American Playwrights News

The Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (CAATA) has announced the inaugural Godfather Prize for Asian American playwrights. Learn more here!

brooklynONE will present the North American premiere of Adam Szymkowicz's play NEW LOVE on March 6, marking a significant addition to the theater's season.

Two River Theater has been awarded the prestigious 2025 National Theatre Company Grant by the American Theatre Wing, recognizing its excellence among only five theaters nationwide.

Geography of a Horse Dreamer by Sam Shepard wrestles with artistic value, exploitation, power, and control. You will never dream the same again. On stage at Imago Theatre through March 1, 2026

Irish Heritage Theatre has announced its March production, Conor McPherson's The Weir. This is the first time that the company is tackling a play by this esteemed, award-winning Irish playwright.

American Theater Group (ATG) has announced the cast and creative team of its highly-anticipated production of My Fair Lady running Feb. 26-March 15, 2026. Learn more here!

FIM Flint Repertory Theatre will present its 2026 New Works Festival from February 13 through February 15 in Flint, Michigan. The three-day festival will feature staged readings of new plays in development.

Rise and shine, BroadwayWorld! It is January 27, 2026 and it's time to catch up on all of the theatrical happenings you may have missed in the last 24 hours.

The American Theatre Wing revealed the recipients of ATW’s National Theatre Company Grants program. Five grants of $100,000 have been awarded to companies that have demonstrated innovative new strategies to present the work of American playwrights.

KIT-Kairos Italy Theater will present a transatlantic season in 2026, celebrating its 26th anniversary with performances in Italy and the US, focusing on cultural exchange and artistic dialogue.

PlayCo is launching a new initiative. PlayCo will, over the next two years, send nine American playwrights to residencies with esteemed international theater companies.

After claiming the 2025 Tony Award for Best Play, the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2025 New York Drama Critics’ Circle Award, Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ Purpose is set for its next major milestone: a new production at Sydney Theatre Company.

The Native Performing Arts Network will lead a National Day of Theater Readings for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Relatives (MMIWR) on May 5, 2026.

American Theater Group (ATG) will present a talkback following the Sun. Dec. 14th 2pm performance of Joe Landry’s It’s A Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play at the DMK Black Box Theater

The Ally Artists Group and Eagle Project will present The First Global Indigenous and First Nations  Playwrights and Composers' Event. The title of this year’s event is, 'Indigenous Voices: A Celebration of Playwrights and Composers'.

The Ally Artists Group and Eagle Project have announced The First Global Indigenous and First Nations  Playwrights and Composers' Event.  The title of this year’s event is,  'Indigenous Voices: A Celebration of Playwrights and Composers.'

Kairos Italy Theater in partnership with the Calandra Institute for Italian American Studies and Casa Italiana Zerilli-Marimò at NYU, announced the first edition of The Italian American Playwrights Reading Series.

Repertorio Español, the nation's prominent Spanish language theater, has announced the 2026-2027 The New York Community Trust Van Lier Fellowship for Young Latine Directors.

Playwrights Pearl Cleage and David Greenspan have been named the 2025 recipients of the Legacy Playwright Awards, honoring their lifelong contributions to American theatre.

CIRCA-Pintig has revealed the second annual Chicago Filipino American Theatre Festival at the Rizal Community Center and the Hoover-Leppen Theatre. Learn more here!