For Release: Immediate
Mountain Community Theater Presents:
New Works Weekend
Produced & Directed by Hannah Eckstein
August 14-16, 2026
ALL PERFORMANCES WILL BE HELD At Park Hall in Ben Lomond, 9400 Mill Street
New Works Weekend is Mountain Community Theater’s celebration of local storytelling. This year, we are thrilled to share eight brand-new, original plays crafted entirely by talented authors from our own community. These performances showcase local talented playwrights’ scripts as they work to bring these stories from the page to the stage. Tickets are only $10 each! Performances take place at Ben Lomond’s historic Park Hall (9400 Mill Street). Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM and Sunday at 2:00 PM. After each performance there will be a talkback with the writers, directors, and readers. Subscribers may purchase their tickets beginning July 17th, 2026. Tickets go on sale to the public July 24th, 2026.
Each performance will consist of eight ten-minute plays. The plays include:
Beyond the Beyond and Beyond, by Robin Lasser where we will delve into the airwaves as a guest psychic on a radio show contacts the beyond. Patrick True gives us On the Haunt, where a shy music teacher accidentally conjures up the Ghost of Mae West. Starry Starry Night is Hannah Eckstein’s comic farce about two sisters sharing stories around a campfire in the African bush. Tiffany Cesarin’s Hearts That Matter envelops us in a dark comedy about a family drama. In Paola Bruni’s Sense of Direction, Officer Lenny Green, the “Dancing Cop of Brooklyn” finds himself in a difficult situation when his wife Alice escapes from Cypress Village Memory Care and discovers him directing traffic–what else could go wrong? Eavesdropping, by Juanita Usher is a hilarious chance encounter in a department store dressing room that leads to some truths being revealed. Linda Gunther’s script, Back to the Suture, is a raucous comedy set in a doctor’s office, where a female college student impersonates her late father Dr. Suture. The twist? Dr. Suture can go back in time! Our last play is Once Upon a Time Change written by one of MCT’s founders, Rita Wadsworth co-authored by Carolyn Hyatt. It’s a romp in the throne room with Old King Cole and his court jester.
Featured readers include MCT veteran actors, Sally Bookman, Naomi Bowers, Tiffany Cesarin, Shireen Doyle, Hannah Eckstein, Dusty Harker, Scott Hawklyn, and Brad Roades.
MCT’s New Works Weekend is proud to present a lineup of new scripts by local authors that will get people talking and wanting more—come be a part of the magic of theater!
For more information or to order tickets visit: www.mctshows.org
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