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Previous Cohorts: Reading Series
Theatre Write Now's playwrighting cohort process results in an annual staged reading series available to the public! Previous shows can be found on this page, and when tickets go on sale in 2026, they'll be found here!
We proudly allow playwrights to see and learn from their program generated work being rehearsed and performed for the first time!
Follow @theatrewritenow on Instagram to stay up to date
and learn when new readings will go on sale.
Tickets are limited, pay-what-you-want, and go fast!
(Tickets can be free if that's what you can afford!)
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Previous Events
Sat, Jun 28Balance Arts Center, Room 1Tickets are on sale now! Summary: Ball Power is a ridiculous and madcap comedy about money, family, and breaking free. Written by Charlie Tynan Directed by Gav Peters
Sat, Jun 21Balance Arts Center, Room 1Tickets on sale now! Summary: A celebration of folk music and folklorists, and the unsettling intersection between preservation and cultural imperialism. Written by Maddie Nguyen Directed by David Kahawaii IV
Sat, Jun 14Balance Arts Center, Room 1Tickets on sale now! Summary: It's the late nineties, and local high schooler and aspiring filmmaker Rory Matherson is on a mission to make Batman cool again. What follows is a chaotic journey that tests the limits of friendship. Written by Harrison Campbell Directed by Alex Kopnick
Sat, Jun 07Balance Arts Center, Room 1Tickets on sale now! Summary: The Bear Family is known for two things: they never take off their bear suits, and they’re even wilder beneath the fur. Written by Jen Jarnagin Directed by Abbey Burgess
Sat, May 31Balance Arts Center, Room 1Tickets are on sale now! Summary: Dear Susie, takes us into the life and death of poet-recluse Emily Dickinson, who, in a rare display of hospitality, welcomes us into her private world, sharing her joys, triumphs, fears, and her greatest love, Sue. Written by Nicole LeBlanc Directed by Maya Shore
Sat, May 24Balance Arts Center, Room 1Tickets on sale now! Summary: A disgraced theater artist is asked to help a young man avoid jail time as they both discover how one statement can change your life. Written by Jonathan G Galvez Directed by Camila Rozo
Sat, May 17Balance Arts Center, The WalterTickets on sale now! Summary: The Area Between Us is an intimate, space-themed parking lot epic about connection, closure, and the mysteries that pull us towards the stars. Written by Ashlyn Frank Directed by Natalia Lee
Sat, May 10Balance Arts Center, Room 1Tix on sale now! Summary: Seventeen-year-old Abby is obsessed with World of Love, the wildly popular reality dating show, but when she steps into the villa she finds herself caught in a world that’s carefully constructed and dangerously real. Written by Georgia Wright Directed by Cameron King
Sat, May 03Balance Arts Center, Room 1Tix on-sale Today! Summary: On Amber's last night in town, she invites all of her friends to an open mic. But, once the past takes center stage, the night begins to unravel. Written by Sam Wood Directed by Randall Simmons
Sat, Apr 26Balance Arts Center, Room 1Tix on-sale now! Summary: Sam and Francis are two besties who live together in Bushwick. After a divine intervention, the two find themselves with a renewed vigor for life and a holy calling. Where these paths will lead them... only God knows. Written by Chidube Egbo Directed by Kayla Amani
Sat, Jun 29East Village BasementThis event is closed to the public. Summary: Let Light Like Blood is about a grandmother in grief. It is set in a world that is totally dark. The only way we get light is from milking fireflies. Written by Steven San Luis Directed by Logan Gabrielle Schulman and Steven San Luis
Sat, Jun 22East Village BasementTickets go on Sale May 27th! Summary: Claudia is selected for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to be one of three medical volunteers for a new technology that has the ability to swap your body with anyone else's. Written by Magpie Park Directed by Annabel Heacock
Sat, Jun 15East Village BasementTickets go on sale May 20th! Summary: When Angela takes off work for the week to move across the hall into her new apartment, she miraculously opens fortune cookies to find bizarrely unpleasant visitors fall out. Written by Nina Slowinski Co-directed by Alex Kopnick and Nina Slowinski
Sat, Jun 08East Village BasementSummary: An unexplained drowsiness has fallen over American women, leaving them unable to sustain their romantic relationships. Married couple, Davide and Meadow, go on a perilous journey of separation through their Kafkaesque reality. Directed by BT Hayes Written by Louisa Nickel
Sat, Jun 01East Village BasementTickets go on sale May 6th! Summary: Late Night at the Mad Lion Studios is a fast-paced screwball comedy about the making of a screwball comedy, on the eve of a decision that had decades-long consequences on Hollywood. Written by Nell Quinn-Gibney Directed by Michael Tricca
Sat, May 25East Village BasementTickets are on sale now! Summary: On the eve of his twenty-third birthday and the New Year, the ever-anxious and high-strung Magnus is thrust into a surprise party he never wanted inside his shoebox apartment. What could go wrong? Written by Rhys Samuel Washington Directed by Kellie M. Beck
Sat, May 18East Village BasementTickets go on sale April 22nd! Summary: The stars have gone missing. A group of strangers find themselves in a field. They realize each of them has unexplainable scabs and that their guts have guided them here. Mysteries lie beneath the soil. Written by Dom Martello Directed by Mackenna Goodrich
Sat, May 11East Village BasementTickets go on sale April 15th! Summary: Adam and Steve are a totally normal couple. It just so happens they live in the Garden of Eden at the beginning of time and are supposed to populate the entire earth. Written by Eric Murphy Directed by Amina Khelif
Harry's Show
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