New Works Lab

2018/19 Readings

The Experiment *
Written by Lisa Kron
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Puppetry by Dan Hurlin
May 28-30 and June 4-5, 2019

The Feast
Written by Deborah Stein
Directed by Adam Greenfield
May 6 and 13, 2019

SuperLab: Bodies They Ritual
Written by Angela Hanks
Directed by Jeremy Bloom
March 11-15, 2019

Musical Theater reading: Erik Hermansonn’s Soul *
Book and Lyrics by Nathan Tysen
Music and Lyrics by Chris Miller
Directed by Kent Nicholson
March 4-8, 2019

Musical Theater reading: Row
Book by Daniel Goldstein
Music and Lyrics by Dawn Landes
February 25-March 1, 2019

SuperLab: King Philip’s Head Is Still On That Pike Just Down the Road
Written by Daniel Glenn
Directed by Caitlin Ryan O’Connell
February 15-19, 2019

Wives *
Written by Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Margot Bordelon
January 31-February 6, 2019

Sarah DeLappe Untitled Commission *
Written by Sarah DeLappe
Directed by Lila Neugebauer
January 28-February 1, 2019

Musical Theater reading: Alice Bliss *
Book by Karen Hartman
Lyrics by Adam Gwon
Music by Jenny Giering
December 4, 2018

The Care and Feeding of Adults *
Written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen
Developed and directed by Oliver Butler
November 5–9, 2018 

Guest Curator Series: Return to Blueprint (Excerpt) 
Written by Tokala Two Elk as told to J. Dawn Jones
Directed by JJ Lind
Performed by Tokala Two Elk
November 6, 2018

Guest Curator Series: Where We Belong
By Madeline Sayet
Directed by Mei Ann Teo
November 6, 2018

Guest Curator Series: Stand-Off At HWY #37 
By Vickie Ramirez
Directed by Ryan Victor Pierce
November 1, 2018

Guest Curator Series: How I Ended Up On Craigslist 
By Stephanie V. Shay Mitchell
Directed by Brett Hecksher
November 1, 2018

Testmatch
By Kate Attwell
Directed by Margot Bordelon
October 22–26, 2018 

SuperLab: We Are Radios
By Chana Porter
Music by Ted Hearne
Directed by Adam Greenfield
October 8–12, 2018 

If Pretty Hurts Ugly Must Be a Muhfucka
By Tori Sampson
Directed by Leah C. Gardiner
October 1–5, 2018

Heroes of the Fourth Turning
By Will Arbery
Directed by Danya Taymor
September 20, 2018

Ann, Fran, and Mary Ann *
By Erin Courtney
Directed by Taibi Magar
September 17–21, 2018

Blinding  *
By Jen Silverman
Directed by Saheem Ali
September 10–14, 2018

3 Farids
By Ramiz Monsef
Directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh
August 15–20, 2018

*  denotes Playwrights Horizons commission
◊ the 2018-19 Guest Curator is Emily Johnson