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Playwrights' Center is thrilled to announce its 2026-27 public season of staged readings: ten brilliant new plays across three differently focused programs, launching December 7!

Read the full announcement and reserve tickets on our website! (link in bio)

Producing Artistic Director Nicole A. Watson sees the season announcement as an exciting opportunity to welcome the public to the Center. “This year will take us into the past, present, future, and the world beyond…from K-POP to 20th century seances. These incredible playwrights are bringing their unique voices to the Center for a season that offers something for everyone. We are beyond excited to welcome audiences into the process and witness this exciting new work move from page to stage.”

THE 2026-27 PUBLIC SEASON:

RUTH EASTON NEW PLAY SERIES

THEY SAY HEARING IS THE LAST SENSE TO GO
By Maya Macdonald, Core Writer
December 7-8

GUNNER
By Jasmine Sharma, Core Writer
March 8-9

EAT THE RICH
By Gemma Irish, Affiliated Writer
April 5-6

ayóó'áníínísh'ní
By Blossom Johnson, Core Writer
May 10-11

IN THE LAB

A TRAIN UNLOADS ITS SORROWS
By b Dang, Affiliated Writer
January 15

GUNS IN TREES
By Brandy N. Carie, Core Writer
February 5

PHENOMENON
By elle thoni, Affiliated Writer
February 19

FRIDAYS@4

SING FOR ME
By Cris Eli Blak, Core Writer
March 26

HEDDA AND GEORGE
By Sandra Daley-Sharif, Core Writer
April 30

LOOM
By Charlie Oh, Core Writer
May 21 by @pwcenter

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Check out our programs page for more information about each fellowship, your eligibility, information sessions, and how to apply!
(Link in bio)

We’re accepting applications for the following programs:

Jerome Fellowships
DEADLINE: December 3, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Many Voices Fellowships
DEADLINE: December 3, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

Many Voices Mentorship
DEADLINE: December 3, 2026 at 11:59 p.m.

McKnight National Residency & Commission
DEADLINE: January 14, 2027 at 11:59 p.m.

McKnight Fellowships in Playwriting
DEADLINE: January 14, 2027 at 11:59 p.m.

Core Writer
DEADLINE: January 27, 2027 at 11:59 p.m.

McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships
DEADLINE: March 25, 2027 at 11:59 p.m.

*Application deadlines are in Central Time. by @pwcenter

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Solo performance—why do it? What can it do that few other forms can? Join us for our next in-person class Writing for the Solo Performer with McKnight Fellow in Playwriting MK Tuomanen!

Students will examine different works of solo performance and apply the principles they encounter therein to their own work. They will confront themselves playfully, writing from a place of honesty and vulnerability that celebrates experimentation and encourages bold artistic gestures.

Plus, students will leave the class having written the beginnings of several options for a one-act performance, any of which could be expanded into a full draft!

Class starts October 26

Learn more and register on our website! (Link in bio) by @pwcenter

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This one’s for the writer-performers!

Under instructor MK’s guidance, together students will consider the questions of how to cast the audience, how trustworthy to make the narrator(s), how poetry, character and rhythm can be helpful tools, as well as gauging the writer’s fluctuating distance to the material and the listener as the story unfolds.

Leave the class with several written options for a one-act performance, any of which could be expanded into a full draft of a solo show.

Class starts October 26.

Register at the link in our bio!

In-person class
WRITING FOR THE SOLO PERFORMER
Instructed by MK Tuomanen

“This was an incredible class for jumpstarting my brain and energizing my writing. My instructor was encouraging and inspiring, and my fellow classmates were talented and interesting.”
—Student of Writing for the Solo Performer, November 2024 by @pwcenter

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3 workshop slots left! Present and workshop a song-in-progress or simply attend to learn and observe.

In this Musical Theater Songwriting masterclass, join collaborators composer-lyricist Alex Bechtel and lyricist Aaron Ricciardi for an exploration of your new songs. Students will respond to each other’s work, and Alex and Aaron will help guide songwriters toward the show they aim to write.

In-person at Playwrights’ Center
October 31

Register at the link in bio! by @pwcenter

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Hey, Twin Cities actors! General auditions for Playwrights’ Center’s 2026-27 season will be held October 22, 23, and 26.

Actors are critical to the new play development work we do. We cast over 300 roles in 55-60 workshops with Equity and non-Equity actors in an average year.

Visit our website for more information including how to request an audition and audition sides. Link in bio! by @pwcenter

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18 days ago

$25 tickets for artists and arts administrators! Students can attend for $10.

Join us at Playwrights’ Center for our first Artists in Conversation of the season with Tony Award-winner, actor, director, and playwright Ruben Santiago-Hudson.

Your ticket purchase directly supports us and our upcoming season.

Get tickets at the link in our bio!

“It all starts with the play. The work that Playwrights’ Center is doing in giving our writers a safe space for their art to bloom, is where it all begins.”
—Ruben Santiago-Hudson by @pwcenter

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25 days ago

UPDATE: This event has been postponed.

You are invited to our season announcement party October 8!

It’s been a big year. We have so much to be grateful for, and we’re ready to share what’s next.

Please join us for an evening to celebrate the first anniversary in our inspiring new home and our next chapter. Be the first to hear about the exciting playwrights and plays of our 2026-27 season, new and renewed partnerships, and plans for stewarding the future—at the Center.

6:45 p.m. Doors & bar open
7:30 p.m. Program
Post-Program Desserts & toasts

Whether you've known us for years, helped us open the doors to our new home, or are just discovering the Center, this event is for you.

Get tickets on our website! (Link in bio) by @pwcenter

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Don’t miss our conversation with Tony Award-winner Ruben Santiago-Hudson!

Ruben’s in town to direct KUNENE AND THE KING at the @guthrietheater and he’s stopping by Playwrights’ Center to talk with producing artistic director Nicole A. Watson.

Join us for refreshments and a wide-ranging conversation about all things theater, including a shared, deep connection to the work of August Wilson.

September 23 at 7:30 p.m.

Get tickets at the link in our bio!

About Ruben Santiago-Hudson:

In addition to his Tony-winning performance in August Wilson's SEVEN GUITARS, Ruben will direct a revival of the play at Lincoln Center Theater this fall. He received a Tony nomination for his performance in the Broadway revival of Wilson's JOE TURNER'S COME AND GONE, directed the Tony-winning Broadway revival of Wilson's JITNEY, and adapted MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM for Netflix.

Ruben's other directing credits include the world premieres of John Leguizamo's THE OTHER AMERICANS and John Kani's KUNENE AND THE KING, along with the Tony-nominated SKELETON CREW. His own play LACKAWANNA BLUES, which he wrote, directed, and starred in, made him the only person in Broadway history to do all three; its HBO adaptation won numerous awards. by @pwcenter

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In partnership with @northernstagevt and supported by the Helen Gurley Brown Theater Ventures Fund, please join us for a free staged reading of M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A by A. Van Jordan, adapted by abigail jean-baptiste.

Playwrights’ Center is proud to provide this valuable artistic support and development resources for theaters across the country to develop and refine new work for their stages.

Reserve your spot at the link in our bio!

About the play:

M-A-C-N-O-L-I-A
by A. Van Jordan
adapted by abigail jean-baptiste
dramaturgy by Sam Morreale

They say MacNolia Cox almost won The National Spelling Bee in 1936. They say this 13-year-old black girl from Akron, Ohio didn’t stand a chance in a segregated D.C. They say she died September 12th 1976, left discouraged and unmotivated by her loss. But what would she have to say about her own life and legacy? An ensemble of Black women and femmes gathers to imagine MacNolia’s perspective. A collaging of the award winning poetry collection by A. Van Jordan, this new play explores how we can be ready to spell our futures on our own terms. by @pwcenter

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Fall classes are here! We’re so excited our new space allows us to offer in-person classes and seminars alongside our online options this season.

Classes start in just a few weeks with online class Crafting a Musical Theater Treatment with Aaron Ricciardi and in-person class Jokes for Plays with Paul Kruse.

Explore all posted classes on our website, and be sure to register soon before they fill up! (Sign up link in bio) by @pwcenter

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Our first event of the 2026-27 season will feature the incomparable Ruben Santiago-Hudson in an extra-special Artists in Conversation event to benefit Playwrights’ Center!

Santiago-Hudson will be in the Twin Cities this fall directing The Guthrie’s production of John Kani’s Kunene and the King, and he’ll stop by Playwrights’ Center on September 23 at 7:30 p.m. to talk with Producing Artistic Director Nicole A. Watson.

This event will require a paid ticket to attend. Pricing accommodations will be made for artists and community members:

General Admission: $100 (includes $75 donation to Playwrights’ Center)
Artist Ticket: $25 (for playwrights and theater artists)

Get your tickets at the link in our bio! by @pwcenter

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