New Play Lab

NEW PLAY LAB

The New Play Development Lab pairs playwrights director or dramaturg with a develop a new play from initial conception to first draft, culminting in staged readings of the new full-length plays written in the lab. The New Play Lab was initially modeled on the Soho Rep Writer/Director Lab.

2011/12

Lab Writers:
Erin Bregman
Anthony Clarvoe
Daniel Heath
Aaron Loeb
Jonathan Spector

Lab Directors:
Joy Carlin
Paul Cello
Joy Brooke Fairfield
Rebecca Novick
Christine Young

Readings will take place in April/May 2012 at the Berkeley City Club

2010/11

Toil and/or Trouble
by Lauen Gunderson
directed by Josh Costello
Sandal Weather
by Jonathan Spector
directed by Mina Morita

Nostalgia and Massacare in the Empire of Rath
by Christopher Chen
directed by Susannah Martin

Girl in a Box
by Geetha Reddy
directed by Jonathan Spector

Heartland
by Dan Rubin
directed by Molly Aaronson-Gelb

2009
(Rather than four or five text based plays, in 2009 we created two devised pieces, which were presented during the Fools' Fury's Fury Factor Festival)

and i need that. this is all i need
conceived and created by Liz Lisle, Jonathan Spector and Chris White
with Madeliene H.D. Brown, Christen Karle and Mick Mize
Produced in partnerhsip with Mugwumpin
Take Me to The Bridge
text by Erin Bregman
music by Dina Maccabee
directed by Molly Aaronson-Gelb

2008

The Whole Tree (Electric)
by Julia Jarcho
directed by Jonathan Spector

The Theory of Everything
by Jesse McKinley
directed by Katy Hilton

Street Symphony #1
by Erin Bregman
directed by Maryanne Olson

2007

The Official Explanation
by Tim Bauer
Directed by Joy Meads

Matterless Fact
by Liz Lisle
Directed by Jonathan Spector

The Dream of a Courtyard
by Greg Beuthin
Directed by Christopher White

Untitled
by Aaron Loeb
Directed Molly Aaronson-Gelb