Writer Director Lab

About

Instigated in 1998, the Writer Director Lab is an engine for the generation of new plays. The program—a beacon in the city for formally inventive work—supports several projects created by collaborative teams. The Lab culminates in presentations at Soho Rep that are free and open to the public.

Nkenna Akunna & Nana Dakin

In a mosaic of time fragments, Woo Woo Child follows a group of six New York City artists at the precipice of new beginnings. Its present is the night of Valeria’s final cabaret performance. With characters taking on tarot archetype qualities, the play explores queer fate, messy power and narrative-by-accumulation.

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Carolina Đỗ & Annie Jin Wang

Using Chekhov’s The Seagull as a point of departure, Carolina and Annie are generating a theatrical investigation-love letter to their families, ancestors, selves, and fellow Asian American community members who have had to sublimate their identities in the pursuit of being understood.

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Ran Xia & Risa Puno

Unresolved Rage Game is a theatrical experience about the creation of a tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) designed as a tool for Asian femmes to access and express rage. This presentation encapsulates our creative process while aiming to empower individuals with similar cultural backgrounds to openly explore and articulate their emotions.

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Keenan Hurley & Kedian Keohan

BLUSH

At the center of the Black Hole is the Event Horizon. Crawl inside and save me a dance. Internal transformations become external. Let’s reckon with one another or become unrecognizable. It’s ok if you’re a little smelly.

Talia Paulette Oliveras & Nia Farrell

A Map to Nowhere (things are)

A Map to Nowhere (things are) is a reminder that this is Real Life—and that means there is real hope for tomorrow. It is a chakra-based ritual and abolitionist practice in closing the gap between dreams and reality.

Kate Moore Heaney & Divya Mangwani

Speak American

Speak American is an insider/outsider’s perspective on the disorienting construct that is the American language—hyperlinking to the future (insert emoticon here).

Jeesun Choi & Bryn Herdrich

Bust

Sein fights for the leadership of her Model United Nations team. An economist gives one last lecture. Fish Grandma goes to the bank. Meanwhile, the global market teeters on the brink of collapse. BUST explores the money in our wallets, the illusions it buys, and the future it promises.

Jen Goma & Haruna Lee

plural (love)

(Writer Director Lab 2017/2019)

Ann Marie Dorr & Paul Ketchum

Good and Noble Beings

(Writer Director Lab 2017/2019)

Daaimah Mubashshir & Raja Feather Kelly

The Chronicles of Cardigan and Khente

(Writer Director Lab 2017/2019)

Virginia Grise & Shayok Misha Chowdhury

rasgos asiaticos

(Writer Director Lab 2017/2019)

Peter Mills Weiss & Julia Mounsey

while you were partying

(Writer Director Lab 2017/2019)

Jacob Perkins & Jaki Bradley

Where Have You Gone

(Writer Director Lab 2015/2016)

Tony Meneses & Michael Leibenluft

Clinton Hill

(Writer Director Lab 2015/2016)

Stephanie Del Rosso & Zi Alikhan

Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill Fill

(Writer Director Lab 2015/2016)

Catherine Yu & Tiffany Nicole Greene

Le Jeté

(Writer Director Lab 2015/2016)

Milo Cramer & Benjamin Kamine

Cute Activist

(Writer Director Lab 2014/2015)

Jordan Seavey & Hannah Wolf

November 4, 2008

(Writer Director Lab 2014/2015)

Kate Benson & Will Davis

Desert (For Now)

(Writer Director Lab 2014/2015)

Dipika Guha & Andrew Neisler

Unreliable

(Writer Director Lab 2014/2015)

Clare Barron & Louisa Proske

You Got Older

(Writer Director Lab 2013/2014)

Jiehae Park & Lilian Meredith

Untitled High School Macbeth

(Writer Director Lab 2013/2014)

Amelia Roper & Knud Adams

Everything is Nice

(Writer Director Lab 2013/2014)

Jerry Lieblich & Kareem Fahmy

D Deb Debbie Deborah

(Writer Director Lab 2013/2014)

Evan Twohy & Jess Chayes

Permission

(Writer Director Lab 2012/2013)

Max Posner & Jesse Jou

Judy

(Writer Director Lab 2012/2013)

Anna Greenfield & Mary Birnbaum

This Is Gonna Be Great

(Writer Director Lab 2012/2013)

Tracy Thorne & Kristan Seemel

The Nature of Things

(Writer Director Lab 2012/2013)

Elizabeth Irwin & Sarah Krohn

My Mañana Comes

(Writer Director Lab 2012/2013)

Trish Harnetiaux & Jeremy Bloom

How To Get Into Buildings

(Writer Director Lab 2011/2012)

Joshua Conkel & Jen Wineman

Sprawl

(Writer Director Lab 2011/2012)

Peter Gil-Sheridan & Anna Brenner

Cockfight

(Writer Director Lab 2011/2012)

Jackie Sibblies Drury & David F. Chapman

Really Really Really Really Really

(Writer Director Lab 2011/2012)

Lloyd Suh & Sarah Rasmussen

Fort Lee

(Writer Director Lab 2010/2011)

Andy Bragen & Mike Donahue

Loop Tape

(Writer Director Lab 2010/2011)

Susan Soon He Stanton & Alice Reagan

Takarazuka!

(Writer Director Lab 2010/2011)

Michael Yate Crowley & Rachel Chavkin

The Dead, Inc.

(Writer Director Lab 2010/2011)

Jess Barbagallo & Meghan Finn

I'll Meet You in Tijuana

(Writer Director Lab 2009/2010)

Amy Herzog & Pirronne Yousefzadeh

4000 Miles

(Writer Director Lab 2009/2010)

Matthew Korahais & Michael Silverstone

Trigger Warning (NSFW)

(Writer Director Lab 2009/2010)

Kate E. Ryan & Mia Rovegno

Science Is Close

(Writer Director Lab 2009/2010)

Janine Nabers & Adam Greenfield

Welcome to Jesus

(Writer Director Lab 2009/2010)

Jonathan Bernstein & Katherine Kovner

The Children's Employment Commission

(Writer Director Lab 2008/2009)

Sylvan Oswald & Rafael Gallegos

Sun Ra

(Writer Director Lab 2008/2009)

Kate E. Ryan & Stephen Brackett

Him

(Writer Director Lab 2008/2009)

Susan Tenneriello & Jerry Ruiz

Mirage

(Writer Director Lab 2008/2009)

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins & Shoshona Currier

The Change

(Writer Director Lab 2008/2009)

Gregory S. Moss & Arin Arbus

Orange, Hate & Grace

(Writer Director Lab 2008/2009)

Mike Daisey & Maria Goyanes

The Moon Is a Dead World

(Writer Director Lab 2007/2008)

Maller Avidon & Jose Zayas

The Past Is Not a Foreign Country: (Very Personal) Maps of Seattle

(Writer Director Lab 2007/2008)

Amber Reed & Alec Duffy

Apocope

(Writer Director Lab 2007/2008)

Madeleine George & Miriam Weiner

Precious Little

(Writer Director Lab 2007/2008)

Dan LeFranc & Linsay Firman

In the Labyrinth: A Spectacle with Stories

(Writer Director Lab 2007/2008)

Deron Bos & Jimena Duca

Putting the Days to Bed

(Writer Director Lab 2007/2008)

Scott Adkins & Kenn Watt

Running Commentary NO. 4

(Writer Director Lab 2006/2007)

Tommy Smith & May Adrales

White Hot

(Writer Director Lab 2006/2007)

Annie Baker & Debbie Saivetz

Nocturama

(Writer Director Lab 2006/2007)

Kristen Palmer & Awoye Timpo

The Melting Point

(Writer Director Lab 2006/2007)

Karinne Keithly & Maria Goyanes

Do Not Do This Ever Again

(Writer Director Lab 2006/2007)

Jason Grote & Brooke O'Harra

Maria / Stuart

(Writer Director Lab 2006/2007)

Thomas Bradshaw & Mallory Catlett

Purity

(Writer Director Lab 2005/2006)

Jenny Schwartz & Sarah Cameron Sunde

Somewhere Fun

(Writer Director Lab 2005/2006)

Heidi Schreck & Sarah Benson

Creature

(Writer Director Lab 2005/2006)

David Adjmi & Shana Gold

Marie Antoinette

(Writer Director Lab 2005/2006)

Jason Grote & Maria Goyanes

Hamilton Township

(Writer Director Lab 2005/2006)

Kate E. Ryan & Evan Cabnet

Brian

(Writer Director Lab 2004/2005)

Anna Ziegler & Maureen Towey

BFF

(Writer Director Lab 2004/2005)

B. Walker Sampson & Josh Hecht

Alcestis

(Writer Director Lab 2004/2005)

Mat Smart & Ellen Beckerman

Telescopes

(Writer Director Lab 2004/2005)

Jason Grote & Liesl Tommy

1001

(Writer Director Lab 2004/2005)

Erin Courtney & Sarah Benson

Quiver & Twitch

(Writer Director Lab 2004/2005)