went missing, she is forced to make a decision about their relationship moving forward – one she makes with love and grace, and one that shows how much of ourselves are made up of the fragile memories we hold.

WCT New Works Festival
by various
Waco Civic Theatre