WELCOME TO SEASON 11!
Plays evolve. They begin as an idea, an inspiration hastily jotted onto the back of a receipt or a cocktail napkin. Through experimentation, skilled guidance and some sleepless nights, a playwright arrives at a working draft, a script they are ready to share with the world. The writer bravely steps into a workshop, supported by a creative team that includes a director, actors, dramaturges, cultural consultants and designers. The work continues to evolve, moving one step closer to a full production.
Plays are not created alone. That is where Local Theater Company comes in.
For Season 11, we are offering four exciting opportunities for you to engage with new American plays at every stage:
FALL LOCAL LAB | December 4-6, 2021 - Enjoy a festival of new American plays from the comfort and safety of your own home or in person. Priority access to in-person presentations will be given to Season 11 Members.
WRITING FOR STAGE & SCREEN - Learn from leading industry writers and start creating YOUR story today.
SPRING LOCAL LAB | April 22-24, 2022 - Step into the room with leading theater makers for a weekend-long in-person festival of new plays, parties and workshops.
POP-UP LAB | SEASON LONG - This season, independent new play workshops will take place across the United States including New York City and Denver.
DECEMBER 4-6, 2021
Do you want to hear some of the best new American plays being written today? Care to engage with the artists behind these works and participate in conversations that will move them one step closer to production? Want to do this from the comfort and safety of your home or in person?
FALL LOCAL LAB is for you.
Join us for this 3-day festival of new American plays and post-show conversations.
Clown Lung
Written by Steven San Luis
Directed by Meghan Frank
Saturday, December 4, 2021 | 4pm MT
Deviant Spirits Distillery (Boulder, CO) + Live Streaming
Shells*
Created by Nick Chase and Roslyn Hart
Directed by Nick Chase
Sunday, December 5, 2021 | 6pm MT
Deviant Spirits Distillery (Boulder, CO) + Live Streaming
*Fall Lab Party directly after 6pm performance
Abuelas
Written by Stephanie Alison Walker
Directed by Gabriella Cavallero
Translation by Paula Pizzi-Black
A Bilingual Play
Monday, December 6, 2021 | 6pm MT
Live Streaming
SEASON LONG
This season, independent new play workshops will take place across the United States including New York City and Denver.
The Lady M Project
Conceived by Anne Penner and Mare Trevathan
Written by Hadley Kamminga-Peck, Anne Penner and Mare Trevathan
Saturday and Sunday, March 13, 2022
The Savory Denver
Denver, CO
Maybe the Saddest Thing
Written by Harrison David Rivers
Directed by Josiah Davis
Friday, February 18, 2022
New York City
Produced by Roundabout Theatre Company in partnership with Local Theater Company
Stockade*
Written by Andrew Rosendorf
Directed by Pesha Rudnick
Dramaturgy by Carlyn Aquiline
Date/Location TBA
*Stockade is a thematic prequel to Andrew Rosendorf’s play Paper Cut
Playwright sponsors: Lari & Tom Abraham
237 Virginia Avenue
Written by David Myers
Directed by Pesha Rudnick
Saturday, March 19, 2022
Los Angeles
Presented in partnership with UCLA
Invitation-only event
APRIL 22-24, 2022
Plays, parties, workshops and so much more. What better way to kick off spring than with a 3-day festival that includes all of the above. Join us for this live, in-person festival that puts you in rooms with the artists behind some of the most compelling new work being created today. Plus, you will have the opportunity to share feedback that will move these works one step closer to production.
You Enjoy Myself*
Written by Topher Payne
Directed by Betty Hart
Friday, April 22, 2022 | 7pm MT
Boulder, CO
*Kick-off Party directly before 7pm performance
The Lotus
Written by Esther Omegba
Directed by Lisa Marie Rollins
Saturday, April 23, 2022 | 2pm MT
Boulder, CO
Playwright sponsor: Jane Butcher
Goodnight Cowboy*
Created by Jody Kuehner aka Cherdonna Shinatra
Saturday, April 23, 2022 | 6pm MT
Boulder, CO
*Late Night Lab Party directly after 6pm performance
Affinity Lunch Minutes
Written by Nick Malakhow
Directed by Pesha Rudnick
Sunday, April 24, 2022 | 2pm MT
Boulder, CO
Tickets for this festival are on sale NOW.
CLASSES OFFERED THROUGHOUT THE SEASON
Do you have a story to tell, but are not sure where to start? Are you a playwright who's looking to learn from a fellow writer? Writing for Stage & Screen will sharpen your narrative skills and introduce you to new entry points into your story.
Each course is led by a skilled industry professional. Receive feedback directly from your instructor as you construct the next great play, TV script or feature screenplay.
You have a story. Tell it.
Classes start at $199 for Season 11 Members, $249 for non-Members
Season 11 instructors include:
SHEILA CALLAGHAN (writer/producer, Shameless, Co-Founder of The Kilroys)
RACHEL FOWLER (filmmaker and coach, former Literary Manager of Local Theater Company)
ADAM MERVIS (screenwriter, 21 Bridges with Chadwick Boseman, The National Champions with J.K. Simmons)
TONY MENESES (playwright, Twenty50 at DCPA)
BECOME A MEMBER
When you become a Season 11 Member, you join a community of risk takers. You love watching plays evolve from page to stage. You want to engage with the skilled artists who create cutting-edge work. You believe that new stories matter.
SEASON 11 MEMBER BENEFITS
$5 TICKETS TO ALL VIRTUAL PRESENTATIONS, including FALL LOCAL LAB (regularly $15)
Experience the cutting edge of new American plays from the comfort and safety of your home.
$15 TICKETS TO ALL LIVE, IN-PERSON READINGS, including SPRING LOCAL LAB (regularly $30)
New plays, every stage. This season, we will be presenting work throughout Colorado and across the USA. Join us!
$111 ALL-ACCESS PASS TO SPRING LOCAL LAB (regularly $159)
Spring Local Lab is Boulder’s premier new play festival. Experience four new works, party with the creators, and attend workshops during this weekend-long, in-person festival.
DISCOUNTS ON ALL WRITING FOR STAGE & SCREEN COURSES
Learn from leading industry writers and create YOUR story.
ACCESS TO LIVING ROOM LOCAL RECORDINGS
Watch hour-long conversations with some of the most innovative creators working today, including actor and author, John Lithgow, Harvard professor and host of PBS’s Finding Your Roots, Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr., and visual artist, Alexandra Grant.
*Local Theater Company believes that “family” has many definitions. We honor however you choose to define this. Up to 4 members.
SEASON 11 MEMBERSHIPS START AT JUST $29
Want to receive all the benefits of Membership AND support the teams of theater artists who create these compelling new American plays? Become a PATRON today.
“...being a season member to Local Theater is the best deal ever. Every single event—the playwriting classes or the Lab workshops or the playwrights’ lectures—has been remarkable. I’m learning so much! ”
