We’re kicking off SparkFest 2023 with Light Up The Runway. It’s Project Runway + Chopped + Dancing With The Stars all rolled into one.

Join us for a lecture by Dr. Hanan Hammad about her book “Unknown Past” about Egyptian star Layla Murad.

Join us for Neighborhood Leap, the FREE app-based augmented reality art .6 mile walking trail around the South Main Village.

Join us for an exciting Bharatanatyam performance by Tejas Dance Company.

Join us for an exciting storytelling event directed by Julia Estelle Cotton.

Presenting a first-read of Roger Calderon’s play, Iron Henry, inspired by the Brothers Grimm fairy tale “The Frog-King, or Iron Henry.” Revolving around a grieving royal courtier who must find a way to move forward after his best friend’s disappearance.  

Presenting a staged reading of Yussef Ei Guindi’s play, The Ushers. Charlotte and Graham’s renewed resolve to do good and participate in their community is put to the test

Round 1 features ten actors selected from a nationwide search, competing with monologues for four judges.

Presenting a first-read of Leela Velautham’s play, Take My Milk for Gall, a prequel to Shakespeare’s Macbeth, charting the breakdown of the Macbeths’ relationship as they fail to produce an heir.

Presenting a first-read of Harley Elias’s play, The Handless King, a dark comedy about two eunuch scribes arguing over the transition from Cuneiform to Aramaic in 728 BCE.