Pipeline Theatre Company Inc

VISION: WE BELIEVE THAT AN UNBRIDLED IMAGINATION IS A FORCE OF MAGIC WITH THE POWER TO PROVOKE A MORE COURAGEOUS AND COMPASSIONATE WORLD.MISSION: PIPELINE MAKES THEATER OF THE IMAGINATION. OUR COMPANY THRIVES ON ADVENTURE AND BELIEVES NO STORY IS WORTH TELLING WITHOUT A LITTLE RISK. WE LOVE OUR VILLAINS AS MUCH AS OUR HEROES, ESPECIALLY IN THOSE PUZZLING MOMENTS WHEN WE CANT QUITE TELL THEM APART. ABOVE ALL, WE AIM TO LEAVE YOU WITH STORIES THAT STICK SOMEWHERE IN YOUR HEART, YOUR BRAIN, OR YOUR GUTS.

IN FY22, PIPELINE WAS ECSTATIC TO BE ABLE TO RETURN TO IN-PERSON PRODUCING FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019. WE PRODUCED BRUISE & THORN, WRITTEN BY C. JULIAN JIMENEZ, DIRECTED BY JESSE JOU, AND CHOREOGRAPHED BY CESAR VALENTINO. BRUISE & THORN'S TARRED FRANCISCO CONTRERAS AS BRUISE AND JAE BROWN AS THORN; COUSINS WHO ARE NUYORICAN, QUEER, AND TIRED OF THEIR JOBS AT A LAUNDROMAT IN JAMAICA, QUEENS. BRUISE IS SAVING UP TO BECOME A CHEF, AND THORN SPITS BARS ON STREET CORNERS, ONE AMERICA'S GOT TALENT AUDITION AWAY FROM BECOMING THE BORICUA NIKKI MINAJ. WHEN THE LAUNDROMAT'S BASEMENT TURNS OUT TO BE AN ILLEGAL COCKFIGHTING RING, THE COUSINS CAN'T TELL IF THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO CASH OUT AND BECOME THEIR MOST FABULOUS SELVES - OR A TRAP TO KEEP THEM LOCKED INTO WHAT EVERYONE EXPECTS THEM TO BE. BRUISE & THORN RAN FOR 29 PERFORMANCES BETWEEN MARCH 4 AND APRIL 3 AT A.R.T./NEW YORK'S MEZZANINE THEATRE, AND WAS THE FIRST FULL PRODUCTION PRODUCED BY PIPELINE THAT HAD ORIGINATED IN OUR PLAYLAB (CLASS OF 2017).

PIPELINE CONTINUED WITH OUR ANNUAL PLAYLAB, DEVELOPING THE NEW PLAYS OF THREE WRITERS FROM INCEPTION TO FIRST DRAFT: 1898 BY NELSON DIAZ-MARCANO DO THIS IN [X] OF ME BY KAELA MEI-SHING GARVIN, AND RADCLYFFE AND THE ARCHIVIST BY KAIROS LOONEY. FOR THIS CLASS OF 2022, WE HELD MONTHLY MEETINGS AND THREE SPRINGBOARDS. WE WERE ALSO THRILLED TO PRESENT THEIR PLAYS IN OUR FIRST PUBLIC, IN-PERSON READINGS SINCE THE CLASS OF 2019, ALONGSIDE READINGS OF THE PLAYS FROM THOSE OF THE CLASSES OF 2020 AND 2021 WHO ELECTED TO HOLD A FINAL READING: RED CLAY HALO BY ANDY BOYD, AND NASTY YATRA BY UTKARSH RAJAWAT.

PIPELINE ALSO CONTINUED TO ENGAGE OUR COMMUNITY IN A SERIES OF COMMUNITY GATHERINGS, AS BEGIN IN FY21. COMMUNITY GATHERINGS SERVE AS A WAY FOR PIPELINE TO INCREASE ACCESS AND ACCOUNTABILITY ON EDIJ MATTERS, PROVIDE HELPFUL AND USEFUL INFORMATION TO OUR ARTISTS, AND CREATE A DIGITAL SPACE FOR US TO GATHER. FY22 COMMUNITY GATHERINGS INCLUDED THE FOLLOWING: OCTOBER 2021 - DESIGNER ROUNDTABLE: WHAT MAKES A PIPELINE PLAY, NOVEMBER 2021 - ANNUAL REVIEW & BOARD Q&A, JANUARY 2022 - ANTI-RACISM TRAINING WITH THE WOKE COACH, MAY 2022 - THE FUTURE OF THEATRE WITH FREDDY EDELHART.