ONLY $99
ALL-ACCESS PASSES provide access to all Local Lab 15 events including staged readings, the playwrights panel, and social gatherings.

ONLY $30
Limited single-reading tickets are now available.

COMMUNITY HIKE*
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Time: 3 - 4:30 pm
Location: Wonderland Lake (guests meet at The Nomad Playhouse)

Gather with the Local Lab 15 Company and your fellow audience members for a casual stroll on one of Boulder’s most scenic trails (rated easy).

*Included in All-Access Pass. Purchase HERE.

FESTIVAL KICKOFF PARTY*
Friday, April 17, 2026
Time: 5 - 6:45 pm MT
Location: The Nomad Playhouse

Gather with the teams behind each play, the Local staff, and your fellow playgoers to raise a glass to Local Lab 15. Enjoy light refreshments and a mix of alcoholic and non-alcoholic options.

*Included in All-Access Pass. Purchase HERE.

PLAYWRIGHTS PANEL*
Friday, April 17, 2026
Time: 6:45 - 7:30 pm MT
Location: The Nomad Playhouse

Sit down with the Local Lab 15 playwrights to discuss their inspirations, processes, and experiences.

*Included in All-Access Pass. Purchase HERE.

READING ONE
FASTER HORSES
By Alex Riad
Friday, April 17, 2026
7:30 pm MT
Location: The Nomad Playhouse

ABOUT THE PLAY
Two women, sick of working at male-dominated tech companies, decide to start their own app together, but the collaboration exposes the cracks in their friendship and threatens to turn their venture into one of the soulless start-ups they’re rebelling against.


READING TWO
ONLY SOME OF GOD’S CHILDREN or MISSISSIPPI MAGNOLIAS
By Paris Crayton III
Saturday, April 28, 2026
Time: 7:30 pm MT
Location: The Nomad Playhouse

ABOUT THE PLAY
Set two days after the 1963 March on Washington, John Malachi Curtis, and his best friend, William Cochise Brown, return home to Mississippi to unpack all of the emotions left over from the March, only to find John's son, Ezekiel, has been attacked during a sit-in protest. Betty, John's wife, wants to leave Mississippi for good but the promise of land and remnants of love makes John unwilling to do so. Only Some of God's Children or Mississippi Magnolias is a story of five different flowers just waiting to bloom. 

LAB CELEBRATION + COMMUNITY MEAL*
Saturday, April 18, 2026
Time: directly following Reading 2
Location: The Nomad Playhouse

It’s time to relax alongside the Local Lab 15 creative teams. Enjoy your preferred beverage, snacks, and the chance to discuss the plays you’ve heard so far.

*Included in All-Access Pass. Purchase HERE.

COFFEE WITH CO-ARTISTIC DIRECTORS
Sunday, April 27, 2025
12:45-1:45 pm MT
Location: Ruzo Coffee (next to The Nomad Playhouse)

Join Local Theater Company artistic leadership for a casual coffee prior to the final Local Lab 15 reading. All April long, Local Lab All-Access Passholders receive 20% off beverages. A percentage of sales will be donated to Local Theater Company.

READING THREE
FIERCE SATIRE AND MEDIOCRE SEX
By Edith Weiss
Sunday, April 19, 2026
2 pm MT
Location: The Nomad Playhouse

Fierce Satire and Mediocre Sex finds the humor in religion and its loopholes, trying to speak truth to power, suicide, overpowering sexual urges, female empowerment, and the frustration and occasional absurdity of political correctness. It’s about the tragicomedy of being human, emphasis on the comedy.