The New York Theater Festival 2025/26 Fall/Winterfest Festival Awards Ceremony NOMINEES IN GREEN WINNERS IN RED FALL/WINTER THEATER FESTIVAL 2025 BEST PRODUCTION WINNER $3,500 A Tie GHOST LIGHT – by Matthew Gurren and LEAVES – by Victor Vauban …
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O: A NEW ODYSSEY FOR GAY AND WOMEN WHO LOVE THEM
* by Anastas Varinos * * * * THURSDAY July 30, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY August 1, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY August 2, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Odysseus, but make it gay. Classics professor Oscar never planned to be a hero. Newly out after a five-year marriage, he navigates awkward Grindr …
HARD KNOCK DYKE: THE ONLY LESBIAN IN GRADE 7
* by Jill Saperstein * WEDNESDAY July 29, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY July 31, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY August 2, 2026 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Set in a 2016 middle school drama club, Margo is the first student to publicly come out. In a pitiful attempt to be “woke” her drama director is inspired to …
FORWARD LIVING
* by Nora Butler * WEDNESDAY July 29, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY July 31, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY August 2, 2026 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb On the verge of a mysterious operation that will ultimately transition him into the body of his cat, Mr Bronner spends his last human day with his young neighbor, …
LET’S ROB DREW BARRYMORE’S HOUSE
* by Young Douglas * * * * TUESDAY July 28, 2026 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY July 31, 2026 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY August 1, 2026 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb Let’s Rob Drew Barrymore’s House is a haunted heist comedy where five broke friends use a YouTube Architectural Digest Tour to break into America’s …
FIVE SECONDS OF BLUE
* by Brandon Marchand and MC Bodden* * * * MONDAY July 27, 2026 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY July 29, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY August 1, 2026 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb FIVE SECONDS OF BLUE is a story that commemorates the feat of survival of a mid-western non-binary teen who wears their heart on their …
REVELATION
* by David Cardenas and Carmen García-Herranz. English version by Sofía Espinosa and Jaylen Taylor. * THURSDAY July 23, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY July 25, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY July 26, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb One night in a park, under a streetlamp and fueled by cheap beer, V and K …
THE DELIVERY
* by Vincenzo DiPasquale * THURSDAY July 23, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY July 25, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY July 26, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Bill and Letti are recently not-married. In the process of Letti moving out, Bill surprises her with a baby! THIS SHOW IS 10 MINUTES …
SWIM
* by Jewel Victor * THURSDAY July 23, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY July 25, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY July 26, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A play about 29 year old Rochelle Robinson taking matters into her own hands to find her son after discovering that her brother lost him. Her relationship with …
WHEN IN GOD’S COUNTRY, HIDE IN THE CLOSET
* by Michael Thomas Cain * THURSDAY July 23, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY July 25, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY July 26, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb While Francis and Honoré attempt to enjoy each other’s company in the Bible belt, they're careful to hide at a corner table of a restaurant on a Monday …
A TRULY ORIGINAL IDEA
* by Ava Roberts and Shahar Clay Herzberg * THURSDAY July 23, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY July 25, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY July 26, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A man comes up with the first truly original idea. The catch: every time he shares it with someone, their head actually explodes. He …
FAULT LINES
* by Jonathan Marquez * THURSDAY July 23, 2026 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY July 25, 2026 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY July 26, 2026 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Fault Lines follows a couple navigating the messy space between relationships, intimacy, and emotional boundaries. With humor and honesty, the play explores …
GOD DOG
* by Dylan Lee * WEDNESDAY July 22, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY July 24, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY July 26, 2026 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb While waiting for their dog at the vet, a young owner is surprised to see their dog approach them on two legs! While given the time they have before the appointment …
LADIES
* by Lisa Naso * WEDNESDAY July 22, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY July 24, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY July 26, 2026 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A fast paced, dark comedy about a mother and her two grown daughters attempting to leave the house for a funeral on time, without killing each other. THIS …
SNAZZY
* by Joe Staton * * * * TUESDAY July 21, 2026 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY July 22, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY July 25, 2026 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb When a young single mother begins painting children’s faces at a holiday camp in 1980s Britain, she has no idea she’s starting a global phenomenon. Based …
CAIN AND ABEL
* by Hassan Hassan * * * * TUESDAY July 21, 2026 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY July 24, 2026 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY July 25, 2026 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb A parody of the existential crisis first come down in that sneakily surrealistic parable of 'Cain and Abel'. I would like the actors, as well as the …
THE HOPELESS PART: CONFESSIONS OF A ROMANTIC MAN
* by Kimmi Curcio - Directed by Tj Moore II * * * * TUESDAY July 21, 2026 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY July 24, 2026 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY July 25, 2026 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb Dr. James Morgan is a therapist married to his job. He has a fascination for a simpler time of romance, tradition, art, and …
REPARATIONS
* by Vincent R. Parker * * * * MONDAY July 20, 2026 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY July 22, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY July 25, 2026 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Inside a long retired Knights of Columbus that has been converted into a social club, three friends in their fifties are operating a swag operation …
THE EMERALD STAR OF DAVID
* by Bruce D Sisler * MONDAY July 20, 2026 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY July 24, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY July 26, 2026 @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb A Neil Simon-style comedy about two seasoned citizens who fall in love in an assisted living facility. When their relationship is threatened by their adult …
TAKE WHAT YOU WANT FROM ME
* by Mason Lee * THURSDAY July 16, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY July 18, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY July 19, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Jo Hitch has planned everything to a tee. However, her life is upended when she meets a new friend. THIS SHOW IS 90 MINUTES LONG THIS …
OBJECTIVE A NEW PLAY
* by Donovan Shaw * * * * THURSDAY July 16, 2026 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY July 18, 2026 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY July 19, 2026 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb What if the things you use every day were paying attention? This episodic play that centers the deeply human anthropomorphic voices of the everyday …
PEARL: A TALE OF TENEMENT LOVE
* by Michael Cala * WEDNESDAY July 15, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY July 17, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY July 19, 2026 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Time: Fall, 1970. Place: A lower Manhattan tenement apartment. A young woman who identifies with Janis Joplin finally realizes that dedication to serving her …
CANTO 250: A COMEDY IN 4TH PERSON
* by George Krajca * WEDNESDAY July 15, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY July 17, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY July 19, 2026 @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb A 75 year old NEA grant recipient is interviewed in his home by a 29 year old lawyer representing the DOGE. He is informed that his grant will not be honored, …