The 2025 Essential Theatre Play Festival kicks off at 7Stages in Little Five Points with the World Premiere of Matt Hoffman's A Very Special Hospital, directed by Peter Hardy. Learn more here!
Rogue Machine Theatre will open Season 18 on October 4, 2025, with four L.A. premieres including Lauren Gunderson’s anthropology and Jackie Sibblies Drury’s Fairview. The season also features Fringe participation and the Playwright’s Roundtable Festival.
For its 35th production, Promethean Theatre Ensemble will honor the people who preserved Shakespeare’s work for the ages, with Lauren Gunderson’s THE BOOK OF WILL. Learn more!
Dramatists Play Service, an iconic imprint of Concord Theatricals, announced the release of One-Act Peter Pan Goes Wrong, a shortened version of the original hilarious full-length play. The new comedy is now available to license for productions across US and Canada.
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley comes to Greenbrier Valley Theatre in November. The show is by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon. Performances will run November 29 – December 13.
Orlando Shakes, in partnership with UCF, has announced the finalists and semi-finalists for PlayFest 2025, selected from over 200 submissions of new theatrical works.
McCarter Theatre Center announced that Jasmine Forsberg and Benji Santiago will play the leads in its season opener, the world premiere of I & You: The Musical.
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!
