LoNyLa launched its first networked lab on March 6, 2011 with the development of eight scripts, which included plays, screenplays and TV pilots.
The transatlantic lab linked London, New York and Los Angeles via live video streaming over the Internet.
LoNyLa’s aim was to help artists collaborate and hone new material across geographic and industry divides. Invited writers traveled virtually to three cities over a 3-month period and worked with seasoned actors, directors and dramaturgs.
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Spring 2011: LoNyLa teams in the three cities came together for 3-hour sessions on a weekly basis to work on the material of British and American writers. Teams would log in to a single video streaming platform to broadcast the readings and provide real-time feedback to the writers.
LITTLE FISH by Paul Charlton
(play) In a small town in Co Durham, England, three damaged young people go to extreme lengths to protect each other.
London cast: Anna Bolton, Neil Grainger, James Baxter, Sean Croft, Paul Anthony Barker
NY cast: Chris Harbur, Bryce Gill, Mikaela Feely-Lehmann, Ryan Garbayo
LA cast: Sherill Turner, Nick Cernoch, Ammar Ramzi, Julian Stone
LAZYEYE by Nicholas McInerny
(play) Two successful men meet after twenty five years. One is a brilliant eye surgeon who has lost his way. The other a powerful businessman who wants his perfect sight restored. Both share a secret, but only one of them feels guilty. An operation is meant to cure….isn’t it?
LA cast: Julian Stone, Jonathan Wrather, Annika Marks
NY cast: Teddy Canez, Ryan McCarthy, Susan Louise O’Connor
London cast: Michael Matus, Jonathan Lewis, Zara Tempest-Walters
WHISKEY HOLLOW by Chris Chaberski and Philip Easley
(TV pilot) All Nicky, Megan, and Jake want is a hassle-free spot in the woods to party. After their spot gets busted by the cops, they hear of the legend of Whiskey Hollow: the ultimate drinking spot. Our trio uncovers bigger secrets, revealing that their town of Southole Union might be more significant than they had imagined—that their fun-loving traditions may be a vital part of America’s past.
London cast: Daniel Gentely, Dylan Kennedy, Rhydian Vaughan, Ericson Mitchell, Sean Croft, Abigail Parmenter, Zie Nicole, Fiona Geddes, Jessie Dubieniec, Alex Durrant, Margot Przymierska, Rachel Stevenson
NY cast: Chris Harbur, Emily Dorsch, Jake Myers, Ryan McCarthy, Luke Rosen, Bernardo Cubria, Ruy Iskandar, Steve Park, Tommy Russell, Craig Jorczak, Teresa Avia Lim, Eileen Rivera, Sarita Covington
LA cast: John Nielsen, Christopher Shaw, Alexis Carra, Shawn Carter Peterson, Eric Toms, Perry Jackson, Gregory Myhre, Elizabeth Greer, Lucy Griffin, Chris Valenti, Greg Bryan
YOSEMITE by Daniel Talbott
(play) Siblings Ruby, Jake, and Jer spend their Saturday in the snow-covered woods behind the trailer park where they live in the Sierra Nevada foothills. They search for a way out of their lives as they attempt to bury their latest casualty.
LA cast: Kiele Sanchez, Zach Gilford, Brian Pollack, Sarah Paulson
London cast: Daniel Gentely, Rhydian Vaughan, Erin Hunter, Wendy Windle
RIFT by Caridad Svich
(play) An epic yet intimate story about lives torn by war and its aftermath, by abuse and damage, human sex trafficking and globalization, and the spiritual search for beauty and grace.
NY cast: Chudney Sykes, Pun Bandhu, Raul Castillo, Jelena Stupljanin, Laura Ramadei, Jamel Rodriguez, Sarah Nina Hayon, Romy Nordlinger, James Martinez
London cast: Amrita Acharia, Mark Field, Waleed Akhtar, Helen Millar, Amersackie Osakonor, Anniwaa Buachie, Jessie Cave
LA cast: Sherill Turner, Lakisha Bowen, Lisa Renee, Jeff LeBeau, Christopher Shaw, Tory N. Thompson, Mark Shunock, Patricia Scanlon, Joe Holt
PALOMA by Anne Garcia-Romero
(play) Ibrahim, a practicing Muslim, and Paloma, a nominal Catholic, fall in love while studying at New York University. Inspired by a 14th century Muslim meditation on love, the couple travels to Spain to overcome religious differences. After tragedy strikes, Ibrahim must confront their past in order to survive.
NY cast: Carter Gill, Christopher T. VanDijk, Liza Fernandez
LA cast: Adriana Sevahn Nichols, Sam Younis, Michael Manuel
London cast: David Mumeni, Jonathan Wrather, Gehane Strehlar
STREET TO TREAT by Zoanne Clack
(TV pilot) A new medical drama.
LA cast: Jerry Richardson, Maura Knowles, Shawn Carter Perterson, Joe Holt, JoNell Kennedy, Ivan Davila, Mark Shunock, Elizabeth Greer, Murielle Zukor, Ivan Davila, Cerris Morgan-Moyer
NY cast Susan Wands, Robert Petkoff, Jorge Cordova, Sarita Covington, Kurt Uy, Jelena Stupljanin, Stephen Gelpi, Carter Gill, Teresa Avia Lim, Shaun Brown
London cast: Nicholas Hart, Megan Hunter, Meillir Williams, Ana Luderowski, Elliot Barnes-Worrell, Peter Bray, Jack Parker, Anniwaa Buachie, Meghan Treadway, Kane Surry
THE WRITER AND THE MONSTER by Che Walker
(screenplay) To save the life of a street kid, a working class woman must break free from a controlling famous author and confront the gangster boyfriend of her past.
London cast: Chris O’Dowd, Jo Martin, Fiston Barek, Victor Gardener, Nicholas Beveney, Michelle Ryan, Che Walker