Steerman New Play Festival 2026 · Drama Department Production History

Title of Production: Steerman New Play Festival 2026; Includes HIT ME and VESPERS
Date: April 22-25, 2026 8:00 p.m.
Month of Production: April
Theater: Martel Theater/Vogelstein Center of Drama and Film
Playwright: HIT ME: Tess Foley-Cox ’26
VESPERS: Aiden Skelly ’26
Director Name: Director of HIT ME: Esme Nix '27
Director of VESPERS: Kate Lynch '28.
Stage Manager: Stage Manager of HIT ME: Graciela Leahy '29
Stage Manager of VESPERS: Ian Ho '28
Student Project: The Steerman Festival features a selection of student-written new and original short and full-length plays each Spring semester.
Type of Archive: Photos, video, program, poster
Notes About Archive: Synopsis of HIT ME: When six investment bankers take a work trip to a casino in Reno, the team is left without much to do but gamble. As the night unfolds, the stakes of the games just keep getting higher as the team’s sexual lives begin to intertwine. At the end of the night, who will get lucky?

Synopsis of VESPERS: Set in Leningrad during the Soviet-Afghan War, Vespers follows the lives of five disparate individuals brought together by Yuri, a well-meaning yet somewhat incapable young man. When Yuri is sent off to war, the four others must cope with the absence of their friend while also being tormented by a mysterious spiritual force.