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 invigorate the artistic process; to promote collaboration between artistic peers and 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 first worked with the company as Managing Producer in 1998, and later as a Producing Director. In 2019, Johanna stepped down from her her post and handed the reins to Christopher Burney, NYSAF's second Artistic Director.
Notable productions that received vital incubation with NYSAF include: the Tony Award-winning Hamilton (Lin-Manuel Miranda), The Humans (Stephen Karam), Tru (Jay Presson Allen) and Side Man (Warren Leight); the first public reading of John Patrick Shanley's Pulitzer- and Tony Award-winning Doubt; The Invisible Hand and Junk by Ayad Akhtar; The Fortress of Solitude by Michael Friedman and Itamar Moses; The Jacksonian by Beth Henley; Seminar by Theresa Rebeck; American Idiot; and Jennifer Westfeldt's Friends with Kids, among others.
2010 - 2019
2019
POWERHOUSE SEASON
THE BANDAGED PLACE by Harrison David Rivers
directed by David Mendizábal
LIGHTNING (OR THE UNBUTTONING) by Beth Henley
directed by Mark Brokaw
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
...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
2020 Production: Manhattan Theatre Club, NYC
THE NOTEBOOK based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks
music & lyrics by Ingrid Michaelson
book by Bekah Brunstetter
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
2020 Production: New York Theatre Workshop, NYC
BECKY NURSE OF SALEM
written & directed by Sarah Ruhl
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
THE EXCAVATION OF MARY ANNING by Ian August
directed by Sammi Cannold
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
2019 Production: La Jolla Playhouse, San Diego
NIKE OR WE DON'T NEED ANOTHER HERO
written and directed by Ngozi Anyanwu
PICTURES FROM HOME written by Sharr White
directed by Daniella Topol
THE BANDAGED PLACE written by Harrison David Rivers
directed by David Mendizábal
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
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
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
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
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
2018 Production: Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Scotland
ON THAT DAY IN AMSTERDAM by Clarence Coo
directed by Kareem Fahmy
2019 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
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 Writer
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
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
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
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,
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
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
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
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
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
YELLOW KINGDOM by Patricia Wettig
directed by Susan Fenichell
NYC PROGRAMMING
NYC READING SERIES AT BARNARD COLLEGE
FOR TOMORROW, PLEASE PREPARE by Paul Downs Colaizzo
directed by Davis McCallum
THREE UNCLES written and directed by Frank Pugliese
STEVE by Mark Gerrard
directed by Evan Cabnet
2015 Production: The New Group, Courtyard Theatre, NYC
SOME LOVERS book and lyrics by Steven Sater
music by Burt Bacharach
THE LAST BOOK OF HOMER by José Rivera
directed by Jo Bonney
THE DELLING SHORE by Sam Marks
directed by Adrienne Campbell-Holt
BIG SKY by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
directed by Michael Hoffman
2016 Production: Geffen Theater, LA
NYC WORKSHOPS
WHEN THE LIGHTS WENT OUT by Mozhan Marnò
2012
POWERHOUSE SEASON
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
ABIGAIL/1702 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
directed by David Esbjornson
2013 Production: Cincinnati Playhouse in The Park
2013 Production: City Theatre
THE POWER OF DUFF by Stephen Belber
directed by Peter DuBois
2013 Production: Huntington Theatre Company
2014 Production: The Geffen
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
THE FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE book by Itamar Moses
music & lyrics by Michael Friedman
conceived and directed by Daniel Aukin
2014 Production: Dallas Theater Center
2014-15 Production: Public Theater
MURDER BALLAD by Julia Jordan and Juliana Nash
directed by Trip Cullman
2012 Production: Manhattan Theatre Club
2013 Production: Seoul, Korea
2014 Production: Actors’ Playhouse at the Miracle Theatre in Miami
PLAY WORKSHOPS
FIRES ARE CONFUSING by Eva Anderson, Will Berson,
and Zach Helm
created by Teatro De Facto
directed by Zach Helm
THE HOUSE THAT WILL NOT STAND by Marcus Gardley
directed by Marion McClinton
2013-14 Production: Berkeley Repertory Theatre
2014 Production: The Tricycle Theater in London
2018 Production: New York Theatre Workshop
READINGS FESTIVAL
FOR WORSE by Deborah Rennard
directed by Mark Linn-Baker
2016 Production: New Jersey Repertory Company, NJ
THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MAN by Nathan Englander
directed by Barry Edelstein
2014 Production: The Old Globe Theater, San Diego
2012 Production: Public Theater
UNTITLED WORLD’S FAIR PLAY (Now: THE LIGHT YEARS)
made by The Debate Society
2017 Production: Playwrights Horizons, NYC
22 SECONDS by Michele Lowe
directed by Gaye Taylor Upchurch
BIG SKY by Alexandra Gersten-Vassilaros
directed by Michael Hoffman
2016 Production: Geffen Theater, LA
GOOD BREAD ALLEY by April Yvette Thompson
WENDY AND THE LOST BOYS (Screenplay) by Jon Robin Baitz and Michael Hoffman
directed by Michael Hoffman
JEROME by Ron Lagomarsino
directed by Maria Mileaf
A SEPARATE PEACE musical adaptation of John Knowles’ novel by Warren Leight and Todd Almond
directed by Stafford Arima
WHILE I YET LIVE by Billy Porter, directed by Ed Sylvanus Iskandar
NYC PROGRAMMING
NYC READING SERIES AT BARNARD COLLEGE
THE DRAGON DANCE by Jenny Connell
directed by Giovanna Sardelli
TRANSGRESSION by Terry Curtis Fox
directed by Michael Barakivakl
WHILE I YET LIVE by Billy Porter
directed by Sheryl Kaller
LARGO: THE MUSICAL music and lyrics by Robert Hyman
Richard Chertoff, David Forman and Eric Bazilian
book by David Holstein
THE LATED TRAVELER by Allston James
directed by Maria Mileaf
A LIFE EXTRAORDINARY by Melissa Ross
directed by Steve Cosson
HADESTOWN songwriter Anaïs Mitchell
directed by Ben Matchstick
2016 Production: New York Theatre Workshop
2018 Production: National Theatre, London
2019 Production: Broadway
2011
POWERHOUSE SEASON
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
F2M by Patricia Wettig
directed by Maria Mileaf
A MAZE by Rob Handel
directed by Sam Buntrock
2012 Production: Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
THE NIGHTINGALE book and lyrics by Steven Sater
music by Duncan Sheik
directed by Moisés Kaufman
2012 Page to Stage Musical Production: La Jolla Playhouse
FEBRUARY HOUSE music and lyrics by Gabriel Kahane
book by Seth Bockley
directed by Davis McCallum
2012 Production: Long Wharf Theater
2012 Production: Public Theater
PIECE OF MY HEART music and lyrics by Bert Berns
book by Daniel Goldfarb, Brett Berns and Cassandra Berns
directed by Leigh Silverman
2014 Production: Pershing Square Signature Center
PLAY WORKSHOPS
MARGARET AND CRAIG by David Solomon
directed by Sheryl Kaller
HANDBALL by Seth Zvi Rosenfeld
directed by Cándido Tirado
2013 Production: Urban Theatre Movement
2014 Production: Urban Theatre Movement at Summer Stage
READINGS FESTIVAL
DAY ONE, A HOTEL, EVENING by Joanna Murray-Smith
directed by Mark Rucker
SANGUE BOM (GOOD BLOOD)by Ben Snyder
directed by Leah C. Gardiner
RISING RETURNS written and directed by Daniel MacIvor
DRONESby Matt Witten
directed by Lisa Peterson
PLAYGROUND: THE HALLIE FLANAGAN PROJECT
by Mattie Brickman
directed by Jen Wineman
SLEEPING DEMON written and directed by John Patrick Shanley
2012 Production: Atlantic Theater Company
MARRY HARRY music and lyrics by Michael Biello and Dan Martin
book by Jennifer Robbins
directed by Kent Nicholson
2013 Production: NYMF
2017 Production: The York Theatre Company
THE PUBLIC by Ed Hime
directed by Jim Simpson
2012 Production: The Flea Theater
[retitled The Electric Lighthouse]
THE HOUR OF FEELING by Mona Mansour
directed by Giovanna Sardelli
2012 Production: Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival
MATTY'S PLACE by Frank Pugliese
directed by Lisa Peterson
THE ISLAND MUSICAL written by Dar Williams
directed by Jeremy Dobrish
NYC PROGRAMMING
NYC READING SERIES AT BARNARD COLLEGE
THE HOUR OF FEELING by Mona Mansour
directed by Mark Wing-Davey
THE VANDAL by Hamish Linklater
directed by Jim Simpson
2013 Production: The Flea Theater
STOREFRONT CHURCH
written and directed by John Patrick Shanley
F2M by Patricia Wettig
directed by Maria Mileaf
2010
POWERHOUSE SEASON
MAINSTAGE PRODUCTIONS
WE ARE HERE by Tracy Thorne
directed by Sheryl Kaller
2012 Production: Contemporary American Theater Festival
PIRATE written and directed by John Patrick Shanley
MUSICAL WORKSHOPS
BONFIRE NIGHT book, music and lyrics by Justin Levine
directed by Alex Timbers
ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER
book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner
music by Burton Lane
new book by Peter Parnell
re-conceived and directed by Michael Mayer
musical direction by Lawrence Yurman
PLAY WORKSHOPS
SAM BENDRIX AT THE BON SOIR by Keith Bunin
directed by Mark Rucker
2011 Production: City Theater
2012 Production: La Jolla Playhouse
A LONG AND HAPPY LIFE by Bekah Brunstetter
directed by Pippin Parker
MY LIFE WITH MEN - AND OTHER ANIMALS
directed by Peter Schneider
INTERVIEWING THE AUDIENCE created by Zach Helm
2011 Production: Vineyard Theater
READINGS FESTIVAL
UNFINISHED PIECE FOR A PLAYER PIANO
by Richard Nelson and Peter Golub
directed by Richard Nelson
SONS OF THE PROPHET by Stephen Karam
directed by Peter DuBois
2011 Co-productions: The Huntington Theatre
and the Roundabout Theatre
THIS THING OF DARKNESS by Zoe Kazan
directed by Sam Gold
2011 Production: Manhattan Theater Club [retitled We Live Here]
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE by Megan Mostyn-Brown
directed by Josh Hecht
I AM AN EMOTIONAL CREATURE by Eve Ensler
directed by Josie Rourke and Rosario Dawson
2012 Production: Off-Broadway
2012 Production: Berkeley Repertory Theater
OVER MARTINIS, DRIVING SOMEWHERE by Romulus Linney
directed by Michael Wilson
A SHORT HISTORY OF WOMEN by Kate Walbert
directed by Judith Ivey
FRIENDS WITH KIDS by Jennifer Westfeldt (screenplay)
2011 Premiere: Toronto Film Festival
2012 Lionsgate release
F2M by Patricia Wettig
directed by Maria Mileaf
UMBRAGE by Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik
directed by Peter Askin
NYC PROGRAMMING
STRANGE FITS by Alexandra Neil
directed by Betsy Aidem
WE ARE HERE by Tracy Thorne