Lauren Gunderson News

Performances are now underway for Billie Jean, running through August 10 in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. Check out an all new trailer for the production in the video here!

The Revolutionists is coming to Theatre Tallahassee in October. The show is written by Lauren Gunderson. Learn more about this upcoming production here!

The 2025 Essential Theatre Festival will return to 7Stages Theatre from August 8–31, featuring a robust lineup of readings, showcases, and productions that highlight Georgia’s vibrant playwriting community.

The reimagined version of the Broadway musical Movin’ Out will shift to a future season. The upcoming season will now open with the Tony Award-winning musical Come from Away (November 12 – December 28, 2025).  

The comapny of Billie Jean at the Chicago Theatre shares their thoughts and excitement for the upcoming production from the rehearsal room! The production runs July 18–August 10, 2025, in The Yard at Chicago Shakespeare Theater. See the video here! 

Subscriptions to the McAninch Arts Center 2025-2026 season are are now available to the public. Single-event tickets go on sale Aug. 8. Learn more about the season and see how to purchase tickets.

The McAninch Arts Center has announced its 2025-2026 Performance Series. The MAC’s 2025-2026 season is now available to renewing subscribers. Subscriptions go on sale to the public July 8. Single-event tickets go on sale Aug. 8.  

Hundreds of lovers of new theatre will gather this summer for an advance look at tomorrow’s hits at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 22nd Annual New Works Festival. Learn more!

McCarter Theatre Center has announced the all-woman creative team behind the world premiere of I & You: The Musical, a new work by playwright Lauren Gunderson and composer/lyricist Ari Afsar, running September 13 – October 12, 2025.

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will kick off Season 55 with the World Premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women. Learn more here!

Playwrights Foundation has revealed the semifinalists and finalists for the 47th Bay Area Playwrights Festival, which will be presented in a hybrid festival. Learn more!

Ada Grey has joined the four-actor cast of BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY at Chicago's Lucid Theatre. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets here!

You can now get a first look at the new musical theatre project, I & You: The Musical, which will have its world premiere at McCarter Theatre this fall. Watch the video preview here!

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble (BTE), the professional Equity theater company in residence at the McAninch Arts Center (MAC), has announced Gus Menary as Managing Artistic Director and Daniel Millhouse as Associate Artistic Director for BTE's 2025-2026 Season. Menary and Millhouse officially assume their positions July 1.

Chicago Shakespeare Theater has announced the cast and creative team of the world premiere play Billie Jean, about sports icon and equality champion Billie Jean King.

The 29th Street Playwright Collective will present a Staged Reading of IOWA CAUCUS by Catherine Rogers as part of its NEW WORK SERIES 2025 in June. Learn more here!

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara is now presenting the Southern California premiere of JUSTICE: A NEW MUSICAL. Check out all new photos here!

Ensemble Theatre will present the Australian premiere of Lauren Gunderson’s The Half-Life of Marie Curie, a heartfelt tale of female friendship and empowerment by one of America’s most-produced playwrights.

On Pitch Performing Arts will present Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson, opening June 6th on the Creator’s Stage. Learn more about this upcoming show here!

Playwrights Foundation will honor Tony and Pulitzer Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang with the 2025 Impact Award in recognition of his theatrical achievements and profound influence on current and rising generations of writers.