The FIRST FLIGHT New Play Festival is one of Indie Theatre's premiere development events for new plays. We're excited that FF will return November 11th-13th, 2022.

This years Festival schedule includes The Baton Reading of DOUBLE HELIX by Michael Allen Harris, an encore reading of Dan Marshall's A MURDER OF CROWS and the return of ROCK-N-ROLES.

FIRST FLIGHT serves as a springboard to assist new plays in their creative development. Each selected play is paired with a director and given multiple days of rehearsal, with space between for re-writes and additional process. At the completion of rehearsal, each play is presented for a supportive invited audience.

Plays are invited into FIRST FLIGHT following a rigorous vetting process, including multiple rounds of readers. The main questions each round of examination ask of each play are:

Is this a theatrical play vs. a television or film script?

Does the play use language in a unique way?

Does the play speak to our modern cultural moment?

For a history of plays in the festival, click here.

FIRST FLIGHT does not accept musicals or one act plays.