Asbury Park to Host 1st Annual ACT OUT, DIVA! New Play Festival

(ASBURY PARK, NJ) — Bailey Dumlao and Matthew Yee have announced the first annual ACT OUT, DIVA! New Play Festival featuring five new plays presented as readings from July 17-20, 2025. Matthew Yee is one of the featured playwrights and Bailey Dumlao directs all five pieces.

ACT OUT, DIVA! New Play Festival is a theatrical new work incubator designed to elevate, foster, and amplify LGBTQIA+ stories and community. As part of their premiere, they are excited to present five (5) new plays as readings held at various community partner spaces in Asbury Park, New Jersey. To be featured are: Sensation by Matthew Yee, Board of Ed by Richard Spitaletta, The Way You Made Me by Lindsay Partain, Strike/Out by Lizz Mangan, and [the inner universe] by Sam Heyman.

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