PLAY LAB 2025
Ancram Center presents its 6th edition of Play Lab which provides theatre artists off all practices with time, space and resources to develop a new, innovative theater project to be presented in the future at Ancram Center or elsewhere. Selected artists spend a week-long residency in Ancram that culminates with a work-in-progress showing. Throughout the residency, Ancram Center makes efforts to connect the artist with the community in meaningful ways through a combination of interactive workshops, open rehearsals, audience discussions, and more.
David cale
Blue Cowboy
Showings:
Saturday, August 16 at 7:30pm &
Sunday, August 17 at 4pm
Three-time Obie Award winner and acclaimed monologist David Cale returns as part of Play Lab 2025 to present a staged reading of his latest solo work, an evocative tale about a NY screenwriter on assignment in Idaho and his encounters with an enigmatic ranch hand.
Mary murfitt
Framed: The Murder of Beulah Simons
Showing: Sunday, October 19 at 4pm
Based upon true events, Framed uncovers a love triangle that ends with a murder and a questionable trial that leads to a young farmhand being convicted for committing the crime. Outer Critics and Drama Desk Award-winner—and Ancram resident— Mary Murfitt presents scenes and songs from her latest musical.
PREVIOUS PLAY LAB RESIDENCIES
(Click on the year for more info on the artists and their supported projects.)
2024
Centuries: Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh & Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez
Conversations (working title): Martha Redbone & Aaron Whitby
The Last Day of Dorothy Lillian Phelps: Patricia Van Tassel
2023
You Don’t Know the Lonely One: David Cale, Matthew Dean Marsh & Dael Orlandersmith
Bullet: Seth McNeill
Cancer Cabaret: Maryann De Leo, Michael Inge, Christine Koenig & Emily Rubin
2022
Sunwatcher: Nina Dakin, Isabella Dawis, Tidtaya Sinutoke,
Poof!: Celeste Lecense
2021
Sunwatcher: Nina Dakin, Isabella Dawis & Tidtaya Sinutoke
Perennials: Kate Douglas, Matthew Dean Marsh, Raina Sokolov-Gonzalez, Sylver Wallace
2020
None: A Practical Breviary: Heather Christian
Mother Hope: Mariah Ayscue
Live from Lodge 274: Auction Preview: Frank Boyd