Celebrating Emerging Playwrights

Three days of bold new plays, conversations, and artistic discovery featuring emerging playwrights and innovative theatrical storytelling.

Join us  for the New Horizons Play Reading Festival, a three-day celebration of bold new work and the culmination of The People’s Theatre’s 2026 Playwrights Unit. Since August, playwrights Jaya S. Basu, Isabelle Fereshteh Sanatdar Stevens, and Andrew Aaron Valdez have been developing original plays through workshops, mentorship, and creative collaboration. Now, they’re ready to share their work with you!

Bangaru by Jaya S. Basu — December 4, 2026  3:00 PM & 7:30 PM

Following the death of their matriarch, three generations of Telugu women gather to go through the jewelry she left behind. As they sort through her belongings, they discover the jewelry, stories, secrets, and pieces of family history they may inherit.