2025 New Play Workshops
Pranayama
By James Anthony Tyler
Directed by Jade King Carroll
Bratton Theater
June 27–29 • $20
Breathe in. The 6 a.m. class at Harlem Bikram is for the regulars — a group as diverse as the neighborhood itself. As heat builds in the yoga studio, so do the tensions in their personal lives…awkward crushes, new friendships, silent struggles, shared grief, make-ups and break-ups. With humor and heart, James Anthony Tyler’s Pranayama captures the breath of a community trying to heal, connect and transform by showing up for themselves and for each other. Join the regulars. Breathe out.
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All the Little Boxes
By Vichet Chum
Directed by Mei Ann Teo
August 1–3 • $30
That was a terrible interview…but somehow Chan landed the job. A rookie in the professional home organizing business, Chan finds an unexpected way to care for the strangers around him as they seek to flip the script on their lives. He organizes their closets and unpacks their skeletons, but all the decluttering in the world won’t relieve Chan of his own baggage. Playwright and novelist Vichet Chum unpacks identity, loneliness, and the stories of our belongings in this moving and surprisingly hilarious new play for the Marie Kondo inside us all.
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Best for Baby (a CTC Commission)
By Sharyn Rothstein
Directed by Oliver Butler
August 15–17 • $20
A delivery room nurse helps a new mother find her footing as she learns to care for her newborn baby. A few months later she returns to work at Johnson & Johnson —America’s most trusted brand — and the maker of the talc powder she lovingly uses on her own little girl. But can she trust it? Best for Baby portrays corporate personhood with in-your-face theatrical absurdity and blistering wit, unflinchingly examining the cost of valuing profits over people.
Best for Baby is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
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