The TWEED New Works Festival (1984-1995) was a TEN-YEAR-RUNNING curated showcase of neW performances by emerging artists IN THE DOWNTOWN NEW YORK SCENE. THE FESTIVAL presented the early work of many theater artists WHO ARE NOW WIDELY recognized today, including Bill Russell, Lisa Kron, Diana Son, John (Lypsinka) Epperson, John Kelly, Adrienne Kennedy, Mac Wellman, Joshua Fried, MARK DENDY AND EDGAR OLIVER.

GEOGRAPHIC DREAMS, 1984

*INROADS*
John Kelly, *Pass The Blutwurst Bitte*
Neva Weschenfelder, *Journey to the Neva*

THE SHORT PERFORMANCE FESTIVAL
(NWF #2), 1985

*OUR STUDIOS*
John Kelly, *Solo Performance*
Iris Rose, *CAMDEN*
Katrinka Moore, Aknirtak Room E
Mark Oates *reinvents Arthur Kopit’s Chamber Music*
Russ Clower, *Sacred Styles*
Club Etc, *Tristan Tzara’s The Gas Heart*
S.T. Raphael, *Provocation to Savagery*
Patti Glynn, *Lock Jaw with Amy Foster*
Megan McCombs, *Means of Survival*
Kendall Merriman, *Calling for Freddie*
Mikhail Horowitz, *stand up poet*

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL #3, 1986

*PELICAN STUDIO*
John Kelly, *The Discovery of Sound*
Iris Rose, *Woolworth*
Eric Darton, *Salon Bob Bon presents Home Truths*
Kestutis Nakas, *Rasputin*
Michael Nee, *Ptechnicolor Theater*
Susan Schneider, *Excerpts from the New Efficiency Manual*
Mark Phredd, *Hapi Phace*
Edgar Oliver, *The Poetry Killer*
Stephen Tashjian, *Puppet Theater*
Paul Proveaux, *RENO*
Patti Bradshaw, *Machine/Gender Ambivalence*

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL #4, 1987

*EL BOHIO ARTS CENTER*
Watchface
Kevin Malony, Walker Percy’s The Last Donohue Show
Martiza Arristia, *Mating in the 80’s*
Edgar Oliver, *The Seven Year Vacation*
Patti Bradshaw, *Angelface*
Eric Darton, *NEXT!*
XXY Dance/Music, *Steady On (Music by Philip Glass)*
Ron Thornhill/Kim Flowers, *Rattlesnake Jaw*
Jay Rogers, *There’s More Than One Way to Cross Over*

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL #5, 1988

*OHIO THEATER*
Manhattan Tap, *Simple Symphony*
Val Hendricks, *Ian McEwan’s Conversation with a Cupboard Man*
Lynn Stanford & Sarah Neece, *Stations of the Crossed*
Andy Soma, *Pretend It’s The End*
L.K. Aubrey, *The Banner*
Erotic Psyche, *Pyrotechnics*
Kevin Malony & Company, *Hotel Martinique*
XXY Dance/Music, *Considering Positions*
Lypsinka (John Epperson), *The Many Moods of Lypsinka*
Tom Judson, *Connor O’John & The Cardinals*
Cathy Cabriele, Me, My Mom & I

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL #6, 1989

*OHIO THEATER*
Carol Lipnik, *Moonbeat; Coney Island Screams*
Steve Hayes, *Multiple Personality Performance*
Neo Labos Dance Theater, *Coming To*
Michael Butler, Sweet Music
Bill Russell & Janet Hood, elegies for angels punks and raging queens

TWEED NEW WORKS FESTIVAL #7, 1990

*OHIO THEATER*
Tom Judson, The Blue Piano
Kevin Malony & Carol Lipnik, *Pornsongspiel*
Jim Provenzano, *Resume*
Frank Jump & Anne Pope, Today’s Specials
Diana Berry, *Ginella Gillette’s Cozy Corner*Neo Labos Dance Theater, Jose’s Textbook
Ching Gonzalez, *Ala Ala*
Robert Moseley, *The Invitation*
Kevin Duffy, *The Blacksmiths at Home*
Edgar Oliver, The Swimming Pool

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL #8, 1992

*OHIO THEATER*
Anohni (of Antony & The Johnsons), *Fiona Blue: She’s So Blue*
Sally Gross & Company, *A Night at the Ohio*
Amiele Malale Dance, *Too Young to Know*James Adlesic, *Pinocchio*
Warren Muller, *My Blue Eyed Son*
Incollusion, *All That Glitters*
Joshua Fried, *Travelogue*
David McGrath, *Melting*
Colleen O’Neill, *Julia Wonder: Let Me Change Your Life*
Doug Holsclaw, *Don’t Make Me Say Things That Will Hurt You*
Piotr Uklanski, *Installation*
Biello and Martin, *Breakthrough*

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL #9, 1993

*OHIO THEATER*
Lenora Champagne, *The Best Things in Life*
Maxime Moerman, *Rosette’s Dream*
Perry Souchuk & Rebecca Holderness, *Il Nottambulo*
Barry Crooks, *Horror Vacui in Reverie Time (Fragment)*
Neta Pulvermacher, *Five Beds/Children of the Dream*
Lynn Shapiro, *Capistrano*
Gia Forakis, *Medusa Says: SSScared You Didn’t I?*
Loud Blouse, *Masterfeces Theater*
Kevin Duffy, *MacPhree*
Synergic Theater, *Editing Eurydice*
Neo Labos DanceTheater, *Ten Ten. Spin*
Ken Bullock, *Holy Conditioning*
Diana Son, *R.A.W. (Raunchy Asian Women)*
Fiona Marcotty, *Map to the Delta*
Cowboy Girl, *Single & Hungry at the Hellcat Corral*
Sue Schmidt, *Marie Antoinette in Hell*
Miss Joan Moossy, *Miss Joan Moossy’s Mythic Quest for the Fountain of Youth*
Judith Ren-Lay, *Half a Life*
Douglas J. Cuomo & Cornelius Eady, *Bensonhurst*

NWF10_BrochureCover copy.png — NEW WORKS FESTIVAL #10, 1994

*THE VINEYARD*
*QUEERFEST* (curated by Emmett Foster)
*The Fabulous Lypsinka Show*
Varla Jean Merman
Mark Dendy
The Mesopotamian Opera Company
Craig Hickman
Femme Dykes of the 90’s
Georg Osterman & Lola Pashalinski
Peggy Shaw
*PERFORMANCE*
(curated by Emmett Foster)
Tom Cayler
Sally Greenhouse
Amanda Vogel
Shannon Woolley
*NEW MUSIC*
(curated by Kirsten Vogelsang)
Crystal Radio
Nobles of The Mystic Shrine
*NEW PLAYS* (curated by Mac Wellman)
Susan F. Bennett
Constance Congdon
Elana Greenfield
Len Jenkin
Jeffrey M. Jones
Adrienne Kennedy
Judy McGuire
Kate Moira Ryan
Caridad Svich
Doug Wright
*DANCE* (curated by Jane Comfort)
Nancy Alforo & Jane Settedaco
Sari Eckler
Keely Garfield’s Sinister Slapstick
Stanley Love Performance Group
Jaime Ortega
Reeves Jones Performance Group
Kathy Rose
Valerie Striar

NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
10 YEAR REUNION, 1995

*OHIO THEATER*
John Kelly
Mark Dendy
Cowboy Girl
Edgar Oliver
Joshua Fried
Ken Bullock
Iris Rose
Neo Labos
Julia Wonder
Amanda Vogel
Valerie Striar
Nancy Alfaro
Eileen Kelly
Diana Son