#WeWomen Play Festival 2026
About This Event
OUR FALL FEST IS BACK, BABES, and six bold new plays are taking center stage.
The 2026 WeWomen Play Festival is three days of staged readings, new feminist work, and opportunities to meet theatre artists. Before readings and talkbacks, we’ll host networking events for artists and audiences to connect, talk shop, and maybe find their next collaborator.
Save and see ALL the readings AND networking events with our 3 Day Pass!
Meet the 2026 WeWomen lineup:
Holy Smoke by Brandy Victoria
Directed by Stephanie Mattos
Paradise by Lauren M. Gunderson
Directed by Julia Farrell Diefenbach
COUNTESS JOSEPHINE AND LADY PHILOMENA du BOURBON TRY TO HIDE A BODY by Samantha Hurley
Directed by Kayla Menz
White Thorn of Color by Sonja Lynn Mata
Directed by Dinah Berkeley
The Tenants by Zeyy Fawaz
Directed by Zoë Nisam
Woman’s Work by Elenna Stauffer
Directed by Denise Yvette Serna
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