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Initial casting has been revealed for Vineyard Theatre’s upcoming Works in Progress 2026. Micaela Diamond, Nathan Lee Graham, Chris Lowell, Mary-Louise Parker, David Rasche, Thomas Sadoski, Merritt Wever and more will take part in the series.
Works in Progress 2026 Series:
Unlined – Hardcover – Layflat (Sunday, April 19 at 7:00pm)
Written by Ro Reddick (Vineyard 2025 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award artist-in-residence)
Directed by Leigh Silverman
The cast will feature Micaela Diamond, Crystal Finn, Nathan Lee Graham, Erin Saidah Lockett, Donnetta Lavinia Grays, and Nina Ross.
In a world where the analog reigns supreme and the titans of industry measure influence by the ream, Morgan, a recent grad with a “unique ability”, stumbles into a prestigious design mentorship program. Under the guidance of Madam, a glamorous notebook magnate, Morgan’s on her way to becoming the second most well-known producer of high-end analog time management resources in North America! — if she survives Madam, that is. Unlined – Hardcover – Layflat is an absurdist corporate satire that explores capital’s unholy union with time and the perennial allure of a bunch of dykes in the dangerous world of luxury notebooks.
Letiche and The [Wondrous] Pursuit of Elvis (Monday, April 20 at 7:00pm)
Written by Marissa Joyce Stamps
Directed by Josiah Davis (Vineyard 2023-2025 Susan Stroman Directing Award artist-in-residence)
The cast will feature Joe Morton, Stacey Sargeant, Mari Anne Stamps, Phyllis Yvonne Stickney, and more to be announced.
New York City mother-daughter duo, Imara and Kal, are on a swamp tour on their New Orleans vacation. They find themselves led by a white captain on an all-Black boat of tourists. What are the odds?! In the murkiness of their 90-minute tour, Kal finds herself itching and her psyche morphing in a place full of contradictions and turns to the alligators and their leader—the mighty alligator, Elvis— for some clarity.
Homo Erectus (Thursday April 23 at 7:00pm)
Written and Performed by American Sing-Song (Vineyard 2025 Paula Vogel Playwriting Award artist-in-residence Jake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper)
Directed by R.J. Tolan
The cast will feature Jake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper.
The year is 2131. Tim and his husband Harry are desperate for a baby, but on the day that they’re finally invited to conceive at the Babies for Gays Womb Center….everything goes wrong. From the perverted minds of American Sing-Song (A.S.S.), Homo Erectus is a new musical about grief, gay parenthood, and the raw sexual power of fishing for your dinner.
Gertrude (Saturday, April 25 at 7:00pm)
Written by Carly Mensch
Directed by Liz Flahive
