BabelFest! 2025

September 25 – September 28, 2025

A Festival of New American Plays

10 New Plays. 1 Bold Festival. ALL FREE. After an extensive nationwide search, Redhouse Arts Center will ignite its stages this fall with Babelfest, a four‑day celebration showcasing TEN boundary‑pushing new works by nationally acclaimed and Central New York playwrights. Theater‑lovers are invited to experience tomorrow’s classics today and to champion the bold voices creating them - all completely free.

Info: A staged reading of a new musical about two women who meet in a Chicago clinic and confront their fears, choices, and hopes around abortion, motherhood, and control over their own bodies.

Info: Kick off BabelFest with networking, food, drinks, and the chance to connect with fellow artists.

Info: Aspiring playwrights are invited to join this incredible free seminar with nationally respected established playwright Charles Smith.

Info: A staged reading of a new play where a young attorney tries to convince a younger client to take a life-changing plea bargain over the course of three meetings in a jailhouse legal visitation room.

Info: Headlining the festival is a full production of a brand-new play by Qui Nguyen, the innovative mind behind She Kills Monsters, Vietgone, Alice in Slasherland, and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon.

Info: Aspiring playwrights are invited to join this free seminar with nationally respected established playwright Crystal Skillman.

Info: A staged reading of a new musical about two women who meet in a Chicago clinic and confront their fears, choices, and hopes around abortion, motherhood, and control over their own bodies.

Info: A staged reading of a new play where a young attorney tries to convince a younger client to take a life-changing plea bargain over the course of three meetings in a jailhouse legal visitation room.

Info: Headlining the festival is a full production of a brand-new play by Qui Nguyen, the innovative mind behind She Kills Monsters, Vietgone, Alice in Slasherland, and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon.

Info: These emerging and established voices will share the spotlight with all-new short works by:
Mookey Van Orden, Johanna Keller, Alex Gherardi, Binaifer Dabu, Martikah Williams, Caitlin Friedberg, and Isaac Betters. All hailing from Central New York!

Info: Headlining the festival is a full production of a brand-new play by Qui Nguyen, the innovative mind behind She Kills Monsters, Vietgone, Alice in Slasherland, and Disney’s Raya and the Last Dragon.

Info: These emerging and established voices will share the spotlight with all-new short works by:
Mookey Van Orden, Johanna Keller, Alex Gherardi, Binaifer Dabu, Martikah Williams, Caitlin Friedberg, and Isaac Betters. All hailing from Central New York!

Info: These emerging and established voices will share the spotlight with all-new short works by:
Mookey Van Orden, Johanna Keller, Alex Gherardi, Binaifer Dabu, Martikah Williams, Caitlin Friedberg, and Isaac Betters. All hailing from Central New York!

Host or Publisher The Redhouse Arts Center