PRIVATE TABLE READINGS

2025

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

TRENDING EDEN by Morag Shepherd, dramaturgy by Greg Hatch

NEVER ASK by Debora Threedy, dramaturgy by Greg Hatch

SNAIL MAIL by Melissa Leilani Larson, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter and Greg Hatch - premiering as Plan-B's 2026/27 Free Elementary School Tour

2024

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

THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY by Janine Sobeck Knighton, dramaturgy by Greg Hatch - premiered on Plan-B's 2024/25 Subscription Series
JUNIPER IN JULY by Morag Shepherd, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter and Greg Hatch
THE FLORIDA VARIATIONS by Jenny Kokai, dramaturgy by Greg Hatch
SPEECHLESS by Janine Sobeck Knighton, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter
BY THE HORNS by Matthew Ivan Bennett, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter and Greg Hatch
EB AND FLO by Elaine Jarvik, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter and Greg Hatch - premiering as Plan-B's 2025/26 Free Elementary School Tour

2023

NEON WILDERNESS by Morag Shepherd, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter and Greg Hatch
LAND OF OZ by Debora Threedy, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch
THE FLORIDA VARIATIONS by Jenny Kokai, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter, Janine Sobeck Knighton, Greg Hatch
SUNNY APRIL by Elaine Jarvik, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter, Janine Sobeck Knighton, Greg Hatch - premiering on Salt Lake Acting Company's 2025/26 Season
THE BEATRIX POTTER DEFENSE SOCIETY by Janine Sobeck Knighton (previously THE TALE OF YOUNG BEATRIX), dramaturgy by Greg Hatch
POSTCARDS FROM MECCA by Teresa Sanderson & Debora Threedy, dramaturgy by Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton

2022

CHERRY WINE IN PAPER CUPS by Morag Shepherd - University of California, Irvine (2023, second production)
UNTITLED YOGA PLAY by Janine Sobeck Knighton, dramaturgy Greg Hatch
WORLDS WITHOUT NUMBER: A DOCUMENTARY by Matthew Ivan Bennett, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton
MOTHER, MOTHER by Julie Jensen (previously MOTHER OF MAUDE) by Julie Jensen, dramaturgy by Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiered on PYGmalion Theatre Company's 2022/23 Season 
A FORM OF FLATTERY by Melissa Leilani Larson, dramaturgy Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton
TIP TOP TRIANGLE by Rachel Bublitz, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton, 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
THE ROBOTS OF WALMART by Jenny Kokai
MESTIZA, or MIXED by Melissa Leilani Larson, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiered on Plan-B's 2022 Subscription Series
WILL IT GO ROUND by Matthew Ivan Bennett, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton
WORSHIP by Morag Shepherd, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch - workshopped on Plan-B's 2021/22 Script-In-Hand Series, premiered on Immigrants Daughter's 2023/23 Season
LAST DAY by Charisse Baxter, dramaturgy Greg Hatch
THICKER THAN WATER (renamed MOUNTAIN MEADOWS) by Debora Threedy, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiered on PYGmalion Theatre Company's 2022/23 Season

2020

BENT (renamed HORIZON) by Camille Washington, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton - workshopped on Plan-B's 2021/22 Script-In-Hand Series
THE BIG QUIET by Morag Shepherd, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiered on PYGmalion Theatre Company's 2024/25 Season

THE MUMMY PLAY by Melissa Leilani Larson, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton
ALLI & 3 by Debora Threedy, dramaturgy Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton,  premiered as Plan-B's 2021/22 Free Elementary School Tour
LET'S FIX ANDY by Rachel Bublitz, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch - workshopped on Salt Lake Acting Company's 2021/22 New Play Sounding Series
BITTER LEMON by Melissa Leilani Larson, dramaturgy Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiered on Plan-B's 2023/24 Subscription Series

2019

PRESENTING SCAREDY CAT by Janine Sobeck Knighton, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter - premiered by Westport Country Playhouse's Mobile Unit, 2023 Tour
BALLET FOR ALIENS by Jenny Kokai, Oliver Kokai-Means, Gerard Hernandez, dramaturgy Greg Hatch - premieres as Plan-B's 2022/23 Free Elementary School Tour
FUNNY, LIKE AN ABORTION by Rachel Bublitz, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch
BEAST by Matthew Ivan Bennett, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch
FOUR WOMEN TALKING ABOUT THE MAN UNDER THE SHEET by Elaine Jarvik, dramaturgy Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiered on Salt Lake Acting Company's 2021/22 Season
ODA MIGHT by Camille Washington, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter - premiered on Plan-B's 2019/20 Subscription Series
THE AUDACITY by Jenifer Nii, dramaturgy Greg Hatch - premiered on Plan-B's 2019/20 Subscription Series
Diversity & Inclusion Roundtable

P.G. ANONYMOUS (renamed P.G. ANON) by Julie Jensen, dramaturgy Charisse Baxter, Greg Hatch - commissioned by Rivendell Ensemble, premiered on Plan-B’s 2021 Subscription Series

2018

THICKER THAN WATER by Debora Threedy, dramaturgy Greg Hatch
PRESENTING: SUPER CAT & REPTILE ROBOT by Rachel Bublitz, dramaturgy Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton - premiered as Plan-B's 2020/21 Free Elementary School Tour
ART & CLASS by Matthew Ivan Bennett, dramaturgy Greg Hatch - premiered on Plan-B's 2021 Subscription Series
SINGING TO THE BRINE SHRIMP by Jennifer Kokai, dramaturgy Greg Hatch, premiered on Plan-B's 2019/20 Subscription Series
Meeting with Kevin Kling
DONNA by Jenifer Nii, dramaturgy Greg Hatch - 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, dramaturgy Greg Hatch
MOTHER OF MAUDE: Being a Fanciful Speculation on the 
Life and Longings 
of Actress Annie Adams,
 Mother of Maude Adams,
 the Foremost American Stage Actress of her Age (renamed MOTHER, MOTHER) by Julie Jensen, dramaturgy Janine Sobeck Knighton

2017

THICKER THAN WATER by Debora Threedy, dramaturgy Greg Hatch
ALREADY DEAD by Morag Shepherd, dramaturg Greg Hatch - reading on PYG's 2017/18 Season
MOMMY DANCES WITH THE DEVIL (twice) by Rachel Bublitz, dramaturgy Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton

ZOMBIE THOUGHTS by Jennifer A. Kokai and Oliver Kokai-Means, dramaturgy Greg Hatch - premiered as Plan-B's 2018 Free Elementary School Tour
(in)divisible (thrice) 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, dramaturgy Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton, Martine Kei Green-Rogers - 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, dramaturgy Greg Hatch - premiered on Plan-B's 2018/19 Subscription Series
MOUNTAIN LAW (twice) by Melissa Leilani Larson, dramaturgy Greg Hatch, Janine Sobeck Knighton - 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 July 2017 at Flying Bobcat Theatrical Laboratory
FIGURINE by Matthew Ivan Bennett

THE WEIRD PLAY by Jenifer Nii, dramaturgy Sydney Cheek-O'Donnell - premiered on Plan-B’s 2017/18 Subscription Series in a co-production with Sackerson
THE ICE FRONT by Eric Samuelsen, dramaturgy Greg Hatch - premiered on Plan-B's 2017/18 Subscription Series
THE LOOKING GLASS by Debora Threedy

ZOMBIE THOUGHTS by Jennifer Kokai & Oliver Kokai-Means - premiered as Plan-B's 2018 Free Elementary School Tour
RIVER.SWAMP.CAVE.MOUNTAIN. by Elaine Jarvik - premiered as Plan-B’’s 2017 Free Elementary School Tour
SWEETHEART COME by Melissa Leilani Larson - 2016 O'Neill Semi-Finalist; 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 - NNPN rolling world premiere, originating on Salt Lake Acting Company's  2016/17 Season, Rivendell Theatre Ensemble's 2016/17 Season, Central Works 2016/17 Season
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
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

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
TRANSITION by Eric Samuelsen
ONE BIG UNION by Debora Threedy - premiered on Plan-B's 2016/17 Subscription Series
MAMA by Carleton 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, 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 - reading on PYG's 2013/14 Season
UNTITLED by Jenifer Nii
MOCKINGBIRD by Julie Jensen - premiered on Kennedy Center Center Theatre for Young Audiences 2014/15 Season
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 Samuelsen - 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.