2026 New Works Festival
Photo caption: Meghan Ames as the Lady and Riley Gene as the Attendant, in Carmilla, part of the 2024 New Works Festival. Photo by Kirk Hostetter.
About
The Shattered Glass Project (TSGP) is thrilled to announce the 2026 New Works Festival (November 5-22) as part of our ongoing Incubator/Mentor Program (I/M).
The I/M provides Seattle-area theatre artists the tools and relationships essential to creating and maintaining a safe, inclusive, anti-racist, and consent-based space for creating theatre. Through this initiative, TSGP empowers artists who have been marginalized on the basis of gender, including but not limited to cis and trans women, non-binary folks, and trans-masculine+trans-feminine folks.
As part of the I/M, the 2026 New Works Festival: New Voices, New Narratives is a three-week festival featuring four new plays by local playwrights. Selected playwrights and directors will collaborate in the full production process, from casting to design to rehearsals and closing night strike.
Initial decisions will be made the week of TK 2026 and will be communicated by email only.
Questions: Email us at info@shatteredglassproject.org.
Meet-and-Greet Event - New Works Festival Networking BBQ
Date & Time: June 6, 2026, 3:00-5:00 PM
Location : MLK FAME Center, 3201 E. Republican St., Seattle 98112
Join us for a special meet-and-greet to learn more, see the performance space, get answers to your questions, and meet potential collaborators. Free to attend, but registration required. Space is limited, so sign up today. We’ll provide the food and drink, you provide the creative talent!
Eligibility
TSGP is currently accepting applications from playwrights, directors, and playwright- director teams interested in participating. The New Works Festival (NWF) produces new plays that have not yet had a full production. Scripts that have received a full production or are currently being workshopped by another company are not eligible for this program.
Geographic Requirements:
The 2026 New Works Festival is dedicated to supporting and advancing the work of theatre artists in Washington State; particularly the Puget Sound region. All artists, including playwrights, are expected to participate in the rehearsal and performance process in person at TSGP’s space in Seattle. TSGP provides a royalty but cannot assist with transportation or housing costs.
Festival Schedule:
Application opens: Tuesday, May 26
Application deadline: Sunday, June 15
Selections finalized: week of July 6
Casting: late-July - early Aug
Rehearsals: early September - October
Festival: November 5-22 (Thurs - Sun performances)
TSGP Provides:
Casting: TSGP will organize and host one weekend of general auditions and one weekend of callbacks. While artists are welcome to invite and cast actors they know, all directors selected to participate are expected to attend generals (playwright attendance is optional but encouraged).
Creative: TSGP provides a stage management team and designers in primary areas (set, costumes, lights, sound). Additional designers (intimacy, fights, puppets, etc) will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Playwrights and directors are welcome to suggest designers.
Rehearsals: TSGP provides rehearsal space at MLK FAME Center (3201 E. Republican St, Seattle, WA 98112). Participants may secure additional rehearsal space on their own if they choose and/or have access to other spaces. TSGP does not reimburse.
Performances: Each production will receive five or six performances at TSGP’s space, depending on final repertory rotation schedule. Playwrights may choose to include post-show audience discussions. TSGP will facilitate those conversations in collaboration with the playwright’s desired goals.
Post-production: Playwrights and directors will receive a video recording of performance for their portfolios. TSGP will also send a post-festival participant survey.
Stipends: ($480) playwrights, $480 (directors), $400 (actors), and $400 (designers, per show) paid at the conclusion of the festival.
Application Requirements:
Are you applying as a playwright, director, or playwright-director team?
Artist Bio (100 words max)
Resume (PDF format)
Artistic Statement of Work (250 words max)
Script (Playwrights only; PDF format - see details below)
Optional: Headshot (PNG or JPG format)
Script Requirements (playwrights or playwright-director teams only)
New plays that have not yet had a full production. Scripts that have received a full production or are currently being workshopped by another company are not eligible for this program.
Include your name, play title, and page numbers in the header or footer of the script.
Include a cover sheet with your name, contact information, and script title. Scripts submitted without this cover sheet will not be considered.
PDF format only.
Contact information will be used only for communication and program information from The Shattered Glass Project. We will not share your contact info or script beyond TSGP staff and board members without your approval.
Deadline for applications: Sunday, June 15, 2026.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. You may be invited for an interview. Initial decisions will be made the week of June 22, 2026 and will be communicated by email only.
Questions: Email us at info@shatteredglassproject.org.