Another year of brand-new short plays comes to Alleyway! This festival features premiere works from some of today’s best new playwrights both in WNY and around the country, including:

SEVENTEEN: THE (UNOFFICIAL) JOSH ALLEN MUSICAL
a world premiere musical by Philip Farugia and Amy Jakiel
In this ten-minute musical love letter to Buffalo, videogames, and #17, #BillsMafia best friends Steve and John spam their favorite quarterback’s DMs, begging him to play Madden.

BUFFALO PORNO
a world premiere by Jeff Z. Klein
It’s the future, when Buffalo has become the new Hollywood, and Tonawanda has become the center of … another kind of filmmaking.

THE GREAT STEVEN STRAVINSKY
by Sharai Bohannon
It’s Steven’s 11th birthday party, and this wannabe magician’s backyard is set up for the perfect magic show. But will his classmate Amanda be watching?

BUMPER TO BUMPER
a world premiere by Michael Hagins
Where would you rather be this Memorial Day than stuck in traffic on the BQE? It can’t get any worse, right?

CHICKEN IS CONDEMNED TO BE FREE
a world premiere by Jesse Jae Hoon
Astrid and Oren are running around like chickens with their heads cut off because… well, they are chickens. And they just had their heads cut off.

THE COMMUNE OF MUTUAL AID AND EDUCATION FOR THE PEOPLE HOSTED BY ANGELA DAVIS WITH SPECIAL GUEST J. EDGAR HOOVER
a world premiere by Alle Mims
No, it’s not Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood. But stop in anyway as Angela Davis gives us a lesson in economics and politics, with special guests and nifty brain teasers!

NEVER LET GO
a world premiere by Raven Petretti-Stamper
Getting stuck in an elevator isn’t so bad when it’s with People’s Sexiest Man Alive.‍