New Works Lab

2011/12 Readings

Rapture, Blister, Burn*
By Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Peter DuBois
August 4–9, 2011

Musical Theater reading: Far From Heaven*
Book by Richard Greenberg, Music by Scott Frankel, Lyrics by Michael Korie
Directed by Michael Greif
August 22–29, 2011

The Big Meal
By Dan LeFranc
Directed by Sam Gold
September 12, 2011

SuperLab: Blood Play
Written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen
Made by The Debate Society
Directed by Oliver Butler
October 3–7, 2011

Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
By Anne Washburn, music by Michael Friedman
Directed by Steve Cosson
October 31–November 4, 2011

The Delling Shore
By Sam Marks
Directed by Les Waters
November 17, 2011 

Musical Theater reading: Sycamore Trees
Book, music, and lyrics by Ricky Ian Gordon (w/ addl. book by Nina Mankin)
Directed by Tina Landau
November 8–18, 2011

Mayday Mayday Tuesday*
By Carlos Murillo
Directed by Adam Greenfield
November 30, 2011

Musical Theater reading: Saturday Night at the Estate *
Music by Josh Schmidt, book and lyrics by Keith Glover
December 6–16, 2011 

SuperLab: Stockholm, Pennsylvania
By Nikole Beckwith
Directed by Jo Bonney
December 12–16, 2011 

SuperLab: Takarazuka!!!
By Susan Soon He Stanton
Directed by Chay Yew
January 12–17, 2012

The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence*
By Madeleine George
Directed by Leigh Silverman
January 23–26, 2012

SuperLab: Somewhere Fun
By Jenny Schwartz
Directed by Anne Kaufman
February 6–10, 2012

Mayday Mayday Tuesday*
By Carlos Murillo
Directed by Michael John Garces
February 15–21, 2012

A Discourse on the Wonders of the Invisible World
By Liz Duffy Adams
Directed by Kent Nicholson
March 26, 2012

Charles Ives Take Me Home
By Jessica Dickey
Directed by Daniella Topol
April 10, 2012 

SuperLab: The Rules
By Dipika Guha
Directed by Lila Neugebauer
April 18–24, 2012

I’m Looking For Helen Twelvetrees
By David Greenspan
Directed by Leigh Silverman
May 7, 2012 

Pretty Penny
By Randall Colburn
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
May 14, 2012

The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters
By Marlane Meyer
Directed by Lisa Peterson
June 11–15, 2012 

The Flick*
By Annie Baker
Directed by Sam Gold
July 2, 2012

* denotes Playwrights Horizons commission

Past Readings