About Us

We are five playwrights from wildly different backgrounds and life experiences. When we first met at a Thai restaurant on the Upper East Side, we were all shocked that not one of us had a dietary restriction. In New York City? What? We all eat it all. Soon we learned we are equally omnivorous in our aesthetic approaches. We make plays that are hilarious and deeply moving, raunchy and fiercely political, driven by everyday language and vivid theatricality, that explore quotidian moments and big ideas. We graduated into a precarious time for theater. With the encouragement and inspiration of our teachers, we decided to follow in the footsteps of 13P and start our own collective.

Mission

We make plays for ourselves, our friends, and the friends we haven’t met yet.

We experiment with sustainable production models that give playwrights control over their work and their careers.

Like our name and our backgrounds, we are omnivorous in our aesthetic approach.

We make theater that is intimate and epic, inclusive and expansive, inviting and experimental.

Manifesto

We are hungry for new ways of making theater.

We believe the world is better off when more people get to share their stories.

We believe audiences crave richer, meatier new plays.

We are committed to welcoming the uninitiated into NYC theater audiences.

We reject the scarcity mindset that dominates NYC theater.

There’s enough food for everyone, if we make it.