RISA BRAININ, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR Welcome to LAUNCH PAD! We started this program in 2005, and are proud to have supported so many great playwrights and plays on their journey from incubation to professional world premiere! The concept of the “Preview Production” is unique in American theater: a fully realized production of a new play without the pressures of the commercial world, the play stays in previews throughout the run of the show, allowing the writer to continue revising as the piece evolves through performance. We are excited to have you join us for these fresh, provocative, entertaining new plays! Be there from the beginning, and you can say “Hey! I saw that play at UCSB before anyone else.”
THE PLAYS AND PLAYWRIGHTS
Since its inception in 2005, LAUNCH PAD has produced a series of plays by distinguished writers. Melancholy Play by Sarah Ruhl The Dinosaur Within by John Walch Plumfield, Iraq by Barbara Lebow La Niñera: The Nursemaid by Barbara Lebow Kingdom City by Sheri Wilner Biederman’s Match by Beau Willimon (book), Michelle DiBucci (music), Portia Kamons (lyrics) Entangled by Lila Rose Kaplan Appoggiatura by James Still Untitled IV by Ruth Markofsky by Alison Tatlock The Talented Ones by Yussef El Guindi We Want the Funk, a rustbelt lullaby on the one! by Idris Goodwin