Lauren Gunderson News

McCarter Theatre Center has announced the all-woman creative team behind the highly anticipated world premiere of I & You: The Musical. It is inspired by Lauren Gunderson’s internationally acclaimed play by the same name. 

Gamut Theatre will present an all-female production of Lauren Gunderson’s The Revolutionists in Harrisburg. Gamut Theatre is the combined theatre company of Popcorn Hat Players Children’s Theatre and Harrisburg Shakespeare Company.

Silent Sky, written by Lauren Gunderso and directed by Marcus Giamatti, will perform at the Randall Theater at Temple Theaters. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets here!

Bridging Turtle Island, a free staged reading presented by Alternative Theater Ensemble and ITMéxico, comes to Marin Shakespeare Company on September 18. Featuring works by Lauren Gunderson, Drew Woodson, Amber Kay Ball, R. Réal Vargas Alanis, and W. Fran Astorga, the event highlights QTBIPOC voices in a powerful act of reclamation and storytelling.

The SUNY Cortland Performing Arts Department will launch its 2025–26 season with a bold mix of comedy, rock musical spectacle, dark satire, and timeless family entertainment.

Lakewood Playhouse has just announced it's 87th season, FINDING YOUR VOICE. The five plays in the upcoming season answer the call of Season 86’s theme to build through theatre.  Each play tells a story of finding and using our individual voices to uplift, serve our community and speak truth to power. 

This is a gorgeous production that elicits real emotion, from humor to excitement to sadness to hope, from the audience. It is inspiring and uplifting, perfectly directed, and wonderfully performed.

Road Less Traveled Productions opens its 22nd season with The Book of Will, produced in collaboration with Shakespeare in Delaware Park in honor of SDP’s 50th anniversary. Running September 19–October 19 at the Road Less Traveled Theater.

The Joseph Jefferson Awards will celebrate the 57th Anniversary of its Equity Theater Awards on Monday, September 29. Check out the full list of nominations here!

Powerstories Theatre invites middle & high school students to experience Ada and the Engine — the inspiring story of Ada Lovelace, the first computer programmer and a pioneer for women in STEM. Think Bridgerton meets Steve Jobs. Free youth tickets - RSVP required: bit.ly/ADAYOUTH ✨ Dream Big. Change the World. Meet the spark that ignited generations of innovation.

Tennis legend and social justice icon Billie Jean King attended the August 5 performance of Billie Jean at Chicago Shakespeare Theater, joined by her wife Ilana Kloss. See a photo from her visit.

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 and see how to purchase tickets!

Tipping Point Theatre in Northville, MI has announced its 18th season of productions, featuring a dynamic mix of new plays, Michigan premieres, and returning audience favorites. Launching September 17, 2025, the season will include The Shark is Broken, A Very Northville Christmas, Broke-ology, Gene & Gilda, and The Revolutionists.

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.

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!

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.