Cherry Picking: Prologue is an opportunity for playwrights to hear their work-in-process read aloud and in-dialogue with fellow theater artists and audiences. 

Here’s how it works:

• Playwrights who wish to have their work read and workshopped may submit their work to Prologue at any time.

• Cherry Picking regularly reviews submitted works and aims to schedule readings for accepted works within two weeks of approval. 

• Prologue readings consist of:

• Pre-reading intake conversation that helps curate the critical response process for your work—identifying your needs as a writer, questions and context that will help frame our discussion of your work.

• One night of informal virtual reading followed by a Critical Response Practice that includes the playwright(s) and audience members who are invited to the reading at the discretion of the playwright and our producers.

• Prologue events consist of a maxmium of 30 minutes of performed material, followed by 45 minutes of discussion.

• Prologue is a one-time opportunity for your draft—each work accepted into Prologue receives one night of reading and discussion.

• Prologue readings are cast by Cherry Picking, but writers are welcome to make casting recommendations.

• Writers are encouraged to invite their own guests to join us on the evening of their reading.

• Each Prologue session follows an established set of guidelines that frames each reading and aims to ensure our discussion is safe and productive for the writer and all present.

• At this time, all Cherry Picking: Prologue readings are virtual.

Playwrights who have participated in Cherry Picking: Prologue include: David Kalal, Noah Tattleman Parnes, Lindsey Hope Perlman, Miriam Schultz, and Michael Simonson.

If you are interested in having your work considered for a Prologue session, email us at cherrypickingnyc@gmail.com

Prologue, a space for all writers at all stages of their process, remains committed to centralizing marginalized voices which are often overlooked.