Brave New World

Brave New World is a theater marathon featuring fifty new plays and songs created by America’s premiere playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and presented by some of our nation’s most talented performers and directors, in a coordinated stroke of creativity and fellowship. Participants include Stockard Channing, Billy Crudup, Christopher Durang, John Guare, Beth Henley, Tina Howe, David Henry Hwang, Anne Jackson, Arthur Kopit, Frank Langella, Camryn Manheim, Alan Menken, Gregory Mosher, Bebe Neuwirth, Mary Louise Parker, Estelle Parsons, David Rabe, John Rando, Ann Reinking, Lloyd Richards, Chita Rivera, John Patrick Shanley, Anna Deveare Smith, Stephen Sondheim, Marisa Tomei, Alfred Uhry, Eli Wallach, Sam Waterston, Sigourney Weaver, Vanessa Williams, Lanford Wilson, and Jerry Zaks.

Created by artistic directors J. Dakota Powell and Erica Gould, this special commemorative event will provide artists with a forum to reflect upon and respond to the tragic events of September 11th on its first anniversary.

Net proceeds will be donated to The New York Children’s Foundation. The N.Y.C.F. was founded by children in the wake of September 11 to benefit the children who were affected by events of September 11 and its aftermath, The N.Y.C.F. has found a way to simultaneously raise money to benefit the children and empower the youth of New York by providing a way for them to make a difference.

Monday, September 9th, 8:00PM

NINE-TEN by Warren Leight
Dana Ivey in THE OTHER LINE, a new play by Alfred Uhry
“CASSANDRA SONG,” a song by Ellen McLaughlin and Peter Foley
2001: AN ORAL HISTORY, a new play by Lillian Ann Slugocki
Kristin Davis in IMPACT , a new play by Jose Rivera
LaChanze sings “A SONG FOR LACHANZE,” a new song by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty.
Jill Clayburgh and Lily Rabe in THE CRAZY GIRL by Frank Pugliese
CLIMATE, a new play by Joe Pintauro
Orfeh performs “ALIVE,” a new song by John Patrick Shanley and Daniel Harnett
The SITI Company performs CABIN PRESSURE, a new play directed by Anne Bogart
NO ONE YOU KNOW, a new play by Neal Bell, directed by Mark-Wing Davey
TERROR EYES, a new play by Oyamo
I AM STRONG IN THE FACE OF EVERYTHING EXCEPT NUCLEAR WAR, a poem by Eve Ensler
“LORD,” a new song by Geoffrey Menin
Bebe Neuwirth and Neil Patrick Harris in ADOPT A SAILOR, a new play by Charles Evered
AFTER, a new play by Nicole Burdette
“THERE WILL BE A MIRACLE,” a new song by Michael John LaChiusa
AND MY FRIEND, a choral by David Simpatico and Will Todd
A new play by John Guare

Tuesday, September 10th, 8:00PM

FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL, a new play by Lynn Nottage
EXODUS, a new play by J Dakota Powell
AUNT PITTI-PAT IN THE TOWER, a new play by David Simpatico
THROW, a new play by Brian Silberman
“THE BALLAD OF MARY O¹CONNOR,” a new song by Greg Kotis and Mark Hollmann
BALL-PEEN HAMMER, a new play by Adam Rapp
REDESIGN, a new play by Beth Henley
PASSENGERS, a new play by Betty Shamieh
7-11, a new play by Kia Corthron
HIS WIFE, a new play by Romulus Linney
4/19/95, a new play by John Pielmeier
STRANGE FISH, a new play by J Austin Williams
THE ELEVATOR, a new play Rinne Groff

Wednesday, September 11th, 2:00PM

THE MOON PLEASE, a new play by Diana Son
IMPACT, a new play by Jose Rivera
3 WEEKS OF PARADISE: A VOICE FROM NYC, a new play by Israel Horovitz
THE NEW STORK, a new play by Kira Obolensky
WE NEVER KNEW THEIR NAMES, a new play by John Henry Redwood
ANTIGONE¹S RED, a new play by Chiori Miyagawa
“I¹LL BE HERE TOMORROW,” a song written and performed by Jerry Herman
THE GRAND DESIGN, a new play by Susan Miller
“COMING TOGETHER,” a new song by Jason Robert Brown
Other scheduled actors include: Polly Bergen, Joel Grey, Susan Lucci, Phyllis Newman, Louise Pitre and Gloria Reuben

Wednesday, September 11th, 8:00PM

RIBBON IN THE SKY, a new play by Jonathan Marc Sherman
POPS, a new play by Edwin Sanchez
LAKEERA, a new play by Christopher Shinn
Kristin Davis and Paul Rudd in LAND OF THE DEAD, a new play by Neil LaBute
“LAST YEAR”, a new song by Michael John LaChiusa
THE NEW RULES, a new play by Laurence Klavan
Juliana Margulies in HANDS, a new play by Eric Cressida Wilson
“LULLABY,” a song by Geoffrey Menin
HAITI, a new play by Keith Reddin
Cynthia Nixon in ANONYMOUS REMAILERS, a new play by Constance Congdon
STEVE, a new play by William Leavengood
Alan Menken performs “WILL THE SUN EVER SHINE AGAIN,” a new song by Menken and Glenn Slater
Cynthia Nixon in THIRTY-FOURTH AND DYER, a new play by Lee Blessing
Dana Ivey in SKYLAB, a new play by Christopher Durang
LATE NIGHT, EARLY MORNING, a new play by Frank Pugliese
DISORDERLY CONDUCT, a new play by Tina Howe
AND MY FRIEND, a choral by David Simpatico and Will Todd

Other scheduled actors include: Edie Falco, Shuler Hensley, Amy Irving, Stanley Tucci and Sam Waterston