A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Mo Holmes, featured in the 2026 New Plays Festival.
Showtimes
Saturday, May 9, 8 PM
Sunday, May 10, 3:30 PM
Sunday, May 10, 8 PM
There’s mean things happenin’ in this land. What's left to do but make a scene? Join the 1500, a group of sharecroppers and tenant farmers from the bootheel of Missouri, as they camp out on the highway to protest the failings of the president’s New Deal. Based on historical and familiar events from peoples who take to the road.
About the New Plays Festival
Columbia University School of the Arts presents an expanded festival of new plays written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Students. The esteemed faculty who have nurtured these students, including Tony, Pulitzer, and Obie Award winners such as David Auburn, Leslie Ayvazian, David Henry Hwang, James Ijames, David Klass, Michael Korie, Rogelio Martinez, Charles L. Mee, Lynn Nottage, and Blair Singer, invite everyone to experience these innovative new playwrights.
Organized by James Ijames, Head of the Playwriting Concentration.
View the complete festival schedule