Fertile Ground Festival

HILLSBORO ARTISTS' REGIONAL THEATRE Presents:

2026 Fertile Ground Festival of New Works at HART

 

HART is proud to once again represent the Westside as a premiere official venue of The Fertile Ground Festival of New Works. It will be a celebration of bold, original voices and emerging playwrights. This year’s lineup showcases an incredible range of stories that are heartfelt, hilarious, daring, and deeply human.

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Join us this April as we bring 19 exciting new works to life on our stage through script readings, workshop productions, and staged performances, all created by Pacific Northwest local artists.

 

2026 Fertile Ground Lineup

(In no particular order)

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• Gnosis by Abrianna Aydee

• Alls Well That Ends Sufficiently by Mark Saunders

• Posing as Sodomite by Maria Choban & Brett Campbell

• Goodnight, Roseburg! by Madeline Thompson

• Pest Control by Celeste Thompson

• Lethal Indecision by Deborah Burdzik

• Howard vs. Love by Abrianna Aydee

• A Pair of Hearts by Paul K. Smith

• Babies in Waiting by Virginia Howe Kincaid

• Safe Distance by Brett Campbell

• When I Was a Mexican: A Bollywood Musical by Alisha Christiansen

• Little Lizzie Plots Revenge by Linda Maxon

• Don’t Cry for the Wolves by Cat Winters

• Plum by Katie Souza

• Good on Paper by Celeste Thompson

• Freedom: A New Rock Musical by Chari Smith

• Almost All About Eva by Kim Handgen

• Rule of Three by Brett Campbell

• Checkerboard Chicks by Allison Fradkin

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(Final schedule, reading dates, and ticket information will be announced soon.)

Join us in celebrating the playwrights who are shaping the next generation of theatre, right here in Hillsboro's Cultural Arts District, at HART!