LARK THEATRE COMPANY INC
311 WEST 43RD STREET406, New York, NY 10036 www.larktheatre.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE LARK PLAY DEVELOPMENT CENTER PROVIDES AMERICAN AND INTERNATIONAL PLAYWRIGHTS WITH INDISPENSABLE RESOURCES TO DEVELOP THEIR WORK, NURTURING ARTISTS AT ALL STAGES IN THEIR CAREERS, AND INVITING THEM TO FREELY EXPRESS THEMSELVES IN A SUPPORTIVE AND RIGOROUS ENVIRONMENT. THE LARK ACCOMPLISHES THIS THROUGH A VARIETY OF PROGRAMS, RESIDENCIES, AND PARTNERSHIPS LOCALLY, NATIONALLY, AND GLOBALLY.

IN THE 2019-20 SEASON, AND DESPITE THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC, THE LARK SERVED 383 ARTISTS, INCLUDING 111 PLAYWRIGHTS, COLLABORATED WITH OVER A DOZEN INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD, REVIEWED 1,410 SCRIPTS FORMALLY SUBMITTED FOR OUR PLAYWRIGHTS' WEEK PROGRAM AND OTHER PROGRAMS, DIRECTLY ENGAGED 2,658 AUDIENCE MEMBERS (1,779 ON VIRTUAL PLATFORMS) IN REHEARSALS AND CONVERSATIONS WITH ARTISTS IN LARK PROGRAMS, AND REACHED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHERS INDIRECTLY THROUGH WORKSHOPS, PUBLICATIONS, AND MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS SEEDED BY LARK PROGRAMS BEYOND OUR DOORS. DURING THIS SAME PERIOD, WE TRACKED 47 LARK-DEVELOPED PLAYS THAT MOVED ON TO 80 PRODUCTIONS IN 45 CITIES AROUND THE WORLD, WHICH, BY OUR COUNT, WERE COLLECTIVELY ATTENDED BY 178,575 AUDIENCE MEMBERS. OF THESE 47 PLAYS PROGRAMMED FOR PRODUCTION, 72% WERE BY WRITERS IDENTIFYING AS FEMALE, TRANS, OR GENDER NON-BINARY, AND 66% WERE BY WRITERS OF COLOR. FIVE OF THE TEN MOST PRODUCED PLAYS IN THE NATION WERE DEVELOPED AT THE LARK, ALL WRITTEN BY WOMEN OF COLOR: JOCELYN BIOH'S "SCHOOL GIRLS; OR, THE AFRICAN AMERICAN MEAN GIRLS PLAY", LARISSA FASTHORSE'S "THE THANKSGIVING PLAY", TWO PLAYS BY LAUREN YEE, "CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND"THE GREAT LEAP", AND DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU'S "PIPELINE". AWARDS TO AND PRODUCTIONS OF LARK-DEVELOPED PLAYS INCLUDE: HORTON FOOTE PRIZES TO LAUREN YEE FOR "CAMBODIAN ROCK BANDLLOYD SUH FOR "THE CHINESE LADY THE KESSELRING PRIZE TO MONA MANSOUR FOR "THE HOUR OF FEELING THE MIRANDA FAMILY 'VOCES LATINX' AWARD TO MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS FOR "THAT DRIVE THRU MONTEREY EDGERTON NEW PLAY AWARDS TO LUCAS HNATH FOR "THE THIN PLACETO DONJA R. LOVE FOR "SUGAR IN OUR WOUNDS KILROYS LIST RECOGNITION TO LARK-AFFILIATED PLAYS INCLUDING "FANDANGO FOR BUTTERFLIES (AND COYOTES)" BY ANDREA THOME (EN GARDE ARTS); "REDWOOD" BY BRITTANY ALLEN (JUNGLE THEATER); "ALL THE NATALIE PORTMANS" BY C.A. JOHNSON; "SANCTUARY CITY" BY ARTYNA MAJOK (NEW YORK THEATRE WORKSHOP); "THE VAGRANT TRILOGY" BY MONA MANSOUR (PUBLIC THEATER); "THE SIBLINGS PLAY" BY REN DARA SANTIAGO (RATTLESTICK PLAYWRIGHTS THEATER). ADDITIONALLY, LONG-TIME LARK-AFFILIATED PLAYWRIGHT LARISSA FASTHORSE RECEIVED A MACARTHUR "GENIUS" FELLOWSHIP, A YEAR AFTER LARK-AFFILIATE DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU WON THE SAME DISTINCTION; THE PULITZER PRIZE IN DRAMA WENT TO A LARK AFFILIATED WRITER FOR A THIRD YEAR IN A ROW (OUR INAUGURAL JEROME NEW VOICES FELLOW JACKIE SIBBLIES DRURY); TWO MUSICALS BY FORMER LARK FELLOWS KATORI HALL ("TINA") AND DOMINIQUE MORISSEAU ("AIN'T TOO PROUD") ARE BROADWAY HITS; JACLYN BACKHAUS, C.A. JOHNSON, AND CHARLY EVAN SIMPSON WERE INDUCTED INTO THE NEW DRAMATISTS RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT COMPANY, AND SCORES OF LARK ALUMNI PLAYWRIGHTS ARE BRINGING THEIR PERSPECTIVES TO TELEVISION AND MEDIA.

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