Returning after a high-energy inaugural year, Babelfest showcases new and developing plays as part of a 4-day festival that centers bold voices and fearless experimentation. Because the future of theatre doesn’t wait for a mainstage slot. It explodes onto the scene.

Big heart. Big songs. Big joy. Set during the Great Depression, this beloved musical, one of the most recognizable titles in the American canon, follows an irrepressibly optimistic young orphan who finds hope, family, and possibility in unexpected places. With its warmth, humor, and iconic score, Annie reminds us of the power of resilience and […]

Some dreams are too powerful to stay deferred. Lorraine Hansberry’s landmark play centers on the Younger family as they wrestle with dreams, sacrifice, and the meaning of dignity while deciding how and where to build their future. Deeply human and urgently relevant, this play is as moving now as ever. Theatre that sparks conversation long […]

Imagine a show where even the actors don’t know who they’ll play. From the author of Purpose, the winner of the 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Everybody is a contemporary, playful adaptation of the medieval morality play Everyman. This play asks what truly matters at the end of a life. With a nightly lottery determining […]

You’ll never hear plumbing jokes the same way again. Set in a drought-ravaged city where private toilets are illegal, this Tony Award–winning musical uses satire and an infectious score to explore power, inequality, and collective responsibility. Urinetown balances broad comedy with sharp social critique and offers an entertaining entry point to big questions about justice […]