2025/2026 Premieres

The following section offers a glimpse of new work that premiered throughout the 2025-2026 theatrical season. All world premiere productions listed were self-reported by DG members to the Dramatists Diary from May 1, 2025, through April 30, 2026. Please note that while we applaud everyone who completed a song, first draft, rewrite, staged reading, or workshop, we sadly do not have the space to list them all.

auditorium with social distancing reserved seats

Broadway Premieres
May 1, 2023 – April 30, 2024
Listed chronologically:

Call me Izzy by Jamie Wax. Studio 54

Mamma Mia! book by Catherine Johnson, music and lyrics by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. Winter Garden Theatre

Take a Banana for the Ride by Jeff Ross. Nederlander Theatre

Art by Yasmina Reza, translated by Christopher Hampton. Music Box Theatre

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett. Hudson Theatre

Punch by James Graham. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Beetlejuice book by Scott Brown and Anthony King, music and lyrics by Eddie Perfect. Palace Theatre.

Ragtime book by TERRENCE MCNALLY, music by STEPHEN FLAHERTY, lyrics by LYNN AHRENS. Vivian Beaumont Theater

Liberation by BESS WOHL. James Earl Jones Theatre

Little Bear Ridge Road by SAMUEL D. HUNTER. Booth Theatre

Queen of Versailles book by LINDSEY FERRENTINO, music and lyrics by STEPHEN SCHWARTZ. St. James Theatre

 Oedipus adapted by Robert Icke. Studio 54

Chess book by Danny Strong, music and lyrics by Benny Andersson, Tim Rice, and Björn Ulvaeus. Imperial Theatre

Two Strangers(Carry a Cake Across New York) book, music, and lyrics by Kit Buchan and Jim Barne. Longacre Theatre

Marjorie Prime by JORDAN HARRISON. Hayes Theater

All Out: Comedy About Ambition by SIMON RICH. Nederlander Theatre

Bug by TRACY LETTS. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Every Brilliant Thing by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe. Hudson Theatre

Giant by Mark Rosenblatt. Music Box Theatre

Dog Day Afternoon by STEPHEN ADLY GUIRGIS. August Wilson Theatre

Becky Shaw by GINA GIONFRIDDO. Hayes Theater

Cats: The Jellicle Ball music by ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER, lyrics by T.S. Eliot, based on “Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats” by T.S. Eliot. Broadhurst Theatre

Death of a Salesman by ARTHUR MILLER. Winter Garden Theatre

Titanique book by TYE BLUE, Marla Mindelle, and Constantine Rousouli; featuring the music of Celine Dion. St. James Theatre

The Fear of 13 by LINDSEY FERRENTINO. James Earl Jones Theatre

Proof by DAVID AUBURN. Booth Theatre

Fallen Angels by Noel Coward. Todd Haimes Theatre

Schmigadoon! book, music, and lyrics by CINCO PAUL. Nederlander Theatre

The Balusters by DAVID LINDSAY-ABAIRE. Samuel J. Friedman Theatre

Beaches book and lyrics by IRIS RAINER DART, music by MIKE STOLLER, book by THOM THOMAS. Majestic Theatre

The Rocky Horror Show book, music, and lyrics by Richard O’Brien. Studio 54

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone by August Wilson. Ethel Barrymore Theatre

The Lost Boys book by Chris Hoch and David Hornsby, music and lyrics by The Rescues. Palace Theatre

World Premieres
May 1, 2023 – April 30, 2024

Godspeed by TERENCE ANTHONY. Kilstrom Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by MARCO ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ, adapted from the novel by Junot Díaz. The Owen Theatre, The Goodman Theatre, Chicago, IL

Sweet Elysium by LISA ATTANASIO. Gural Theatre - A.R.T/New York, T. Schreiber Studio, New York, NY

Out With The Old by JOHN D. BABCOCK III. The Warehouse, AuthentiCity Theater, Decatur, GA

There’s Still Snow on Silver Star by DAVID BAREFORD. Love Street Playhouse, Woodland, WA

Huzzah! by NELL BENJAMIN. Donald and Darlene Shiley Stage, The Old Globe, San Diego, CA

Murder, Meth & Mayhem music by STEVEN BERGMAN, libretto and lyrics by JOHN SHEA. Providence Fringe Festival, EAH Productions, Providence, RI

Relentless by RAE BINSTOCK. Syracuse Stage, Syracuse, NY

Our House by BARRY BOEHM. A.R.T./New York: The Jeffrey and Paula Gural Theatre, TOSOS NYC, New York, NY

Dog-Eared Truth by BRIAN S. BRIJBAG, ESQ. Teco Theater at the Straz Center, Tampa Bay Theatre Festival, Tampa, FL

The Last Key Lime Pie by BRIAN S. BRIJBAG, ESQ. Stage West Playhouse, Spring Hill, FL

Feathered: The Musical book, music, and lyrics by JUDAH BROWN. Clark Youth Theatre, Tulsa, OK

All Shall Rise libretto by MARK CAMPBELL, music by Paul Moravec. Carnegie Hall, Oratorio Society of New York, New York, NY

O.K.! by CHRISTIN EVE CATO. INTAR Theatre, New York, NY

Public Charge by MICHAEL CHEPIGA and Julissa Reynoso. The Public Theater, New York, NY

The American Five by CHESS. Ford’s Theatre, Washington, DC

Beauty Freak by JAMES CLEMENTS. The Cell Theatre, New York, NY

Oklahoma Samovar by ALICE EVE COHEN. La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York NY

The Aria of Julie d’Aubigny, the cross-dressing, sword-fighting, opera singer, wherein she seduces men and women alike, wins numerous duels, must be twice pardoned by the King, and eventually finds true love. by MONICA CROSS. Theatre@First, Somerville, MA

Milkweed by WENDY DANN. Kitchen Theatre Company, Ithaca, NY

The Essentialisn’t by EISA DAVIS. HERE Arts Center, New York, NY

||: GIRLS :||: CHANCE :||: MUSIC :|| by EISA DAVIS. Vineyard Theater, New York, NY, and American Conservatory Theater, San Francisco, CA

The March Hare by AMANDA DELALLA. The Tank, LimeFest 2025, New York, NY

Things With Friends by KRISTOFFER DIAZ. American Blues Theater, Chicago, IL

It’s Not All About Me [Gert Boyle Story] by DONNIE. Sanctuary at Sandy Plaza, Triangle Productions!, Portland, OR

THIS IS NOT A DRILL book, music, and lyrics by HOLLY DOUBET; book by JOSEPH MCDONOUGH; lyrics by Kathy Babylon and John Vester. York Theatre, New York, NY

Enid’s Mill by MARTHA DOUGLAS-OSMUNDSON. The Players’ Ring, Portsmouth, NH

Kannon Gets the Wiggles by GAVIN THOMAS DREW. Freeland Center for the Performing Arts, Bristow, OK

The Stones of Life by ZACHARIAH EZER. La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York NY

Another Kind of Silence by L M FELDMAN. City Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

Protect the Protectors by ELENA FRECK. Kitchen Sink Theatre Company, Brooklyn, NY

Just Desserts by ED FRIEDMAN. Studio Theatre in Exile, Peekskill, NY

Burial Tax by ANDREW GALL. Caroll Piersol Stage, Firehouse Theatre, Richmond, VA

Gold by MARCUS EDWARD GORMAN. Annex Theatre, Seattle, WA

GUNKED! by MARCUS EDWARD GORMAN. Annex Theatre, Seattle, WA

WAD by KEIKO GREEN. Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre, The New Harmony Project and American Lives Theatre, Indianapolis, IN

Billie Jean by LAUREN GUNDERSON. Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Chicago, IL

I & You: The Musical book by LAUREN GUNDERSON, music and lyrics by Ari Afsar. McCarter Theatre Center, Olney Theatre Center, Princeton, NJ

Lady Disdain by LAUREN GUNDERSON. Forward Theater Co, Madison, WI

Bless Me, Father by STEVE HARPER. Vivid Stage, Summit, NJ

SNOW: [Black man. Whiteout Conditions.] by STEVE HARPER. Potrero Stage Playground Performance Festival, PlayGround, San Francisco, CA

Rope by JEFFREY HATCHER, adapted from Rope’s End by Patrick Hamilton. Hartford Stage, Hartford, CT

Bowl EP by NAZARETH HASSAN. National Black Theatre and The Vineyard Theater, New York, NY

Practice by NAZARETH HASSAN. Playwrights Horizons, New York, NY

The Bliss Option by ANDREW HEINZE. Chain Theatre, American Renaissance Theater Company, New York, NY

Bus Warp by MATT HENDERSON. Carnegie Stage, Throughline Theatre Company, Carnegie, PA

The Hula Hoop Savior Ritual by MATT HENDERSON. Mr. Smalls Theatre, Suspension Theatrical Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

Bughouse by BETH HENLEY and Martha Clarke. Vineyard Theater, New York, NY

Violet and Harris by SAM HEYMAN. Pittsburgh New Works Festival, Pittsburgh, PA

Circle Forward by DEB HIETT. Gulfshore Playhouse, Naples, FL

A Very Special Hospital by MATTHEW HOFFMAN. 7Stages, Essential Theatre, Atlanta, GA

Berlindia! by DANIEL HOLZMAN. The Tank, New York, NY

Happy Pleasant Valley: A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical by MIN KAHNG. Margaret Lesher Theatre, Center Repertory Company, Walnut Creek, CA

OLD WOUNDS by BRUCE KARP. KNOW Theatre, Binghamton, NY

(un)conditional by ALI KELLER. Soho Playhouse, New York, NY

Monte Cristo by PETER KELLOGG. The York Theatre, New York, NY

Ashland Avenue by LEE KIRK. Goodman Theatre, Chicago

Belly Up To The Bar by SHEILA KITCHEN. Broom Street Theatre, Madison, WI

Iphigenia in Tauris by ALEXIS KOZAK. Southside Theatre, Middletown High School South, Middletown, NJ

The Seat of Our Pants by ETHAN LIPTON. The Public Theater, New York, NY

Rooted by BEN F. LOCKE. Bramble Theatre Company, Chicago, IL

Chinese Republicans by ALEX LIN. Laura Pels Theatre,Roundabout Theatre Company, New York, NY

Apple Hunters! by E.M. Lewis. Artists Repertory Theatre, Portland, OR

Choosing Sides by JOHN MABEY. Fine Arts Building, Plays For Trans Futures, Chicago, IL

Desert Oceans by JOHN MABEY. Allen Bales Theatre, University Of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, Tuscaloosa, AL

Men Eating Donuts In Alaska by JOHN MABEY. Broom Street Theater, Madison, WI

Entangled: 12 Scenes in a Circle K off the I-40 in New Mexico by MONA MANSOUR and EMILY ZEMBA. HERE Arts Center, New York, NY

The Statesman by JOEL MARLIN. Theatre Technis, Metal Rabbit Productions, London

Windfall by TARELL ALVIN MCCRANEY. Steppenwolf Theatre, Chicago, IL

Maybe You Could Love Me by SAMAH MEGHJEE. Theater Mu, Saint Paul

Standby by SUSAN MIDDAUGH. Olive Branch Community Church, Amazing Theatre Company, Sandy Spring, MD

The House by SAVANNAH S. MILLER. Germantown Community Theatre, Memphis, TN

Bear Judgement by THOMAS MISURACA. Pick of the Vine Series, Little Fish Theatre, Redondo Beach, CA

Dreck the Halls by THOMAS MISURACA. Brickhouse Theater, Write Act Repertory, North Hollywood, CA

IFs (Imaginary Friends) by THOMAS MISURACA. Trinity Theatre Company, San Diego, CA

On The Surface by THOMAS MISURACA. Brickhouse Theatre, Write Act Repertory West, North Hollywood, CA

The Other Paintings in the Room with The Mona Lisa (DG) 30-31 - Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner - Past, Present, and F by THOMAS MISURACA. Brickhouse Theatre, North Hollywood, CA

Interview by PETER MITSOPOULOS. Brentwood Community Center, Ghostlight Theatre Ensemble, Brentwood, CA

The Finding by PETER MITSOPOULOS. Moving Arts Theatre, SkyPilot Theatre Company, Los Angeles, CA

Maybe Tomorrow by MAX MONDI. Wild Door Theater, Chicago, IL

The Back Porch by GINA ZANOLINI MORRISON. Olde Brick Theatre, Diva Theatre, Scranton, PA

Haunted by TARA MOSES. Greenway Court Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Peppermint Beehive by ASHLEY NAFTULE. Metropolitan Arts Institute, Space 55, Phoenix, AZ

Selena and Judy Go Dancing by ASHLEY NAFTULE. Metropolitan Arts Institute, Space55, Phoenix, AZ

And Then We Were No More by TIM BLAKE NELSON. La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club, New York NY

BUM BUM by DAVE OSMUNDSEN. HERE Arts Center, New York, NY

that drive thru monterey by MATTHEW PAUL OLMOS. Stages Houston, Houston, TX

November 4 by DANNY PALLER and MYRA NOVECK. Universalist National Memorial Church, Voices Festival Productions, Washington, DC

The Life You Gave Me by NOVID PARSI. Boise Contemporary Theater, Boise, ID

Eclipsed: The Sun, The Moon, and Gladys Atkinson Sweet by D. L. PATRICK. Theatre Nova, Ann Arbor, MI

A Christmas Carol for Edgar Allan Poe by ZAC PENSOL. Motor House, National Edgar Allan Poe Theatre, Baltimore, MD

A Mother’s Shadow by BETH POLSKY. Davidson/Valentini Theatre, Neo Ensemble Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

A Driving Beat by JORDAN RAMIREZ PUCKETT. TheatreWorks Silicon Valley,  Mountain View, CA

¡VOS! by CHRISTINA PUMARIEGA. The Marion Huber Theater, Two River Theater, Red Bank, NJ

Overdue and A Christmas Presence by FELIX RACELIS. Jack Shoes Building, Simi Valley, CA

Working Girl book by THERESA REBECK, music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper. La Jolla Playhouse, La Jolla, CA

A Bodega Princess Remembers La Fiesta de los Reyes by IRAISA ANN REILLY. Ensemble Studio Theatre, Lucille Lortel Theatre, and Latinx Playwrights Circle, New York, NY

Straddle by HARRISON RIVERS. Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, CA

↓D←R←O←W←N←E←R [RENWORD] by NIA AKILAH ROBINSON. NextStop Theatre, Herndon, VA

50 First Dates book, music, and lyrics by STEVE ROSEN and David Rossmer. The Other Place, London, GBR

Lilly and the Pirates by BRETT RYBACK. Stage One, Louisville, KY 

Tragedy Sound by KAREN SAARI. New Works @ The Works, Playhouse on the Square, Memphis, TN

Winter by MARK SCHARF. Theatre Rocks, Ennis, TX

ReCON$truXion by ROBERT SCHENKKAN. Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Montgomery, AL

Plantation Black by PHAEDRA MICHELLE SCOTT. InterAct Theatre, Philadelphia, PA

Kid Detective by WESTON SCOTT. Roaming Gnome Theatre, Shifted Lens Theatre Company, Aurora, CO

Manifest Pussy by SHAKINA. Diversionary Theatre, San Diego, CA

What We Did Before Our Moth Days by WALLACE SHAWN. Greenwich House Theater, New York, NY 

The First Lady of Television by JAMES SHERMAN. Northlight Theatre, Skokie, IL;

The Rocket Men by CRYSTAL SKILLMAN. Phoenix Theatre Cultural Centre, Indianapolis, IN; Synchronicity Theatre, Atlanta, GA; Angels Theatre Company, Lincoln, NE

Dr. Biscotti & the Human Condition by LISA SOLAND. Knoxville Convention Center, Theater23, Knoxville, TN

Inspired: A Drama With Music by LISA SOLAND. The Hub at West Park, KARM (Downtown Knoxville), Ben Atchley, Jamestown Convention Center, All Original Theatre Arts, Knoxville, TN

PAT (The one-person play on the life of Coach Pat Summitt!) by LISA SOLAND. Old City Performing Arts Center, All Original Theatre Arts, Knoxville, TN

Cowboys and East Indians by MATTHEW SPANGLER and Nina McConigley. Singleton Theatre, Denver Center for the Performing Arts, Denver, CO

Gillnetting by SC STOWE. Hudson Valley MOCA, Studio Theater in Exile, Peekskill, NY

My Mother and The Michigan/Ohio War by PAUL STROILI.Purple Rose Theatre, Purple Rose Theatre Company, Chelsea, MI

The Ceremony by MFONISO UDOFIA.Joan & Edgar Booth Theatre, CHUANG Stage, in partnership with Boston University School of Theatre and Boston Playwrights’ Theatre, Boston, MA

The Moderate by KEN URBAN.Central Square Theater, Cambridge, MA

HMong Futures: The Future of Us by KATIE KA VANG.Theater Mu, Minneapolis, MN 

The Matriarchs by LIBA VAYNBERG.Theaterlab, New York

The World to Come by ALI VITERBI.Theater J and Woolly Mammoth Theatre, Washington, DC

The Burning Cauldron of Fiery Fire by ANNE WASHBURN.Vineyard Theatre, New York, NY

Chekhov at the Cemetery by ROM WATSON.Davidson/Valentini Theatre, NEO Ensemble Theatre, Los Angeles, CA

Holmes and Watson at Breakfast by ROM WATSON.Rosemary Branch Theatre, KDC Theatre, London, GBR

The Monkeyshine Frolic by MELANIE WEHRMACHER.The Hive Collaborative, St. Paul, MN

The Happiness Gym by KEN WEITZMAN.Mixed Blood, Minneapolis, MN

AJAX by HABIB YAZDI.Boise Contemporary Theater, Boise, ID

Bleeding Hearts by STEVE YOCKEY.Theatrical Outfit, Atlanta, GA

Dada Teen Musical: The Play by MAURY ZEFF.The Berkeley City Club, Central Works, Berkeley, CA

Antigone (This Play I Read In High School) by ANNA ZIEGLER. Barbaralee Theater, Public Theater, New York, NY