The New Play Sounding Series

NPSS History

  • 2008
    • THE TOWERING DEAD by Mike Dorrell
    • THE RANT by Andrew Case
    • A SLIGHT DISCOMFORT by Jeff Metcalf
    • CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE by Carter W. Lewis
    • 14 by John Cameron
  • 2007
    • THE RECEPTIONIST by Adam Bock
    • BUNBURY by Tom Jacobson
    • IN CORRECTIONS by Doris Baizley and Susan Raffanti
    • THE CANCER DIARIES by Jeff Metcalf
  • 2006
    • THE THUGS by Adam Bock
    • SEXSTING by Doris Baizley and Susan Raffanti
    • DARK YELLOW by Julia Jordan
    • THE O'CONNOR GIRLS by Katie Forgette
  • 2005
    • THE LAND SOUTHWARD by Darcy Hogan
    • ROUNDUP by Kurt Proctor
    • ART FOR ART'S SAKE by Mike Dorrell
    • THE OVERWHELMING by J. T. Rogers
  • 2004
    • TOUCH OF RAPTURE by Mary Fengar Gail
    • A CROOKED MAN by Richard Kalinoski
    • ROUNDING THIRD by Richard Dresser
    • SWIMMING IN THE SHALLOWS by Adam Bock
  • 2003
    • FRANKINCENSE by John Rafter Lee
    • LILY AND DASH by Mike Dorrell
    • MADAGASCAR by J.T. Rogers
    • THE GOSHUTE PLAY by Julie Jensen
  • 2002
    • ANCIENT LIGHTS by Shelagh Stephenson
    • WAIT! by Julie Jensen
      (Retitled from NO SMALL ACTORS, had its world premiere at The Salt Lake Acting Company, April 8, 2003.)
    • 10 TEN-MINUTE PLAYS BY SLAC PLAYWRIGHTS GROUP
  • 2001
    • SEEING THE ELEPHANT by J. T. Rogers
      (Received its world premiere at The Salt Lake Acting Company, April 2, 2002)
    • NO SMALL ACTORS by Julie Jensen
      (SLAC commissioned play, week-long workshop November of 2000 culminating in reading of first draft)
    • CABBIES, COWBOYS AND THE TREE OF THE WEEPING VIRGIN by Jeff Metcalf
      (Received its world premiere at The Salt Lake Acting Company, January 22, 2002. A book containing all of the commissioned pieces was published by SLAC and given as a gift to audience members.)
  • 2000
    • ABSENCE by Wendy Hammond
      (Previous draft entitled THE HOLE premiered at Purple Rose Theatre in Michigan, in 1999)
    • RED HERRING by Michael Hollinger
      (world premiere, Philadelphia Theatre Company, March 2000.)
    • CHEAT by Julie Jensen
      (world premiere at Women’s Project in New York in October of 2002.)
    • A LOSS OF APPETITE by David Kranes
  • 1999
    • BASH, IPHIGENIA IN OREM, MEDEA REDUX by Neil Labute
      (Produced Off-Broadway in 1999 with Calista Flockhart)
    • WINDING SHEET by Eric Samuelsen
    • THE LIVELY LAD by Quincy Long
      (Workshop production, A.S.K. Common Ground Festival, L.A., 1999)
    • OUTRAGE by Nate Briggs
      (Playwright Nate Briggs is now a member of the Playwright’s Group, sponsored by SLAC, headed by Dramaturg Mike Dorrell)
  • 1998
    • TWO-HEADED by Julie Jensen
      (Salt Lake Acting Company, world premiere,2000; workshop production, A.S.K. Common Ground Festival, L.A., 1999, Produced by The Women’s Project in New York, in 2000.)
    • UNDER WESTERN SKIES by Al Brown
      (T.C.G / N.E.A. Playwright in Residence at SLAC, 1998)
    • BOB AND MAY ARE GETTING MARRIED by Carl Sanders
      (Produced in Seattle in 2000 at One World Theatre, published by Rain City Press under the title THE PERFECT STRANGER)
    • DRIFT by Jon Tuttle
      (produced by Trustus Theatre, North Carolina, 1998)
  • 1997
    • RENO BANGS by Al Brown
    • TINY ISLAND by Michael Hollinger
      (produced by Arden Theatre, Philadelphia, 1998)
    • A BIRCH IN WINTER by Aaron Shaheen
    • MOTHER COLLEGE by Richard Kalinoski
  • 1996
    • VICTOR AND THE VIRGIN by Thomas G. Dunn
    • MOLLY’S DELICIOUS by Craig Wright
      (produced by Philadelphia Festival of New Plays 1997; Arden Theatre, Philadelphia 1997, Published by Dramatic Publishing)
    • ROSE COLORED GLASS by Susan Bigelow-Marsh
      (produced by Jewish Repertory Theatre, 1997)
    • ONE LAST DANCE by Al Brown
      (produced by Salt Lake Acting Company, 1997)
    • PAPARAZZI! by Gib Johnson
    • THE BIG SLAM by Bill Corbett
      (produced by Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington D.C., 1997; A Contemporary Theatre, Seattle, 1997, Published by Dramatist Play Service)
  • 1995
    • WINTER OF THE DEER by David Kranes
      (world premiere by Salt Lake Acting Company 1996)
    • THE LOST VEGAS SERIES by Julie Jensen
      (produced by Zebra Crossing Theatre, Chicago 1997, winning the Jefferson Award; and in London 1998)
    • DADDY’S GONE HOME TO MOTHER IN HEAVEN by Gary Stewart
    • NAPOLEON’S CHINA by Ann Haskell, Sherry Kramer and Rebecca Newton
      (produced by Salt Lake Acting Company 1996)
    • VOIR DIRE by Joe Sutton
      (produced by Seattle Repertory Theatre, 1996)
    • THE BIG NUMBERS by Craig Wright
    • INCORRUPTIBLE by Michael Hollinger
      (produced by Salt Lake Acting Company, 1996; Arden Theatre, Philadelphia, 1996; Artist’s Repertory Theatre, Portland, Oregon 1998)