New York City - Rattlestick Playwrights Theater announced its roster of plays for 2010-2011, the award-winning company's 16th season. The all world-premiere season will feature provocative new works from Adam Rapp, Heidi Schreck and Florencia Lozano, the first full-length play from award-winning filmmaker Dan Klores, and the debut theatrical outing from the acclaimed singer/songwriter Suzanne Vega.

The season will begin with Klores' first work for the stage - "Little Doc," directed by John Gould Rubin. Klores, whose searing and deeply felt documentaries have become modern classics, once again weaves a New York tale in this very personal new work, infused with equal parts humor and heartbreak. Set in 1970s Brooklyn, in the living room of a one-bedroom apartment under the "el" and above a tiny neighborhood bar, "Little Doc" centers on four childhood friends who find themselves in a life-threatening situation that challenges the validity of the virtues they've adopted from a sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll culture. Performances will begin June 11, with an official opening night set for June 17.

In Obie Award-winning actress and playwright Heidi Schreck's "There Are No More Big Secrets," American expat Gabe hasn't seen Charles and Maxine in years. When he returns to the United Stages with his Russian journalist wife Nina, and their daughter, he seeks refuge for his family in the home of his old friends. Inspired by Heidi's own experience as a reporter in Siberia and St. Petersburg, "There Are No More Big Secrets" is a metaphysical examination of the limits of friendship. Performances begin September 1. Opening Night is set for September 9.

The second full length play from acclaimed actress and playwright Florencia Lozano, best known to television audiences as Tea Delgado on "One Life to Live," "underneathmybed," tells the story of Argentinean parents raising their two daughters in New England and the relationship one daughter has with a small girl believed to be living underneath her bed. Using Spanish and English throughout the play (frequently at the same time - this is a passionate family!), part of the play's appeal is the re-creation of a situation which has become in many ways typical of the U.S. - kids speaking a language different from their parents and the stress of growing up in an immigrant household. Preceded by a workshop production in Buenos Aires, "underneathmybed" will begin performances on November 3, with opening night set for November 11. Pedro Pascal directs.

Playwright, novelist, screenwriter, filmmaker, and musician Adam Rapp has been a vital and prolific force in the New York theater world for more than a decade. His Hallway Trilogy begins with "The Hallway," a 10-character drama that takes place on the evening of November 28, 1953, the day following the death of Eugene O'Neill. A young actress has been struggling with severe depression (diagnosed as melancholia in those days) and has constructed a myth that Eugene O'Neill, the great playwright, has staged his own death to escape the trappings of fame. "Parafin" is set on the first evening of the 2003 New York City blackout and concerns a married couple, the wife expecting, the husband addicted to heroin, and his brother's unrequited love for his wife. Light is also a major character in this second part of the trilogy, and what happens in daylight and what happens when night falls are perhaps the most compelling themes. "Wolf in the Window" is set in 2053 in a disease-free New York. The hallway has been transformed into a museum where young men and women in need of cash are injected with old-fashioned diseases for the amusement of the public. On this night the air-tight glass wall fractures. Hallway Trilogy will begin performances on January 19, 2011, with opening night set for January 27, 2011.

The season will conclude with the first theatrical work from one of the great songwriters of her generation – Suzanne Vega. Vega will perform the role of Carson McCullers in "Carson McCullers Talks About Love," in which the iconic McCullers talks and reminisces about love and art and life. In trying to explain, she strives to conquer the demons that intrude on the course of love that for her and her characters never runs smoothly. Seamlessly moving from spoken word to song and back again, Vega channels McCullers in a way that reveals the meeting of two souls through a work of art. Directed by Kay Matschullat, "Carson McCullers Talks About Love" begins performances begin on April 20, 2011, with opening night set for April 28, 2011.

Each play will have the following performance schedule: Monday at 8 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 3 p.m. Memberships are available by calling SmartTix at 212- 868-4444 or online at www.smarttix.com. To learn about the many benefits of membership, as well how to purchase individual tickets, call the theatre at 212-627-2556.

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is located at 224 Waverly Place (off Seventh Avenue South, between West 11th and Perry Streets).

Rattlestick Playwrights Theater is a multi-award-winning company which has produced over 40 world premieres in the past 14 seasons and was the recipient of the 2007 Ross Wetzsteon Memorial OBIE Award for its work developing new and innovative work. Rattlestick's Advisory Board participates in The Emerging Playwrights Project, which matches a new playwright with an established artist for an experienced eye and creative support. Playwright and artist mentors have included Edward Albee, Jon Robin Baitz, Zoe Caldwell, Arthur Kopit, Craig Lucas, Joe Mantello, Terrence McNally and Marsha Norman.