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The Plays
2025 – 2026

Six of the most thrilling, relevant, and unforgettable new plays in America today—
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Zelda in the Backyard

by Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Preseason Summer Slam
July–August 2025

In this funny, big-hearted new play, a wrecked Rolls-Royce named Zelda sends Libby on an unforgettable journey through family secrets, Alabama roots, and the messy road to forgiveness.
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Covenant

by York Walker
Southeast Regional Premiere
October 2025

In the heat of the Deep South, a missing guitarist reappears a blues legend, and the town’s whispered fears of a devil’s deal ignite a reckoning far more dangerous than anyone imagined.
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Eureka Day

by Jonathan Spector
Southeast Regional Premiere
November–December 2025

At Eureka Day School, where every decision must please everyone, a health crisis exposes just how fast, and hilariously, progressive ideals can unravel.
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McNeal

by Ayad Akhtar
Southeast Regional Premiere
January–February 2026

Pulitzer Prize winner Ayad Akhtar delivers a thrillingly vicious portrait of genius, ambition, and betrayal, as a literary icon faces down old grudges, new technology, and the price of his own myth.
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Gaslight

by Steven Dietz
Southeast Regional Premiere
March 2026

A heart-pounding, haunting classic for the new age, Gaslight twists reality into a nightmare as a young wife fights to escape the dark grip of manipulation.
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The Ocean We Swim In

by Brad Erickson
World Premiere
April–May 2026

Set in the haunting beauty of the Lowcountry, this razor-sharp new play dives into ambition, art, and survival, where reputations are weapons and secrets threaten to drown everyone.
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