OCCUPATION: Meganne George Short Play Festival: Program A
About this Event
New Perspectives Theatre Company (NPTC) is pleased to announce OCCUPATION, the 2026 Meganne George Women's Work Short Play Festival. The Festival performs in two programs of three plays each, on an alternating schedule.
Program A includes: Welcome the Stranger by Katelin Wilcox, directed by Christina Shea-Wright, Who's Your Boss? by Tyler Exum, directed by Jenny Greeman, Mothers & Daughters by Hannah Irene Rubinstein, directed by Felicia Lobo.
The evening runs 90-minutes and includes all 3 plays with no intermission.
SEATING IS EXTREMELY LIMITED; SEATS GUARANTEED ONLY VIA ADVANCE PURCHASE
Welcome the Stranger
In the not-too-distant future, a “respectable” couple – and their dog – are offered a highly exclusive opportunity: to sponsor a “worthy” candidate for legal entry to the U.S. Cast: William Kozy, Marie-Elena O'Brien*, Anuj Parikh*, Desiree Pinol
Who’s your Boss?
When you can't see into the C-suite, it's hard to take control of your own destiny. Especially when the boss seems to be invisible…and yet knows everything. Cast: Ryan Cooper, Regina Renee Russell*, Moud Sabra
Mothers and Daughters
The power of unresolved baggage and the sweet strains of ABBA resurrect the ghosts of the past as four generations of women navigate the messiness of their life choices. Cast: Serena Berman*, Ellen Lichtensteiger*, Lucille Riven*, Ema Zivkovic*
PROGRAM A SCHEDULE:
August 3,5,7 @ 4 PM
August 4,6 @ 8 PM
August 8 @ 5 PM
Named after Meganne George, who served as Resident Production Designer at NPTC for 19 years and was instrumental in creating the its structure and design elements, the festival presents original short plays developed in NPTC's Women's Work LAB which takes writers from the first impulse for their play to a rehearsed and staged performance for live audiences, all within six months. There is no other program of its kind in New York City. All themes stem from the social and political discourse percolating in the U.S. at the start of a new LAB. Occupation was inspired by the presence of ICE agents in multiple cities, global conflicts and the changing realities of the job market in the U.S. As always, each writer found her own take on this theme, enabling the creation of plays that are as unique and diverse as the talented writers themselves.
NPTC's Women's Work Project is made possible, in part, with public funds provided by the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council and with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the NYS Legislature.
Where is it happening?
Event Location & Nearby Stays:
USD 23.18 to USD 44.52
