Occupation: The Meganne George Women's Work Short Play Festival (2026)
Join us for the 18th Annual Women’s Work
Short Play Festival.
Named after MEGANNE GEORGE, who served as Resident Production Designer at NPTC for 19 years and was instrumental in creating its structure and design elements, the festival presents original short plays developed in NPTC’s Women Work LAB which takes writers from the first impulse for their plays to a rehearsed and staged performance for live audiences, all within six months. There is no other program of its kind in New York City.
TICKETS: $25 /$20 students and seniors (65+) w/ID; TDF accepted for select performances; FESTIVAL PASS $40 (both programs)
program A includes:
Welcome the Stranger by Katelin Wilcox, Directed by Christina Shea-Wright
In the not-too-distant future, a “respectable” couple – and their dog – are offered a highly exclusive opportunity: to sponsor a “worthy” candidate for legal entry to the U.S.
Who's Your Boss? by Tyler Exum, directed by Jenny Greeman
When you can't see into the C-suite, it's hard to take control of your own destiny. Especially when the boss seems to be invisible…and yet knows everything.
Mothers & Daughters by Hannah Rubenstein, directed by Felicia Lobo
The power of unresolved baggage and the sweet strains of ABBA resurrect the ghosts of the past as four generations of women navigate the messiness of their life choices.
PROGRAM A ACTORS TBA
Program B includes:
Pancreas by Bella Panciocco, directed by Dani Ortiz
Five college friends. One apocalypse. Who has the guts to make it out alive?
Lemon Stew by Haile Eshe Cole, directed by Janani Sreenivasan
A close-knit family of Black women bestow their wisdom on the youngest daughter and share the recipe for the good life, even with the burden of inherited wounds.
Below the Line by Darline Corchado, directed by Melody Brooks
A headstrong, big-name producer runs into literal and figurative roadblocks while crafting his “authentic” vision of el Barrio on the set of his new film.
PROGRAM B ACTORS TBA
ALL PERFORMANCES AT NEW PERSPECTIVES STUDIO, 458 WEST 37TH STREET @10TH AVENUE
festival Associate producer: Kristen kelso
Schedule
Program A
August 3, 5, 7 @ 4:00PM
AUGUST 4, 6 @ 8:00PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 @ 5:00PM
Program b
AUGUST 3, 5, 7 @ 8:00PM
AUGUST 4, 6 @ 4:00PM
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8 @ 2:00PM
SEATING IS EXTREMELY LIMITED; SEATS GUARANTEED ONLY VIA ADVANCE PURCHASE
ONLY CASH IS ACCEPTED AT THE BOX OFFICE
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