Success Stories
The plays written by our Propulsion Lab playwrights have found success on the national and international stage. Enjoy these success stories:
JONATHAN ALEXANDRATOS
DUCK
Written in the 2014-2015 Propulsion Lab
Reading – 2015 Mission to (dit)Mars Launchpad
Workshop Production – June 2016 by PEACE Productions in Strasbourg, France
Play was submitted to the Ingram New Works Lab at Nashville Rep and resulted
in my admittance into the Lab
WE SEE WHAT HAPPEN
Written in the 2015-2016 Propulsion Lab
Workshopped in theIngram New Works Lab, Nashville Repertory Theatre, 2015-2016
Reading – 2016 Ingram New Works Lab
KARI BENTLEY-QUINN
THE OCEAN THOUGHT NOTHING
Written in the 2012-2013 Propulsion Lab
Finalist – 2014 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
Finalist – 2016 Centenary Stage Company Women Playwrights Series
Reading – April 2017 with Team Awesome Robot
THE WORST MOTHER IN THE WORLD
Written in the 2015-2016 Propulsion Lab
Finalist – 2017 Bay Area Playwrights Festival
Finalist – Leah Ryan FEWW Annual Prize
Semi Finalist – 2017 O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
Semi Finalist – 2016 Princess Grace Award
LISA HUBERMAN
SEX AND CHARITABLE GIVING
Debuted in the Brick Theatre’s F*ck Fest in June 2015. It was also recorded a part of the Elephant Run District’s hERD podcast series in May of 2016.
THE WORST ZIONIST IN THE ROOM
Performed at Dixon Place as part of the Lounge Series in November 2016.
PERSEPHONE IN RETROGRADE
An excerpt was recorded for Necessary Exposure: The Female Playwrights Project
MRINALINI KAMATH
THE NEW DEAL
Reading as part of Ma-Yi LabFest, October 2015
Recipient of Downstage Left residency and included in LeapFest, 2016, Stage Left Theatre, Chicago, IL
Honorable mention, Kilroys List, 2016
STUFF: A RADIO PLAY
Reading as part of Ma-Yi LabFest, November 2016
To be read/recorded by Mission to (dit)Mars, May 2017
KRISTINE M. REYES
LILY IN LOVE
Written in the 2013-14 Propulsion Lab
Public reading – 2015 Queens Theatre in the Park New American Voices Reading Series
EGGS ON ICE
Written in the 2014-15 Propulsion Lab
Public reading – December 2016 The Bechdel Project Reading Series
Excerpt performed by The Bechdel Project
DON X. NGUYEN
THE SUPREME LEADER
Written in the Propulsion Lab
Excerpt performed in All Systems Go!
Excerpt performed in All Systems Go!
Roundabout Underground Reading Series – Roundabout Theatre Company
Up Next Reading Series – Labyrinth Theatre Company
Ma-Yi LabFest
HELLO, FROM THE CHILDREN OF PLANET EARTH
Written in the Propulsion Lab
Excerpt performed in All Systems Go! Mission 2
Workshop – The Playwrights Realm
Workshop –Ma-Yi Theater Company
hERD Podcast Series, Elephant Run District
Ma-Yi Winter LabFest
AMY E. WITTING
THE HOUSE ON THE HILL
Written in the 2014/2015 LAB
Selected for 2015 SPACE on Ryder Farm Residency
2016 Semi-Finalist O’Neill National Playwrights Conference
Selected for 2016 Alumni MFAPW Kennedy Center Workshop
Selected for 2016 NNPN’s National Showcase
Nominated for 2017 Theatre Visions Award
Nominated for 2017 Stavis Playwright Award
WORKSHOP READINGS
2016
RAY YAMANOUCHI
THE AMERICAN TRADITION
Written in the 2016-17 Propulsion Lab
Selected for Rising Circle Theatre Collective’s INKtank program
Made possible (in part) by the Queens Council on the Arts with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council.
