Jonathan Larson Lab

Born from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation’s challenge grant and created in 2001, the Jonathan Larson Lab is a memorial to the creator of Rent that gives emerging and established theatre artists essential resources, a nurturing creative environment, and an open canvas for exploring their ideas and developing their work. Participants are often given a grant, a venue, and the support of NYTW’s Artistic staff. Project participants are paid for their work and the development phase is designed to serve the need of the artists. Some of these works go on to receive full productions at NYTW or at other theatres around the country.

The works developed over at the Jonathan Larson Lab over the past few seasons have included Will Power’s The Seven, Thaddeus Phillips’ ¡El Conquistador!, Martha Clarke’s KAOS, Beckett Shorts with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Elevator Repair Service’s The Sound and the Fury (April Seventh, 1928) and The Beebo Brinker Chronicles, a new play by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman, which ran at NYTW’s 4th Street Theatre in the fall of 2007.

 

History of NYTW Larson Labs to date include:


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2008-2009

07/16 - THOUGHTS ON THE NEXT ELECTION (IF ANY) by Mark Crispin Miller; directed by Gregory Keller8/14 - 08/23 PRELUDE TO THE FIRST DAY directed by Sturgis Warner
09/08 - 9/12 MOST WANTED by Mark Bennett & Jessica Hagedorn; directed by Michael Greif
09/28 - 10/5 HIP HOP THEATRE FESTIVAL
10/01 - 13 SLEEPING BEAUTY directed by Yana Ross
12/02 - 22 TOO MUCH MEMORY by Meg Gibson and Keith Reddin; directed by Gibson; produced by Rising Phoenix Rep and Piece By Piece Productions

2007-2008

THE SOUND AND THE FURY by Elevator Repair Service; directed by John Collins
THE BEEBO BRINKER CHRONICLES by Kate Moira Ryan and Linda S. Chapman; directed by Leigh Silverman; presented by The Hourglass Group as AEA Showcase
THE CAMINO REAL PROJECT directed by David Herskovits
SMALL FISH by Susan Vitucci
TAP THE LEOPARD by Kia Corthron; directed by Tim Bond
THE OKLAHOMA QUARTET by Nathalie Handal – A project of NIBRAS
THE WHITMAN PROJECT directed by Karin Coonrod
THE APOSTLES PROJECT by MITU, directed by Ruben Polendo

2006-2007

09/18-26 - BECKETT SHORTS (ACT WITHOUT WORDS I; ACT WITHOUT WORDS II; ROUGH FOR THEATRE I; EH JOE) directed by JoAnne Akalaitis with Mikhail Baryshnikov
10/27-28 - NYTW and NIBRAS at The Public Theater’s NEW WORK NOW/ARAB ISRAELI FESTIVAL Elevator Repair Service in residence working on new piece to be presented here next season
04/30 - SLIDING INTO THE BEAST: a collaborative project of New York University Graduate School of Drama students in their second year, based on the book “Beast of No Nation” by Uzodinma Iweala
05/5-6 - ASWAT: VOICES OF PALESTINE by NIBRAS w/NYTW at NYU

2005-2006

07/24-29 - Rene Pollesch in town to meet actors, etc.
11/1-7 - columbinas Workshop by united states theatre project; directed by PJ Paparelli
12/07 -12/13 - Theater Mitu, Company in Residence
01/10- 2/12 - EL CONQUISTADOR! by Thaddeus Philips – Workshop and APAP Presentations
02/14- 2/26 - Target Margin Theatre FAUST Workshop
04/10 - 4/17 - SMALL FISH by Susan Vitucci and Henry Krieger; directed by Jen Childs
06/? - THE PIRANDELLO PROJECT directed by Martha Clarke

2004-2005

07/22 - THE SEVEN by Will Power; directed by Jo Bonney
08/30-9/1 - IMAGINE FESTIVAL OF ARTS, ISSUES & IDEAS: ONLY WE WHO GUARD THE MYSTERY SHALL BE UNHAPPY, excerpts of Tony Kushner’s work-in-progress; directed by Michael Sexton/ PATRIOT ACT by Mark Crispin Miller; directed by Gregory Keller
9/7-30 - SMALL FISH by Susan Vitucci; music by Henry Krieger
10/20-24 - UNBOXING: Artist Fellows Projects THE LOYAL OPPOSITION by Jorge Ignacio Cortinas; directed by Anne KauffmanGLOW by Edward Bok Lee; directed by Will Pomeranz A THOUSAND ABU GHRAIBIASN NIGHTS conceived and directed by Monica Henderson
11/29-12/3 - THE PIRANDELLO PROJECT by Martha Clarke
12/06-11 - COAST TO COAST written and performed by Marc Wolf; directed by Emily Mann
01/05 -10 - OEDIPUS AT PALM SPRINGS by The Five Lesbian Brothers
02/28-3/4 - THE SEVEN by Will Power; directed by Jo Bonney
03/15, 3/22, 4/5 - HARD TIMES by Mark Crispin Miller; directed by Gregory Keller
04/25 - 5/6 - THE PIRANDELLO PROJECT by Martha Clarke
05/27 - 5/29 - THEATER MITU work directed by Ruben Polendo
06/11 -16 - NEW YORK HIP HOP FESTIVAL at NYTW

2003-2004

          PATRIOT ACT by Mark Crispin Miller; directed by Gregory Keller
12/09 - THE SEVEN by Will Power; directed by Jo Bonney
12/15 - DRAWN TO DEATH a musical by Art Spiegelman; music by Philip Johnston; directed by Matt Wilder
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2/09 - KAOS a dance/theatre/music piece by Martha Clarke
03/10 - THE POLYGRAPH LOUNGE directed by Marshall Brickman
05/21 - DHAMMASHOK by Theater Mitu; directed by Ruben Polendo

2002-2003

09/17 & 19 (7:30pm) - FLOW by Will Power; directed by Danny Hoch
10/25 - SAIL AWAY by Noel Coward; directed by Chris Ashley w/Claudia Shear
11/07 - VALHALLA by Paul Rudnick; directed by Chris Ashley

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