Since 1999, In The Works has been the literary wing of Second Generation’s productions, and has provided workshop opportunities for dozens of new plays by emerging and early-career Asian American writers, in addition to new generations of Asian American actors and directors. Each In The Works staged reading provides writers with a professional cast and director for up to 29 hours of text-based workshop and rehearsal time towards a public staged reading. All readings are followed by a short Talkback between artists and audiences.

In The Works staged readings have always been free and open to the public.



2010

13: Instant Vaudeville

• “Instant Gratification”
  written and performed by Matt Park

• “Instant Life”
  by Mrinalini Kamath & Nora Chau
  directed by Victor Maog
  with Ron Domingo, Debargo Sanyal, Nandita Shenoy, Jackie Chung

• “Instant Improv with Lucky 13″
  facilitated by Jon Kern
  with Matt Park, Jackie Chung, Jon Hoche, Ron Domingo, Jon Kern

• “Instant Adaptation: Ed Lin’s ‘Snakes Can’t Run’”
  with Peter Kim & Gita Reddy

• “Instant Happiness”
  by Kyoung Park
  directed by Lloyd Suh
  with Mia Katigbak

• “Instant Connection”
  by A. Rey Pamatmat
  directed by Victor Maog
  with Peter Kim & Louis Changchien

• “Get Back in My Head, This Instant”
  by Rehana Mirza
  directed by Suzi Takahashi
  with puppets by Spica Wobbe
  with Kristine Haruna Lee, Nikki Calonge, Jon Hoche & Matt Park

• “So(w)iled in Stant, TN”
  written & directed by Kristine Haruna Lee
  with Kristine Haruna Lee, Nikki Calonge & Louis Ozawa Changchien

• “Instantly Unrequited”
  by Sung Rno & Sunhee Anna Huh
  directed by Lloyd Suh
  with Ron Domingo

• “Instant Rewrite”
  by Eugene Oh and Dustin Chinn
  directed by Christine Simpson
  with Jon Hoche, Chris Larkin & Nikki Calonge

• “Killer Instant: Asians Who Love Guns and the People Who Love Them”
  by Kenneth Lin
  directed by Nandita Shenoy
  with Mia Katigbak, Alfredo Narciso, Louis Ozawa Changchien & Gita Reddy

• “Ling Leventhal: Instant Social Reject”
  book by Michael Lew
  music & lyrics by Matt Schatz
  directed by Ralph Peña
  with Jackie Chung, Alfredo Narciso, Debargo Sanyal, Ali Ewoldt & Matt Park

• “Redemption Can Come in an Instant”
  by Patricia Jang
  directed by Lloyd Suh
  with Christopher Larkin

Special Guest on Sunday, April 18th: Spoken word artist, Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai

At Walkerspace.

2009

• Bury The Iron Horse by Michael Lew. With Jackie Chung, Eunice Ha, Mia Katigbak, Natalie Kim, James Saito, and Tiffany Villarin. At Ensemble Studio Theatre.

• Tapefaces: The Legend of a Kung-Fu Master by Jon Kern, directed by Qui Nguyen. With Dustin Chinn, Jon Hoche, Jodi Lin, Paco Tolson, Temar Underwood, and Amy Kim Waschke. At walkerspace.

• Thunder Above, Deeps Below by A. Rey Pamatmat, directed by Pat Diamond. With Carla Ching, Veronica Cruz, Frank Harts, Rey Lucas, Hubert Point-Du Jour, and Jon Norman Schneider. At walkerspace.

• if it’s sad i don’t want to see it by Rehana Mirza, directed by May Adrales. With Maha Chehlaoui, James Chen, Liz Gerecitano, Chad Kessler, Nancy Lemenager, Adam Mastrelli, Marjan Neshat. At the TBG Theatre.

2008

• The Rise and Fall of the United States of Asian America by Dustin Chinn, directed by Ralph B. Peña. With JP Chan, Jackie Chung, Joel de la Fuente, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Jodi Lin, Eugene Oh, Matthew Park, Dan Rech, Gita Reddy, Michael Rosete.

• OKAY! by Becky Yamamoto, directed by Kara-Lynn Vaeni, choreography by Whitney Stone, music direction by Amy Burgess. With Becky Yamamoto, Frances Chewning, Clare Cook, Emily Ernst, Michael Hanson, Katya Stanislavskya, Whitney Stone, Sonny Valicenti, Lillian Vince, Teddy Yudain.

• If/Then Among The Taureans by Michi Barall, directed by Kim Weild.  With Julian Barnett, Kimiye Corwin, Kirsta Hoeppner, Albert Kuvezin, Daniel Larlham, Jodi Lin, Chuck Mee, Brian Nishii, Maria Elena Ramirez, Debargo Sanyal, Susannah Silvey.  Presented as part of ELEVEN at the Milagro Theater, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center.

• Year Zero by Michael Golamco, directed by Lloyd Suh.  With Jackie Chung, Peter Kim, Hoon Lee, Matthew Park.  Presented as part of ELEVEN at the Milagro Theater, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center.

• Blood In America, A Gook Story Part II, written and directed by Qui Nguyen.  With Noshir Dalal, Melissa Paladino, Daniel Rech, Michael R. Rosete, Maureen Sebastian, Paco Tolson.  Presented as part of ELEVEN at the Milagro Theater, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center.

• Beautiful Day by A. Rey Pamatmat, directed by Pat Diamond.  With Veronica Cruz, Jennifer Lim Song, Erik Kever Ryle, Jon Norman Schneider, Sheila Tapia, Daniel Zaitchik.  Presented as part of ELEVEN at the Milagro Theater, Clemente Soto Velez Cultural Center.

2007

• Thunder Above, Deeps Below by A. Rey Pamatmat, directed by Pat Diamond. With Ephraim Lopez, Jordan Mahome, Bobby Martino, Stephen Conrad Moore, Maureen Sebastian, and Shelia Tapia. Hosted by Ensemble Studio Theatre.
• TEN new ten-minute plays: The Further Adventures of Little Goth Girl by Carla Ching, Round and Round by Julia Cho, One Last Fantasy by Andrew Chu, Heartbreaker by Michael Golamco, The Great Helmsman by David Henry Hwang, A Rush of Wings by Mrinalini Kamath, City Lights by Chiori Miyagawa, Asian Accents In the Key of Sucky Sucky by Qui Nguyen, Don’t Ever Leave by A. Rey Pamatmat and The Trajectory of a Heart, Fractured by Sung Rno, directed by Lloyd Suh, associate directors Michael Lew and Rehana Mirza. With Jessica Jade Andres, Mariko Barajas, Rajesh Bose, Don Castro, Emily C. Chang, Yung-I Chang, Jackie Chung, William Jackson Harper, Sue Jean Kim, Michelle Krusiec, Ken Leung, Allison Mui, May Nazareno, Matthew G. Park, Constance Parng, Taniya Sen, James Seol, Shanti Wesley. Hosted by the Public Theater.
• TBA, by Carla Ching, directed by Denyse Owens. With Kellie Arens, J. Julian Christopher, Debargo Sanyal, Elbe Sette-Camara, Lloyd Suh. Hosted by Ensemble Studio Theatre.

2006

• Boom, by Mrinalini Kamath, directed by Gita Reddy. With Farah Bala, Diksha Basu, Sanjit De Silva, Sanjiv Jhaveri, Deepa Purohit, Debargo Sanyal, Nandita Shenoy. Hosted by Theatre for the New City.
• Shui Jiao (Dumpling), by Wesley Du, directed by Lloyd Suh. With Ron Domingo, Erwin P. Falcon, Mel Gionson, Jackson Loo, James Saito, Jade Wu. Hosted by The Culture Project/45 Bleecker.

2005

• A Shadow On The Moon, by Michael Golamco, directed by Lloyd Suh. With Ron Domingo, Andrew Pang, Samantha Quan. Hosted by The Abingdon Theatre.
• Summer Shorts: Lemon Tree, by Nora Chau, directed by Ron Domingo, Boom, by Mrinalini Kamath, directed by Gita Reddy, and TBA by Carla Ching, directed by Lloyd Suh. With Michi Barall, Joel de la Fuente, Sanjit De Silva, Rona Figueroa, Hoon Lee, Deepa Purohit, Jade Wu, Aaron Yoo. Hosted by HERE Arts Center.

2004

• Making Tracks, Concept and Book by Welly Yang, Book and Lyrics by Brian R. Yorkey, Music by Woody Pak. Hosted by the 13th Street Repertory Theatre.

2003

• Cowboy v. Samurai, by Michael Golamco, directed by Lloyd Suh. With Cindy Cheung, Joel de la Fuente, Ken Leung and Jake Myers. Hosted by The Culture Project/45 Bleecker.
• Kilgore, by Eric Lin, directed by Welly Yang. At the Asia Society, for the International Asian American Film Festival.

2002

• 
  The Children of Vonderly, by Lloyd Suh, directed by Chris Smith. With Pascale Armand, Lynn Cohen, Timothy Huang, Brandon Kuwada and Shirin Tinati. Hosted by The Public Theater.
• The Wedding Banquet: The Musical, Book by Derek Nguyen, Lyrics by Brian R. Yorkey, Music by Woody Pak, directed by John Tillinger, based on the film by Ang Lee. Hosted by The Public Theater.

2001

• When Children Fall, Half-Chinx Taking Over The World & Christian Values, by Bobby del Rio, directed by Alan Muraoka. With Joel de la Fuente, Ron Domingo, Siho Ellsmore, Mel Gionson, Eileen Rivera, Orlando Pabotoy, Kaipo Schwab, Rodney To, Tara Wilson.
• Monster, written and directed by Derek Nguyen. With Saldah Arrika Ekulona, Laura Bach, Carolyn Baeumler, Cindy Cheung, Mia Katigbak, Maureen Kerrigan, Harvey Perr, Jonathan Sale, Kaipo Schwab and Rodney To.

2000

• Superfriends of Flushing Queens, by Ji Hyun Lee, directed by Tina Horii. Starring Cindy Cheung, Deborah S. Craig, Dee Dee Lynn Magno and Nancy Wu. Hosted by The Asian American Writers Workshop.
• Last Year’s Kisses, by Derek Nguyen, directed by Alan Muraoka, starring Jo Shui, Sue Jin Song and Marc Jason Wong, and The Greatest Spectacle In Racing, by Lloyd Suh, directed by Nancy Chu, starring Michi Barall, Tracy Baker, Ken Glickfield, Tom Ikeda and Afolabi M. Ojumu. Hosted by The Public Theater.

1999

• Achievers, by Michael Golamco, directed by Alan Muraoka. With Deborah S. Craig, Joel de la Fuente, Ron Domingo, Sue Jean Kim and Lloyd Suh. Hosted by The Public Theater.
• Karaoke Stories, by Euijoon Kim, directed by Alan Muraoka. With Toshi Chan, Cindy Cheung, Emy Coligado, Deborah S. Craig, Ron Domingo, Robert Hamilton, Marcus Ho, Stephen Lee, Aiko Nakasone, Andrew Pang, Juan Pineda, Eileen Rivera, James Saito, Lloyd Suh, Rodney To and Jim Yue. Hosted by The Public Theater.