New plays and new writers are the lifeblood of a strong and vibrant theater. Since 1998, Tennessee Stage Company has produced The New Play Festival as a way to spotlight and nurture new playwrights and plays. This year, Knox County Public Library is partnering with TSC for a series of table readings of the plays to be performed during the festival.

Come to the Knox County Library to hear some of Knoxville's finest actors perform the following plays:

The Last Waffle House in America by Leslie Agron
According to playwright Leslie Agron there are no Waffle House's in California, so as you go west across America you come, literally, to the last Waffle House somewhere in Arizona. This slice of life play takes place in and around the last Waffle House in America.
Saturday, January 16, 2:00 p.m. at Fountain City Branch Library
Sunday, January 31, 2:00 p.m. at Lawson McGhee Library

The Good Son by Craig Smith
The Good Son is a crime caper telling the story of a crime that went wrong and the way it comes back to haunt the guilty and the innocent. But who is guilty and who is innocent?
Saturday, January 23, 2:00 p.m. at Fountain City Branch Library
Saturday, January 30, 1:30 p.m. at Lawson McGhee Library

Cupid's Itch by Paul Leeper
Cupid's Itch is a unique and off beat love story set in the world of women's boxing! A shadowy world where things aren't always what they seem and people aren't always what you expect. What else might one expect from a Paul Leeper play?
Saturday, January 30, 3:00 p.m. at Lawson McGhee Library

All performances are free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Nelda Hill at 865-215-8729.