#newplaydevelopment

One of my resolutions this year was to see more theater. I definitely did that. This is a comprehensive list of everything I’ve seen in 2016 with title, playwright(s), producing company, and location. I’ll keeping adding through the end of December. My hope is that my 2017 list will be even longer!

1. HIR by Taylor Mac - Playwrights Horizons

2. SKELETON CREW by Dominique Morriseau - Atlantic Theater Company

3. THE HOLLER SESSIONS by Frank Boyd - PS 122 COIL Festival @ Paradise Factory

4. CONFIRMATION by Chris Thorpe & Rachel Chavkin - PS 122 COIL Festival @ Invisible Dog Art Center

5. THE INSTITUTE OF MEMORY (TIMe) by Early Morning Opera/Lars Jan - Under the Radar Festival @ Public Theater

6. LONGYARN by Banana Bag and Bodice - The Bushwick Starr

7. I AND YOU by Lauren Gunderson - Merrimack Rep @ 59E59 Theaters

8. WIDE AWAKE HEARTS by Brendan Gall - BirdLand Theatre @ 59E59 Theaters

9. SENSE & SENSIBILITY by Kate Hamill/Jane Austen - Bedlam @ The Gym at Judson

10. PUFFS by Matt Cox - the PIT

11. DRUNKEN WITH WHAT by Target Margin Theater - Abrons Arts Center

12. DEAD DOG PARK by Barry Malawer - Boz and the Bard Productions, Inc. w/ Bedlam @ 59E59 Theaters

13. THE GOOD GIRL by Emilie Collyer - Joyseekers Theatre @ 59E59 Theaters

14. PERICLES by Shakespeare - Theater for a New Audience

15. FAMILIAR by Danai Gurira - Playwrights Horizons

16. PUFFS (again!) by Matt Cox - The PIT

17. THE CRUCIBLE by Arthur Miller - Walter Kerr Theatre/Jujamcyn

18. THE WILDNESS by Sky Pony - Play Co. @ Ars Nova

19. YOUARENOWHERE by Andrew Schneider - 3-Legged Dog

20. I’LL NEVER LOVER AGAIN by Clare Barron - The Bushwick Starr

21. IDEATION by Aaron Loeb - San Francisco Playhouse @ 59E59 Theaters

22. ANTLIA PNEUMATICA by Anne Washburn - Playwrights Horizons

23. I WILL LOOK FORWARD TO THIS LATER text by Kate Benson and Emily Louise Perkins - The Assembly Theater Project @ The New Ohio Theatre

24. THE ANARCHIST by David Mamet - Atlantic Theater Company @ Sheen Center

25. ECHOES by Henry Naylor - Redbeard Theatre Ltd/Gilded Balloon Productions @ 59E59 Theaters

26. REVOLT. SHE SAID. REVOLT AGAIN. by Alice Birch - Soho Rep.

27. TOAST by Richard Bean - Snapdragon Productions/Jagged Fence Theatre @ 59E59 Theaters

28. ROSS AND RACHEL by James Fritz - MOTOR @ 59E59 Theaters

29. IKE AT NIGHT by Ikechukwu Ufomado - The Bushwick Starr

30. PRIMER FOR A FAILED SUPERPOWER by the TEAM - the TEAM @ Littlefield

31. RADIANT VERMIN by Philip Ridley - Metal Rabbit Productions/Supporting Wall/Soho Theatre @ 59E59 Theaters

32. UNIVERSAL ROBOTS by Mac Rodgers - Gideon Productions @ Sheen Center

33. BUTLER by Richard Strand - New Jersey Rep @ 59E59 Theaters

34. GHOST QUARTET by Dave Malloy - Joe’s Pub

35. MEN ON BOATS by Jaclyn Backhaus - Clubbed Thumb @ Playwrights Horizons

36. SUMMER SHORTS by Richard Alfredo, Alexander Dinelaris, and Idris Goodwin - Throughline Artists @ 59E59 Theaters

37. THE GOOD EARTH by Motherlode Theatre- Motherlode Theatre @ The Flea

38. TOUCH by Toni Press-Coffman - Libra Theatre Company @ 59E59 Theaters

39. AUBERGINE by Julia Cho - Playwrights Horizons

40. BEARS IN SPACE by Eoghan Quinn - Collapsing Horse @ 59E59 Theaters

41. MILES FOR MARY by The Mad Ones - The Bushwick Starr

42. *THE DUDLEYS! A FAMILY GAME by Leegrid Stevens - Loading Dock Theatre @ HERE Arts Center

43. REVEL’S END - A TEMPEST DANCE PARTY by Grace Herman-Holland - The Woolgatherers @ CAP 21

44. MILES FOR MARY (again!) by The Mad Ones - The Bushwick Starr

45. TERMS OF ENDEARMENT by Dan Gordon - The Directors Company, Et al. @ 59E59 Theaters

46. DON’T YOU F**KING SAY A WORD by Andy Bragen - Andy Bragen Theatre Projects/Rachel Sussman @ 59E59 Theaters

47. THE DEATH OF THE LAST BLACK MAN IN THE WHOLE ENTIRE WORLD by Suzan Lori-Parks - Signature Theater

48. FURRY!/LA FURIA! by William Burke (translated by Modesto Flako Jiminez and Mariela Regalado) - The Bushwick Starr

49. TOO MUCH LIGHT MAKES THE BABY GO BLIND by The Neo-Futurists - The New York Neo-Futurists @ The Kraine Theater

50. TENDER OF YOU TOO by Anya Richkind - Hysteria @ Shelter Studios