September 9 – September 21 (Monday to Saturday)
The Public Theater (425 Lafayette Street)
New Work Now! is The Public Theater’s reading series that allows you an opportunity to experience new work by a diverse selection of established and emerging theater artists—all for FREE. Now in its 20th season, NEW WORK NOW! is an important part of The Public Theater’s ongoing commitment to developing and mentoring new voices for the American Theater.
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Reserve your tickets online now for these free events!
There is a limit of 2 tickets per reading per person.
THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN
By Dan O’Brien
Directed by Davis McCallum
Monday, September 9 at 7pm
PARADISE BLUE
By Dominique Morisseau
Directed by Kwame Kwei-Armah
Tuesday, September 10 at 7pm
NEW WORK THEN: ZERO POSITIVE
By Harry Kondoleon
Directed by Sarah Benson
Wednesday, September 11 at 7pm
NOTHING LEFT TO BURN
By Adi Hanash and Patrick Vassel
Directed by Patrick Vassal
Thursday, September 12 at 7pm
MANAHATTA
By Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by Kate Whoriskey
Co-presented by The Eagle Project
Saturday, September 14 at 7pm
ARTIFICIAL FELLOW TRAVELER
Written and performed by Ethan Sandler
Directed by Daniel Goldstein
Sunday, September 15 at 7pm
TUMACHO
By Ethan Lipton
Directed by Leigh Silverman
Monday, September 16 at 7pm
FALLING APART…TOGETHER
Written and performed by Kathryn Grody
Directed by Timothy Near
Tuesday, September 17 at 7pm
HOW TO BE A ROCK CRITIC
By Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen
Performed by Erik Jensen
Directed by Jessica Blank
Wednesday, September 18 at 7pm
BARBECUE
Written and directed by Robert O’Hara
Thursday, September 19 at 7pm
HAPPYFLOWERNAIL
Written and performed by Radha Blank
Directed by Liesl Tommy
Friday, September 20 at 7pm
The Public Theater in Collaboration with Actors Touring Company, UK (with Elyse Dodgson, International Director, Royal Court Theatre, London) and CEC AartsLink present:
THE BOARDWALK TRILOGY: THE BRIGHTON BEACH BROOKLYN PLAYS
Saturday, September 21 at 5pm (One Day Marathon)
BLACK BODY
By Mikhail Durnenkov
Translated by Rory Mullarkey
Directed by Ramin Gray
EMIGRANTS
By Pavel Pryazhko
Translated by Sasha Dugdale
Directed by Ramin Gray
PLACE
By Natal’ya Vorozhbit
Translated by Sasha Dugdale
Directed by Sacha Wares
The entire development of this project was made possibly by the generous support of the Genesis Foundation.
Special thanks for the additional support from Martin E. Segal Theatre Center and TMU (Trust for Mutual Understanding)
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