IF WE GOT SOMRE MORE COCAINE I COULD SHOW YOU HOW I LOVE YOU by John O'Donovan
A comic and compelling romantic drama that cocks an eye at a changing Ireland and asks why progress hasn’t rescued everyone yet.
Solas Nua presents this special event play reading in partnership with Studio Theatre, as part of their inaugural New Pages, New Stages Festival.
WHEN: Friday, January 23, 8:00 p.m.
WHERE: Studio Theatre (1501 14th St. NW, Washington, DC 20005)
TICKETS: Available Friday, January 9 from Studio Theatre
About the Playwright
John O’Donovan’s work has been read and staged in the UK at the Old Vic, the Old Red Lion, New Diorama, Southwark Playhouse, Theatre503, Arcola Theatre, Hackney Showrooms, RADA and Clapham Omnibus, as well as in Ireland by Druid Theatre, the Abbey Theatre and the Irish Drama League. A former member of the Old Vic 12, Orange Tree Writers Collective and Royal Court Young Writers’ Programme, as well as the Abbey Theatre Playwrights Hub in Ireland, he has had stories and plays published in Verbal Arts Magazine, Crannóg and Bare Fiction.
SOLAS NUA PRESENTS IN INAUGURAL 'NEW STAGES, NEW PAGES' FESTIVAL AT STUDIO THEATRE
Inspired by the now-defunct Page to Stage program at the Kennedy Center, Studio Theatre leadership conceived the festival to help support the development of new theatrical work in the DC region. Page to Stage was only one of many national incubators of new work that did not return after the pandemic, leaving a vacuum of support for new artists in DC’s otherwise robust arts community. In order to begin rebuilding that support, Studio invited four other DC companies — Arena Stage, Theater Alliance, Theater J, and Solas Nua — to collaborate on this new event. Each of the five participating DC companies chose one or two works-in-progress to present at the festival, which will feature professional readings of each new play.
The festival will take place January 23-25, 2026 at Studio Theatre, 1501 14th St NW, Washington, DC, with readings at 5 p.m. and 8 p.m. each day, and include other activities and celebrations of new art and artists. Tickets will go on sale to the public on January 9 at studiotheatre.org.
“Washington, DC is one of the country’s powerhouse theater cities. Part of my impulse in developing New Pages, New Stages was to showcase the range and depth of new writing on DC-area stages. By producing readings from four other theaters, large and small, I also hope to capture something of the excitement of the Kennedy Center’s former Page to Stage Festival. These six plays — with writers from DC, Dublin, and around the US — are a testament to the varied and vibrant new work on offer in the District.”
—David Muse, Studio Artistic Director
