The Top 20* Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2025-26 Season
The prolific Lauren Gunderson is back on top for the third time (*26 due to ties; list does not count works by Shakespeare).
The prolific Lauren Gunderson is back on top for the third time (*26 due to ties; list does not count works by Shakespeare).
On this episode we broke the news of which plays and playwrights will be the most produced this season. Listen in on a conversation between the editors and some most-produced playwrights on new play development.
Kate Hamill and Rajiv Joseph tie for the top spot on a diverse list of dramatists and adaptors (*23 due to ties).
The online and in-person fest will feature works from Inda Craig-Galván, Ty Defoe, Rinne Groff, and Kate Hamill.
This week the critics talk to two theatre artists about the choices they’ve made and the field they hope to return to.
Deborah Brevoort, José Casas, Jeffrey Couchman, Sean Daniels, Kate Hamill, Rachel Lynett, and Sandy Rustin will create new works for the company.
In the jurisdictional war between Equity and SAG-AFTRA over theatre work made for screens, actors and stage managers have the most at stake.
The pandemic shutdown is a crushing blow for theatres, but it is individual artists who are absorbing the brunt of the pain.
The selected writers will develop their plays through workshops and public readings at the conference.
Plays by Leah Nanako Winkler, Kate Hamill, and Herbert Siguenza will receive a staged reading at Cygnet Theatre.