NYSAF was founded in 1985 by Mark Linn-Baker, Max Mayer, and Leslie Urdang in order to provide artists with a rigorous and nurturing environment to support artistic process, promote collaboration between artistic peers, foster dialogue between artists and audiences, and to facilitate the sharing of knowledge from one artistic generation to the next. Johanna Pfaelzer was named NYSAF's first Artistic Director in 2007, having worked with the company as Managing Producer since 1998, and now serves as a Producing Director along with the three founders. In 2019, Christopher Burney began a 3.5 year term as the next Artistic Director, leading the community with great care and creativity through an unexpected tenure of global change, ushering in a new era of service and flexibility. Liz Carlson succeeded Burney as the Interim Artistic Director in November 2022, after a 15-year relationship with NYSAF as an artist and producer, including a 7-year term as the year-round Artistic Producer. Learn more about NYSAF's company leadership.
From our inception in 1985, NYSAF and Vassar College partnered to produce the annual Powerhouse Summer Season in Poughkeepsie, NY. In the 2010s, NYSAF expanded our commitment to serving artistic process by supporting regular programming in New York City throughout the calendar year. As the world changed in 2020, we adapted our resources to meet the evolving needs of our community, and expanded our partnerships in the Hudson Valley to include Marist College and other local businesses and educational institutions.
In 2023, NYSAF entered a dedicated, multi-year collaboration with Marist College in order to expand our year-round services for artists developing new work in theater, film and television in the Hudson Valley and New York City while also opening up significant new educational programs and experiential learning opportunities for Marist students.
Learn more about our Annual Artist Support.
Notable productions that received vital incubation with NYSAF include: the Tony Award-winning Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda), Hadestown (Anaïs Mitchell), The Humans (Stephen Karam), Doubt (John Patrick Shanley); OBIE Award winning The Invisible Hand (Ayad Akhtar), Pulitzer-finalists The Wolves (Sarah DeLappe) and Taylor Mac’s A 24-Decade History of Popular Music; Broadway musicals Head Over Heels, American Idiot, Bright Star; Off-Broadway’s The Fortress of Solitude (Michael Friedman and Itamar Moses), Sanctuary City (Martyna Majok); the award-winning Peanut Butter Falcon (Tyler Nilson and Michael Schwartz); multiple collaborations with Ngozi Anyanwu, Jocelyn Bioh, Halley Feiffer, Zach Helm, Beth Henley, Warren Leight, Mozhan Marnó, Billy Porter, Brian Quijada, Josh Radnor, Duncan Sheik, Steven Sater; and hundreds more.
2023
NYSAF SUMMER SEASON
KICK-OFF CONCERT
JOE ICONIS & FAMILY by Joe Iconis
directed by John Simpkins
MUSICAL WORKSHOP
A WRINKLE IN TIME
adapted from the novel by Madeleine L’Engle
book by Lauren Yee
music & Lyrics by Heather Christian
direction by Lee Sunday Evans
PLAY WORKSHOP
LIKE THEY DO IN THE MOVIES written and performed by Laurence Fishburne
directed by Leonard Foglia
STORIES THAT MOVE: DEVELOPING DANCE MUSICAL
PARADISE BALLROOM co-created by
Samara Cohen (Princess Lockerooo) & Harold O’Neal
directed by Colette Robert
PLAY READINGS
THIS WAY TO THE FIRE by Jason Kim
directed by Danny Sharron
SOFT TARGET by Emily Kaczmarek
directed by Jo Bonney
THE GOOD NAME by Sopan Deb
directed by Trip Cullman
DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR by Beth Henley
directed by Jaki Bradley
FILMMAKERS' WORKSHOP
Nancy Duff
Harrison Hamm
Drew Harper & Atticus Hoffman
Summera Howell
Anndi Jinelle Liggett
Allyson Morgan
Craig T. Williams
G. Wilson.
IN RESIDENCE
Montana Adams
Maria Alfonsine
Garrett Allen
Jake Brasch
Marjuan Canady
Christin Eve Cato
Sean Daniels
Damian de Boos
Ryan Dobrin
rohr driscoll
Natalie Duncan
Kristen Dunphy
Anais Escobar
Zach Ezer
Estefanía Fadul
Jack Ferver
Graeme Gillis
Keelay Gipson
Nina Grollman
Nadia Guevara
Sam Hamashima
Deadria Harrington
Alexis Hauk
Cara Hinh
Abigail Hoke-Brady
JaMeeka Holloway, 2023 Pfaelzer Award Recipient
Kimille Howard
Dwight Howard
Dawn Jamieson
Sheryl Kaller
Beth Levison
Matthew Libby
Eric Lockley
Tuan Malinowski
Mariyea
Kasson Marroquin
Carter Megan
Desiree S. Mitton
Ryan Morales Green
Lawrence Moten
Ana Bess Moyer Bell
Molly Beach Murphy
Marilyn Ness
Lila Neugebauer
Juju Nieto
Didi O’Connell
Liliana Padilla
Juliet Pearson
Jo Ellen Pellman
Joel Perez
Susannah Perkins
Jeanna Phillips
Vickie Ramirez
Dominique Rider
Nia Akilah Robinson
Marco Antonio Rodriguez
Brant Russell
Heidi Schreck
Han Van Sciver
Futaba Shioda
SMJ
Danielle Soames
George Strus
Gwydion Suilebhan
Jaynie Saunders Tiller
Amy Tinkham
Annie Tippe
UGBA, 2023 Founders’ Award Recipient
Benjamin Velez
m. imani west
2022
NYSAF SUMMER SEASON
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
THE RETURN OF YOUNG BOY by Keenan Scott II & Tre Matthews
directed by Steve H. Broadnax III
THE POTLUCK by César Alvarez
directed by Sarah Benson
SUN SONGS by Katie Madison & Deborah Cowell
PLAY WORKSHOPS
THE WORLD IS NOT SILENT by Don Nguyen
directed by Marya Mazor
SWEET CHARIOT by Eric Lockley
directed by Shariffa Ali
2023 Production: Under the Radar Festival, The Public Theater
TELL THEM I’M STILL YOUNG by Julia Doolittle
directed by May Adrales
READING FESTIVALS
MY BROTHER IS BETTER AT LOVE THAN ME by Lily Houghton
directed by Leigh Silverman
NUESTRA PLANETA by Diana Burbano
directed by Elisa Bocanegra
Commissioned by Hero Theater Company
[A NEW PLAY] by Josh Radnor
directed by Sheryl Kaller
LOVE ALL by Anna Deavere Smith
directed by Marc Bruni
2023 Production: La Jolla Playhouse
DEMONS. by Keelay Gipson
directed by Steph Paul
2023 Production: JAG Productions & Bushwick Starr
MODERN GENTLEMAN by Preston Max Allen
directed by Trip Cullman
FILMMAKERS' WORKSHOP
PERFECT BOUND by Caroline Blair
THE PRESIDENT’S CAKE by Hasan Hadi
POSSESSED by Jacob Harpel
SUBMERGED OBJECTS by Anderson Heinz
HONEST LIVING by Lauren Marcus
IF YOU SEEK BRITNEY by Ama Quao
ONE ROSE by Richa Rudola
I’M SORRY I BROUGHT UP GOD by Emily Zemba
IN RESIDENCE
George Abud, Osh Ashruf & Sadie Veach
Nissy Aya, 2022 Founders’ Award Recipient
Stephen Belber
Kyle Beltran, Adam Chanler-Berat, Lee Sunday Evans, Marin Ireland, Grace McLean
Molly Carden & Abigail Zealey Bess
Shayok Misha Chowdhury (NEXUS Cohort) with Roopa Mahadevan, Sruti Sarathy & Shiv Subramaniam
Kate Douglas & Shayfer James
Keelay Gipson, Cedwan Hooks, Steph Paul, Jon Riddleberger
Gethsemane Herron, 2021 Founders’ Award Finalist
Rebecca Holderness
Tim J Lord
Donja R. Love
Gloria Majule
Talene Monahon & Jaki Bradley
jeremy o’brian, 2021 Founders’ Award Recipient
Ibi Owolabi, 2022 Drama League Fellow
Dominique Rider
Samantha Spies with Nicole A. Watson
Shona Tucker & Yvette Ganier
Noelle Viñas & Estefanía Fadul
Dawn Monique Williams, 2022 Pfaelzer Award Recipient
DIGITAL PROGRAMMING
NYSAF NOW
As a result of the global pandemic and suspension of in-person gatherings and live performance as of March 2020, NYSAF initiated NYSAF NOW, an adaptable set of resources to serve the needs of artists through digital connection, flexible structures, and financial support.
we share spoons by Lyndsey Bourne
directed by Sarah Lunnie
HIGHWAY PATROL by Dana Delaney, Jen Silverman, Mike Donahue, and Dane Laffrey
2021
NYSAF SUMMER SEASON
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
MEXODUS by Brian Quijada & Nygel D Robinson
dramaturgy by Tlaloc Rivas
SOUTH by Florencia Iriondo
WHITE GIRL IN DANGER by Michael R. Jackson
directed by Lileana Blain-Cruz
2023 Production: Vineyard Theatre & Second Stage Theater
INTERSTATE by Melissa Li & Kit Yan
directed by Jesca Prudencio
IN RESIDENCE
Sivan Battat, The Leo Shull Directing Fellow
Chris Darbassie
Shayok Misha Chowdhury & Kameron Neal
Estefanía Fadul, Pfaelzer Award Recipient
Kareem Fahmy
Jennifer Gibbs
Keelay Gipson & Sam Salmond
Marcy Heisler & Amanda Green
Jessica Huang & Jacinth Greywoode
Kay Kemp, Epstein Award Recipient
Joanna Castle Miller & Will Steinberger
Doron JéPaul Mitchell & Julius Pryor IV
Phanésia Pharel
Paul Oakley Sotvall & Nikhil Saboo
Kirya Traber, Founders' Award Recipient
Shona Tucker & Yvette Ganier
The Lark: Brittany Allen, A.A. Brenner, Edison Ventura Mata Diaz, Jahna Ferron-Smith, Xavier Galva, Nora Brigid Monahan
DIGITAL PROGRAMMING
NYSAF NOW
As a result of the global pandemic and suspension of in-person gatherings and live performance as of March 2020, NYSAF initiated NYSAF NOW, an adaptable set of resources to serve the needs of artists through digital connection, flexible structures, and financial support.
HONEY WIDOW by Nayna Agrawal
what you are now by Sam Chanse
directed by Steve Cosson
ISABELLA BOOTLEGS by Samantha Cooper
TELL THEM I'M STILL YOUNG by Julia Doolittle
directed by May Adrales
THE FREEDOM INDUSTRY by Zachariah Ezer
directed by Dominique Rider
THE FUN TIME CYCLE by Zach Helm
directed by Kate Whoriskey
SOUTH by Florencia Iriondo
NATURAL SELECTION by Michael Sun Lee
THE MADWOMEN IN THE PANDEMIC
by Sandra Tsing Loh
LOST DREAMS by Jennifer Manocherian
THE BLACK ALBUM MIXTAPE
curated by Doron JéPaul Mitchell
featuring Jarreau Carrillo, Roland Lane, Carvens Lissaint,
Jaiel Mitchell, Breanna Taylor
BASTIANO by Carey Perloff
directed by Vivienne Benesch
COMMUNITY ROUNDTABLES
curated by Dominique Rider
DREAMS OF MY FATHER by Jackie Roberts
MEXODUS by Brian Quijada & Nygel D. Robinson
dramaturgy by Tlaloc Rivas
THE FORE-PLAY by Steven Sater
DEARIE by Claudia Shear
directed by Scott Ellis
THE YEARS BETWEEN US by Liana Sonenclar
directed by Jackson Gay
THE MIGRATION LP by Keenan Scott II
Music direction by Khiyon Hursey
Garrett Allen
Ace Anderson
Brittany Bland
Elisa Bocanegra
Nichole Canuso
Sam Chanse
Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Kristiana Rae Colón
Giselle Durand
Jennifer Gibbs
Aleem Hossain
Kimille Howard
Joanna Castle Miller
Tara Moses
Erlina Ortiz
Mason Alexander Park
Phanésia Pharel
Justen Ross
Gabriele Sanchez
Vera Starbard
2020
NYC PROGRAMMING
NYC WINTER SEASON
LOVELY DAY by Leslie Ayvazian
directed by Max Mayer
TELL THEM I'M STILL YOUNG by Julia Doolittle
directed by Mark Brokaw
A DISTINCT SOCIETY by Kareem Fahmy
directed by Taylor Reynolds
WHITELISTED by Chisa Hutchinson
directed by Jade King Carroll
BREATHING IN by David Rabe
directed by Sarna Lapine
INSPIRED BY TRUE EVENTS by Ryan Spahn
directed by Michael Urie
GROWING WILD by Shona Tucker
directed by Elizabeth Van Dyke
NYC WINTER CABARET
THE RACE by Madeline Myers
SOMEWHERE OVER THE BORDER by Brian Quijada
THE LAST SUPPER book by Christina Quintana (CQ)
composed by Migguel Angel & Jaime Lozano
SELECTED SONGS by Rona Siddiqui
GALILEO book by Danny Strong
music & lyrics by Zoe Sarnak and Michael Weiner
DIGITAL PROGRAMMING
NYSAF NOW
As a result of the global pandemic and suspension of in-person gatherings and live performance as of March 2020, NYSAF initiated NYSAF NOW, an adaptable set of resources to serve the needs of artists through digital connection, flexible structures, and financial support.
WHAT WE DO NEXT by Stephen Belber
directed by Lisa Peterson
TELL THEM I'M STILL YOUNG by Julia Doolittle
directed by May Adrales
TAMPONS, DEAD DOGS & OTHER DISPOSABLE THINGS
by Shairi Engle
directed by Lucie Tiberghien
[the redacted] by Zach Helm
directed by Kate Whoriskey
EL OTRO LADO by Monet Hurst-Mendoza
AGENT 355 book and dramaturgy by Jessica Kahkoska
book, music & lyrics by Preston Max Allen
directed by Estefanía Fadul
DREAM A LITTLE DREAM by Kay Kemp
MCCOURT by Ilya Khodosh
directed by Susan Tenney
THE MADWOMEN IN THE PANDEMIC
by Sandra Tsing Loh
IKE by Molly Beach Murphy
directed by Morgan Green
BASTIANO by Carey Perloff
directed by Vivienne Benesch
NAILS! by Eliana Pipes
MYTH OF MY PAIN by Andrew Rincón
MEXODUS by Brian Quijada & Nygel D. Robinson
dramaturgy by Tlaloc Rivas
THE SAN MAN by Christina Quintana (CQ)
THE FORGIVENESS MACHINE by Josh Radnor
directed by Sheryl Kaller
THE YEARS BETWEEN US by Liana Sonenclar
directed by Jackson Gay
THE MIGRATION LP by Keenan Scott II
Music direction by Khiyon Hursey
MISS MITCHELL book by Kristin Slaney
music & lyrics by Tommy Crawford and Alex Grubbs
directed by Sarah Elizabeth Wansley
LUCKY by Kirya Traber
directed by Tamilla Woodard
dramaturgy by Lisa Marie Rollins
FILMMAKERS' WORKSHOP
WILLOW by Nancy Bannon
TRIP by David Baugnon
PARIAH by Rob Bellon
THE BITTER PILL by Anika Benkov
MYSEDUCATION by Yakira Chambers
THE WATCHERS by Kim Dempster
WAYS TO HIDE IN WINTER by Jenny Halper
KING OF SWING by Alessandro King
EARTH MOTHER by Savanah Leaf
LONDONI by Guru Ramanathan
RED ROCK FALLS by Traven Rice
TRUE STORY by Charia Rose
THE ARK by Minnie Schedeen
SANNYASA by Shawn Snyder & Jason Begue
2019
POWERHOUSE SEASON
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
THE BANDAGED PLACE by Harrison David Rivers
directed by David Mendizábal
2022 Production: Roundabout Theatre Company
LIGHTNING (OR THE UNBUTTONING) by Beth Henley
directed by Mark Brokaw
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
ANNIE SALEM: AN AMERICAN TALE
adapted from the novel by Mac Wellman
book by Rachel Chavkin
music by Heather Christian
lyrics by Heather Christian and Rachel Chavkin
directed by Rachel Chavkin
THE ELEMENTARY SPACETIME SHOW
music and lyrics by César Alvarez
book by César Alvarez and Emily Orling
directed by Sarah Benson
GODDESS
conceived by Saheem Ali
music & lyrics by Michael Thurber
book by Jocelyn Bioh
additional lyrics by Mkhululi Z. Mabija
directed by Saheem Ali
2022 Production: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
PLAY WORKSHOPS
...AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON by Zach Helm
directed by Kate Whoriskey
THE BEST WE COULD (A FAMILY TRAGEDY)
by Emily Feldman
directed by Daniel Aukin
2023 Production: Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC
2020 Production: Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC
READINGS FESTIVALS
THE NOTEBOOK based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks
music & lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson
book by Bekah Brunstetter
2022 Production: Chicago Shakespeare Theater
GALILEO book by Danny Strong
music & lyrics by Michael Weiner and Zoe Sarnak
directed by Michael Mayer
SANCTUARY CITY by Martyna Majok
directed by Rebecca Frecknall
2021 Production: New York Theatre Workshop, NYC
BECKY NURSE OF SALEM
written & directed by Sarah Ruhl
2022 Production: Lincoln Center Theatre
2020 Production: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
DELUSION BY PROXY by Brooke Adams
directed by Ethan Silverman
THE PAPER DREAMS OF HARRY CHIN by Jessica Huang
directed by Kip Fagan
2021 Production: Indiana Repertory Theatre
THE EXCAVATION OF MARY ANNING by Ian August
directed by Sammi Cannold
2022 Production: The Wallis, Los Angeles
RESIDENCIES
WILLIAMSBURG book by Jason Katims
music by Tom Kitt
lyrics by Marcy Heisler
LIKE WATER FOR CHOCOLATE A new musical adaptation of Laura Esquivel’s novel Like Water for Chocolate
by Lisa Loomer and La Santa Cecilia
directed by Michael Mayer
LOVE, ROSIE book by Peter Duchan
music and lyrics by Zack Zadek
NYC PROGRAMMING
NYC READING SERIES AT BARNARD COLLEGE
THE COAST STARLIGHT written by Keith Bunin
directed by Tyne Rafaeli
2023 Production: Lincoln Center Theater
2019 Production: La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
NIKE OR WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO
written and directed by Ngozi Anyanwu
MOVING FORWARD by Bill Bradley
TENT REVIVAL by Majkin Holmquist
directed by Teddy Bergman
MOTHER OF EXILES by Jessica Huang
directed by Tyne Rafaeli
THE LOST OR, HOW TO JUST B
written and directed by Keelay Gipson
NYC WINTER SEASON
PICTURES FROM HOME written by Sharr White
directed by Daniella Topol
2023 Production: Broadway, Studio 54
THE BANDAGED PLACE written by Harrison David Rivers
directed by David Mendizábal
2022 Production: Roundabout Theatre Company
SAYING GOODBYE TO THE PEOPLE I LOVE FROM MY BATHTUB written by Halley Feiffer
directed by Trip Cullman
Artists-in-Residence: Liza Birkenmeier, Molly Beach Murphy, Jeanna Phillips, The Lobbyists
2018
POWERHOUSE SEASON
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
RADIO ISLAND by Liza Birkenmeier
directed by Jaki Bradley
THE WAVES adapted from the novel by Virginia Woolf
book by Lisa Peterson, music and lyrics by David Bucknam, additional music and lyrics by Adam Gwon
directed by Lisa Peterson
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
ALICE BY HEART
book by Steven Sater with Jessie Nelson
music by Duncan Sheik
lyrics by Steven Sater
directed by Jessie Nelson
2019 Production: MCC Theater, NYC
THE CONNECTOR
music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
book by Jonathan Marc Sherman
directed by Daisy Prince
COWBOY BOB
created by Molly Beach Murphy, Jeanna Phillips & Annie Tippe
music & lyrics by Jeanna Phillips
book & additional lyrics by Molly Beach Murphy
additional music by Alex Thrailkill
directed by Annie Tippe
2023 Production: The Alley Theatre
LITTLE ORPHAN DANNY
book, lyrics & music by Dan Finnerty
conceived by Dan Finnerty & Sean Daniels
additional music by Dan Lipton
directed by Sean Daniels
2018 Production: Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA
PLAY WORKSHOPS
INDIA PALE ALE by Jaclyn Backhaus
directed by Will Davis
2018 Production: Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC
OUR COUNTRY conceived by Annie Saunders & Becca Wolff
direction & dramaturgy by Becca Wolff
additional dramaturgy & original writing by Annie Saunders
additional devising by the company
2023 Production: Under the Radar Festival, The Public Theater
2018 Production: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland
READINGS FESTIVALS
ON THAT DAY IN AMSTERDAM by Clarence Coo
directed by Kareem Fahmy
2022 Production: 59E59
2021 Production: Primary Stages, NYC
THE PAIN OF MY BELLIGERENCE by Halley Feiffer
directed by Trip Cullman
2019 Production: Playwrights Horizons, NYC
THE HOLE by Sarah Gancher
directed by Danya Taymor
#untitled by rupi kaur
directed by Leah C. Gardner
THE NORTH STAR by Donja R. Love
directed by Malika Oyetimein
THE PURISTS by Dan McCabe
directed by Billy Porter
2019 Production: Huntington Theatre Company
THE DIZZINES OF FREEDOM by Stephen Nathan
directed by Daniella Topol
SWITCHED book by Geoffrey Nauffts
music & lyrics by Jonatha Brooke
directed by Sheryl Kaller
LICK O'THE KNIFE by Jackie Roberts
directed by Kent Gash
RESIDENCIES
ACCIDENTALLY BRAVE written & performed by Maddie Corman
directed by Kristin Hanggi
2019 Production: DR2 Theatre, NYC
ADAM based on the film written and directed by Max Mayer, book by Max Mayer, music by Steven Page, directed by Amy Tinkham, produced by Leslie Urdang & Miranda de Pencier
BAND AID book & music by Zoe Lister Jones, directed by Leigh Silverman
Q2
By James Lecesne & Ryan Amador
SISYPHUS created by Sarah Baskin, Larry Biederman, Albert Dayan, Michaela Escarcega, Jacqueline Wright
NYC READING SERIES AT BARNARD COLLEGE
THE LETTERS by David Zellnik, directed by Pamela Berlin
...and the horse you rode in on
written and directed by Zach Helm
soft by Donja R. Love
directed by Awoye Timpo
2022 Production: MCC Theater
NYC WINTER SEASON
HOUSE OF JOY by Madhuri Shekar
directed by Zi Alikhan
2019 Production: California Shakespeare Theater, Berkeley, CA
LITTLE ORPHAN DANNY
book, lyrics & music by Dan Finnerty
conceived by Dan Finnerty & Sean Daniels
additional music by Dan Lipton
directed by Sean Daniels
2018 Production: Merrimack Repertory Theatre, Lowell, MA
THE LUCKIEST by Melissa Ross
directed by Daniella Topol
2019/2020 Production: La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
2017
POWERHOUSE SEASON
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
SACRED VALLEY by Josh Radnor
directed by Sheryl Kaller
GOOD MEN WANTED by Kevin Armento
directed by Jaki Bradley
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
STILYAGI
lyrics by Lisa Kron, music by Peter Lerman
based on the motion picture The Hipsters,
produced by Red Arrow Films
directed by Michael Mayer
THIS AIN'T NO DISCO
music and lyrics by Stephen Trask and Peter Yanowitz
book by Stephen Trask & Peter Yanowitz
and Rick Elice
directed by Trip Cullman
2018 Production: Atlantic Theater Company, NYC
THE SECRET LIFE OF BEES
book by Lynn Nottage
composed by Duncan Sheik
lyrics by Susan Birkenhead
based on the novel by Sue Monk Kidd
directed by Sam Gold
2023 Production: Almeida Theatre, London
2019 Production: Atlantic Theater Company, NYC
PLAY WORKSHOPS
THE GREAT LEAP by Lauren Yee
directed by Will Davis
2018 Production: Atlantic Theater Company, NYC
2019 Production: ACT, San Francisco
THE HOMECOMING QUEEN by Ngozi Anyanwu
directed by Awoye Timpo
2018 Production: Atlantic Theater Company, NYC
READINGS FESTIVAL
DIANA book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro
music and lyrics by David Bryan
directed by Christopher Ashley
2018/2019 Production: La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
2021 Production: Longacre Theatre, Broadway
ONE GOOD EGG by Annie Evans
directed by Melia Bensussen
AMY AND THE ORPHANS by Lindsey Ferrentino
directed by Scott Ellis
2018 Production: Roundabout Theatre Company, NYC
LITTLE ORPHAN DANNY book, music and lyrics by Dan Finnerty
additional music by Dan Lipton
directed by Sean Daniels
2018 Production: Merrimack Repertory Theatre, MA
IRONWEED by William Kennedy and Jodie Markell
based on the novel by William Kennedy
directed by Jodie Markell
PARIS, ACTORS by Hamish Linklater
directed by Leigh Silverman
THE FIT by Carey Perloff
directed by Daniel Aukin
KID PRINCE AND PABLO by Brian Quijada
directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh
2019 Production: The John F. Kennedy Center for the Arts, D.C.
SERIOUS MOONLIGHT
written by and based on the film by Adrienne Shelly
co-adapted by Liz Tuccillo and Andy Ostroy
directed by Sheryl Kaller
JANE SAYS
by Diana Son
directed by Mark Brokaw
RESIDENCIES
LIGHTS OUT by Colman Domingo and Patricia McGregor
directed by Patricia McGregor
a commission of The People's Light Theater Company
2017 Production: People's Light, Malvern, PA
2019 Production: Geffen Playhouse, LA
JOAN by Stephen Belber
directed by Lisa Peterson
2019 Production: Colt Coeur, NYC
NYC PROGRAMMING
NYC READING SERIES AT BARNARD COLLEGE
WHAT A SHAME ABOUT ME
written and directed by Eric Bogosian
MINNEAPOLIS/ST.PAUL by Lee Blessing
directed by Maria Mileaf
LIGHTNING by Beth Henley
directed by Amy Madigan
THE FIT by Carey Perloff
directed by Melia Bensussen
SERIOUS MOONLIGHT
written by and based on the film by Adrienne Shelly
co-adapted by Andy Ostroy & Liz Tucillo
directed by Liz Carlson
lazy oak lane by korde arrington tuttle
directed by Raelle Myrick-Hodges
NYC WORKSHOPS
NO ONE IS FORGOTTEN by Winter Miller
directed by Danya Taymor
2019 Production: Rattlestick Playwrights Theater
TINY HOUSES by Stefanie Zadravec
directed by Kip Fagan
2016
POWERHOUSE SEASON
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
TRANSFERS by Lucy Thurber
directed by Jackson Gay
2018 Production: MCC Theater, NYC
THE WOLVES by Sarah DeLappe
directed by Lila Neugebauer
2016 Production: The Playwrights Realm, NYC
2017 Production: Lincoln Center Theatre, NYC
2017 Pulitzer Finalist
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
THE ROAR OF THE GREASEPAINT - THE SMELL OF THE CROWD book, music and lyrics by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley, adapted book by Santino Fontana
directed by Scott Ellis
ANOTHER WORD FOR BEAUTY book by José Rivera
music by Héctor Buitrago
directed by Steven Cosson
A 24-DECADE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC (Work-In-Progress) conceived, written, performed, and co-directed by Taylor Mac
co-directed by Niegel Smith
music direction by Matt Ray
2016 Production: St. Ann’s Warehouse, NYC
2017 Pulitzer Finalist
PLAY WORKSHOPS
FURY by Joanna Murray-Smith
directed by Mark Brokaw
FINGERSMITH by Alexa Junge
based on the novel by Sarah Waters
directed by Bill Rauch
2016 Production: American Repertory Theater, Cambridge
READINGS FESTIVAL
WE ARE AMONG US by Stephen Belber
directed by Daniella Topol
2019 Production: City Theatre, Pittsburgh
NOLLYWOOD DREAMS by Jocelyn Bioh
directed by Saheem Ali
2017 Production: Cherry Lane Theatre Mentor Project, NYC
2020 Production: MCC Theater, NYC
THE GREAT BLUENESS by Andrew Gerle
based on the book by Arnold Lobel
directed by John Carrafa
BUTTERSIDE DOWN by Lorien Haynes (formerly GOOD GRIEF)
directed by John Slattery
2018 Workshop Production: The Cherry Lane Theatre, NYC
RANCHO VIEJO by Dan LeFranc
directed by Daniel Aukin
2016 Production: Playwrights Horizons, NYC
THE WAYS OF NECESSITY by Stephen Nathan
directed by Evan Yionoulis
SOCRATES by Tim Blake Nelson
directed by Maria Mileaf
2019 Production: The Public, NYC
SACRED VALLEY by Josh Radnor
directed by Sheryl Kaller
BETWEEN THE LINES
music and lyrics by Elyssa Samsel and Kate Anderson
book by Timothy Allen McDonald
based on the book by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer, directed by Jeff Calhoun
2022 Production: Off-Broadway
2017 Production: Kansas City Repertory Theatre
THE PORTUGUESE KID
written and directed by John Patrick Shanley
2017 Production: Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC
RESIDENCIES
THE UNTITLED DAN FINNERTY PROJECT by Dan Finnerty
directed by Sean Daniels
THE WILD HUNT written & co-directed by Bill Pullman
co-directed by Jennifer McCray Rincon
compositions by Gary Grundei, Jason Hiller & Maesa Pullman
HEAD OVER HEELS book by Jeff Whitty
music & lyrics by The Go-Go's
directed by Michael Mayer
2018 Production: Hudson Theatre, Broadway
NYC PROGRAMMING
NYC READING SERIES AT BARNARD COLLEGE
INDIAN JOE created & conceived by Elizabeth A. Davis
Book, music & lyrics by Elizabeth A. Davis
Additional book by Chris Henry
Additional music by Luke Holloway & Jason Michael Webb
2018 Production: Ensemble Studio Theatre, NYC
FLEE by Stephanie Del Rosso
directed by Sash Bischoff
PEARL by Halley Foote
directed by Michael Wilson
CLOSURE by Keith Huff
directed by Leigh Silverman
SACRED VALLEY by Josh Radnor
directed by Sheryl Kaller
DIDO OF IDAHO by Abby Rosebrock
directed by Danya Taymor
2018 Production: The Davenport Theatre, NYC
NYC WORKSHOPS
HEAD OVER HEELS book by Jeff Whitty
music & lyrics by The Go-Go's
directed by Michael Mayer
2015
POWERHOUSE SEASON
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
THE LIGHT YEARS by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen
developed and directed by Oliver Butler
made by The Debate Society
2017 Production: Playwrights Horizons, NYC
THE UNBUILT CITY by Keith Bunin
directed by Sean Mathias
2018 Production: King's Head Theatre, London
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
LOVING v. VIRGINIA book and lyrics by Marcus Gardley
music composition by Justin Ellington
direction and additional lyrics by Patricia McGregor
conceived by Patricia McGregor
NOIR music by Duncan Sheik
book by Kyle Jarrow
lyrics by Kyle Jarrow and Duncan Sheik
directed by Rachel Chavkin
2022 Production: Alley Theater
RAIN book by Sybille Pearson
music and lyrics by Michael John LaChiusa
based on the short story by Somerset Maugham
directed by Barry Edelstein
2016 Production: The Old Globe Theater, San Diego
PLAY WORKSHOPS
DESIRE:
SIX NEW PLAYS BASED ON STORIES BY TENNESSEE WILLIAMS by Elizabeth Egloff, Marcus Gardley, Rebecca Gilman, David Grimm, John Guare, and Beth Henley
directed by Michael Wilson
2015 Production: 59E59 Theaters, New York
THE LAST MATCH by Anna Ziegler
directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch
2016 Production: The Old Globe Theater, San Diego
2016 Production: City Theatre Company, Pittsburg
2017 Production: Roundabout Theatre Company, NYC
READINGS FESTIVAL
15 MINUTES book by Rick Elice
music and lyrics by Stephen Trask & Peter Yanowitz
directed by Trip Cullman
A BOY PUT THIS GIRL IN A CAGE WITH A DOG
AND THE DOG KILLED THE GIRL by Clare Barron
directed by Stella Powell-Jones
JUNK by Ayad Akhtar
directed by Doug Hughes
2016 Production: La Jolla Playhouse
2017 Production: LCT on Broadway
OPEN ROAD music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman
book by Paul Scott Goodman & Joseph Hendel
directed by Mark Brokaw
ROMANCE NOVELS FOR DUMMIES by Boo Killebrew
directed by Kip Fagan
2016 Production: Williamstown Theatre Festival
TALK TO ME OF LOVE by Meghan Kennedy
directed by Daniella Topol
THE BROTHER(S) written and directed by Colman Domingo
THE DIZZY LITTLE DANCE OF
RUSSELL DIFINALDI by Stephen Belber
directed by David Cromer
THE PROFANE by Zayd Dohrn
directed by Carolyn Cantor
2017 Production: Playwrights Horizons
WHITE NOISE, WHITE LIGHT written and directed by Nicky Silver
NYC PROGRAMMING
NYC READING SERIES AT BARNARD COLLEGE
THE DIZZY LITTLE DANCE OF
RUSSELL DIFINALDI by Stephen Belber
directed by Benjamin Kamine
GETTING OVER by Elizabeth Irwin
directed by Kip Fagan
ROMANCE NOVELS FOR DUMMIES by Boo Killebrew
directed by Kip Fagan
2016 Production: Williamstown Theatre Festival
THE WHIRLIGIG by Hamish Linklater
directed by Jim Simpson
2017 Production: The New Group
EVERYTHING IS WONDERFUL by Chelsea Marcantel
directed by Tyne Rafaeli
UNSEEN by Mona Mansour
directed by Lisa Rothe
NYC WORKSHOPS
GNIT by Will Eno
directed by Stein Winge
WAITING FOR THE FLOOD by Carey Perloff
directed by Daniella Topol
2014
POWERHOUSE SEASON
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
IN YOUR ARMS directed and choreographed by
Christopher Gattelli, music by Stephen Flaherty
Vignettes written by Douglas Carter Beane, Nilo Cruz, Christopher Durang, Carrie Fisher, David Henry Hwang, Rajiv Joseph, Terrence McNally, Marsha Norman, Lynn Nottage, & Alfred Uhry
Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
2015 Production: The Old Globe Theater, San Diego
THE BABYLON LINE by Richard Greenberg
directed by Terry Kinney
2016 Production: Lincoln Center Theatre
THE DANISH WIDOW
written and directed by John Patrick Shanley
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
A WALK ON THE MOON music and lyrics by Paul Scott Goodman
book and additional lyrics by Pamela Gray
directed by Michael Greif
2022 Production: George Street Playhouse
SEAWIFE by Seth Moore and The Lobbyists
directed by and developed with Liz Carlson
2015 Production: Naked Angels, NYC
PLAY WORKSHOPS
LAUGH by Beth Henley
directed by David Schweizer
2015 Production: Studio Theatre
THE LIGHT YEARS by Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen
made by The Debate Society
developed and directed by Oliver Butler
2017 Production: Playwrights Horizons, NYC
READINGS FESTIVAL
AMERICAN POP by Michael Friedman
directed by Trip Cullman
CHOICE by Winnie Holzman
directed by Sheryl Kaller
2015 Production: Huntington Theater Company, Boston
DRY LAND by Ruby Rae Spiegel
directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt
2014 Production: Colt Coeur presented at HERE Arts Center
FALL by Bernard Weinraub
directed by Peter DuBois
GILGAMESH, THE PRINCE by David Rabe
directed by Moritz von Stuelpnagel
RIPCORD by David Lindsay-Abaire
directed by David Hyde Pierce
2015 Production: Manhattan Theatre Club
THE HUMANS by Stephen Karam
directed by Sam Gold
2015 Production: Roundabout Theatre Company
2016 Production: Helen Hayes Theatre on Broadway
THE INVISIBLE HAND by Ayad Akhtar
directed by Ken Rus Schmoll
2014 Production: ACT in Seattle
2014 Production: New York Theatre Workshop
THE UNBUILT CITY by Keith Bunin
directed by Sean Mathias
2018 Production: King's Head Theatre, London
TURN ME LOOSE by Gretchen Law
directed by John Gould Rubin
2016 Production: Westside Theatre, NYC
NYC PROGRAMMING
NYC READING SERIES AT BARNARD COLLEGE
BROOKLYNITE by Peter Lerman
directed by Michael Mayer
SHUT UP WHEN YOU TALK TO ME by Stephen Belber
directed by Mark Brokaw
THE UNBUILT CITY by Keith Bunin
TRUDY AND MAX IN LOVE by Zoe Kazan
directed by Lila Neugebauer
EVERYTHING MUST GO by Stephan Girasuolo
directed by Lucie Tiberghien
NYC WORKSHOPS
THE LISTENER by John Patrick Shanley
SPECIAL NEEDS by Matthew Chapman
2013
POWERHOUSE SEASON
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
DOWNTOWN RACE RIOT by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
directed by Scott Elliott
2017 Production: The New Group, NYC
WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT by Mozhan Marnò
directed by Kate Whoriskey
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
BRIGHT STAR music by Edie Brickell and Steve Martin
lyrics by Edie Brickell
book by Steve Martin
based on an original story by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
directed by Walter Bobbie
2014 Production: The Old Globe Theater, San Diego
2015 Production: The Kennedy Center, DC
2016 Production: Broadway
BROOKLYNITE
(previously titled A Musical Inspired by The Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company)
music and lyrics by Peter Lerman
book by Simon Rich
based on Characters Created by Michael Chabon and
Ayelet Waldman,
directed by Michael Mayer
2015 Production: Vineyard Theatre
FOUND book by Hunter Bell
music and original lyrics by Eli Bolin
directed by Lee Overtree
2014 Production: Atlantic Theater Company
2016 Production: Philadelphia Theatre Company
PLAY WORKSHOPS
THE MOTHER OF INVENTION by James Lecesne
directed by Michael Wilson
2017 Production: Abingdon Theatre Company, NYC
READINGS FESTIVAL
NICE GIRL by Melissa Ross
directed by Davis McCallum
SLAINTE by John Gallagher Jr.
directed by Jackson Gay
IDYLLWILD by Patrick Burleigh
directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar
HAMILTON by Lin-Manuel Miranda
directed by Thomas Kail
2015 Production: The Public Theater
2015 Production: Broadway, Richard Rodgers Theatre
KINSHIP by Carey Perloff
directed by Maria Mileaf
2014 Production: Théâtre De Paris
SWIMMERS by Rachel Bonds
directed by Mike Donahue
2016 Production: The Marin Theatre Company, San Francisco
BIG SKY by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
directed by John Rando
2016 Production: Geffen Theater, LA
STEVE by Mark Gerrard
directed by Cynthia Nixon
2015 Production: The New Group, Courtyard Theatre, NYC
PETTY HARBOUR by Martyna Majok
directed by Leigh Silverman