WorkShop Theater Company Season

On Our Main Stage

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The Navigator Eddie Antar Leslie Kincaid Burby Thursday, February 9, 2012

Last year’s award-winning hit returns!

Your GPS Navigator.

It tells you where to go. It tells you what to do.

What if it could tell you more?

Much more...

Protected Timothy Scott Harris Thursday, April 26, 2012

the celebrated nycFringe play comes home...

New house, new neighbors, new life...
and all Langley has to give up
are his family, his memories... his self

Plays-in-Process (PIPs)

Plays in Process (PIPs) are low-budget productions of plays being developed by the WorkShop Theater Company creative ensemble.

PIPs are presented in the Jewel Box unless otherwise noted.

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Beat Chick Prudence Wright Holmes & Joanne Joseph DeLisa M. White Thursday, March 1, 2012

Jack Kerouac. Allen Ginsberg. Gregory Corso.
It may have been San Francisco, but it was still 1955...
and even the world of poetry was an exclusive boys club.
But that won't stop Janet St. Vincent Levine from breaking in.

Staged Readings

Staged Readings generally run for three days (usually Thursday - Saturday), are Free and Open to the Public and are presented in the Jewel Box, unless otherwise noted.

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The Dishonorable Discharge of Private Pitts Daniel Damiano Kathy Gail MacGowan Thursday, February 2, 2012

Inspired by true events, Pvt. Jenny Pitts survives a troubled adolescence
only to become involved in an international scandal.

Lightning From Heaven Scott C. Sickles Thomas Coté Thursday, March 15, 2012

Lightning From Heaven chronicles the fourteen-year love affair between Nobel-laureate Boris Pasternak and his translator Olga Inviskaya, believed by many to have inspired Lara in Doctor Zhivago.

The Encounter Fred Pezzulli Michael Mislove Thursday, May 10, 2012

He seemed nice. She seemed sweet.
Why shouldn't they meet?

Two dangerously different perspectives of one encounter.

One-Act / Short Play Festivals

Come see the best variety of talented writing and acting the WorkShop has to offer, all in one night, and all in one place! WorkShop theater spaces at 312 West 36th Street, NYC. Click the show title or image for specific venue and pricing details.

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It's the End of the World as We Know It! Thursday, June 7, 2012

Will it be fire and brimstone? When the missiles are launched? When the dead rise,
hungry for brains? With the words “I’m very flattered, but I only see you as a friend.”
This spring, WorkShop playwrights give their take on how it all goes down!

Ever wanted to tell the playwright what you think? Now you can!!!
Come to our Sundays@Six Free Reading Series
Readings of (mostly) new plays followed by a talkback with the writer!
Be Part of the Process!

Special Events

Special Events are often presented in venues other than the WorkShop theater spaces at 312 West 36th Street, NYC. Click the show title or image for location and pricing details.

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RUMPELSTILTSKIN Saturday, February 11, 2012

In this beloved fairy tale a miller’s daughter spins straw into gold,
but the real jewel is onstage at WorkShop Theater Company
in this musical adaption of RUMPELSTILTSKIN!

It hosts a cast of professional children that will surely make you believe in magic!
(Co Presented by the Broadway Youth Ensemble)

Listen to these selections from RUMPELSTILTSKIN:


His Majesty's Ring
Sung by
mp3; 2:23


Lucy's My Dragon
Sung by
mp3; 3:16


Spinning Wheel
Sung by
mp3; 2:24


Audio players with the assistance of 1pixelout and Mindy McAdams.

HA! Thursday, March 29, 2012

Mom's your wife! Serf's up! God gets graded!

The NYC premiere of 3 internationally acclaimed comedies!

OEDI
a farcical retelling of the Oedipus Rex story, faces the overlooked fact that if Oedipus married his mother, she had to be old enough to be his mother

THE NEWS FROM ST. PETERSBURG
a Chekhovian spoof set in 1905 Russia, examines the effect of a rumor on an aristocratic couple, their doctor, and an overworked and temporarily overjoyed serf

THE WHOLE SHEBANG
the play that asks the question,
“What if the entire universe was just some nerd’s science project?”

Will-A-Thon 2012 Monday, April 23, 2012

A week long celebration of the plays,
songs and poetry of William Shakespeare

Conceived and directed
by Charles E. Gerber

On Monday, Wednesday and Friday
"WILL'S WAY"
3 nights of scenes both dramatic and comic

On Tuesday and Thursday
"FOR THY SWEET LOVE REMEMB'RED"
2 nights of love songs and poetry

On Saturday
SPECIAL PERFORMANCE
TO BE ANNOUNCED

"Though we Protest, Yea,
Yet , we beg it not,
Donations, Tax deducted
Please our pot!"