Playwrights Horizons names 2026-27 Off-Broadway season and more

The nonprofit theatre company has named nine productions premiering between fall 2026 and spring 2028, including six in its upcoming season.

Summary

• Playwrights Horizons has named six productions in its 2026-27 season and three more for the following season
• All 2026-27 productions will take place in the nonprofit company's home theatre on 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan

Playwrights Horizons has set nine upcoming productions opening off Broadway between fall 2026 and spring 2028.

Fall 2026 begins with Else Went's Degenerates, directed by Emma Rosa Went. The show dives into the extreme side of male loneliness, following an insular online community of self-described "incels" and the conversations that stoke a deep, shared self-hatred that turns into simply hatred.

Next in the fall is Christina Anderson’s the ripple, the wave that carried me home, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene. The show follows Janice, the daughter of civil rights activists from whom she distanced herself as she grew up. But when she must speak at a ceremony honoring her father, she must reckon with her family legacy and the political inheritance her parents have left her.

The final show of fall 2026 is the new musical comedy Hole!, written by American Sing-Song (Jake Brasch and Nadja Leonhard-Hooper) and directed by RJ Tolan. In the aftermath of an apocalyptic event called “The Great Sucking” — involving a fanatical, butt-plug-wearing religious sect — best friends Luke and Connor embark on a holy mission to complete God's work and discover a wild new world in the process.

In winter 2027, Playwrights Horizons will present the musical allegory Wold Meteor, written by Kate Attwell with songs by Sunder Ganglani and directed by Dustin Wills. When a massive stone falls into Emory Miller’s farm, his fellow townspeople are divided by fear and poverty at the hands of the wealthy few in the wake of the event.

Playwrights's spring 2027 production is T. Adamson's The Annunciation, directed by Miranda Cornell. The show follows three generations of Mexican American women — plus visions of demons and angels — in the story of a woman returning home to care for her dying grandmother.

The final show in the 2026-27 season is Feast of Rabbits, the latest work by writer/director Aleshea Harris, who recently hit the big screen with the film adaptation of her play Is God Is. Feast of Rabbits follows the Forsythes, a family who moves into a seemingly abandoned, idyllic town only to reckon with the bloody history buried deep in its soil. Performances begin in summer 2027.

Three additional productions have been announced for the 2027-28 season. First is Miss Step, a dance comedy musical about an ordinary transgender woman whose estranged father's death opens her up to his secrets — and the world of competitive aerobics. The book and lyrics are by Kit Yan and Melissa Li, music is by Li, direction is by Connor Gallagher, and choreography is by Gallagher and Jay Jackson.

An untitled work by the dance duo Monica Bill Barnes and Robbie Saenz de Viteri is next, about the small and often forgettable moments that happen on New York City sidewalks.

The final show to be announced is a new play named for its creator, downtown theatre artist Narcissister, and directed by Lucas Hnath. Narcissister intertwines dance, visual art, lo-fi magic, and an original score to pull back the curtain on its title artist — or does it?

Additional information about all the above productions, including exact run dates and additional cast and creative team members, have yet to be announced.