BALTIMORE CENTER STAGE PRESENTS: LAB 410

As part of our dedication to making art and cultivating artists in our beautiful city of Baltimore we are launching our inaugural playwriting residency: Lab410. Every production we do starts with an idea, perhaps expressed in words, mostly in the form of scripts, and Lab410 gives us the chance to cultivate some of the world’s best works of theater right here at Baltimore Center Stage. We believe the diversity, terrain, and depth of Baltimore’s culture deserves the best platforms, and this season-long playwriting residency is just one of the ways we plan to put Baltimore on the world stage.

25/26 Lab410 Playwrights will be announce in December 2025

Playwrights whose work has been developed and/or premiered at BCS

Larissa FastHorse

Jordan E. Cooper

Lauren Yee

Lady Dane Figueroa Edidi

R. Eric Thomas

Lynn Nottage

And you could be NEXT! 


The Application Portal for the 2024/25 cohort has been closed. 

Calling all artists with an interest in playwriting! Baltimore Center Stage presents: Lab410, a playwriting workshop for new, emerging, and established playwrights in Baltimore! Three playwrights will be chosen to spend our 2024/2025 season writing and developing an original piece of theater. 

2025/26 Applications will be announced at a later date in 2025. 

Have any questions? Contact lab410@centerstage.org