During the first three weeks of March, The Network will debut New York’s newest festival, featuring 40 short plays. The Barrow Group Theater on W. 36th Street will host each of the 20-minute plays that will be performed. Two performances of four plays will be featured in the evenings at 6 and 8:30. Audiences and industry professionals will vote to determine which shows move through three elimination rounds from Mar. 4 to the finals on Mar. 22.

The Festival will welcome industry professionals from both the literary and theatrical worlds. The winner of the finals will receive $500 and the award for Best Actor/Actress. The chosen submissions were developed during the Network Mondays Reading Series over the past year. The Network Series has provided an opportunity for actors and playwrights to collaborate and produce new plays in a creative atmosphere.