Presented as part of the 2026 New Works Festival, this show is a mind-bending exploration of identity, power, and deception that includes four short plays:

• 113 St. John St. by Tochi Okeke, directed by Arthur Schlupp: A character-driven play about three siblings navigating tension, distance, and emotional honesty while living together during lockdown, as hidden struggles and past wounds come to the surface.
• AI Wrote This Play by Arthur Schlupp, directed by Olivia Rossel: This play looks into what happens when you let an AI app write a play. It turns into a very chaotic, very unorthodox play.
• First Date by Jeremy Hawkins, directed by Talia Dmitrienko: Tom is a lonely bonsai enthusiast. Jess is a quirky gardener. They seem like a perfect match with potential for true love… until they ask their friends Erik and Val  for dating advice.  …There’s no way this first date will go well. This play offers social commentary on toxic dating advice that widely circulates online.
• Please, Take a Seat by Mel Mah, directed by Cassandra Little: You go to an interview. Is it your dream job? No, but you need it. You sit down. Why did you say that? What is the interviewer writing down? It doesn’t look good.
  Is there such a thing as a perfect interview? Is there a world outside of work?

A Glass Darkly will be presented three times at the New Works Festival, on the evenings of August 14 and 21 (8pm curtain) and as a matinee on August 16 (2pm curtain). Following the August 16 performance there will be a talkback featuring some of the authors and directors.