Women’s Work

Women’s Project presents the most thought-provoking, laugh-inducing, tear-jerking plays in New York City during its annual festival of new works. All readings are free of charge. After the reading, you’ll find more free stuff in the lobby of the Julia Miles Theater: drinks, nosh, and schmooze with the artists and Women’s Project team.

Monday, November 7th at 5:00 p.m.
Yellow by Cybele Pascal, directed by Lisa Rothe
A.D.D., dyslexia, and no job. Set now, and in depression-era Texas, a young man struggles to escape the legacy of generations past.

Monday, November 7th at 9:00 p.m.
R We Not Grownups? presents Imaginary Friends written and performed by Karen Hartman, Laura Flanagan, Chris Wells, and all your other best friends: real and imagined, spoken and sung.
Three Californian transplants find themselves still asking the question: Are We Not Grownups?

Tuesday, November 8th at 5:00 p.m.
Take a Sneak Peek at two Works-in-Progress, directed by Suzanne Agins
Bechnya by Saviana Stanescu
East meets West in this darkly comic sequence of contemporary fairytales.

The Rich Silk of It by Deb Margolin
A tribute to Lyric Benson from the winner of this year’s coveted Kesselring Prize.

Wednesday, November 9th at 5:00 p.m.
Going After Alice by Megan Mostyn-Brown, directed by Meredith McDonough
After their son is killed by a suicide bomber, the already fractured Robertsons must face their grief and learn how to be a family again.

Monday, November 14th at 5:00 p.m.
Killing Women by Marisa Wegrzyn, directed by Elyse Singer (Co-sponsored by the Hourglass Group)
A hilarious romp through the wacky world of female guns-for-hire from one of Chicago’s hottest young playwrights.

Tuesday, November 15th at 5:00 p.m.
Las Meninas by Lynn Nottage, directed by Kate Whoriskey
From the Award-winning playwright of Intimate Apparel comes a deliciously irreverent reconstruction of history just outside of Louis XIV’s court. Featuring an illicit affair between the Sun Queen and her African pygmy servant. Ay Dios Mio! Royal dish abounds!

Wednesday, November 16th at 5:00 p.m.
Still Life by Emily Mann, directed by Tamsen Wolff
A Legacy Reading from one of Women’s Project’s most distinguished alumna. Winner of six Obie Awards. A Vietnam vet, his wife, and his mistress share the personal fallout of war in this relentlessly brave and resonant work.

Thursday, November 17th at 5:00 p.m.
Victoria Martin: Math Queen by Kate Walat, directed by Loretta Greco
Vickie Martin is the third most popular sophomore. She’s also wicked smart. But can this goddess of Pi possibly make the math team victorious? Totally.