Playwrights Horizons

Playwrights Horizons is a writer's theater committed to the support and development of contemporary American playwrights, composers, and lyricists, and to the production of their new work.

In a city rich with cultural offerings, Playwrights Horizons' mission is unique. Playwrights has set itself apart through the caliber of its work and its unwavering commitment to the voice of the American writer. It is a mission that is always relevant, and it is necessary to the future of the American theater.

Productions (38)

68
Middling
13 Reviews
Opens Apr 11
NYC: Midtown W

A wild, farcical tragedy that happily flips turns the human quest for self-discovery upside down.

59
Middling
85 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W
Two siblings establish a community for themselves in a dangerous world.
69
Middling
43 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W

A new play by Mia Chung about two families opening their homes up to change.

71
Good
101 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W

Will Arbery returns to Playwrights Horizons after 2019's acclaimed Heroes of the Fourth Turning.

75
Good
50 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W

Chronicles a decade of life during war, as best friends forever become friends long lost.

72
Good
92 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W

Two characters are trapped in a minstrel show. They have a plan to get out, get bank, and get even.

80
Great
59 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W

A new thriller tracking the human cost of immigration policy.

88
Excellent
8 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W

A ritual that bears witness to the physical and spiritual deaths of Black people.

83
Great
119 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W

Playwrights Horizons presents Daniel Goldstein and Michael Friedman’s sweeping, elegiac musical about a…

78
Good
117 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W

Playwright Lucas Hnath returns returns to Playwrights Horizons with a story about a friendship between two…

73
Good
177 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W

Will Arbery's ("Plano") new drama offers an exploration of a country at war with itself, through its story of…

68
Middling
75 Reviews
Closed
NYC: Midtown W

The author of "Men in Boats" returns to Playwrights Horizons with a new comedy that tracks and subverts…

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