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Come experience the rare opportunity to get a front row seat to the heart of the creative development process of 2 brand new Broadway-bound musicals! Newport NewWorks Musical Theater Festival is back for our 2nd season and will feature Broadway-level talent in work-in-progress developmental presentations of: •&nbsp; STUPID: A GENIUS NEW MUSICAL. Written by Drama Desk Award winner Benjamin Scheuer (“The Lion”) and humorist-songwriter Simon Scheuer, STUPID is a romantic comedy about Agnes and Ferdinand who are geniuses - but when they meet one another, things get stupid! •&nbsp; A LIFE WORTH LIVING by Jeffery Chen. A story about high school senior Gavin Zhou who involuntarily lands himself in a residential treatment facility where, he must confront the grief, guilt, and broken relationships he’s been running from. Tickets: <a href="https://www.newportnewworks.org/festival-info-2026" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.newportnewworks.org/festival-info-2026</a>
ABOUT NEWPORT NEWWORKS:&nbsp;The Newport NewWorks Musical Theater Festival is dedicated to providing a nurturing and creative space for both emerging and established artists to develop and refine their work-in-progress musicals. Each summer, we bring together a diverse group of artists for a two-week residency focused on collaboration, innovation, and artistic growth in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island. The residency is focused on the development of specific new musicals selected through a rigorous application process. The festival culminates in public workshop performances of the works where audiences get a rare glimpse of the heart of the creative process.

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Newport NewWorks Musical Theatre Festival 2026

Come experience the rare opportunity to get a front row seat to the heart of the creative development process of 2 brand new...

Come experience the rare opportunity of getting a front row seat to the heart of the creative development process of a brand new Broadway-bound musical. Newport NewWorks 2026 Musical Theater Festival is back for our 2nd season and will feature a work-in-progress developmental presentation of: <ul><li>THE DEBUTANTES, a new original musical by Sam Norman and Eliza Randall. Featuring Broadway-level talent, THE DEBUTANTES tracks the meteoric rise — and quiet erasure — of the improbable female codebreakers of Bletchley Park in 1940 war-torn Britain.</li></ul>

Tickets at: <a href="https://www.newportnewworks.org/festival-info-2026" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">www.newportnewworks.org/festival-info-2026</a>ABOUT NEWPORT NEWWORKS: The Newport NewWorks Musical Theater Festival is dedicated to providing a nurturing and creative space for both emerging and established artists to develop and refine their work-in-progress musicals. Each summer, we bring together a diverse group of artists for a two-week residency focused on collaboration, innovation, and artistic growth in beautiful Newport, Rhode Island. The residency is focused on the development of specific new musicals selected through a rigorous application process. The festival culminates in public workshop performances of the works where audiences get a rare glimpse of the heart of the creative process.

Come experience the rare opportunity of getting a front row seat to the heart of the creative development process of a brand...

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Newport NewWorks Musical Theatre Festival 2026

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Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody St, Newport, RI

Newport NewWorks Musical Theatre Festival 2026

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7:00 PM

Casino Theatre, 9 Freebody St, Newport, RI

Public Meeting - Naval Station Newport Restoration Advisory Board (RAB)