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
Jonathan Kuntz
Mat Labotka
Colleen Lamos
Donna Latham
Alan Mannheim
Carl Masterson
Ian Mauzy
Michael McDowell
Donna Michaels
Bradley Michalakis
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
Jennifer Scheer
Dennis Skip Slon
Ted Swindley
Ted Swindley Workshop Series
Jim Thalman
Pamela Turner
Gerald vanHeerden
vMHF Theatricals
Errol Wilks
Wordsmyth Theater Company
Stewart Zuckerbrod
