410 Fest 2026

June 27, 2026

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Baltimore Center Stage is proud to present the second annual 410Fest! An all-day celebration of THREE NEW PLAYS written here, in our city! Our festival of new works will present three readings of plays written by the second cohort of Lab410 playwrights-in-residence. Join us for a day filled with food, fun, and storytelling as we celebrate our playwrights and the new plays they’ve developed with us this season!

Parental Advisory:
A Beautiful and Interesting Disease contains implied reference to self-harm/body trauma; some scenes sexual in nature; includes explicit language.

Who’s Been Giving Out Plan B at the Library? contains discussions of reproductive health, references to pregnancy, menstruation, incest, rape, workplace discrimination, substance abuse, and humiliation by an authority figure, threats of violence and institutional retaliation.

Schedule

June 27, 2026

11:30AM
410Brunch Kick-Off
Welcome Remarks, Mimosas & Brunch Bites from Tamika’s Sauces

12:15pm
A Beautiful and Interesting Disease by Madeline ‘Mo” Oslejsek
Directed by Joseph W. Ritsch+

2:00PM

410Artist Market
Buy from beloved vendors Lydia Ethem, Violet Morgue, and Love More Bmore.

3:30PM
RIOT: The Beat of Freddie Gray by Ty’Ree Hope Davis
Directed by Travis Xavier

5:00PM
410Kickback
Music, Food, and Fun featuring sounds by DJ Kotic Couture and food by Tamika’s Sauces

6:00PM
Who’s Been Giving Out Plan B at the Library? by Jalice Ortiz-Corral
Directed by Danielle A. Drakes


RIOT: The Beat of Freddie Gray by Ty’Ree Hope Davis	A Beautiful and Interesting Disease by Madeline “Mo” Oslejsek	Who’s Been Giving out Plan-B at the Library? by Jalice Ortiz-Corral

Travis Xavier, director RIOT: The Beat of Freddie Gray	Joseph W. Ritsch, director A Beautiful and Interesting Disease	Danielle A. Drakes, director Who’s Been Giving out Plan-B at the Library?