The 2025 New Comedies Festival

Dates

07/10/25 - 07/10/25

ADDRESS

The Sofia Tsakopoulos Center for the Arts

2700 Capitol Ave., Sacramento, CA, 95816

General Day & Time

5:00 pm - 11:59 pm

VIP WEEKEND PACKAGE
Invite to the Kickoff Celebration – Meet the Cast & Creative teams and kick off the festival with an exclusive party! Sunday July 6 @ 6PM
Premium Seating – Enjoy the best seats in the house for an unparalleled experience at all of the readings.
Access to All 8 Readings – Be part of the entire festival journey and experience every exciting new work firsthand.
Exclusive Festival Merchandise – Show off your support with one-of-a-kind 2025 New Comedies Festival swag!
Exclusive Burch Bar Access – Mingle with playwrights and company members while enjoying complimentary beverages in a private, VIP setting.
After your purchase, the Box Office will reach out to you to schedule your individual showtimes. As a VIP Package holder, you may attend all 8 readings, but you don’t have to!
WEEKEND PACKAGE
See all 4 shows so that you can vote for your favorite! Buy the Weekend Package to save a few $$!
After your purchase, the Box Office will reach out to you to schedule your individual showtimes. As a Weekend Package holder, you can attend one showtime for each reading. (If you don’t hear from us within two business days, please feel free to call or email the Box Office!)
MEAL PACKAGE
Hungry between shows? No need to leave the festival! Stay at The Sofia and enjoy a buffet from Jayna Gyro, plus a drink ticket for beer, wine, or a soft drink!

Contact

tickets@bstreettheatre.org

(916) 443-5300

Admission info

VIP Weekend Pass: $125

Weekend Pass: $60

Single Tickets: $18

(All tickets include a $9.50 fee.)

Tickets

B Street Theatre’s New Comedies Festival is back for the 6th time! Every year, we ask playwrights from across the country to submit their best brand new, unproduced comedies. After hundreds of submissions and several rounds of review by dozens of script readers, we then choose the top four to receive live staged readings. Previously held in our Upstairs at the B space, the festival has grown over the years to find its new home on the Mike and Bobbie Voris Mainstage where at least one of these new comedies will be chosen to receive a full B Street Theatre Mainstage production for the upcoming season!

Previous winners include: THE FOREVER QUESTION (Jim Christy Jr.), PROCLIVITY FOR KITING (Jacob T. Zack), INSERTION (Sarah Groustra), THE NEWLYWED GAME (Alyssa Haddad-Chin). Even the finalists have the chance to make the leap to the Mainstage, such as RESCUE ME (Peter Story & Tara Sissom-Pittaro) and COSMO ST. CHARLES IS DEAD AND SOMEONE IN THIS ROOM KILLED HIM (Nicole Zimmerer).

And coming up in the 2025 season are the TWO winners of 2024's New Comedies Festival: ADVICE by Brent Askari and DOG MOM by Tate Hanyok.

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