New Works Lab
Beyond the season productions and behind the scenes, our Literary Department helps scores of playwrights to develop their voices and their new work at all stages of the writing process every year through a series of programs collectively known as the New Works Lab.
The Lab’s central purpose is to provide writers with developmental opportunities, affording them the time and space to collaborate on unfinished projects and hear their work aloud. In permutations ranging from one-day readings to extensive, week-long workshops, each process is structured to meet the needs of the individual playwright and unique project. Readings are closed to the public, allowing the author to evaluate and revise his or her work in a pressure-free environment.
The New Works Lab also encompasses a range of the Literary Department’s ongoing activities that allow them to discover and support new American writers. Playwrights Horizons staff reviews nearly 1,000 script submissions each season; awards three to five new play commissions each season; and attends readings and productions of new work in New York and throughout the country.
SuperLab is a unique new play development collaboration between Playwrights Horizons and downtown new play powerhouse Clubbed Thumb. In 2010, noticing a significant overlap in the writers supported by both theaters, Playwrights Horizons Director of New Play Development Adam Greenfield and Clubbed Thumb Producing Artistic Director Maria Striar conceived of a co-curated series of play laboratories to support the creation of bold, risk-taking new works by living American playwrights and bridge the perceived gap between New York’s “uptown” and “downtown” theater sensibilities, methodologies and artist rosters, expanding the range of experience and opportunity for all. Initially supported by funds granted to Clubbed Thumb by Metlife/Theatre Communications Group’s A-ha! Program, created to foster creative thinking and action among its member theaters, SuperLab has since become a regular part of both theater’s new play development programs, with between four and six week-long, process-driven play labs each season. SuperLab readings are noted in the readings lists below.
To read our submission guidelines, click here. And keep your eye on this page and future bulletins for updates on our ongoing activities.
Read what New Works Lab participants are saying about the program.
Past Readings
2019/20 Readings
Musical Theater
Unknown Soldier ^ +
Book and Lyrics by Daniel Goldstein
Music and Lyrics by Michael Friedman
Directed by Trip Cullman
October 21 -25, 2019
Alice Bliss +
Book by Karen Hartman
Music by Adam Gwon
Lyrics by Jenny Giering
November 11 – 15, 2019
Plays
So Um Thank You
By Sheila Callaghan
Directed by Kip Fagan
September 9 – 13, 2019
Whitelisted
By Chisa Hutchison
Directed by Jade King Carroll
September 24, 2019
The Wheel of Fortune +
By Eric John Meyer
Directed by Carolyn Cantor
October 1 – 4, 2019
The Trees +
By Agnes Borinsky
Directed by Kristina Satter
November 4 – 8, 2019
Sparks Fly Upward
By Eleanor Burgess
Directed by Danya Taymor
November 18-22, 2019
SuperLab: Seneca Falls
By Jean Ann Douglass
Directed by Jess Chayes
December 2 – 5, 2019
A Boy’s Company Presents: Tell Me If I’m Hurting You ^ +
By Jeremy O. Harris
Directed by Dustin Wills
Choreographed by Jack Fervor
December 8 – 12, 2019
March 2, 4-6, 2020
Ann, Fran & Mary Ann +
By Erin Courtney
Directed by Jose Zayas
December 11, 2019
The Feast
By Deborah Stein
Directed by Morgan Green
December 12 – 16, 2019
Selling Kabul ^ +
By Sylvia Khoury
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
January 13, 2020
Fancy Dancer
Co-presented with Children’s Theater Company, Minneapolis
By Larissa FastHorse
Directed by Chay Yew
Choreographed by Raja Feather Kelly
February 22 – 26, 2020
The Ideopathic Toewalker +
By Julia Jordan
Directed by Kate Whorksey
March 2 – 6, 2020
Corsicana
(Online via Zoom)
By Will Arbery
Directed by Sam Gold
June 8, 2020
^ Produced/to be produced at Playwrights
+ Playwrights Horizons commission
Please note: the Playwrights Horizons offices closed on March 12, 2020 and remained closed the rest of the season due to the coronavirus, so no New Works Labs were held during that period.
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
2017/18 Readings
I Was Most Alive With You
Written and directed by Craig Lucas
Director of Artistic Sign Language, Sabrina Dennison
July 22–26, 2017
Florida *
By Lucas Hnath
August 22-24, 2017
This Flat Earth
By Lindsey Ferrentino
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
August 24, 2017
Musical Theater reading: Two Cities
Co-conceived & Music, Book, Lyrics by Todd Almond
Co-conceived & Directed by Lear deBessonet
Music Direction by Todd Almond
September 14–20, 2017
Writer Army
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
September 25–October 1, 2017
Dance Nation
By Clare Barron
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
October 4–5, 2017
Tranquil *
By Ariel Stess
Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
October 6–10, 2017
Theater Wit: The Antelope Party
By Eric John Meyer
Directed by Jeremy Wechsler
October 11–13, 2017
You Mean To Do Me Harm
By Christopher Chen
Directed by Kip Fagan
October 23, 2017
SuperLab: The Thanksgiving Play
By Larissa FastHorse
Directed by Moritz von Stupelnagel
October 23–27, 2017
The Care and Feeding of Adults *
Written by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen
Developed and directed by Oliver Butler
November 7–10 & 13, 2017
Dance Nation
By Clare Barron
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
November 11–12 & 14–16, 2017
This Flat Earth
By Lindsey Ferrentino
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
November 27–December 1, 2017
The Jokers
By Greg Keller
Directed by Maggie Burrows
December 4–8, 2017
Slave Play
By Jeremy O. Harris
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
December 12–13, 2017
SuperLab: Evanston Salt Costs Climbing
By Will Arbery
Directed by Dustin Wills
December 11–15, 2017
Romeo and Juliet and Me *
By Bathsheba Doran
December 18, 2017
Musical Theater reading: Two Cities
Co-conceived & Music, Book, Lyrics by Todd Almond
Co-conceived & Directed by Lear deBessonet
Music Direction by Julie McBride
Choreography by Chase Brock
January 2–12, 2018
New York Deaf Theatre residency: Sam Edwards New Play Reading Series
Collaborating Artists: JW Guido, Lewis Merkin, Chrissy Cogswell, Seth Gore, Monique Holt
January 8–12, 2018
Ann, Fran, and Mary Ann *
By Erin Courtney
Directed by Adam Greenfield
January 18–19, 2018
An Old Way To Pay Off New Debts
Written and directed by Keith Reddin
February 9, 2018
SuperLab: Catch As Catch Can
By Mia Chung
Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
April 2–6, 2018
TJ Loves Sally Forever
By James Ijames
Directed by Saheem Ali
April 12–14, 2018
I Was Most Alive With You
By Craig Lucas
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
Director of Artistic Sign Language, Sabrina Dennison
April 30–May 4, 2018
Tranquil *
By Ariel Stess
Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
May 21–25, 2018
The Idiopathic Toewalker *
By Julia Jordan
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
May 30, 2018
Writers Shift
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
June 4–10, 2018
Guest Curator Series: How to Raise a Freeman ◊
By Zakiyyah Alexander
Directed by Awoye Timpo
June 11, 2018
Guest Curator Series: Refrigerator ◊
By Lucas Baisch
Directed by Hutch Pimentel
June 13, 2018
Guest Curator Series: how to make an american son ◊
By christopher oscar peña
Directed by Leigh Silverman
June 14, 2018
Guest Curator Series: Hatefuck ◊
By Rehana Lew Mirza
Directed by Margot Bordelon
June 18, 2018
Guest Curator Series: Rebels Till Death ◊
By Gina Femia
Directed by Saheem Ali
June 19, 2018
Guest Curator Series: DoubleThink ◊
By Hansol Jung
Directed by Dustin Wills
June 20, 2018
Guest Curator Series: Power Strip ◊
By Sylvia Khoury
Directed by Noa Egozi
June 21, 2018
Guest Curator Series: Blood Special ◊
By Alex Lubischer
Directed by Zi Alikhan
June 22, 2018
* denotes Playwrights Horizons commission
◊ the 2017-18 Guest Curator was A. Rey Pamatmat
2016/17 Readings
The Things That Were There
By David Greenspan
Directed by Leigh Silverman
July 6–8, 2016
Mankind*
Written and directed by Robert O'Hara
July 18, 2016
Rancho Viejo*
By Dan LeFranc
Directed by Daniel Aukin
August 15–19, 2016
My Heart is a Library, Yours is a Museum.*
By Kirk Lynn
Directed by Anne Kauffman
August 29, 2016
Hurricane Diane
By Madeleine George
Directed by Leigh Silverman
September 17–19, 2016
The Storytellers*
By Ann Marie Healy
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
September 29, 30 & October 3 2016
SuperLab: Hamlet by Mia Fefferman
By Mara Nelson-Greenberg
Directed by Morgan Green
October 3–7 2016
Musical Theater reading: Alice Bliss
Music by Jenny Giering
Lyrics by Adam Gwon
Book by Laura Harrington
Directed by Mark Brokaw
October 17–21, 2016
Marginal Loss
By Deborah Stein
Directed by Oliver Butler
October 26–28 2016
Mankind*
Written and Directed by Robert O'Hara
October 31–November 3 2016
Musical Theater reading: A Strange Loop
Book, music and lyrics by Michael R. Jackson
Directed by Stephen Brackett
November 7–11, 2016
Overjoyed
By Ethan Lipton
Directed by Oliver Butler
November 9–10 2016
Musical Theater reading: Saturday Night at the Estate (In the Corner of Your Mind)
Book by Keith Glover
Music by Josh Schmidt
Lyrics by Keith Glover & Josh Schmidt
Directed by Mark Brokaw
November 28–December 2, 2016
New York Deaf Theatre Residency: I Never Slept With Helen Keller
By Raymond Luczak
Directed by Lewis Merkin
December 5–9, 2016
Leap and the Net Will Appear
By Chana Porter
Directed by Tara Ahmadinejad
December 12–16, 2016
Writer Army
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
December 12–18, 2016
SuperLab: Frilly
By Sigrid Gilmer
Directed by Sam Pinkleton
January 9–13, 2017
Legacy
By Daniel Goldfarb
January 23, 2017
SuperLab: The Department Party
By Sam Marks
Directed by Portia Krieger
January 24–30, 2017
SuperLab: The World My Mama Raised
By Ariel Stess
Directed by Kip Fagan
January 31–February 1, 2017
Musical Theater reading: Cost of Living
Book, music and lyrics by Timothy Huang
Directed by Marlo Hunter
February 6–19, 2017
One More Less
By Kate Cortesi
Directed by Robert O'Hara
February 25, 2017
The Treasurer*
By Max Posner
Directed by David Cromer
March 20–24, 2017
I Was Most Alive With You
Written and directed by Craig Lucas
March 27, 2017
SuperLab: Tin Cat Shoes
By Trish Harnetiaux
Directed by Knud Adams
March 27–31, 2017
SPACE on Ryder Farm
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
April 4–7, 2017
SuperLab: History of Walking
By James Ijames
Directed by Lucie Tiberghien
April 8–13, 2017
Writer Army
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
May 2–9, 2017
Noura
By Heather Raffo
Directed by Joanna Settle
May 23, 2017
Dance Nation
By Clare Barron
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
May 30 – June 6, 2017
This Flat Earth
By Lindsey Ferrentino
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
June 7, 2017
Together
By Alexandra Collier
Directed by Mia Rovegno
June 12 – 15, 2017
The Pain of My Belligerence*
By Halley Feiffer
Directed by Trip Cullman
June 13, 2017
Log Cabin
By Jordan Harrison
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
June 16, 2017
* denotes Playwrights Horizons commission
2015/16 Readings
Musical Theater reading: Days Like Today
Book by Laura Eason, music and lyrics by Alan Schmuckler
Inspired by the work of Charles L. Mee
Directed by Sam Pinkleton
September 13–16, 2015
The Profane
By Zayd Dohrn
Directed by David Schwimmer
September 17, 2015
I Will Be Gone
By Erin Courtney
Directed by Kip Fagan
September 21, 2015
The Only Girl in the Hot Tub
By Ariel Stess
Directed by Kip Fagan
September 28–30, 2015
SuperLab: Going Out and Coming Back
By Alexander Borinsky
Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
October 5–9, 2015
SuperLab: The Apocryphal Tragedy of King Michael
By Eric John Meyer
Directed by Robert O’Hara
October 26–30, 2015
Indian Summer
By Gregory S. Moss
Directed by Carolyn Cantor
November 4, 2015
SuperLab: One of the Women
By Mary Elizabeth Hamilton
Directed by Danya Taymor
November 9–13, 2015
Musical Theater reading: String
Book by Sarah Hammond, music and lyrics by Adam Gwon
Directed by Lisa Peterson
November 2–22, 2015
The Storytellers*
By Ann Marie Healy
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
November 30–December 4, 2015
Familiar
By Danai Gurira
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
December 11, 2015
Rancho Viejo*
By Dan LeFranc
Directed by Daniel Aukin
December 15 and 18, 2015
Writer Army
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
January 3–10, 2016
Musical Theater reading: In the Corner of Your Mind*
(formerly Saturday Night at the Estate)
Book by Keith Glover
Music by Josh Schmidt
Lyrics by Keith Glover and Josh Schmidt
January 18–29, 2016
The Experiment*
By Lisa Kron
Directed by Leigh Silverman
January 20–29, 2016
SuperLab: Cute Activist
By Milo Cramer
Directed by Morgan Green
February 1–5, 2016
The Orphan's Club
By Sofia Alvarez
Directed by Oliver Butler
February 24–26, 2016
The Last Tiger in Haiti
By Jeff Augustin
Directed by Joshua Kahan Brody
March 7–11, 2016
Musical Theater reading:Bella: An American Tall Tale
By Kirsten Childs
Directed by Robert O'Hara
March 14–18, 2016
Nostalgia is a Mild Form of Grief
By Jerry Lieblich
Directed by Lee Sunday Evans
March 22–25, 2016
American Boobs*
By Jenny Schwartz
Directed by Anne Kauffman
March 23–April 1, 2016
Rancho Viejo*
By Dan LeFranc
Directed by Daniel Aukin
April 18, 2016
SuperLab: Flood City
By Gabrielle Reisman
Directed by Will Davis
April 15–20, 2016
pen/man/ship
By Christina Anderson
Directed by Lucie Tiberghien
May 2, 2016
Men on Boats
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Will Davis
May 10–11, 2016
Writer Army
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
June 6–12, 2016
Rancho Viejo*
By Dan LeFranc
Directed by Daniel Aukin
June 22–24, 26–27, 2016
* denotes Playwrights Horizons commission
2014/15 Readings
SuperLab: Men On Boats
By Jaclyn Backhaus
Directed by Will Davis
August 8–12, 2014
The Light Years
Created by The Debate Society
August 18, 2014
Iowa
By Jenny Schwartz
Music and Lyrics by Todd Almond
Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
September 15–26, 2014
Antlia Pneumatica*
By Anne Washburn
Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
October 1–2, 2014
Iowa
By Jenny Schwartz
Music and Lyrics by Todd Almond
Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
October 6–10, 2015
The Storytellers*
By Ann Marie Healy
Directed Rebecca Taichman
October 30, 2014
Placebo
By Melissa James Gibson
Directed by Daniel Aukin
October 31, 2014
The Agonist*
By Ethan Lipton
Directed by Anne Kauffman
November 13, 2014
Musical Theater reading: Noir
Book by Kyle Jarrow, music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik
Directed by Rachel Chavkin
November 17–20, 2014
Bedlam
By Zayd Dohrn
Directed by Kip Fagan
November 21, 2014
Writer Army
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
December 1–7, 2014
American Boobs*
By Jenny Schwartz
Directed by Anne Kauffman
December 5–15, 2014
The Debate Society
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
December 8–12, 2014
Musical Theater reading: Buffalo Bella*
Book, music and lyrics by Kirsten Childs
Directed by Robert O’Hara
December 12–17, 2014
Rancho Viejo*
By Dan LeFranc
Directed by Daniel Aukin
December 16 and 19, 2014
SuperLab: D Deb Debbie Deborah
By Jerry Lieblich
Directed by Oliver Butler
December 15–19, 2014
Peerless
By Jiehae Park
Directed by Lila Neugebauer
January 14–16, 2015
SuperLab: Daisy: A Study of Americans Abroad
By Chiara Atik
Directed by Stella Powell-Jones
January 26–30, 2015
The Experiment*
By Lisa Kron
Directed by Leigh Silverman
February 4–10, 2015
The Storytellers*
By Ann Marie Healy
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
February 13–17, 2015
I Enter the Valley
By Dipika Guha
Directed by Portia Krieger
February 25–27, 2015
The Light Years
Created by the Debate Society
March 2–18, 2015
Writer Army
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
March 16–20, 2015
SuperLab: Every Angel is Brutal
By Julia Jarcho
Directed by Carolyn Cantor
March 16–20, 2015
The Human Court
By Jessica Dickey
Directed by Davis McCallum
March 31–April 3, 2015
Musical Theater reading: Alice Bliss*
Book by Laura Harrington, lyrics by Adam Gwon, music by Jenny Giering
Directed by Mark Brokaw
April 6–10, 2015
Hir
By Taylor Mac
Directed by Niegel Smith
April 13, 2015
SuperLab: Better
By Michelle Carter
Directed by Kent Nicholson
April 20–24, 2015
The Animals
By Kirk Lynn
Directed by Anne Kauffman
May 13, 2015
Writer Army
in residence at Playwrights Horizons
May 12–17, 2015
The Light Years
Created by the Debate Society
May 18–29, 2015
A Life
By Adam Bock
Directed by Anne Kauffman
June 1, 2015
* denotes Playwrights Horizons commission
2013/14 Readings
Musical Theater reading: The Great Wall
Book by Kevin Merritt, music and lyrics by Kevin So
Directed by Kevin Merritt
July 17–23, 2013
Rancho Viejo*
By Dan LeFranc
Directed by Daniel Aukin
September 6, 2013
SuperLab: Diversity Awareness Picnic
By Leah Nanako Winkler
Directed by Kristan Seemel
September 9–13, 2013
Musical Theater reading: Fly By Night
By Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick and Kim Rosenstock
Directed by Carolyn Cantor
September 12–16, 2013
SuperLab: Tumacho
By Ethan Lipton
Directed by Leigh Silverman
September 30–October 4, 2013
Rancho Viejo*
By Dan LeFranc
Directed by Daniel Aukin
October 21–25, 2013
The Blackest Shore*
By Mark Schultz
Directed by Daniel Aukin
October 28–29, 2013
Pocatello
By Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Davis McCallum
November 19–22, 2013
Stage Kiss
By Sarah Ruhl
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
November 25, 2013
Snore
By Max Posner
Directed by Kip Fagan
December 2–3, 2013
Musical Theater reading: Fly By Night
By Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick and Kim Rosenstock
Directed by Carolyn Cantor
December 4–9, 2013
Rancho Viejo*
By Dan LeFranc
Directed by Daniel Aukin
December 9–11, 2013
Iowa
By Jenny Schwartz
Music and Lyrics by Todd Almond
Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
January 13–20, 2014
The Rooster Interview
By Sam Marks
Directed by Lila Neugebauer
January 21–23, 2014
SuperLab: Antlia Pneumatica*
By Anne Washburn
Directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
January 27–31, 2014
SuperLab: I'm Pretty Fucked Up, or the Howls and Sounds Play
By Ariel Stess
Directed by Kip Fagan
February 10–14, 2014
Serial Black Face*
By Janine Nabers
Directed by Carolyn Cantor
February 26–28, 2014
Grand Concourse
By Heidi Schreck
Directed by Kip Fagan
March 6, 2014
John and Anne
By Hamish Linklater
Directed by Jo Bonney
March 17, 2014
Superlab: God is a Good God
By Miki Johnson
Directed by Liesl Tommy
March 24–28, 2014
Grand Concourse
By Heidi Schreck
Directed by Kip Fagan
April 14–18, 2014
Pocatello
By Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by Davis McCallum
May 19–23, 2014
Burying the Lede
By Jonathan Reynolds
May 28, 2014
The Rooster Interview
By Sam Marks
Directed by Lila Neugebauer
May 29, 2014
* denotes Playwrights Horizons commission
2012/13 Readings
The Flick*
by Annie Baker
Directed by Sam Gold
July 2, 2012
Musical Theater reading: The Blonde Streak
Book by David Rossmer, music by Dan Lipton
Directed by Jack Cummings III
August 20–24, 2012
Psalm 151
By Len Jenkin
Directed by Kip Fagan
August 27, 2012
Want
By Zayd Dohrn
Directed by Kip Fagan
September 10, 2012
SuperLab: Movers and Shakers
By Deborah Stein and Suli Holum
Directed by Deborah Stein
October 15–19, 2012
Marjorie Prime*
By Jordan Harrison
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
October 25–26, 2012
The Consultant
By Heidi Schreck
Directed by Anne Kauffman
October 29–31, and December 13, 2012
The Cottage
By Kathleen Tolan
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
November 5, 2012
Musical Theater reading: Saturday Night at the Estate*
Book and Lyrics by Keith Glover
Music and Lyrics by Josh Schmidt
November 7–13, 2012
SuperLab: Your Mother’s Copy of the Kama Sutra
By Kirk Lynn
Directed by Oliver Butler
November 12–16, 2012
The (curious case of the) Watson Intelligence*
By Madeleine George
Directed by Leigh Silverman
November 27–30, 2012
Leveling Up
By Deb Laufer
Directed by Wendy Goldberg
(co–produced with Cincinnati Playhouse)
December 3–4, 2012
I’m Looking for Helen Twelvetrees
By David Greenspan
Directed by Leigh Silverman
December 7–10, 2012
Middleman
By Carly Mensch
Directed by Annie Baker
December 14, 2012
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
By Anne Washburn, music by Michael Friedman
Directed by Steve Cosson
January 7–11, 2013
Cherokee
By Lisa D’Amour
Directed by Anne Kauffman
January 15, 2013
Musical Theater reading: Fly By Night
Conceived by Kim Rosenstock
Written by Will Connolly, Michael Mitnick and Kim Rosenstock
Directed by Bill Fennelly
January 24–29, 2013
A Future Perfect
By Ken Urban
Directed by Stephen Brackett
February 1, 2013
SuperLab: Phoebe in Winter
By Jen Silverman
Directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt
February 4–8, 2013
The Patron Saint of Sea Monsters
By Marlane Meyer
Directed by Lisa Peterson
February 26–28, 2013
SuperLab: A Kind of Weather
By Sylvan Oswald
Directed by Eric Hoff
March 18–22, 2013
SuperLab: 16 Words or Less
By Peggy Stafford
Directed by Meghan Finn
March 19, 20, and April 2–4, 2013
The Spoils
By Jesse Eisenberg
Directed by Kip Fagan
May 20–21, 2013
Mr. Burns, a post-electric play
Anne Washburn, music by Michael Friedman
Directed by Steve Cosson
June 3–7, 2013
* denotes Playwrights Horizons commission
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
2010/11 Readings
Dirt Archaeology*
By Christopher Kyle
Directed by Jo Bonney
July 26, 2010
The Big Meal
By Dan LeFranc
Directed by Sam Gold
September 22–24, 2010
Musical Theater reading: Rocket Science
By Patricia Cotter, Stephen A. Weiner, Jason Rhyne
Directed by Kathleen Marshall
October 18–29, 2010
Musical Theater reading: The Shaggs
Book by Joy Gregory, music and lyrics Gunnar Madsen
Directed by John Langs
November 3–10, 2010
SuperLab: Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England
By Madeleine George
Directed by Alec Duffy
November 8–12, 2010
Maple and Vine
By Jordan Harrison
Directed by Anne Kauffman
November 15–19, 2010
Rapture, Blister, Burn*
By Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Peter DuBois
November 20–21, 2010
Musical Theater reading: Sleeping Beauty Wakes
By Rachel Sheinkin, Brendan Milburn, Valerie Vigoda
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
November 29–December 3, 2010
Bootycandy
By Robert O’Hara
Directed by Robert O’Hara
December 6, 2010
Missing
By Janine Nabers
Directed by Davis McCallum
December 11–16, 2010
SuperLab: 3C
By David Adjmi
Directed by Jackson Gay
January 3–7, 2011
Assistance
By Leslye Headland
Directed by Scott Ellis
January 27–28, 2011
Rapture, Blister, Burn*
By Gina Gionfriddo
Directed by Peter DuBois
February 7, 2011
Chicago Boys
By Kathleen Tolan
Directed by Pam MacKinnon
February 10, 2011
Musical Theater reading: Southern Comfort
Book and lyrics by Dan Collins, music and lyrics by Julianne Wick Davis
Directed by Thomas Caruso
February 15, 2011
Seven Homeless Mammoths Wander New England
By Madeleine George
Directed by Leigh Silverman
February 21–22, 2011
Superlab: Mala Hierba
By Tanya Saracho
Directed by Jerry Ruiz
March 7–11th, 2011
The Locus
By Lucy Thurber
Directed by Leigh Silverman
March 14, 2011
SuperLab: Honey Drop
By Erin Courtney
Directed by May Adrales
April 4–8, 2011
Musical Theater reading: Whisper House
Book by Kyle Jarrow, music and lyrics by Duncan Sheik
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
April 11–15, 2011
The Blackest Shore*
By Mark Schultz
Directed by Evan Cabnet
April 28, 2011
Musical Theater reading: Far From Heaven*
By Richard Greenberg, Scott Frankel, Michael Korie
Directed by Scott Frankel
April 22–29, 2011
The Seduction Community
By Greg Keller
Directed by Kip Fagan
June 6–8, 2011
Assistance
By Leslye Headland
Directed by Trip Cullman
June 15, 2011
Girlfriend
By Tommy Smith
Directed by May Adrales
June 27–28, 2011
Milk Like Sugar
By Kirsten Greenidge
Directed by Rebecca Taichman
June 28–29, 2011
* denotes Playwrights Horizons commission
Support for the New Works Lab is generously provided by the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Jerome Foundation, Dorothy Strelsin Foundation, and the Rodgers and Hammerstein Foundation. |