Vineyard Will Host Works in Progress Readings of Plays by Ro Reddick, Marissa Joyce Stamps, More | Playbill
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Vineyard Will Host Works in Progress Readings of Plays by Ro Reddick, Marissa Joyce Stamps, More

The series is free and open to the public.

April 03, 2026 By Logan Culwell-Block

Ro Reddick at the opening night of Cold War Choir Practice (Bartlett Lentini)

Off-Broadway's Vineyard Theatre has released details about its 2026 Works in Progress readings series, which will be held April 19-25. The company will present plays by Ro Reddick (Cold War Choir Practice), Marissa Joyce Stamps, American Sing-Song (Jake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper), and Carly Mensch.

Casting is to be announced. The entire series will be free and open to the public, with tickets available for reservation beginning April 7 at VineyardTheatre.org.

Reddick's Unlined - Hardcover - Layflat will kick off the series April 19. The work is described as "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." Leigh Silverman will direct.

Stamps' Letiche and The [Wondrous] Pursuit of Elvis will follow April 20, directed by Josiah Davis. The work takes place on a 90-minute boat tour of New Orleans, with a NYC mother and daughter finding themselves up against an alligator named for the famed King of Rock and Roll.

Homo Erectus, by American Sing-Song, will be presented April 23, directed by R.J. Tolan. Set in 2131, the work follows a gay couple that has been invited to conceive a child at the Babies for Gays Womb Center. Brasch and Leonhard-Hooper will also perform the musical.

The final offering will be Mensch's Gertrude April 25. Directed by Liz Flahive, the work focuses on Hamlet's mother.