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About The Festival

PlayLabs is a can’t-miss event for theater leaders and new play enthusiasts in the Twin Cities and across the country.  Three playwrights partner with teams of artistic collaborators for an extended workshop of exciting new plays. The festival also offers a showcase to our current fellows, giving them a chance to share excerpts of bold, brand-new work. 

We invite audiences into the development process through two in-person readings of each play and by making video recordings of the readings available online.

The Plays

HELP! HELP! WANT. WANT. WANT.
by JuCoby Johnson
Affiliated Writer

AUTOREFRACT
by Cristina Luzárraga
Core Writer

STUPID LITTLE FIRE
by Yilong Liu
Affiliated Writer

FELLOWS SHOWCASE
featuring work by the 2025-26 cohort of Playwrights’ Center fellows including:
Marge J. Buckley, Vinecia Coleman, Michelle de Joya, Gemma Irish, C.A. Johnson, Bianca Nkwonta, Skye Reddy, J. Isabel Salazar, and Sharifa Yazmeen.