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Stage Center Theatre | 2026-2027 Season
Fall 2026
10th Annual Nuevas Voces Playwriting Festival
Directed by Sade Cooley, CMT alumna
Founded by alumnus and former Northeastern professor Jim Blair to create a platform at Northeastern Illinois University for new playwrights, Nuevas Voces is a thrilling launch point for new work from Northeastern and its vibrant community. Featuring multiple prize-winning short plays selected from an extensive competition, Nuevas Voces reveals the complexity of our human experience through the many lenses that make up Northeastern.
We are thrilled that this year marks the tenth anniversary of Nuevas Voces, and to mark the occasion we revisited past honorable mentions and selected one to feature in this year's festival.
- 1st Place, $250: A PURPLE BUTTON by Dan Wirth (CMT Senior Instructor)
- 2nd Place, $200: EL CONCIERTO by Sam Andrade Escobedo (Current NEIU Student)
- Featured Honorable Mention from NV 2023, TRIPPING ON XANAX AT A MUMFORD AND SONS CONCERT by David Lipshutz (Community Member)
Performance Dates
- 7:30 p.m. Oct. 1; an opening reception begins at 6:30 p.m. and talkback session at the conclusion of the opening night followed by desserts.
- 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2
- 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Oct. 3
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger (performance rights pending)
Guest Directed by Dan Washelesky
About the Play: One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble. Selina Fillinger’s brilliant, all-female farce took Broadway by storm in a star-studded production that earned three 2022 Tony nominations.
HISTORY: POTUS: or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive premiered on Broadway at the Shubert Theatre on April 27, 2022. Directed by Susan Stroman, the production featured Lilli Cooper, Lea DeLaria, Rachel Dratch, Julianne Hough, Suzy Nakamura, Julie White and Vanessa Williams.
Performance Dates
- 7:30 p.m. Nov. 12-14, and Nov. 18-20
- 2:00 p.m. Nov. 21
Spring 2027
The Moors by Jen Silverman (performance rights pending)
Guest Directed by Hannah Todd
About the Play: Two sisters and a dog live out their lives on the bleak English moors, dreaming of love and power. The arrival of a hapless governess and a moor-hen set all three on a strange and dangerous path. The Moors is a dark comedy about love, desperation, and visibility. HISTORY: The Moors premiered at Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, CT in February 2016 under the direction of Jackson Gay.
Performance Dates
- 7:30 p.m. Apr. 15-17 and Apr. 21-13
- 2:00 p.m. Apr. 24