Lanford Wilson News

Theater Mu and New Native Theatre named four Twin Cities playwrights to the MU TANG CLAN Vol 3 incubator, supporting emerging AANHPI and Native American writers in developing full-length scripts.

Triple Fringe First Award winners Xhloe and Natasha will premiere their new absurdist two-hander at Summerhall Arts as part of Soho Theatre's Edinburgh Fringe season, featuring a nine-foot puppet and a story set in a flood-ravaged 1990s Appalachian town.

Deep Flight Productions will present an encore engagement of WHO WE BECOME, a program of rarely produced Lanford Wilson one-acts, at Factory Series at the Chain Studio Theatre in New York.

Carlsbad Play Readers will present a staged reading of Lanford Wilson's Pulitzer Prize-nominated FIFTH OF JULY at Carlsbad City Library, featuring Craig Noel Award winners and performers from The Old Globe and La Jolla Playhouse.

This Is A Front will present the world premiere of PLAYBACK by Jessica Marie Fisher at The Broadwater Main Stage as part of the Hollywood Fringe Festival, exploring narrative control and consent in a drama about a viral podcast host confronting her ex.

Deep Flight Productions will present Who We Become, a trilogy of one-act plays by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lanford Wilson, staged as two alternating productions.

What is a pro-shot and how is it different than an adapted film? Pro-shot is an abbreviation for professionally shot, denoting a stage play that was captured in its native habitat: a theatre. In general, a pro-shot seeks to film the exact experience that audience members would have at a live performance of the show, in contrast with a feature film which actually adapts the piece into a new form, including different locations, the removal of theatrical aesthetic, and changes to make the script work as a film as opposed to as a live theatrical show.

Asolo Repertory Theatre has revealed the cast and creative team for the rolling world premiere of Lady Disdain, a new romantic comedy by Lauren Gunderson, directed by Sean Daniels, running in Sarasota, FL.

Almost Tamed Productions will present BEYOND ENCOUNTERS, an evening of one-acts by Hannah Benitez, Miriam Kulick, and Lanford Wilson, directed by Lorca Peress, at Teatro Circulo in New York City.

The Dramatists Guild of America celebrated its 2026 Awards on Monday, April 27, 2026, in New York City, honoring a remarkable group of playwrights, composers, lyricists, librettists, theater artists, and advocates whose work continues to shape the American theatre. Check out photos here.

Ada Twist, Scientist & Friends is crowdfunding for its upcoming cast recording. The children's musical features a book by Lauren Gunderson, music by Bree Lowdermilk, and lyrics by Kait Kerrigan.

The Company Theatre of Rochester announced its fifth season, featuring five productions including OUR TOWN, BURN THIS, DOUBT, THE SECRET GARDEN, and AS YOU LIKE IT, all performed at 28 Lawn Street in downtown Rochester.

CHUANG Stage will present the East Coast premiere of MY HOME ON THE MOON by Minna Lee at Boston Center for the Arts, featuring new revisions by the playwright and directed by cara hinh.

The Dramatists Guild of America announced its 2026 award recipients, including Bess Wohl, Kimber Lee, Lisa Kron, Victor I. Cazares, Joy Huerta, Benjamin Velez, and Migdalia Cruz, who will receive the Lifetime Achievement Award.

City Theatre in Pittsburgh will present an in-process reading of NEIGHBORLY: A PLAY ON TWO STOOPS, a commissioned work by playwright Chisa Hutchinson, directed by Monteze Freeland with cast members Randy Kovitz and Bria Walker-Rhoze.

Provincetown Theater announced the cast for Lanford Wilson's FIFTH OF JULY, an upcoming production from the Cape Cod company. Learn more about the show here!

Hunter College's MFA Playwriting Program will present an industry reading of I'M A REALLY GOOD SWIMMER by Mya Ison, directed by OBIE winner Taylor Reynolds, on April 10th, featuring Ayana Workman, Kelly McAndrew, and Tẹmídayọ Amay.

Dissecting how local paranoia is manufactured and the intoxicating pull of conspiracy culture, triple Fringe First Award winners Xhloe and Natasha's new show delves into the dark side of American mythos and the theatre of mass distraction.

The American Theatre Critics/Journalists Association revealed six finalists for the 2026 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, recognizing the playwrights who produced the best scripts that premiered professionally outside of NYC in 2025.

BroadwayWorld chats with award-winning playwright Migdalia Cruz about the world premiere of her adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' running at the Magic Theatre from March 18 through April 5 in San Francisco.