The Pipeline Festival showcases the work of the celebrated WP Lab, a two-year artistic residency for exceptional playwrights, directors, and producers.
In its inaugural year, the 2016 Pipeline Festival provides a unique opportunity for audiences and industry to access five new plays at various stages of development, ranging from staged readings to full-length workshop productions. The Festival, true to its name, will serve as a pipeline to funnel talented female artists and their work to the forefront of American theater.
WEEK 1: March 29 – 31
GALATEA or WHATEVER YOU BE
By MJ Kaufman
Directed by Mo Zhou
A trans love story set against the backdrop of a climate crisis. Loosely based on John Lyly’s 1585 play, Galatea tells the story of two young women from a village threatened with flooding who escape to the nearby woods disguised as boys and fall in love
WEEK 2: April 5 – 7
THE REVIEW or HOW TO EAT YOUR OPPOSITION
By Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Directed by Melissa Crespo
In the fall of 2001, there’s a marked change in the air of New York City
WEEK 3: April 12 – 14
AFLOAT
Music and Lyrics by Zoe Sarnak
Book by Emily Kaczmarek
Directed by Ellie Heyman
In a near-future America ravaged by climate change, teenagers Blue, Nico, and Casey steal a boat and set sail
WEEK 4: April 19 – 21
POWER STRIP
By Sylvia Khoury
Directed by Tyne Rafaeli
A young woman is tethered to the only power source in a Syrian refugee camp.
WEEK 5: April 26-28
TWO MILE HOLLOW
By Leah Nanako Winkler
Directed by Morgan Gould
When the Donnellys gather to divide their belongings after the sale of their oceanfront mansion, both an internal and literal storm brew
