A new play written by Columbia MFA Playwriting Student Flavie Philipon, featured in the 2026 New Plays Festival.
Showtimes
Saturday, May 2, 8 PM
Sunday, May 3, 3:30 PM
Sunday, May 3, 8 PM
What can you build on a territory that has been reduced to ruins? On the edge of a border harbour, under a cloche, there aren’t many souls left living. Yet, THE GRAPEVINE narrates NEREO’s arrival to this terrible territory on Suspension Sunday. By chance (or not), he gets hired as a handy man at the Borrodale country house. There, in the middle of debris, are surviving THE BARONESS OF BORRODALE and JACKIE, childhood allies and accomplices. At first blush, the young man’s presence sows discord, friction, and jealousy between the two. At second blush, it also reveals the devastation of their past, and the limits of their future.
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