Playlabs 2011

Anna Sundburg and Bruce Young in TINKER TO EVERS TO CHANCE by Mat Smart (PlayLabs 2011). Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp.

Charity Jones and Carolyn Pool in ALL THAT IS SOLID MELTS INTO AIR by Dominic Orlando (PlayLabs 2011). Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp.

A newly copied script (PlayLabs 2011). Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp.

Shawn Hamilton in the Jerome and McKnight Fellows Showcase (PlayLabs 2011). Photo by Heidi Bohnenkamp.

Pearce Bunting and Birgit Huppuch in THE INVENTION OF THE THIRD DIMENSION by Kira Obolensky (PlayLabs 2010). Photo by Kevin McLaughlin.

Steve Epp in THE BODY OF AN AMERICAN by Dan O'Brien (PlayLabs 2010). Photo by Kevin McLaughlin.

Jim Lichtsheidl in LIKE A BUTTERFLY, MY NOSTALGIA by Masataka Matsuda (PlayLabs 2007). Photo by Kevin McLaughlin.

Charity Jones and Nathan Christopher in FORGETTING by Trista Baldwin (PlayLabs 2008). Photo by Kevin McLaughlin.

Sonja Parks and Brian Goranson in NOTARI, NOTARI (SLOWLY, ROLLING) by Shigefumi Fukatsu (PlayLabs 2008).

Carolyn Goelzer in GOD SAVE GERTRUDE by Deborah Stein (PlayLabs 2006). Photo by Kevin McLaughlin.

Jeremy B. Cohen, Taylor Mac, Reginald Edmund, Rhiana Yazzie, Dan Dietz, Kathryn Haddad, Eric Pogi Sumangil, Gregory Moss, and Mat Smart (not pictured) in the Fellows Showcase (PlayLabs 2010). Photo by Kevin McLaughlin.

The best new plays you've never seen.

October 15-21, 2012 | FREE

PlayLabs is the Playwrights' Center's acclaimed national festival of new plays.

Now in its 29th year, PlayLabs gives writers 30 hours in one of the nation's most intensive play development labs—and gives you the chance to see their newest work brought to life in a series of free, intimate, hold-your-breath staged readings.

Tickets are free—reserve yours today!

Festival Schedule

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