Art House Productions is pleased to announce the lineup for the 2025 INKubator New Play Festival from April 28 - May 7. This year's playwrights are Phillip Gregory Burke, Sarah Cuneo, Molly Horan, Frank Murdocco, and M. D. Schaffer. Audiences who attend the festival will have the opportunity to participate in conversations with the writers, directors, and actors following each performance.
All readings are free to attend, but advanced registration is required.
INKubator is a year-long generative process for a select group of playwrights in residence at Art House Productions. During the program, playwrights meet on a monthly basis alongside program director Alex Tobey to share new work, receive feedback, and develop a first draft of a new play. The program culminates in the INKubator New Play Festival, where the playwrights work with professional directors and actors to hear the play read aloud for the first time.
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Monday, April 28 at 7:00pm
I Want the World (And When I Get It, I'll Want Something Else)
by Frank Murdocco
directed by Alex Tobey
After fourteen seasons on The Real Housewives of New Jersey, Rebecca Delucci has
embarrassed herself, and her future on the show hangs in the balance. After fourteen years growing up on TV, Rebecca's son, Madison, has written a tell-all memoir–one that makes his mothers contract renewal all the more tenuous. Now, the two must duke it out in the only way they know how: like the cameras are rolling. Inspired by Chekhov's The Seagull, I Want the World examines that innate human need for attention (and affirmation) in the crucible of reality TV.
Tuesday, April 29 at 7:00pm
Trad
written by Sarah Cuneo
directed by Emilia Lirman
OnlyFans model Maisie wants to reinvent herself as a trad wife influencer, but there’s just one problem: she has no idea how to cook, bake, or take care of a home. Enter Sam, a no-nonsense baker from the local farmer’s market who secretly does the cooking while Maisie plays the perfect homemaker on camera. What starts as a business arrangement quickly turns into a tangled push-and-pull between two women. Sharp, funny, and deeply relatable, Trad explores ambition, authenticity, and the performance of femininity in the digital age.
Monday, May 5 at 7:00pm
Paradise Estate
by Phillip Gregory Burke
directed by Brandon Alvión
For over a century, the Rawlins family home, Paradise Estate, has successfully operated as a major Underground Railroad stop at the Canadian-American border. But when the War of 1812 couples with a mysterious new arrival, division threatens their already fragile household. With their way of life and work at risk, the liberators are compelled to either adapt to a world promising to marginalize them or carry the culture from a past only they can curate. Paradise Estate is play 3 in Phillip Gregory Burke's ten-play cycle chronicling the sociology of the African Diaspora.
Tuesday, May 6 at 7:00pm
Communication
by M. D. Schaffer
directed by Ava Elizabeth Novak
For her doctoral dissertation, Psychology major Olivia Hardgrove invites her long-term client, Reed Erwin, and Reed's mother, Delilah, to participate in a public therapy session that's mediated using tarot cards. However, as the cards are pulled and the mother and child relive fraught memories, they find that the only way to salvage their relationship is by reckoning with their past to build their future.
Wednesday, May 7 at 7:00pm
Let Go
by Molly Horan
directed by Anne DeMelo
High schoolers and aspiring filmmakers Bridget and Kelly know that the only way to get ahead in the industry is to make connections. Which is why, for their high school film showcase, they've decided to make a shot-for-shot recreation of the 2004 film Garden State in the hopes that Zach Braff, who just happens to be from their hometown, will see the film and reward their creativity and business savvy with a production deal. Weeks into the process, a car crash leaves Bridget with a traumatic brain injury, and the girls have to figure out how to adapt as artists, collaborators, and best friends.
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