Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater (REDCAT), CalArts’ downtown center for contemporary arts, presents the 18th annual New Original Works (NOW) Festival, a celebration of Los Angeles’ vibrant community of artists creating new contemporary performance work, over three weekends this fall: Oct. 7-9, Oct. 14-16, and Oct. 21-23.

This year’s festival returns to in-person performances with nine new works by artists who are redefining the boundaries of contemporary performance, inventing hybrid artistic disciplines, reimagining traditions, and confronting urgent issues.

Since 2004, NOW Festival has presented the work of over 200 L.A.-based artists premiering new contemporary dance, theater, music, and multimedia performances. NOW Festival 2021 artists include Melissa Cisneros, Pau S. Pescador, Marissa Brown, Eloquent Peasants, Joshua Hill, Rosanna Tavarez, Jobel Medina, Jasmine Orpilla, and Amy O’Neal.

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