Press Box Theater presents 2026 New Playwrights Festival

The Press Box Theater is proud to present the 2026 New Playwrights Festival, a curated showcase of emerging and established voices featuring staged readings of original works in development. This festival is designed to give audiences an inside look at exciting new plays while offering playwrights a professional, supportive environment to hear their work in front of a live audience.

All readings are book-in-hand staged readings and are followed by short audience talkbacks.

Carole’s Christmas by Emma Palzere-Raewas selected for Day 2 of the Festival, which takes place in Southbury, CT.