BE A PART OF THE LOOP!

The Loop: Lab and New Work Festival is excited to announce its third annual installment of "The Loop Festival," happening August 7-10, 2026 at The Hivve in downtown Grants Pass, Oregon.

The Loop is a new works lab and festival for Young Adult Theatre. They foster original plays and musicals written by skilled writers—bringing together story, audience, and youth to build the future of theatre.

This year, two new works will be given the chance to be read and heard and responded to by a live audience, and we are excited that the playwrights will be joining us in person to be a part of both the rehearsal process and the feedback “loop” after the performance!

The scripts selected this year include: “The King's Table” written by Lee Cataluna and selections from the musical “Greek to Me,”written by Maddy Sinclair and CV Wells.

Approximately thirty young adult actors throughout Southern Oregon will participate in a three-day development process from August 7–9. During rehearsals, the actors and stage managers serve as cultural consultants, providing insight into the resonance and impact of the material. Their feedback becomes an integral part of each work's continued development.

The public is invited to attend the festival's staged reading presentations on Monday, August 10, 2026, at The Hivve at 7:00 PM, or via YouTube Livestream. Following each reading, audience members in person and online will participate in facilitated discussions and act as responders to the work. These conversations become part of the creative "loop," providing playwrights with valuable feedback that may influence future revisions and productions.

The staged readings will be guided by professional theatre directors from across the country, including Marjorie Treger of California and Bradley Behrmann of Illinois. The Loop Festival will be facilitated by local theatremakers Julia Cuppy, Jaese Lecuyer, and Tianna Eddy and hosted by Trever Yarrish and The Hivve in Grants Pass.

TICKET INFO:

Your $10 ticket entitles you to entry to the festival at The Hivve in Grants Pass AND a link to the YouTube Livestream, which you can watch from anywhere in the world! We have the tickets listed as “Hivve Entry Pass” and “Livestream Pass” so we can get an idea of how many guests we'll have, but both passes will allow you to enter the festival AND watch the livestream online, so you will have all-day access and flexibility to attend the whole event in whatever format you'd like.

Play Info & Playwright Bios:

https://www.theloopfest.org/

Digital Playbill for the Festival:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16JjrjbPUwHQjdbIm-tCk9UdI4VhGeasu?usp=sharing

Donate to Support "The Loop Festival":

https://theloopfest.ludus.com/donate

Questions:

Please send any questions to: julia@theloopfest.org