Occupation: The Meganne George Women's Work Short Play Festival

Named after MEGANNE GEORGE, who served as Resident Production Designer at NPTC for 19 years and was instrumental in creating its structure and design elements, the festival presents original short plays developed in NPTC’s Women Work LAB which takes writers from the first impulse for their plays to a rehearsed and staged performance for live audiences, all within six months. There is no other program of its kind in New York City. Program A includes: Welcome the Stranger by Katelin Wilcox, Directed by Christina Shea-Wright In the not-too-distant future, a “respectable” couple – and their dog – are offered a highly exclusive opportunity: to sponsor a “worthy” candidate for legal entry to the U.S. Who's Your Boss? by Tyler Exum, directed by Jenny Greeman When you can't see into the C-suite, it's hard to take control of your own destiny. Especially when the boss seems to be invisible…and yet knows everything. Mothers & Daughters by Hannah irene Rubenstein, directed by Felicia Lobo The power of unresolved baggage and the sweet strains of ABBA resurrect the ghosts of the past as four generations of women navigate the messiness of their life choices. Program B includes: Pancreas by Bella Panciocco, directed by Dani Ortiz Five college friends. One apocalypse. Who has the guts to make it out alive? Lemon Stew by Haile Eshe Cole, directed by Janani Sreenivasan A close-knit family of Black women bestow their wisdom on the youngest daughter and share the recipe for the good life, even with the burden of inherited wounds. Below the Line by Darline Corchado, directed by Melody Brooks A headstrong, big-name producer runs into literal and figurative roadblocks while crafting his “authentic” vision of el Barrio on the set of his new film.