Since its inception in 2005, LAUNCH PAD has produced 17 preview productions by distinguished playwrights. 2023 marks the 19th anniversary. 

In addition to Preview Productions, LAUNCH PAD develops plays through the Summer Reading Series and the BIPOC Reading Series Festival. Each play receives a 20 hour workshop including a public reading.

Gun Play - Barbara Lebow

¡Soldadera! - Jami Brandli

The Velvet Weapon - Deborah Brevoort

“A” Train - Anne Torsiglieri

Too Much Water - KJ Sanchez, Jenny Mercein and Ensemble

April 4, 1968 - James Still

Staging the Daffy Dame - Anne García-Romero

Stand By - Christina McMahon

Bad Touch - Joyce Carol Oates

Through the Eye of the Needle - Jami Brandli

(A) New World - James Still

Meanwhile There are Letters - Declan Hughes

The Watsons Go To Birmingham - 1963 - adapted from the novel by Cheryl L. West

The Survivors/Los Sobrevivientes - Katie Bender

The Myths We Made - Brian Otaño

Three Sisters Bronte - Arlene Hutton

What Martha Did - Enid Graham

Untitled Measurement Play - Mia Chung

Elocutia Does Pygmalion - Cheryl L. West

Once Upon A Family - Barbara Lebow

The Cratchits (in America) - James Still

American Fast - Kareem Fahmy

Exotic Deadly: or the MSG Play - Keiko Green

Lorena: A Tabloid Epic - Eliana Pipes

A Medusa Thread - Candrice Jones

A People’s Guide to History in the Time of Here and Now - Rehana Lew Mirza

Pilar and Paloma - Milta Ortiz

Fortunes - Dan Castellaneta and Deb Lacusta

Blue Jay Singing in the Dead of Night - Dale Griffiths Stamos

Happy Fall: a Queer Stunt Spectacular - Lisa Sanaye Dring

Acetone Wishes and Plexiglass Dreams - Stephanie Kyung Sun Walters

Memories of Overdevelopment - Caridad Svich

One Month Along - Franky Gonzales

What’s Best for the Children - Idris Goodwin

Plays About Longing - James Still