Kallan Dana News

The Tank NYC announced the lineup for PRIDEFEST 2026, an annual festival of new performances by queer artists curated by Max Mooney, featuring theater, comedy, puppetry, storytelling, and music at The Tank in New York City.

Eric Marlin's WHAT A WORLD! WHAT A WORLD!, directed by Ilana Khanin, will receive its world premiere at The Tank NYC, featuring Queen-Tiye Akamefula and Annie Hoeg in a two-hander centered on a 1943 melodrama.

The Tank NYC presented their 2026 Gala: Off-Off Runway, celebrating Stan Zimmerman. The event featured special appearances by Golem, and more See photos from the event here!

The Eugene O’Neill Theater Center has unveiled its 2026 summer conference lineup. From June through August, the O’Neill’s conferences will serve as a hub for puppeteers, playwrights, composers, critics, and more.

In Scena! Italian Theater Festival will present THE RULE OF THIRDS, directed by Montgomery Sutton, at The Tank from April 22 to May 15. The play explores themes of war and civilian experiences.

In Kallan Dana’s RACECAR RACECAR RACECAR, now running at Artists Repertory Theatre, a father (Anthony Green Caloca) and his adult daughter (Jerilyn Armstrong) head off on a cross-country drive from New York to California to clean out a storage unit.

The Tank NYC and Twin Fruit Productions will present THE MALL THE MALL THE MALL, a comedic adventure about teens battling an evil conspiracy in their local mall, from February 26 to March 22.

Working Theater has announced its 41st Season, marking a new era of growth and artistic innovation following its 40th anniversary year. The 2025–2026 lineup includes the 5th Annual Mark Plesent Commission Fund Final Readings, and more.

Yale Schwarzman Center announced that it will produce a staged reading of Ariel Stess's KARA & EMMA & BARBARA & MIRANDA, the winner of the 2025 Yale Drama Series Prize.

Working Theater has named playwright Kallan Dana as this year's Playwright in Residence. Over the course of the residency, Dana will develop her new play, Control. Learn more about Dana and about the play.

Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre has announced a brand new cohort of resident artists who will be presenting a plethora of developmental readings, workshops, and fully staged productions as part of their 2025-26 season.

The Terrence McNally New Works Incubator Cycle 3 Fellows have been revealed. Learn more bout the New Works Incubator and about the selected playwrights here.

Artists Repertory Theatre (ART) has announced its 43rd season– marking its second year back home at 1515 SW Morrison St. Artists Rep’s 2025/26 lineup continues to showcase vibrant local voices from our own backyard, featuring the work of three talented Pacific Northwest playwrights. 

The Tank has revealed the cast and the creative team for Lobster, a Spring 2025 Core Production by Kallan Dana. See who is starring and learn more about the production here!

BroadwayWorld has received an exclusive first look inside rehearsals for the upcoming World Premiere of RACECAR RACECAR RACECAR with The Hearth! See the photos below.

The Hearth's world premiere of RACECAR RACECAR RACECAR by Kallan Dana, directed by Sarah Blush, moves to A.R.T./New York Theatres' Mezzanine Theatre after The Connelly Theater's closure. Learn more!

The Tank will has revealed their Spring 2025 Core Productions. The spring season will begin in January with Peregrination, a co-production with Dutch Kills Theater. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

Explore the world premiere of RACECAR RACECAR RACECAR by Kallan Dana, directed by Sarah Blush, at the Connelly Theater. Follow a father and daughter on a surreal road trip. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

The Hearth announced the World Premiere of Kallan Dana's RACECAR RACECAR RACECAR, directed by Sarah Blush, running December 2-22 at the Connelly Theater. The play explores a daughter and father's surreal road trip.

The Tank will present KARA & EMMA & BARBARA & MIRANDA, a new dramedy by Ariel Stess. Directed by Meghan Finn, the play explores the intersecting lives of four women in New Mexico. Learn how to purchase tickets.