development history

honor had its first developmental readings December 16 and 18, 2019, directed by Gerald vanHeerden and presented by vMHF Theatricals and A.R.T./New York Theatres at the Bruce Mitchell Room in NYC, which is part of A.R.T./New York Theatres. A second reading was streamed March 26-29, 2021, directed by vanHeerden and presented by vMHF Theatricals as a benefit for Wordsmyth Theater Company in Houston with a talkback at Wordsmyth.

Premieres October 1 - 29

This production is being staged at

the Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre

at the A.R.T./New York Theatres.

502 West 53rd Street, New York, NY 10019

Performance space for this production was subsidized by the A.R.T./New York Theatres Rental Subsidy Fund, a program of the Alliance of Resident Theatres/New York (A.R.T/New York).

I'm extremely fortunate that theatre colleagues believed enough in this play that it had the benefit of an old-fashioned development process: multiple staged readings and two nights of workshops. It also benefited from the constraints imposed during the early Covid pandemic: an edited, videotaped benefit reading on behalf of Wordsmyth Theatre Co. I’ve been fortunate that producer-director Gerald vanHeerden and dramaturg-director Ted Swindley have cared enough about the play to mount development presentations in NYC and Houston, and to offer a director’s perspective on how I might improve it, and that so many theatre colleagues and friends have cared enough to offer insightful comments and encouragement. They’ve all helped to make honor what it is today. I want you to know who they are.

A.R.T./New York Theatres

Sandra Barton

Howard Block

Shauna Bloom

Elowyn Castle

Domonique Champion

Jennifer Decker

Dirt Dogs Theatre Company

Sharon Dull

Elizabeth Earle

Nan Earle

Bob Etnyre

James Faubion

Jeff Featherston

Melissa Flower

Gary Garrison

Nia Georges

Dominique Groeneveld

Gökçe Günel

Donna Hoke

Mary Hooper

Michelle James

Stephen Kaplan

Elizabeth A.M. Keel

Mark Keeton

Mat Labotka

Colleen Lamos

Donna Latham

Alan Mannheim

Carl Masterson

Ian Mauzy

Donna Michaels

Kyle Minshew

Susan Missiha

Chaney Moore

Michael Morrison

Victoria Mukerji

Steve O'Grady

Denise O’Neal

Susan Ossman

Adina Owen

Lap Lee Pate

Patricia Price

Sheila Rinear

Lance Roberts

Sushuma

Troy Schaum

Ted Swindley

Ted Swindley Workshop Series

Jim Thalman

Pamela Turner

Gerald vanHeerden

Errol Wilks

Wordsmyth Theater Company

Stewart Zuckerbrod