PRIVATE TABLE READINGS

2026

Dramaturgy by Greg Hatch

RESISTANCE, THE PLAY by Debora Threedy

LIMERENCE by Ariana Broumas Farber

NEVERMORE by Matthew Ivan Bennett, dramaturgy by Greg Hatch - premiering as a co-production with Gina Bachauer International Piano Foundation, PYGmalion Theatre Company, Repertory Dance theatre, Ririe-Woodbury Dance Company, and SB Dance (world premiere)

2025

Dramaturgy by Greg Hatch

THE EDGE OF PLAY by Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiering as Plan-B's 2027/28 Free Elementary School Tour

MOUNTAIN MEADOWS AND THE LITTLE SCHOOLTEACHER by Debora Threedy - workshopped at 2025 Kayenta New Play Lab 

THE MILL AND THE MACHINE by Matthew Ivan Bennett - workshopped at Westminster University

TRESPASS AGAINST US by Ariana Broumas Farber

B.O.O.K.W.O.R.M.S. by Janine Sobeck Knighton

TRENDING EDEN by Morag Shepherd - renamed CASSANDRA, premiering on Quantum Theatre Company's 2026/27 Season (Philadelphia, PA)

NEVER ASK by Debora Threedy - workshopped at 2024 Kayenta New Play Lab

SNAIL MAIL by Melissa Leilani Larson - premiering as Plan-B's 2026/27 Free Elementary School Tour

2024

Dramaturgy by Greg Hatch

JUST ADD WATER by Matthew Ivan Bennett & Elaine Jarvik - premiered on Plan-B's 2025/26 Subscription Series

THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY by Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiered on Plan-B's 2024/25 Subscription Series

JUNIPER IN JULY by Morag Shepherd

THE FLORIDA VARIATIONS by Jenny Kokai - premiering on part of Voodoo Theatre Company's 2027 Season

SPEECHLESS by Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiered as part of Eclectic Full Contact Theatre’s 2024 Playwright Festival (Chicago, IL)

BY THE HORNS by Matthew Ivan Bennett

EB AND FLO by Elaine Jarvik - premiered as Plan-B's 2025/26 Free Elementary School Tour

2023

Dramaturgy by Greg Hatch

NEON WILDERNESS by Morag Shepherd

LAND OF OZ by Debora Threedy - premiering as RADIO HOUR EPISODE 18 on Plan-B's 2026/27 Subscription Series

THE FLORIDA VARIATIONS by Jenny Kokai - premiering on Voodoo Theatre Company's 2027 Season

SUNNY IN THE DARK by Elaine Jarvik - premiered on Salt Lake Acting Company's 2025/26 Season

THE TALE OF YOUNG BEATRIX (renamed THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY) by Janine Sobeck Knighton - workshopped as part of An Other Theatre Company's New Play Festival

POSTCARDS FROM MECCA by Teresa Sanderson and Debora Threedy - workshopped at Kayenta New Play Lab, premiering on PYGmalion Theatre Company's 2026/27 Season

2022

CHERRY WINE IN PAPER CUPS by Morag Shepherd, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter and Greg Hatch - University of California, Irvine 2022/23 Season (first production of updated script)

UNTITLED YOGA PLAY by Janine Sobeck Knighton

WORLDS WITHOUT NUMBER: A DOCUMENTARY by Matthew Ivan Bennett

MOTHER, MOTHER by Julie Jensen (previously MOTHER OF MAUDE) by Julie Jensen - premiered on PYGmalion Theatre Company's 2022/23 Season

A FORM OF FLATTERY by Melissa Leilani Larson

TIP TOP TRIANGLE by Rachel Bublitz - workshopped on Plan-B's 2022 Script-In-Hand Series 

SOURPUSS by Camille Washington

2021

MY BROTHER WAS A VAMPIRE by Morag Shepherd - premiered on Plan-B's 2022/23 Subscription Series - dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter and Janine Sobeck Knighton

THE ROBOTS OF WALMART by Jenny Kokai - workshopped on Plan-B's 2021/22 Script-In-Hand Series

MESTIZA, or MIXED by Melissa Leilani Larson - premiered on Plan-B's 2022 Subscription Series

WILL IT GO ROUND by Matthew Ivan Bennett - workshopped as part of Pioneer Theatre Company's 2021/22 Play By Play

WORSHIP by Morag Shepherd - workshopped on Plan-B's 2021/22 Script-In-Hand Series, premiered on Immigrant Daughter's 2023/23 Season

LAST DAY by Charisse Baxter

THICKER THAN WATER (renamed MOUNTAIN MEADOWS) by Debora Threedy - premiered on PYGmalion Theatre Company's 2022/23 Season

2020

BENT (renamed HORIZON) by Camille Washington - workshopped on Plan-B's 2021/22 Script-In-Hand Series

THE BIG QUIET by Morag Shepherd - premiered on PYGmalion Theatre Company's 2024/25 Season

THE MUMMY PLAY (renamed GIN MUMMY) by Melissa Leilani Larson - premiered at Mesa Community College's 2021/22 Season (Mesa, AZ)

ALLI & 3 by Debora Threedy - premiered as Plan-B's 2021/22 Free Elementary School Tour

LET'S FIX ANDY by Rachel Bublitz - workshopped on Salt Lake Acting Company's 2021/22 New Play Sounding Series

BITTER LEMON by Melissa Leilani Larson - premiered on Plan-B's 2023/24 Subscription Series

2019

SCAREDY CAT PRESENTS by Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiered by Westport Country Playhouse Mobile Unit (Westport, CT, 2023)

BALLET FOR ALIENS by Gerard Hernandez, Jenny Kokai, and Oliver Kokai-Means - premieres as Plan-B's 2022/23 Free Elementary School Tour

FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION by Rachel Bublitz - 2023/24 NNPN Rolling World Premiere, Mile Square Theatre (Hoboken, NJ), Cleveland PlayHouse (Cleveland, OH), The Vortex (Austin, TX)

BEAST by Matthew Ivan Bennett

FOUR WOMEN TALKING ABOUT THE MAN UNDER THE SHEET by Elaine Jarvik - premiered on Salt Lake Acting Company's 2021/22 Season

ODA MIGHT by Camille Washington - premiered on Plan-B's 2019/20 Subscription Series

THE AUDACITY by Jenifer Nii - premiered on Plan-B's 2019/20 Subscription Series

Diversity & Inclusion Roundtable

P.G. ANON by Julie Jensen - premiered on Plan-B’s 2021 Audio Only Subscription Series

2018

THICKER THAN WATER (renamed MOUNTAIN MEADOWS) by Debora Threedy

PRESENTING: SUPER CAT & REPTILE ROBOT by Rachel Bublitz  - premiered as Plan-B's 2020/21 Free Elementary School Tour

ART & CLASS by Matthew Ivan Bennett - premiered on Plan-B's 2021 Audio Only Subscription Series

SINGING TO THE BRINE SHRIMP by Jenny Kokai and Ken Plain - premiered on Plan-B's 2019/20 Subscription Series

Meeting with Kevin Kling

DONNA by Jenifer Nii - workshopped on Plan-B's 2018/19 Script-In-Hand Series

FLORA MEETS A BEE by Morag Shepherd - premiered as Plan-B's 2019 Free Elementary School Tour

KORIHOR by Eric Samuelsen

MOTHER OF MAUDE(renamed MOTHER, MOTHER) by Julie Jensen

2017

THICKER THAN WATER by Debora Threedy

ALREADY DEAD by Morag Shepherd

MOMMY DANCES WITH THE DEVIL (twice) by Rachel Bublitz

ZOMBIE THOUGHTS by Jennifer A. Kokai and Oliver Kokai-Means - premiered as Plan-B's 2018 Free Elementary School Tour

(in)divisible by Austin Archer, Matthew Ivan Bennett, Carleton Bluford, Rachel Bublitz, Elaine Jarvik, Julie Jensen, Jennifer A. Kokai, Melissa Leilani Larson, Jenifer Nii, Eric Samuelsen, Morag Shepherd and Debora Threedy - premiered on Plan-B's 2016/17 Script-In-Hand Series as a fundraiser for The Children's Center

AN EVENING WITH TWO AWFUL MEN by Elaine Jarvik - premiered on Plan-B's 2018/19 Subscription Series

MOUNTAIN LAW (twice) by Melissa Leilani Larson - workshopped on Plan-B's 2017/18 Script-In-Hand Series

2016

JUMP by Austin Archer - premiered on Plan-B’s 2017/18 Subscription Series in a co-production with Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory

HOW LONG CAN YOU STAND ON THE TRAIN TRACKS: A GAME FOR TWO SISTERS by Morag Shepherd - premiered in 2017 at Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory

FIGURINE by Matthew Ivan Bennett

THE WEIRD PLAY by Jenifer Nii - premiered on Plan-B’s 2017/18 Subscription Series in a co-production with Sackerson

THE ICE FRONT by Eric Samuelsen - workshopped as part of Pioneer Theatre Company's 2016/17 Play By Play, premiered on Plan-B's 2017/18 Subscription Series

THE LOOKING GLASS by Debora Threedy

ZOMBIE THOUGHTS by Jennifer Kokai and Oliver Kokai-Means

RIVER.SWAMP.CAVE.MOUNTAIN. by Elaine Jarvik - premiered as Plan-B's 2017 Free Elementary School Tour

SWEETHEART COME by Melissa Leilani Larson - premiered on PYGmalion Theatre Company's 2018/19 Season

rə'zistəns by Carleton Bluford

NOT ONE DROP by Morag Shepherd - premiered on Plan-B's 2016/17 Subscription Series

2015

QUARTER HORSE by Rob Tennant - workshopped on Plan-B's 2016/17 Script-In-Hand Series

WINTER by Julie Jensen - 2016/17 NNPN rolling world premiere, Salt Lake Acting Company, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble (Chicago, IL), Central Works (Berkeley, CA)

WHAT WE HAD TO by Matthew Ivan Bennett - workshopped on Plan-B's 2016/17 Script-In-Hand Series

RAIN IN HIS FACE by Eric Samuelsen

THE ART OF FLOATING by Jenny Kokai - workshopped on Plan-B's 2016/17 Script-In-Hand Series, premiering as part of Open Book Theatre Company's 2026/27 Season (Detroit, MI)

KINGDOM OF HEAVEN by Jenifer Nii & David Evanoff - premiered on Plan-B's 2015/16 Subscription Series

THE KREUTZER SONATA by Eric Samuelsen - premiered on Plan-B's 2015/16 Subscription Series in a co-production with NOVA Chamber Music Series (also played United Solo Theatre Festival, NYC)

BLUE MONEY by Julie Jensen

THE EDIBLE COMPLEX by Melissa Leilani Larson - premiered as Plan-B's 2016 Free Elementary School Tour

LET DOWN YOUR HAIR by Matthew Ivan Bennett - workshopped as part of Salt Lake Acting Company's 2022/23 New Play Sounding Series 

2014

MARRY CHRISTMAS by Elaine Jarvik - premiered on Plan-B's 2014/15 Script-In-Hand Series as a fundraiser for Restore Our Humanity

THE PRIESTHOOD by Carleton Bluford - workshopped on Plan-B's 2017/18 Script-In-Hand Series; premiered by MadKing Productions at Great Salt Lake Fringe Festival (2025)

TRANSITION by Eric Samuelsen

ONE BIG UNION by Debora Threedy - premiered on Plan-B's 2016/17 Subscription Series

MAMA by Carelton Bluford - premiered on Plan-B's 2014/15 Subscription Series

BOOKSMART by Rob Tennant - premiered on Plan-B's 2015/16 Subscription Series

BASED ON A TRUE STORY by Elaine Jarvik - premiered on Plan-B's 2015/16 Subscription Series

CANOSSA by Eric Samuelsen

RUFF! by Jenifer Nii - premiered as Plan-B's 2015 Free Elementary School Tour

BALTHAZAR by Debora Threedy - workshopped on Plan-B's 2018/19 Script-In-Hand Series, workshopped as part of Utah Shakespeare Festival's 2023 Words Cubed, premiered on Plan-B's 2023/24 Subscription Series

PILOT PROGRAM by Melissa Leilani Larson - premiered on Plan-B's 2014/15 Subscription Series

2013

THE CAUSE by Matthew Ivan Bennett

TWO STORIES by Elaine Jarvik - premiered on Salt Lake Acting Company's 2013/14 Season

WRESTLING WITH ANGELS by Debora Threedy

UNTITLED by Jenifer Nii

MOCKINGBIRD by Julie Jensen - premiered on Kennedy Center Theatre for Young Audiences 2014/15 Season (Washington, D.C.)

DIFFERENT=AMAZING by Matthew Ivan Bennett - premiered as Plan-B's 2014 Free Elementary School Tour

CHRISTMAS WITH MISFITS by Julie Jensen - premiered on Plan-B's 2014/15 Subscription Series

CLEARING BOMBS by Eric Samuelsensen - premiered on Plan-B's 2013/14 Subscription Series, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama


From 2008-2012, The Lab was a training program with a focus on short plays and a spring recital, in partnership with the now-defunct Meat & Potato Theatre.