MTA Playwrights Lab
MIT's new play festival
About the Project
The MTA Playwrights Lab is a first-of-its-kind collaboration between MIT students and professional theater artists. The Lab is a weekend-long festival of staged readings featuring the work of the eight student writers in the Playwrights’ Workshop (21M.785) taught by Senior Lecturer Ken Urban.
Visit the MIT Music and Theater Arts website: MTA Playwrights Lab.
Schedule
MTA Playwrights Lab 2018
April 5–7, 2018
MIT Building W97, 345 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA
Full program of events
MTA Playwrights Lab 2019
April 4–6, 2019
MIT Building W97, 345 Vassar Street, Cambridge, MA
Full program of events
MTA Playwrights Lab 2020 (Virtual Edition)
September 18 – October 3, 2020 / 8pm
Online
Full program of events
About the Artists
Playwrights’ Workshop is led by MIT Senior Lecturer in Dramatic Writing Ken Urban. The first annual Playwrights Lab in 2018 was supported by funding from the council for the Arts at MIT.
Playwrights Lab 2018 Student Playwrights
Alaisha Alexander ’18
Crystal Chang ’20
Ayomide Fatunde ’18
Amanda Fike ’19
Fatima Husain G
Alana Lidawer ’18
Kollin Wasserlein ’19
Rachel Yang ’18
Playwrights Lab 2018 Directors
Adam Greenfield
Marti Lyons
L.A. Williams
Playwrights Lab 2018 Actors
Alaisha Alexander ’18, Marianna Bassham, Sarah Bedard, Kadahj Bennett, Elle Borders, Marge Buckley, Jordan Clark, Jackie Davis, Peter Duerst ’18, Ayomide Fatunde ’18, Amanda Fike ’19, Brandon Green, Johnny Hager, Matthew J. Harris, Michael Hisamoto, Adrianne Krstansky, Nael Nacer, Maurice Emmanuel Parent, Dan Pecci, Brooks Reeves, Tal Scully ’18, Cody Sloan, Robert Thorpe ’18, Kollin Wasserlein ’19, Rachel Yang ’18
More about the 2019 Playwrights Lab: 2nd Annual MTA Playwrights Lab
More about the 2020 Playwrights Lab: 3rd Annual MTA Playwrights Lab (Virtual Edition)
Visit the artist’s website: Ken Urban
In the Media
The Boston Globe: Five things to do online and in person, Sept. 21-27
The MetroWest Daily News:MIT Music and Theater Arts announce 3rd annual Playwrights Lab
Arts at MIT blog: Reflections on a Now Virtual Playwrights Lab Workshop (Spring 2020)
MIT News: Playwrights Lab gives young writers a professional experience
MIT Video Productions: MTA Playwrights Lab (video)
Art New England: Giving Voice: Ken Urban, Playwright