diff --git a/app/astride/evaluate.js b/app/astride/evaluate.js
index 6e3f6fe..2538de4 100644
--- a/app/astride/evaluate.js
+++ b/app/astride/evaluate.js
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ export default function evaluate(node, {scope} = {}) {
       return evaluators.binary(node, {evaluate, scope});
     case 'MemberExpression':
       return evaluators.member(node, {evaluate, scope});
+    case 'NewExpression':
+      return evaluators.new(node, {evaluate, scope});
     case 'ObjectExpression':
       return evaluators.object(node, {evaluate, scope});
     case 'UnaryExpression':
diff --git a/app/astride/evaluators/new.js b/app/astride/evaluators/new.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2ed05b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/astride/evaluators/new.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+export default function(node, {evaluate, scope}) {
+  let asyncArgs = false;
+  const args = [];
+  for (let i = 0; i < node.arguments.length; i++) {
+    const arg = node.arguments[i];
+    const {async, value} = evaluate(arg, {scope});
+    asyncArgs ||= async;
+    args.push(value);
+  }
+  const {callee} = node;
+  const {async, value} = evaluate(callee, {scope});
+  if (asyncArgs || async) {
+    return {
+      async: true,
+      value: Promise
+        .all([value, Promise.all(args)])
+        .then(([callee, args]) => new callee(...args)),
+    };
+  }
+  return {value: new value(...args)};
+}
diff --git a/app/astride/evaluators/new.test.js b/app/astride/evaluators/new.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b7170f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/astride/evaluators/new.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import {expect, test} from 'vitest';
+
+import evaluate from '@/astride/evaluate.js';
+import expression from '@/astride/test/expression.js';
+
+const scopeTest = test.extend({
+  scope: async ({}, use) => {
+    await use({
+      S: {O: {}},
+      get(k) { return this.S[k]; },
+      set(k, v) { return this.S[k] = v; }
+    });
+  },
+});
+
+class C {
+  foo = 'bar';
+  constructor(a, b) {
+    this.a = a;
+    this.b = b;
+  }
+}
+
+scopeTest('creates instances', async ({scope}) => {
+  scope.set('C', C);
+  const evaluated = evaluate(await expression('new C(1, 2)'), {scope});
+  expect(evaluated.value)
+    .to.deep.include({
+      a: 1,
+      b: 2,
+      foo: 'bar',
+    });
+});
+
+scopeTest('creates instances with async dependencies', async ({scope}) => {
+  scope.set('C', C);
+  scope.set('a', Promise.resolve(1));
+  scope.set('b', Promise.resolve(2));
+  const evaluated = evaluate(await expression('new C(await a, await b)'), {scope});
+  expect(evaluated.async)
+    .to.equal(true);
+  expect(await evaluated.value)
+    .to.deep.include({
+      a: 1,
+      b: 2,
+      foo: 'bar',
+    });
+});
diff --git a/app/astride/sandbox.js b/app/astride/sandbox.js
index 5a92f7f..b49d585 100644
--- a/app/astride/sandbox.js
+++ b/app/astride/sandbox.js
@@ -150,6 +150,7 @@ export default class Sandbox {
       case 'ObjectExpression':
       case 'Identifier':
       case 'MemberExpression':
+      case 'NewExpression':
       case 'UpdateExpression': {
         result = this.evaluateToResult(node);
         if (result.yield) {
diff --git a/app/astride/sandbox.test.js b/app/astride/sandbox.test.js
index de48b3d..47243d7 100644
--- a/app/astride/sandbox.test.js
+++ b/app/astride/sandbox.test.js
@@ -121,6 +121,39 @@ test('runs arbitrary number of ops', async () => {
     .to.equal(150);
 });
 
+test('instantiates', async () => {
+  const sandbox = new Sandbox(
+    await parse(`
+      const x = new C(1, 2);
+      const y = new C(await a, await b);
+    `),
+    {
+      a: Promise.resolve(1),
+      b: Promise.resolve(2),
+      C: class {
+        foo = 'bar';
+        constructor(a, b) {
+          this.a = a;
+          this.b = b;
+        }
+      },
+    },
+  );
+  await finish(sandbox);
+  expect(sandbox.context.x)
+    .to.deep.include({
+      a: 1,
+      b: 2,
+      foo: 'bar',
+    });
+  expect(sandbox.context.y)
+    .to.deep.include({
+      a: 1,
+      b: 2,
+      foo: 'bar',
+    });
+});
+
 test('deletes', async () => {
   const sandbox = new Sandbox(
     await parse(`
diff --git a/app/astride/traverse.js b/app/astride/traverse.js
index 9bbe352..b31b330 100644
--- a/app/astride/traverse.js
+++ b/app/astride/traverse.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export const TRAVERSAL_PATH = {
   Identifier: [],
   IfStatement: ['alternate', 'consequent', 'test'],
   MemberExpression: ['object', 'property'],
+  NewExpression: ['arguments', 'callee'],
   Literal: [],
   LogicalExpression: ['left', 'right'],
   ObjectExpression: ['properties'],