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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.