World Premiere Productions

InterAct has produced more world premieres
than any other theater in the city of Philadelphia.
Plays premiered here have gone on to productions
across the country and around the world.

2016
#therevolution by Kristoffer Diaz

2015 
THE DANGEROUS HOUSE OF PRETTY MBANE by Jen Silverman
-Nominated for Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
-Winner of the Virginia Brown Martin Philadelphia Award

UNCANNY VALLEY by Thomas Gibbons
-National New Play Network “rolling” world premiere
-Subsequently produced at San Diego Rep and Capital Stage

THE THREE CHRISTS OF MANHATTAN by Seth Rozin

2014
DOWN PAST PASSYUNK by A. Zell Williams
-Barrymore Awards for Outstanding New Play & Outstanding Overall Production of a Play 

RITU COMES HOME by Peter Gil-Sheridan

CAUGHT by Christopher Chen
- Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
-Subsequently produced at 4 theaters across the country and Arcola Theater, London

2013
 ASSASSIN (a.k.a. PLAYING THE ASSASSIN) by David Robson
-Co-produced with Act II Playhouse
-Subsequently produced at Penguin Rep, TheaterWorks, Delaware Theatre Company      

SOME OTHER KIND OF PERSON by Eric Pfeffinger

2012
ETCHED IN SKIN ON A SUNLIT NIGHT by Kara Lee Corthron

THE EXIT INTERVIEW by William Missouri Downs
 -National New Play Network “Rolling” World Premiere
-Subsequently produced across the country and liscenced by Samuel French

2011
IN A DAUGHTER’S EYES by A. Zell Williams

2010
CITY OF NUMBERS (a.k.a. KILLADELPHIA) by Sean Lewis
-Winner, Smith Prize
-Winner, Barrymore Award for New Approaches to Collaboration

WHEN WE GO UPON THE SEA by Lee Blessing
- Nominated for Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
- Moved to 59E59 (New York) for four-week run in June, 2010           

SILVERHILL by Thomas Gibbons

2009
THE RANT by Andrew Case
-Nominated for Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
 -Subsequently produced at New Jersey Repertory Theatre
-National New Play Network “Rolling” World Premiere 

JIHAD JONES AND THE KALISHNIKOV BABES by Yussef El Guindi
-National New Play Network “Rolling” World Premiere
-Subsequently produced at Kitchen Dog Theatre (Dallas)

LITTLE LAMB by Michael Whistler

2008
BLACK GOLD by Seth Rozin
-Subsequently produced at Phoenix Theatre, Indianapolis, Arts West, Seattle & Prop THTR., Chicago
-National New Play Network “Rolling” World Premiere
-Winner, Smith Prize  

HOUSE, DIVIDED by Larry Loebell
-Nominated for Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play 

2007
A HOUSE WITH NO WALLS by Thomas Gibbons
-Nominated for Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
- Subsequently produced at 8 theaters across the country

WHEN SOMETHING WONDERFUL ENDS by Sherry Kramer
-Co-produced with the Actors Theatre of Louisville’s Humana Festival for New American Plays
-Subsequently produced at Actor’s Express, Atlanta

2006
AMERICAN SUBLIME by Patricia Lynch (2006)
REINVENTING EDEN by Seth Rozin (2006)

2005
THE BEAUTY INSIDE by Catherine Filloux
-Co-produced with New Georges (New York)

THE FEAST OF THE FLYING COW…AND OTHER STORIES OF WAR by Jeni Mahoney
- Subsequently produced at And Toto Too in Denver, CO    

2004
GOD OF DESIRE by Dick Goldberg

 2003
CRY HAVOC by Tom Coash
-Nominated for Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
-Subsequently produced at Abingdon Theatre, NYC, & the National Arts Festival in South Africa

PERMANENT COLLECTION by Thomas Gibbons
-Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
-Subsequently produced at more than 35 theatres across the U.S.

2002
JAMBULU by Mary Fengar Gail

MISSING LINK by Seth Rozin
 -Nominated for Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play

2001
MAN MEASURES MAN by David Robson

2000
BETWEEN MEN AND CATTLE by Richard Kalinoski

DRINK ME by Mary Fengar Gail
-Nominated for Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
-Subsequently produced at Moxie Theatre in San Diego

 1999
BEE-LUTHER-HATCHEE by Thomas Gibbons
-Nominated for Barrymore Award for Outstanding New Play
-Subsequently produced at over 40 theatres across the country 

1998
UNDER YELENA by Buffy Sedlachek

1996
BLACK RUSSIAN by Thomas Gibbon
-Barrymore Award for Best New Play
-Subsequently produced at Blue Heron Theatre in New York City

 1994
AXIS SALLY by Thomas Gibbons

THE DISAPPEARED by Craig Eisendrath

 1993
6221 by Thomas Gibbons

1990
PRETENDING TO AMERICA by Thomas Gibbons
-presented at Amnesty International’s 30th Anniversary National Conference in 1991