Lauren Gunderson News

Lost Nation Theater will share the photography of visual artist and local revolutionary herself – Linda Hogan in the Lobby Gallery within Montpelier City Hall Arts Center for the month of June. 

Theatrical Outfit has announced its 2025–2026 season, which includes a state-wide tour of its original hip hop musical Young John Lewis, four mainstage productions, the return of its new works festival Launchpad 2.0, and a lineup of partner productions as part of its Live at the Balzer series.

The Long Beach Playhouse has announced the upcoming run of Ada and the Engine, a play by Lauren Gunderson that explores the life of Ada Byron Lovelace, widely considered the world’s first computer programmer.

The Theatre Group at SBCC has announced its 80th season, starting in July 2025. Learn more about the full upcoming season and find out how to get tickets here!

Lucid Theater will present the world premiere of BUDDHA'S BIRTHDAY by Chicago playwright Amy Crider, whose WELLS AND WELLES was a breakout hit of summer 2024.

Theater makers have a “show must go on” spirit. So it is no surprise that the vast majority of the over forty artistic leaders I spoke to in the last two weeks believed they would find a way to survive even without promised National Endowment for the Arts funding. But it won’t be easy.

Conejo Players Theatre will present Ventura Country Premiere of the historical dramatic comedy, The Book of Will. Told with great humor and accessibility, The Book of Will celebrates the Theater, and the power and legacy of great art.

Playwrights Foundation will present a public reading of Driving the Girls, a new play by Resident Playwright Cat Brooks on Saturday, May 17, 2025 at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.

Buffalo Theatre Ensemble has revealed its 2025-2026 three-play season. The season will feature Birthday Candles and more. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

CENTRAL WORKS 2025 SEASON will continue with The Last Goat, written and directed by Gary Graves, and running June 28– July 27 where a young woman lives alone with her grandmother on an isolated Greek island, desperately longing to see the world.

Ensemble Theatre Company of Santa Barbara will bring a groundbreaking new musical about the women who shaped the highest court in the land, the Southern California premiere of JUSTICE: A NEW MUSICAL. Learn more!

Concord has acquired Broadway Licensing Global. BLG’s family of imprints, Broadway Licensing, Dramatists Play Service, Playscripts, and Stage Rights, will now become part of Concord Theatricals.

Capital Stage has announced its final piece to the 2025/26 Season to be performed during the holiday season. Charming, mysterious, and poetic in the truest sense of the word, Lauren Gunderson's I AND YOU is a study of the beauty, the agony, and the mystery of human connection. 

Cloudburst Productions has announced the London run of A Manchester Anthem at Riverside Studios (Studio 3), following its successful sell-out seasons at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023 and VAULT Festival 2023. 

The Curtis Theatre and Begins and Ends with 'A' Productions will present 'These Shining Lives,' written by Melanie Marnich and directed by Amanda Hallman. Learn more!

It’s a shame that this is my first time attending the William Inge Theatre Festival at Independence Community College in Independence, KS. This Festival has hosted some top notch playwrights over the years, with recent featured playwrights including Lauren Gunderson, Lynn Nottage, and Paula Vogel. This is the 42nd year of the Festival, which celebrates the legacy of the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright William Inge, a native of Independence, KS. It is also the official theatre festival of the state of Kansas. The event is not only a retreat for playwrights, but for any theatre practitioner who is looking for an inspirational and communal experience in a relaxing and welcoming environment. It is safe to say I will be attending next year, and if you are interested in the future of theatre, you should, too!

Main Street Theater (MST) is celebrating 50 years of engaging theater for curious and thoughtful audiences of all ages. 2025-2026 marks the 50th Season for Main Street Theater and will include seven productions.

100A Productions presents The Revolutionists May 14-23

Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's premier launchpad for new plays and playwrights, will release the on-demand recording of the public reading of The Justice is Just Asleep, a new play by Resident Playwright Ruben Grijalva, commissioned by San Francisco Playhouse, from April 14-20, 2025.

South Coast Repertory has announced two of the country's most prestigious regional theatres are coming to together to produce the world premiere of Fremont Ave. by Reggie D. White.