Charlie Oh is a playwright living in Brooklyn. His plays include LONG (Upcoming: Soho Rep, Kennedy Center’s Paula Vogel Award, Mark Twain Prize, Relentless Award Honors), COLEMAN ’72 (world premiere South Coast Rep, published 2025 with Restless Books, Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award, Los Angeles Drama Circle Award nominee), WHITE MONKEY (Goodman New Stages, Future Labs), THE DISRUPTORS (The Juilliard School, Sloan Commission), and IT’S LIKE AN AMAZING TIME TO BE ALIVE RIGHT NOW (!), OR, THE CRYPTO PLAY. His work has been developed at Manhattan Theatre Club, South Coast Rep, The Lark, Second Stage, The American Musical Theatre Project, The Goodman, Peacedale Global Arts, and is a past member, fellow, or alumni of Ensemble Studio Theater's Youngblood, Ars Nova Play Group, Page 73's Writers Group, The Lark, and the Catwalk Writer's Residency, among others. He’s a Core Writer at the Playwrights’ Center, an Artistic Research Fellow at the Folger Shakespeare Library, and is the inaugural recipient of the Steppenwolf + Stephen Sondheim Foundation commission. He also holds commissions from Manhattan Theater Club + the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, South Coast Rep, and has developed projects for television with Amazon Studios and Universal Studios. Education: The Juilliard School’s Lila Acheson Wallace American Playwrights Program, Northwestern University.
Free
Playwrights’ Center, 710 Raymond Ave, Saint Paul, MN 55114
In-person May 21 at 4:00 p.m. CDT
About the play
A family caught in the middle of the Luddite rebellions fights to stay together as the forces of history rip them apart. A cast of eight actors play over 60 roles in this riff on the Shakespearean history play about what it means to be human, and what we sacrifice to preserve our humanity.
LOOM comes out of my anxiety about the degradation of human craft, creativity, and basic dignity. I can’t wait to come back to Playwrights’ Center with a play that challenges an ensemble of actors to do something difficult—if not impossible—creating an entire world with just their words, their talent, their creativity. My hope is that having these actors play all of these roles, creating something out of nothing, is to honor the craft, imagination, and humanity the Luddites were fighting to preserve, and what we as artists need to protect today.
Making your reservation
This is an free, in-person, ticketed event at Playwrights’ Center on May 21. Donations are accepted and appreciated.
Please use the sign up link below to reserve your spot in advance.
If you have any questions about making your reservation, please email us at rsvp@pwcenter.org.
When to arrive
All seating is general admission. We recommend arriving 10-15 minutes prior to the reading to check in and find your seat. Please note, free parking is limited around the Center.
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Large groups
If you are making a reservation for more than eight people, please email rsvp@pwcenter.org to arrange. If you make a reservation for more than eight, a member of our team may be in touch closer to the reading date to confirm final numbers for your group.
Charlie Oh
