CWP Launchpad Reading Series
The CWP Launchpad Reading Series is a new initiative produced as part of The Center at West Park's Center for New Work Development. The series provides a platform for emerging theatre companies and early-career producers to curate a weekend of pay-what-you-can developmental readings of new work, with rehearsal and presentation space, marketing & promotional support, technical & administrative assistance, and a curatorial stipend provided by CWP. Through the Launchpad Reading Series, CWP uplifts artists at the start of their careers by creating accessible and inclusive presentation opportunities showcasing diverse talents, and provides the next generation of arts leaders with the support to put their ideas and communities on the stage.
About the Previously featured curators
January
Fresh Binder Productions is a theatrical home for emerging transgender/gender non-conforming (TGNC) playwrights; aiming to uplift TGNC playwrights and their work into the theatrical pantheon at a time in history when trans voices are being actively criminalized and silenced.
Featuring:
Clownfishing by Bailey Jordan Garcia
MOVE-BEND-FALL by ASH
Rhyme, Dime, Storytime by Nay Harris
Company Drain by Roni Ragone
February
Marissa Joyce Stamps is a Black, Haitian-American NYC-born and based Afrosurreal writer, director, and educator who’s often in dialogue with landscape dramaturgy. Award/Honors: Princess Grace Playwriting Award, Yale Drama Series Prize Shortlister, MacDowell Fellow, Caldera Artist-in-Residence, three-time O’Neill NPC Finalist. Memberships + Affiliations: EST/Youngblood, Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective, Roundabout’s Directors Group, The Kilroys, Lucille Lortel’s Alcove, The New Georges Jam. Her work’s been supported by The Vineyard, The National Black Theatre, New Dramatists, Clubbed Thumb, Bushwick Starr, Ars Nova, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Lucille Lortel, Exponential Festival, The Brick, Conch Shell Productions, Chautauqua Theater Company, CATCH Performance Series, Orchard Project, + more. MFA Playwriting: Brooklyn College. marissajoycestamps.com
Featuring
Quadria; South of What We Mean When We Say Rush Gardens by Brent Thomas Whiteside
SUNSET by Katryna Alexis
Paris by Dhari Noel
March
CWP celebrated Women’s History month with readings by three different companies that promote women's stories and gender parity in the arts.
Featuring:
A B Story by Anel Carmona in partnership with Et Alia Theatre
Moonbodies by Halley Platz in partnership with Space Cowgirl Productions
My Mother the Sun by Paloma Monfiletto in partnership with Parity Productions