“Wonderful.”
John Surowiecki
Photo by Kerry Landeck
2025 Winter Readings
David Simpatico “Wilde about Whitman”*+
J. Lois Diamond “Alicia”*+
Kevin Brodie “Save the Man”*+
Maximillian Gill “Machines Eat People”*+
2024 Summer Readings
Kathleen Cahill “H-O-R-S-E”*+
Maripat Allen “Five Miles Long, Two Hundred Feet High”*+
Glenn Alterman “Unheard”*+
Michael Wells-Oakes “Danny Ryan’s Wake”*
Stephen Kaplan “Un Hombre”*+
Amy Tofte “Lived Experience”*
Alex Dremann “The Cure”*+
Anne Hamilton “Villa Pompei”*
John Mabey “Buried Treasures”*+
Jack Rushton “The Wheelhouse”*+
Helen Cheng Mao “Happy Anniversary, Sweetie!”
Melanie Greenhouse “Characters Run Amok”*
Donald Loftus “The Springvale Armadillo”*+
2024 Winter Readings
Arianna Rose “The Equivalent of Sensation”*+
Donna Hoke “Mabel Talks” *+
Greg Lam “Treachery Island: A Serial Play”*+
2023 Readings
Surrey Houlker “for the fish” In-Person Reading*+
Rich Rubin “Four Sparrows” Zoom Reading*+
Emily Zemba “The Dying Town” Zoom Reading*
Sophia Valera Heinecke “What Makes Us Feel Alive” *
Lori M. Myers “The Guys”*
Rachel Feeny-Williams “Faith, Trust and …” Zoom Reading+*
Readers’ Choice: Martyna Majok Cost of Living
2022 Readings
George Sapio “Do You Want Fries with That?” *+
Lisa Dellagiarino Feriend “James of Nazareth” *+
Michael Perlmutter “Open Meeting Closed” *+
Donna Latham “Yella Jack” *+
Larissa FastHorse The Thanksgiving Play
John Minigan “Covenant” *+
Glenn Alterman “Time Wounds All Heels” *+
John Mabey “The Legend of Snails” *+
Jack Rushton “It Ain’t Pinter” *+
Amy Tofte “Righteous Among Us” *+
2021 readings
John Minigan “Noir Hamlet” (festival version) *+
J. Lois Diamond – “Clare” *+ Ben Scranton – “Charlotte’s Revival” *+
Patrick Gabridge – “Mox Nox” *+
Gemma Cooper-Novack – “This Not That” *+
Lynn Hoffman – “Three Mothers” *+
Quinn D. Eli – “True Identity” *
Melinda Gros – “Crazy in the Moonlight” *+
Vicki Meagher – “Camp Wonder” *+
Manuel (Mani) Lopez – “Morir Soñando” *
Kevin Brodie “Invincible Summer” *+
Jack Rushton “The Difference” *+ Germaine Shames “110 Columbia Heights” *+
Mary Miller and Michael LaPolla “The Grove.” A special reading in partnership with Flock Theatre
Judah Skoff “The Birthday Game” *+
Donna Latham “Best Beware My Sting” *+ Seanan Palmero Waugh “Crock of” *+
Nayna Agrawal “Dharma” *
Michael John McGoldrick “Backstage Fairytale” *+
Cris Eli Blak “Sons of Liberty” *
Craig Bailey “Mitch Maclay Sings Just for You” *+
David Guaspari “Psychoanalysis and Its Discontents” *+
Deirdre Girard “In This House” *+
David Beardsley “Tiny Empty Nest” *+
Mary Miller and Michael LaPolla “The Flock.” A special reading in partnership with Flock Theatre.
2020 Readings
Jackie Sibblies Drury, Fairview
Natasha Gordon, Nine Night
Katori Hall, Our Lady of Kibeho
Jeremy O. Harris, Slave Play
In support of the Black Lives Matter movement, plays by playwrights of color were featured this season.
2019 Readings
Jeremy O. Harris — “Daddy”+ and DeLanna Studi — “Flight”+
Darcy Parker Bruce – “The Place That Made You” *+
Bob Stewart – “Carol of Carroll Gardens” *+
Judith Pratt – “Maize” *+
Amy Oestreicher – “Factory Treasure” *+
An Afternoon of one-act plays.* Chuck Smith – “Romantic Comradery”+ and Edmond Chibeau – “Andersonville’s Norwich Nine”
James McLindon – “Hitch” *+
Emily Zemba – “The Great Teddy Bear Shipwreck Mystery” * and Edmond Chibeau “Leviticus Tattoo”
David Beardsley – “Holy and Unruly” *+
Suzanne Willett – “A Girl with a Gun” *+
John Minigan – “Concordance” *+
2018 Readings
John Minigan — "Queen of Sad Mischance" *+
Cynthia Arsenault — "Common Ground" *+
James C. Ferguson — "King Arthur in Contemporary Connecticut" *+
Quinn D. Eli — "In Common" *+
Peter Snoad — "The Growing Stone" *+
Barry M. Putt, Jr. — "Equal" *+
Jeanne Beckwith -- "The Rhode Island Chapter"+ and Faye Ringel and Greer Gilman, “O Brave New World”* (This reading was co-sponsored with the Chelsea Players of Norwich.)
2017 Readings
Greg Lam — Repossessed *+
Lauren Gunderson — Ada and the Engine +
Michael Bradford — Rootwoman *
Royal Court Theatre Festival
Lucy Kirkwood— The Children
Jez Butterworth— The Ferryman
2016 Readings
Greg Lam — Chaplin and Keaton on the Set of Limelight +
Beth Rontal — My Mother’s Daughter *
John Surowiecki — My Life as a Fetus *
Kristoffer Diaz — #therevolution +
Branden Jacobs-Jenkins — An Octoroon
2015 Readings
Stefanie Zadravec — Colony Collapse
Young Jean Lee — Straight White Men
Conor McPherson — The Night Alive
*Indicates playwright was present at reading
+Indicates play is available to read on the New Play Exchange