The Bechdel Group's New Play Development Reading Series
The 2024 Winter/Spring Workshop Season
Click here for Content Disclosures.
Our February, early March, and May readings will be at TheTankNYC.
Our late March readings will be via Zoom.
Sign up for the mailing list or contact us for links.
Monday, February 19th (live at the Tank), 6:30pm
Our season openers examine identity, connection, and unexpected props.
Barbara Blatner's Cage
"In 'Cage', a thirteen-year-old, to provoke and ultimately reconnect with her recently divorced mother, brings home a wild snake as a pet."
Teresa Lotz' Mistress
"'Mistress' is a brand-spanking new play about a woman, Zona, who drunkenly applies to be a dominatrix at a commercial dungeon in NYC. The play is about finally seeing the person looking back at you in the mirror."
Monday, March 4th (live at the Tank), 6:30pm
In March, we try to make sense of the new 'normal' - however that manifests.
Will Johnson's Normal, Michigan
"Does anyone actually want to get back to normal?"
Cori Diaz's The Word of the Day
"A famous linguist on house arrest believes she is being communicated with via the word of the day."
In late March, we face mortality.
Monday, March 18th (via Zoom), 6:30pm
Karen Saari's Tragedy Sound
'Three young women accept a dare and embark on a canoe trek on frigid waters. Dangerous conditions prevail and force them to reveal and face the choices they've made and the trappings of life in their confining hometown."
Monday, March 25th (via Zoom), 6:30pm
Fig Lefevre's Mother
"Mama is nearing death and she has finally decided what she wants her daughters to do with her body when she passes: eat it. What unfolds is a story of womanhood, motherhood, and connection to ancestors, told in dreamscapes and dough, bread and song."
Monday, May 6th (live at the Tank), 6:30pm
Toby Inoue's Keep it Light
"Two middle-aged mixed-race sisters grapple with the way racism has warped their relationship to find their way back to each other."
Mollie Gordon's The Tin Man's Daughter
A workshop selection of our resident playwright's work in progress.
Tuesday, June 4th (live at the Tank)
a full staged reading of resident playwright Mollie Gordon's The Tin Man's Daughter
stay tuned for ticket info