SCRIPT-IN-HAND SERIES
FREE PUBLIC READINGS
2022/23
TIP TOP TRIANGLE by Rachel Bublitz
STUDENT PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL in partnership with Your Theatre at the U
2021/22
STUDENT PLAYWRITING FESTIVAL in partnership with Youth Theatre at the U
FIRE! by Jenifer Nii as part of Thrive 125 and Welcoming Week, in partnership with Utah Humanities
WORSHIP by Morag Shepherd
GO HOME COME BACK by Darryl Stamp (premiering on Plan-B's 2022/23 Subscription Series)
HORIZON by Camille Washington
2020/21
ENEMIES AND ALLIES (renamed THE CLEAN-UP PROJECT) by Carleton Bluford (premiered on Plan-B's 2021/22 Subscription Series)
SUFFRAGE by Jenifer Nii as part of Thrive 125, in partnership with Utah Humanities and Sunstone (premiered on Plan-B's 2012/13 Subscription Series)
THE MAMA DRAGONS: MORMON MOTHERS OF LGBTQ KIDS SPEAK OUT by Sue Bergin & Scott Sublett
2019/20
"Where Are You From?" by Brandan Ngo, a short play from the Theatre Artists of Color Writing Workshop as part of the Edward Lewis Theatre Festival
SUFFRAGE by Jenifer Nii as part of Better Days 2020 (premiered on Plan-B's 2012/13 Subscription Series)
P.G. ANON by Julie Jensen (premiered on Plan-B's 2020/21 Audio-Only Subscription Series)
BORDERLANDS in loving memory of Eric Samuelsen (1956-2019, premiered on Plan-B's 2010/11 Subscription Series)
2018/19
BALTHAZAR by Debora Threedy (workshopped as part of Utah Shakespeare Festival's 2022 Words3)
"Guise" by Chris Curtlett & "DoLs" by Dee-Dee Darby-Duffin, short plays from the Theatre Artists of Color Writing Workshop as part of the Edward Lewis Theatre Festival
DONNA by Jenifer Nii
2017/18
"Janine" from (IN)DIVISIBLE by Jenny Kokai at The Blocks Kick-Off Party
ZOMBIE THOUGHTS by Jenny Kokai & Oliver Kokai-Means at ArtsExpress, also at Boys & Girls Club of Ogden Summer Camp in partnership with Good Company Theatre*
SHORT PLAYS FROM THE THEATRE ARTISTS OF COLOR WORKSHOP: "Driver's License Please" by Olivia Custodio, "You Know?" by Bijan Hosseini, "Roar" by Darryl Stamp
SELECTIONS FROM (IN)DIVISIBLE: "Janine" by Jenny Kokai & "The Blue One" by Matthew Ivan Bennett at Utah Citizen Summit*
MOUNTAIN LAW by Melissa Leilani Larson
THE PRIESTHOOD by Carleton Bluford
2016/17
(IN)DIVISIBLE by Austin Archer, Matthew Ivan Bennett, Carleton Bluford, Rachel Bublitz, Elaine Jarvik, Julie Jensen, Jenny Kokai, Melissa Leilani Larson, Jenifer Nii, Eric Samuelsen, Morag Shepherd, and Debora Threedy, in partnership with The Children's Center (world premiere, a unique Script-In-Hand Series offering that enjoyed a full (free) run of show)
INTERSECTIONS II: FORGING FAMILY FROM MORE THAN DNA by Shauna Brock, Dave Hanson, Jim Martin, Louise Mathews, Jaxton Mullineaux, Page Petrucka, Melissa Rasmussen, Lorelei Rutledge, and John Wilkes, a co-production with Art Access
QUARTER HORSE by Rob Tennant
THE ART OF FLOATING by Jenny Kokai
WHAT WE HAD TO by Matthew Ivan Bennett
2015
CARAVAN by Carol Lynn Pearson, in partnership with the Parliament of the World's Religions
EXPOSED by Mary Dickson, in partnership with Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (premiered on Plan-B's 2007/08 Subscription Series)
2014
MARRY CHRISTMAS by Elaine Jarvik (world premiere, a unique Script-In-Hand Series offering that enjoyed a full run as a fundraiser for Restore Our Humanity)
2013
MIASMA by Eric Samuelsen as part of THE ROSE EXPOSED (premiered on Plan-B's 2006 Subscription Series)
GHOSTS by Henrik Ibsen, translated by Eric Samuelsen, in partnership with Planned Parenthood Association of Utah
REYKJAVIK by Richard Rhodes, in partnership with Utah Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons
2012
#MORMONINCHIEF by Matthew Greene, as part of THE ROSE EXPOSED
8 by Dustin Lance Black, in partnership with Broadway Impact and American Foundation for Equal Rights
SUFFRAGE by Jenifer Nii, at the Sunstone Symposium (premiered on Plan-B's 2012/13 Subscription Series)
ADAM & STEVE AND THE EMPTY SEA by Matthew Greene, at OUTreach's LGBTQ Youth Summit (premiered on Plan-B's 2012/13 Subscription Series)
LAB RECITAL by Carleton Bluford, Beth Bruner, Jim Martin and Lucy Ridolphi, in partnership with Meat & Potato Theatre
BLOCK 8 by Matthew Ivan Bennett, in partnership with Utah Division of Arts & Museums and Salt Lake Buddhist Temple as part of the Topaz: Artists of Internment/2012 Japanese Day of Remembrance events (premiered on Plan-B's 2008/09 Subscription Series)
2011
STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS by Mo Gaffney, Jordan Harrison, Jeffrey Hatcher, Moises Kaufman, Joe Keenan, Neil LaBute, Wendy MacLeod, Jose Rivera, Paul Rudnick, and Doug Wright, in partnership with the off-Broadway production, Tectonic Theater Project and Equality Utah
A DOLL HOUSE by Henrik Ibsen, translated from the Norwegian by Eric Samuelsen, in partnership with American Civil Liberties Union of Utah and Planned Parenthood Association of Utah
LAB RECITAL by Carleton Bluford, Beth Bruner, Isabella Iasella, Guy Lebeda, Jim Martin and Lucy Ridolphi, in partnership with Meat & Potato Theatre
HIV/AIDS PLAYS by Daniel Beecher, Carleton Bluford, Isabella Iasella and Jim Martin, in partnership with Utah AIDS Foundation
HALF ASLEEP by Eric Samuelsen (workshop only)
BIRDS OF PARADISE by Adam Harrell
LADY MACBETH by Aden Ross (premiered on Plan-B's 2011/12 Subscription Series)
2010
THE NORMAL HEART by Larry Kramer, in partnership with Utah AIDS Foundation
WHERE I COME FROM from WALLACE in partnership with the Entrada Institute (premiered at Plan-B as half of WALLACE, March 2010)
WHAT ARE YOU? by Matthew Ivan Bennett (premiered at Plan-B as ERIC(A), February 2013) | THE SCARLET LETTER by Jenifer Nii (premiered at Plan-B, April 2012)
ME TALK PRETTY by David Sedaris, in partnership with KUER
LAB RECITAL by John Belliston, Matthew Ivan Bennett, Megan Crivello, Deborah DeVos, Elaine Jarvik, Kyle Nelson, Jenifer Nii and Debora Threedy, in partnership with Meat & Potato Theatre
2009
THE LARAMIE PROJECT: TEN YEARS LATER by Tectonic Theater Project, in partnership with Kingsbury Hall
LAB RECITAL by John Belliston, Matthew Ivan Bennett, Megan Crivello, Deborah DeVos, Elaine Jarvik, Kyle Nelson, Jenifer Nii and Debora Threedy, in partnership with Meat & Potato Theatre
BORDERLANDS by Eric Samuelsen, Affirmation National Conference (premiered on Plan-B's 2010/11 Subscription Series)
EXPOSED by Mary Dickson, Third Annual Dialogue on Peace & Justice - Nuclear Weapons: Dangers & Solutions, Utah Valley University (premiered on Plan-B's 2008/09 Subscription Series)
2008
MORE PLAYS FROM BEHIND THE ZION CURTAIN and other readings, in partnership with Katharine Coles, Jean Howard and Juniper Press/Oxide Books
EXPOSED by Mary Dickson, tour of Utah ((premiered on Plan-B's 2007/08 Subscription Series)
2007
Y&Y by Matthew Ivan Bennett, in partnership with Utah Pride Center's WinterPride
MESA VERDE by Matthew Ivan Bennett (premiered on Plan-B's 2010/11 Subscription Series)
UGLY TO THE BONE by Cort Brinkerhoff
EXPOSED by Mary Dickson (workshop only, premiered on Plan-B's 2007/08 Subscription Series)
THE END OF THE HORIZON by Debora Threedy (workshop only, premiered on Plan-B's 2007/08 Subscription Series)
DI ESPERIENZA by Matthew Ivan Bennett, in partnership with The Leonardo (workshopped as part of Utah Shakespeare Festival's New American Playwrights Project (now Words3), August 2008, premiered on Plan-B's 2008/09 Subscription Series)
2006
COLD by Matthew Ivan Bennett
FACING EAST by Carol Lynn Pearson, in partnership with Utah Pride Center's Winter Pride (premiered on Plan-B's 2007 Subscription Series)
2005
BLEEP (reworked and retitled as AMERIKA) by Aden Ross (workshop only, AMERIKA (premiered on Plan-B's 2006 Subscription Series)
MIASMA by Eric Samuelsen (premiered on Plan-B's 2006 Subscription Series)
2004
DEAR GEORGE: LETTERS TO THE PRESIDENT, a series of open letters to President George W. Bush written prior to the 2004 election, in partnership with the Salt Lake Art Center and 40 theatres coast-to-coast