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New Works is our free public reading series of new plays.

New Works Series

In its expanded commitment to the development of new plays, MTC’s New Works Series presents plays-in-progress by new and emerging playwrights. MTC brings in playwrights to work with local artists in full-length, script-in-hand staged readings. These readings give the playwright the opportunity to develop the play and give MTC the exposure to potential new collaborators for our main stage programming. A question and answer session with the playwright, director, and actors often follows each performance. Performances are free, but reservations are encouraged.

  • Silent Sky

    Monday, December 5
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    By Lauren Gunderson
    Directed by Meredith McDonough

    MTC is thrilled to present a FREE public staged reading of Silent Sky by award-winning San Francisco playwright Lauren Gunderson as part of our New Works Series.

    As Henrietta Leavitt stared at the stars and struggled to chart our place in the universe, she charted a new path for women at the turn of the 20th century. Leaving behind her family in rural Massachusetts, she moved to Boston in 1893 to join Pickering’s Harem – the all-female data collection staff of the Harvard Observatory. There, she mapped stars from photographic plates, expected to process and record, but never analyze the data. Henrietta refused to be content just tidying up the cosmos for her male colleagues and set off on a crusade that changed our perception of our world forever. Gunderson fills the life of this eclipsed astronomer with brilliant light in this funny, inspirational and heartwarming play.

    Previously, Gunderson's Rock Hill: Southern Gothic was featured in our New Works Series in September 2009.

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  • That Good Night

    By Andrew Dolan
    Directed by Jasson Minadakis

    On Monday, September 12, and Friday, September 16, 2011, Marin Theatre Company's New Works Series produced public staged readings of That Good Night by MTC’s 2011 David Callicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize winner Andrew Dolan. In this magical and moving dark comedy, Millicent prays for a miracle as her grown children return home for the removal of their father, her husband, from life support. As sibling rivalries reignite and unhappy childhood memories flare up, a family secret emerges to change all of their lives.

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