Hosted annually by The Phoenix Theatre Company, the Richard P. Stahl Festival of New American Theatre amplifies new voices and expands the canon of American theatre. The 2026 Festival will continue honoring our longstanding commitment to the development of new works, playwrights, and performers, and include a variety of events that allow artists of all kinds to see their work come alive onstage. Next year’s festival will run from January 9th to January 25th. It will feature: a play reading, two musical readings, two Composer Lyricist Cabarets, a Choreography Lab, a 24-hour Theatre Project, Design Panels, a collaboration with Spotlight Youth Theatre for our First Draft Series: Young Playwrights, and the introduction of a new event - [title to be determined]: An Improvised Musical. This is an opportunity to witness how a production goes from the page to the stage!