Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), CalArts’ downtown center for contemporary arts, presents the 19th annual New Original Works (NOW) Festival, a celebration of Los Angeles’ vibrant community of artists creating new performance work, over three weekends this summer: Aug. 18-20, Aug. 25-27, and Sept. 1-3, 2022.

This year’s festival showcases nine new works by Los Angeles artists who are redefining the boundaries of contemporary performance, inventing hybrid artistic disciplines, reimagining traditions, and confronting urgent issues — all which can be enjoyed either in-person or online through REDCAT’s website.

Featured artists include Achinta S. McDaniel, Lindsey Red-tail, X’ene Sky, Jay Carlon with Micaela Tobin, Joe Diebes, Stephanie Zaletel | szalt, Sarahjeen François, Sara Lyons, and The Rock Collection. Since its first edition in 2004, the NOW Festival has supported and showcased over 200 LA-based artists, whose work continues to be presented on stages around the world.