Son of an Unknown Father by Reynaldo Piniella
Son of an Unknown Father tells the story of the first Black saint of the Americas, Martin de Porres. Born into slavery in Lima, Peru in the 1600s, Martin aspired to break through the chains of his bondage by devoting his life to the Catholic Church. But no matter how virtuous Martin was, nothing could break through the barriers of his oppression.
February 2025
at HB Playwrights Theatre
This program is a part of HB Studio’s Rehearsal Space Residency Program.
Sheen the Musical by Kaili Y. Turner
Segregation banned at Rydell! American teens, Dorothy and Lenny navigate friendship, romance, and the shift from crinolines to pencil skirts in the wake of Brown v. Board of Education and the integration of Rydell High. Sheen the Musical brings all new music and a new luster to a classic tale of teen turmoil at the dawn of the 1960’s. Sheen is the answer to Grease you never knew you needed, but are damn sure glad you have!
Saturday, Aug 24 at 7:00 pM
Sunday, Aug 25 at 2:30 PM
at HB Playwrights Theatre
This program is a part of HB Studio’s Rehearsal Space Residency Program.
Workshop by Joey Massa & Katharine Lorraine
A developmental reading of a new play. Estranged college friends Yuri and James as a chance encounter after six years breaks open their past. As they navigate a complicated history of intimacy and harm the play explores consent, boundaries, and accountability, and it examines the question: how do we move forward from harm?
Saturday, July 27 at 7:00 PM
at HB Playwrights Theatre
This program is a part of HB Studio’s Rehearsal Space Residency Program.
X#*! You Very Much, Mom by Đavid Lee Huỳnh
Theatre meets TED Talk meets dark family secrets, Đavid Lee Huỳnh shares how the effects of French colonialism shaped Vietnam, rippled out, and made it so #%@#ing hard for his mom to say “I love you.” This work in development is told with whimsy, sardonic humor, and heart.
Saturday, June 22 at 8:00 PM
Sunday, June 23 at 8:00 PM
at HB Studio’s Helen Gallagher Studio
This program is a part of HB Studio’s Rehearsal Space Residency Program.
Core 2024 presents Almost Maine by John Cariani
Nine short plays that explore love and loss in a remote, mythical almost-town called Almost, Maine.
Saturday, June 1 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, June 2 at 3:00 PM & 7:30 PM
at HB Playwrights Theatre
The Uta Hagen Institute’s Core 2024 class showcase performance.
The Mannequin Play by I Don’t Wanna See That?!!?!
A folk-rap musical devised by NYC drag performers and members of the performance art collective “I Don’t Wanna See That?!!?!” A family of three mannequins, Sale, Glossy, and Liver, working at a department store in Bushwick as their store closes and ultimately separates them. The three are thrust into unfamiliar worlds and are forced to create new families while they try to reunite with each other.
Sunday, Apr 14 at 2:30 PM
at HB Playwrights Theatre
This program is a part of HB Studio’s Rehearsal Space Residency Program.
Original Piece by International Girls Ensemble
An original visual and verbal performance about the experience of girlhood in America.
Sunday, Feb 25 at 2:00 PM
at HB Playwrights Theatre
This program is a part of HB Studio’s Rehearsal Space Residency Program.
The Words Will Come by Melody Erfani
A young Iranian-American girl is struggling in school and is helped by an artist and Albert Einstein. This piece explores dyslexia with movement, flipping cognitive perception, and storytelling.
This program is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and many generous supporters.