Kayenta New Play Lab

The Abundance

by Chelsea Sutton (Los Angeles, CA)

Saturday August 10th 7:30pm & Sunday August 11th 4:00pm

The Lorraine Boccardo Theater

We are thrilled to announce the return of the Kayenta New Play Lab, a unique opportunity for theater artists and audiences to converge to create and witness the development of new work. Six playwrights have been selected to participate by a panel of local and nationally-recognized experts. Following a 10-day development residency, each play will be presented as a staged reading for our summer audiences, followed by engaging discussions and opportunities to meet the artists. This dynamic New Play Lab fosters creativity, connection, and an unforgettable artistic journey. Join us in celebrating new, original work, full of inspiration and camaraderie!

About the Play:

After moving to a new corner of suburbia, a broke young mom is lured into a multi-level

marketing scheme by her new neighbors and a slick-talking bottle of tonic, and must either claw her way to the top of the pyramid, or lose everything by leaving.

About the Playwright:

Chelsea Sutton is an LA-based writer and director. She’s a PEN America Emerging Voices Fellow, a Humanitas PlayLA award winner, an Emmy-nominated co-writer of the interactive film event Welcome to the Blumhouse Live and a graduate of the 2022 Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Workshop. Her award-winning play Wood Boy Dog Fish appeared in the inaugural season of the Garry Marshall Theatre. She is the Associate Artistic Director of Rogue Artists Ensemble and holds an MFA from UC Riverside. Chelseasutton.com

The Kayenta New Play Lab is sponsored by Douglas Caputo / Desert Dweller at Equity Real Estate