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1X4 is designed to develop one new play written by four playwrights. Each playwright composes two ten-minute scenes based on a common theme, providing the foundation of the play. The scenes are then arranged and worked over a two-week period before being presented as a staged reading.

December 2004
Theme: What were the secondary characters doing during Scrooge's adventures throughout A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens?

A Broken Christmas Carol

Guest Playwrights:
James Christy
J. Holtham
Kendra Levin
Robert Vaughan

Director:
Drew DeCorleto

Assistant Director:
Andy Hoff

Guest Performers:
Lordan Napoli, Bonnie Kolber, Sebastian LaCause, Michael Hardart, Simona Morecroft, Stuart Rudin, Racheal Moss, Deborah Carlson, Mike Skloot, Aly Wirth, Harry Klein, Elliot Joseph, Matt Walton, Guy Messenger, Allan Mirchin, Janine Barris, Bryan Schany, Cam Kornman, Dominic Marcus, William Harper and Sofia Loren Coffee

May 2002

Theme: War

Guest Playwrights:

Ross Berger

Edward Allan Baker

Bill C. Davis

Hunt Holman

Director:

Drew DeCorleto

Guest Performers:

Jessica Alexander, Julia Amsterdam, Stephen Brumble, Jr., Dianna Bush, Oscar de le Fe Colon, Tonya Cornelisse, Halley Feiffer, Teresa L. Goding, Barrett Hall, Michael Hance, Michael Hardart, Andrew J. Hoff, Sebastian LaCause, Leo Lauer, Ashway Lawver, John Rengstorff, Paul Reisman, Craig Robillard and Bonnie Singer

Rich Girl

by Victoria Stewart

Directed by Thomas Kail (January 27, 2010)

 

Honey Brown Eyes

by Stefanie Zadravec

Directed by Martha Banta (January 20, 2010)

 

Look, we are breathing

by Laura Jacqmin

Directed by Michael Sexton (January 19, 2010)

 

The Framer

by Edward Allan Baker

Directed by Drew DeCorleto (March 15, 2007)

 

Put Them Away

by James Christy

Directed by Padraic Lillis

(March 1, 2007)

 

Angels of the Half-Moon

by Douglas Young

Directed by Victoria Chatfield (January 9, 2007)

 

Two Thirds Home

by Padraic Lillis

Directed by Elizabeth Canavan

(November 7th, 2006)

 

I Had to Kill Her

by Cynthia Kraman

Directed by Stephen Brumble

(October 25th, 2006)

 

She Talks to Rainbows

by Michael Puzzo

Directed by Padraic Lillis

(June 19, 2006)

 

Quarter Life

by Sam Foreman

Directed by Drew DeCorleto (June 26, 2005)

 

Pluto's Listening

by David Parr

Directed by Leo Lauer

(June 19, 2005)

 

The Good Red Road

by Robert Vaughan

Directed by Austin Pendleton (June 13, 2005)

 

Splendid

by J. Holtham

Directed by Stephen Brumble

(June 5, 2005)

 

Thirty Ghosts

by Robert Lewis Vaughan

Directed by Drew DeCorleto (March 14, 2005)

 

The Safety Net

by Christopher Kyle

Directed by Drew DeCorleto (March 28, 2004)

 

The Kidney

by Hunt Holman

Directed by Drew DeCorleto (April 14, 2003)