New Play Development

Each year, Broad Horizons invites playwrights to submit scripts for its new-plays series, called New Voices, New Plays, New York. Out of the many submissions we receive from around the world, we select those that demonstrate strong potential for engaging audiences; embody our commitment to distinctive voices, styles, and points of view; and incorporate innovative approaches in making theatre. Selected plays undergo a development process that culminates in a staged reading performed for a live audience in New York City. In this way, the company encourages and supports playwrights in developing their plays and brings professional recognition to their talent.

Following, is the list of plays that have participated in the company's new play development process.

Dolores, Who Now Knows Everything by Kathleen Culebro, June 29, 2026
Infidel by David Neipris, June 22, 2026
Marlowe by Simon Bowler, June 9, 2025
Jane, Queen's Foole by Barbara Blatner, June 2, 2025
All We Know Is Not Enough by Darcy Bruce, June 3, 2024
For a Brighter Tomorrow by Sophia Naylor, June 19, 2023
Rain on Fire by Karen Saari, May 9, 2022
Moderation by Kevin Kautzman, July 19, 2021
Hitch by James McLindon, July 15, 2019
Faith by James McLindon, June 30, 2014
The Next Big Thing by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, June 10, 2013
Tom Form and the Speed of Love by Gordon Pengilly, March 11, 2013
Mocha by Eleanor Burgess, June 16, 2012
Dead and Buried by James McLindon, July 18 2011
Matter of Judgment by Stan Kaplan, June 27, 2011
Closure by James McLindon, June 19, 2010
Flesh and Ghost by Gordon Pengilly, June 7, 2010
Still Life by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, June 29, 2009
Big City by Barbara Blumenthal-Ehrlich, April 27, 2009
Shortly After Takeoff by Stuart Warmflash, March 29, 2004
Cricket on the Hearth by Lowell Manfull, December 15, 2003
Evensong by Mary Gage, June 8 and 9, 2002
A Flaw in the Flue by Mark Dundas Wood, February 4, 2002
The Shortwave Man by John Orlock, October 29, 2001
Dance with Me by Jean Reynolds, September 24, 2001