Night Owl Theatre presents to you the first annual New Work Festival. This festival showcases student work from Directing and Scriptwriting 11/12, performed and produced by the KSS Night Owl Theatre Company, and mentored by Doryan Elliott, James Long, and guest dramaturg extraordinaire, Denise Kenney. The various shows spotlight the playful, intelligent, and imaginative minds of KSS’s young writers. You can get your tickets by scanning the QR code or clicking this link.
MONDAY AND FRIDAY
Skeletons and Other Things in the Closet 
Written and Directed by Riley Fox 
​​An unlikely pairing go on a outing. One thinks they’re going on a date, the other thinks they’re going grave-robbing.
Tea Party
Written and Directed by Mae Glerum
This isn’t about tea.

Trigger/Content Warning: Language, Mature Themes

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Die Forelle Ala Laundromat
Written and Directed by Abi Junop
A short musical comprised solely of excerpts from the Samsung dryer jingle that explores what happens when two people accidentally swap laundry bins and attempt to find the other using the contents. ​
Pigeon-Head
Written and Directed by Juliette Vallée
​Metaphorically speaking, this is about pigeons.
Homo Milk
Written and Directed by Penelope Arthur
Set in the 60’s, a husband and his pregnant wife take on maternity and all of the strange emotions that come with it.
A Child in Sephora
​Written and Directed by Leo White
Young Kiyhmberleighh goes to Sephora to buy a facial cleanser and will do whatever it takes to get it, but Jamie doesn’t plan to give hers up that easily. ​
TUESDAY AND SATURDAY
​Coughing in the Church Pews
Written and Directed by Amelia King
​Ever been to a funeral? Yeah we haven’t either. So come see this show about how being alive can be so easily stripped away from you. And enjoy what it may feel like attending your very own funeral.

Trigger/Content Warning: Death
The Human and the Hollowed Out Tree
Written and Directed by Kennedy Cairns
This story is a love letter to rest and nature, and is inspired by hibernation. The director hopes that this play gives you a little peace of mind.

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Usurper
Written and Directed by Jaymen Spenst
A conspiracy comedy featuring a paranoid mad scientist, a trustworthy assistant, and an unknown entity who seeks to control the entire city.

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Alone in the North
Written and Directed Riley Gayford
A new short musical based on the poetry of Robert W. Service. Experience three parallel storylines converging in the bleak setting of Northern Yukon. 

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Daffodils, Snails and Goodbyes
Written and Directed by Julia Ryder
Mr. Callo is on his deathbed, hoping he’ll be able to see his daughter one last time. As he desperately tries to hold on long enough for her to arrive, he tells his nurse a story about how his daughter taught him why goodbyes are important.
Murder Mystery: Les Secrèts de la Nuit
Written and Directed by Jamelia Campbell
A murder mystery set in the heart of Paris. Camille Deveraux was found murdered in the basement of the infamous hotel the “Bonne Nuit”, four suspects including her husband, two best friends and manager of the hotel are all apprehended and retell the story of their whereabouts leading up to that dreaded night. 
Trigger/Content Warning: Blood, Mature language
WEDNESDAY AND THRUSDAY
Brawls and Bottles
Written and Directed by Kairyn Giro
In a world on the brink of collapsing, it takes four immortal beings to tame a beast in the form of a bartender.
Trigger/Content Warning: Violence
I Release You
Written and Directed by Shyloh Wilson
This is a story about the nature of love and connection, exploring how important love is in people’s lives, romantic or otherwise. It’s for all the people who have looked death in the eyes and chosen to stay for love and for all the people who have almost lost someone to loneliness.
Trigger/Content Warning: Verbal Abuse, Blood, Attempted Suicide
A Boot-Lickin’ Tussle
Directed by Grayson Graf
Written by Grayson Graf, Max Wagner and Tristan Vanmontfoort
Ah the wild wild west, this show’s got everything you could ever need! Guns, accents, tumbleweeds, bar fights, horses and more guns! We reckon you should have a gander, see just how funny cowboys truly are.
Tarnished Souls
Written and Directed by Vee Orlewlcz
An Angel struggling with a selfish attachment to a Demon is torn between their duty to Heaven, and their longing to experience more than what was given to them.  ​
Holy Sh!t
Written and Directed by Krista Ellis
​Forget number one, this play is number two.
Cattle Town
Written and Directed by Ray Davie
In a society where the rich eat the poor, literally, Arla must figure out what to do for her first feast of human meat. She doesn’t want to eat another human, but avoiding it is proven to be difficult, especially when her meat wants to die. 
Trigger/Content Warning: Fake blood, Murder, Suicide, Cannibalism, Chewing noises.  Other visuals and audios that might not be suitable for certain people