MCC Theater Announces 2012 Playlab Readings Lineup

MCC Theater has announced the line-up for its Spring 2012 PlayLab play readings of new plays by four members of the company's Playwrights' Coalition: Brooke Berman, Crystal Skillman, Alex Lewin and Blair Singer to be held on April 16, April 23, April 30 and May 7, 2012.  The Monday night series will offer a special opportunity to experience works in development by some of New York's most exciting playwrights.  Audience members will be invited to mingle with the artists at post-performance receptions to be held each night.  

The Coalition's programs give writers the resources and support to generate, develop and showcase new work.  Through intensive work and roundtable readings, member playwrights develop dynamic and challenging new plays, and twice-a-year PlayLab readings put these plays in front of an audience, providing a showcase and celebration of the writers' work.  Plays developed through the Playwrights' Coalition have gone on to production at MCC and other notable theaters in the U.S. and abroad. 

All readings will take place at the Lucille Lortel Theatre (121 Christopher Street) at 7:00 p.m.  The series is offered free of charge, but reservations are recommended.  Reservations can be made by visiting www.mcctheater.org.

  

2012 Spring PlayLab Readings

 

Monday April 16, 7 p.m.

My New Best Friend

by Brooke Berman

director TBA

 

Newly minted BFFs Claire and Sevrin take a breezily thrilling walk in each other's shoes when they agree to swap apartments for the summer - Claire's in New York for Sevrin's in San Francisco. The breeziness turns sour, though, as Claire begins to suspect that her captivating new friend is taking over not only her apartment but her entire New York life.

 

Monday, April 23, 7 p.m.

Wild

Written by Crystal Skillman

Directed by Evan Caccioppoli

 

Bobby and Peter work together, live together, and sleep together.  But when one of them cheats with a woman, their relationship is shaken to the core. WILD is a savagely funny Chicago story of intermingled love and desperation that asks: Is love always something we'll recognize when we see it?                                                                          

 

Monday, April 30, 7 p.m.

The Interview

Written by Alex Lewin

Directed by Mike Donahue

 

It was to be a simple interview where Sheila determines Jake's worthiness to be a Big Brother in her youth program. But they steer into murky waters when the subject of Jake's sexuality comes up. And this turns out to be only the tip of the iceberg, as they discover startling and overlapping threads in their private lives.

 

Monday, May 7, 7 p.m.

Frauds                                                                                                                                            

written by Blair Singer

directed by Jenn Thompson

 

Susan was once a hopefull young woman who dreamed of being an actress. Ten years later, those dreams have given way to a stalled career and an unhappy marriage.  When her former grad school boyfriend, David, a celebrated Jewish playwright, asks her to participate in a reading of his adaptation of The Three Sisters - recasting Olga, Masha, and Irina as Hassidic women - Susan sees it as an opportunity to find out if there's any substance to her youthful ambitions.

 

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