NEW PLAY INCUBATOR

2025 Rogue Lab
Rough Draft Series:
Action Scenes in Process

Rogue Artists Ensemble presents the Rogue Lab Rough Draft Series: Action Scenes in Process. Over two evenings, Rogue Artists will present 12 short performances inspired by the theme of taking action for your mental health and the wellbeing of your community.

Action Scenes in Process will feature six new pieces per night followed by a talkback with the audience. Come enjoy the museum, community resource tables, and a surprise variety of performances, from short plays, to new literary works, to puppet pieces, and beyond. All performances are created by LA artists.

The Line-Up includes:

Monday, May 19

“Banner Year” by Mak Shealy
“Easter at the Racetrack" by Emory Royston
“I say running is like breathing” by Chelsea Sutton
“Lost Girl” by Rudy Martinez
“The Untamed Organism” by Miles Taber (sound designer M. Glenn Schuster)
“Axtamar in Inglewood” by Carene Rose Mekertichyan
“A Dab of Courage” by McCristol Harris III
In collaboration with Emory Royston, Jack Pullman, Sarah Kay Peters, Dawana Speights, Fahmy Abdisheikh, Tim Despic, Zach Lovvorn

Tuesday, May 20:

“Common Human Conversation” by Sam Rotengold
“Bats” by Katie Witkowski
“Brand (New)” by Paul Turbiak
“All In Your Head” by Taylor Coffman
“Taking You” by Amy Judd Lieberman
“A Dab of Courage” by McCristol Harris III
In collaboration with Emory Royston, Jack Pullman, Sarah Kay Peters, Dawana Speights, Fahmy Abdisheikh, Tim Despic, Zach Lovvorn

Founded in 2028, Rogue Lab is Rogue Artists Ensemble’s incubator for new work that stretches the boundary of what is currently being done onstage, including immersive experiences, interactive design, puppet plays, and genre-bending pieces that fit within the Rogues’ Hyper-theater aesthetic.

Action Scenes in Process is part of the 2025 Take Action Campaign from the California Mental Health Services Authority and the LA County Department of Mental Health.

2025 Season

Season 6: Rogue Lab Rough Draft Series: Action Scenes in Process

When

May 19 & May 20, 2025
8pm-10:30pm

Location:

The Valley Rellics Museum
7900 Balboa Blvd.
Lake Balboa, CA 91406
Hangar C 3 & 4
(Entrance on Stagg St.)

RSVP HERE 

Tickets are free!

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Season 1 - 2019
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Season 3 - 2022
Season 4 - 2023
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PRESS

Press Release

Playwrights
Lisa Sanaye Dring, John Guerra, Eric Fagundes, Mildred Inez Lewis
, Chelsea Sutton, Jennie Webb

Directors
Estela Garcia, Jessica Hanna, Scarlett Kim, Ricky Pak, Claudia de Vasco, Rebecca Wear

Designers
Caitin Eby, Rhonda Kohl, Lor Meeker, Morgan Rebane, Emory Royston, Anthony Storniolo, 

Playwrights
Carissa Atallah, Mercedes Floresislas, Amy Judd Lieberman, Mady Schutzman, Bernardo Solano, Chelsea Sutton

Directors
BJ Dodge, Andy Lowe, Sonia Norris, Keiana Richard, Dylan Southard, Hannah Wolf 

Designers
Corwin Evans, Jesse Mandapat, Jack Pullman, Morgan Rebane, Joshua Rivas, Emory Royston

Season 3 2022

Directors
Shen Heckel, Stephanie O’Neill, Keiana Richard, Carly D. Weckstein

Playwrights
Carissa Atallah, Amy Judd Lieberman

Season 4 2023

Hyper-Puppet 101 - Puppetry Workshop 

Two weeks. Three puppet Forms. Unforgettable. 

Season 5 2024

Far Worse Things
Playwright
Chelsea Sutton

Speakers  Jeff Heimbuch, Catherine Gudis, Beth Werling, Sarah Krainin

Cowboy Elektra in Concert
Playwrights
Ramona Pilar and Meghan Brown

Composer
Zachary Lupetin

Stage Manager
Ashley Weaver

Band
Korey Simeone, Melinda West  

Cast
Ariella Amar, Amir Levi, Sarah Kay Peters, Kalean Ung