![]() ![]() ![]() The lineup will include the following works: The National Music Theater Conference, led by artistic director Paulette Haupt, will run June 25–July 15. This year’s pool was selected from more than 1,400 submitted plays. The plays are selected via an open submission process. Since 1964, the conference has developed more than 600 plays. The Playwrights Conference is the O’Neill’s founding program. In addition, Pulitzer finalist Stephen Karam will be the summer’s writer-in-residence. Keith Huff’s Up The Hill, about two Congressional interns whose ideologies are crushed by the realities of politics.Tegan McLeod’s Girls in Cars Underwater, about a woman whose new work friendships could be compromised by events in her past.Kate Tarker’s Laura and the Sea, a comedy about what happens to a travel agent’s colleagues after she kills herself. ![]() Sylvia Khoury’s Against the Hillside, about a Pakistani couple and a soldier in New Mexico who pilots the drones over their region.Kathryn Walat’s Small Town Values, a love story.Matt Schatz’s The Burdens, a dark comedy about two adult siblings who conspire to help their mother get rid of their grandfather.Mike Lew’s Teenage Dick, a modern take on Richard III set in high school.Aurin Squire’s Running on Fire, about a college student accused of a crime.The National Playwrights Conference, led by artistic director Wendy C. “The artists selected across our programs, from over 2,000 applicants, are adding exciting and necessary ideas and pieces that will play our nation’s stages for years to come.” “The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center boldly continues our mission as launchpad of the American theatre with our 2016 professional season,” said executive director Preston Whiteway in a statement. There will be public workshop readings of eight plays, three musicals, and six cabaret acts. WATERFORD, CONN.: The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has selected the works it will develop during its 2016 summer season as part of the National Playwrights Conference, National Music Theater Conference, and Cabaret & Performance Conference. ![]()
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