Programs
MainStage
The MainStage Production Program is a program wherein wild project serves as the lead producer on full-length theater projects across narrative theatre, musicals, dance and performance art.
About MainStage
MainStage productions receive invaluable project resources, 4 weeks of production and 1 week of tech at our 89-seat theater, performer stipends, marketing, production staff, administrative support, and collaborative input. The program’s goals are to support new theater projects by helping the projects overcome large production costs, promote a collaborative environment with both established and emerging artists, and sustain a vibrant cultural scene in the East Village.
The program generally focuses on but is not exclusive to projects that are New York City premieres. We invite everyone to submit by sending a 10-page excerpt of the proposed project. We strongly encourage proposals from female, LGBTQIA+, and BIPOC playwrights, directors, and producers.
PLEASE NOTE: The MainStage program at wild project is currently paused – we are not taking any submissions at this time.
past wild project MainStage Productions
Jill Sobule’s
F*CK 7thGrade
ENCORE Performances!!
November 8th – 26th, 2023
Music, Lyrics, and Concept by Jill Sobule
Book by Liza Birkenheimer
Directed by Lisa Peterson
Music Direction by Julie Wolf
with
Jill Sobule, Julie Wolf, Kristen Ellis-Henderson & Nini Camps
Initially presented October 14 – November 19, 2022
Encore performances January 23 – February 11, 2023
Encore performances November 9- November 26, 2023
Encore performances November 1 – November 22, 2024
wild project presents
Coping Mechanism
by Cyrus Aaron
directed by Tramane Harris
September 27- October 21, 2023
Guns. Guns. Anti. Pro. Life. Death. Chaos. Control. The public debate in America is between moving on with the future or maintaining the past. Debra, a single-mother overcome with grief is bound by time as her son’s death hangs in the balance. What happens as the public attempts to repurpose her sons’s life, but privately she isn’t ready to let go?
B*TCHCRAFT
A new musical play
February 7th-March 1, 2025
Conceived by Bitch and Margie Zohn
Book by Bitch and Margie Zohn
Music and Lyrics by Bitch
B*TCHCRAFT: A Musical Play, tells the story of how a quiet child from suburban Detroit became the queer icon and beloved musical artist Bitch (Bitch and Animal, Kill Rock Stars, Shortbus).
The MainStage program is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
