The UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television presents its New Play Festival, an annual showcase of new works by students in the M.F.A. playwriting program. Plays featured this year are:

 

Written by Jacob Burstein-Stern and directed by Mary Jo Duprey

Eighty-five-year-old Selma Teller is having a bad day, she has cancer, her sister is being placed in a care facility and Alex Trebek has shown up in her living room. Thus begins a "Jeopardy" game that Selma is not quite sure she wants to win. 

 

Written by Adam Simon and directed by Conor Hanratty

For Melanie, it's anywhere but here. For Mason, it's Melanie. And for Elaine, it's death. At the dawn of the next ice age, everyone's looking for a way out.

 

Written by Erica Jones and directed by Monica Payne

At Luxique International, makeup consultants Ashli, Krystal and Melina peddle cosmetics that help women "bring the beauty from deep within to the surface." But when their manager announces the beginning of the yearly sales competition, the business of beauty gets downright ugly.

 

  

"Who Is Selma Teller?": Nov. 4, 5 and 6 at 7:30 p.m.

 

"Last Autumn": Nov. 18, 19 and 20 at 7:30 p.m.

 

"Gross Sales": Dec. 2, 3 and 4 at 7:30 p.m.

 

  

All performances take place in Macgowan Hall, Room 1340, located in the northeast section of the UCLA campus (nearest campus entrance is at Sunset Boulevard and Hilgard Avenue).

Admission is free. Parking costs $10 and can be purchased at the entrance to Lot 3 or at the parking kiosk on Westholme Avenue, just off Hilgard Avenue. A limited number of pay-by-space parking spaces are also available in Lot 3.

 

For more information, visit www.tft.ucla.edu.

Jessie Singh, 310-796-6676, singh@tft.ucla.edu

Teri Bond, 310-206-3235, teri@tft.ucla.edu