The 2025 Rough Draft Festival is where bold ideas meet the stage. The six daring new works that push boundaries, challenge perspectives, and explore the complexities of human relationships come to life here at LaGuardia Performing Arts Center. These plays portray what it means to connect, change, and find one's place in the world. Be part of the creative process and see these works come to life!

All readings are FREE but please RSVP below.

2025 Line Up

March 10, 2025

2:30pm

Olives by Daniel Holzman

David and Miriam are married.

Miriam works in tech.

David is taking a year off to learn guitar

Miriam is afraid there isn't going to be a future.

David is afraid of everything.

Then the bodybuilder arrives.

Haunted, *****, and sickly funny, Olives is an erotic thriller about remaking yourself from the outside in.

Written by Daniel Holzman and directed by Francesca Sabel.

Location: Mainstage Blackbox

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Date: March 10 - 21, 2025