Rooftop Readings

Bold new plays.

Early Career Artists.

Once in a lifetime moments.

Est. 2019

Rooftop Readings are a developmental space where new drafts of theatrical scripts meet live audiences in unique urban settings. We’ve presented 44 plays over eight summers, across two boroughs.

Read through our list and see where these plays have gone on to be developed.

2026

  • Summer of Deb by Catherine Bloom, directed by Molly Van Der Molen

  • Document Everything. Pluck Your Eyes Out. by James LaBella, directed by Matthew Antoci

  • Nancy by Sean Swenson, directed by Em Hausmann

  • Ni**a Nativity by Kenndall Wallace, directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps

  • The Machine by Magpie Park, directed by Samantha Toy Ozeas

  • Dog Song by Katie Myers, directed by Shaun Leisher

  • form.docx.pdf(2) by Lindsey Walko, directed by Harry Brooks

2025

  • Body Negative by Sarah Galante, directed by Lauren Zeftel

    • 2026 co-production; Broadway Bods and Breaking & Entering

  • Ensnared by Dom Martello, directed by Paul McGill

  • Oh Muffy! by Vincent Ireri Langan, directed by

  • The Ballad of Joan and Jane by Sarah Groustra, directed by Mackenna Goodrich

  • Crushed Bones (and other vices) by Kamila Boga, directed by Samantha Toy Ozeas

    • Williams College Department of Theatre

  • Mourning Doves [or the bird play] by Imani Russell, directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps

2024

  • In the Dream I was a Werewolf by Jan Rosenberg, directed by Alex Church-Gonzales

  • I’m Still There by Tori Lassman, directed by emily/BUBECK

  • Squishy Emotional Insides by Mehrnaz Tiv, directed by Sabina Sethi Unni

  • In Case of Bruising by Kamila Boga, directed by Sam Ozeas

    • The Road Theatre Company, Boise Contemporary Theater, Ashland New Play Festival, LAUNCH PAD at UC Santa Barbara Department of Theater and Dance

  • Waco Boy Club by Mack Lawrence, Directed by Logan Schulmann

    • Produced by National Queer Theater, 2026

2023

  • Cockroaches by Emma Schillage, Directed by Mackenna Goodrich

    • Residency; the cell 2024

    • Produced by Revolution Stage Company, 2026

  • Fishmeat by Esmé Maria Ng, Directed by Michelle Chan

    • Produced by SheNYC, 2024

  • Mikvah Girls by Emmy Weissman, Directed by Karma Masselli

    • Hollywood Fringe 2024

  • Sinister Sisters by M Sloth Levine, Directed by Annabel Heacock

  • It Was Nice Meeting You by Declan Zhang, Directed by Marissa Joyce Stamps

2022

  • Balancé by Audrey Lang, Directed by Sophie Enger

  • rachel, nv by jose sebastian alberdi, Directed by Caley Chase

    • Workshop, Eugene O'Neill Theater Center, 2026

    • Reading, New York Theatre Workshop 2026

    • Reading, South Coast Repertory (Pacific Playwrights Festival), 2025

    • Workshop, OrganizationPage 73, 2024

  • Jinkies! by Josiah Thomas Turner, directed by Margaret Lee

    • Produced by Vortex Summer Youth Theatre 2025

  • 11 Weeks of Nuclear Summer by Sophie McIntosh, Directed by Nina Goodheart

    • Reading, Columbia University 2024

    • University of Michigan - RC Players, 2024

    • University of Notre Dame, 2022

  • A Sign That You Were Alive by Rebecca Kane, Directed by Emily Jeppesen

2021

  • Sway by SMJ, Directed by Britt Berke

  • I Met You on TV, Does That Mean Something? by Catherine Weingarten, Directed by Alex Tobey

  • Mary, Mother of Monsters by Tristen Moseley, Directed by Alex Church-Gonzales

  • Randy’s Dandy Coaster Castle by Alexander Perez, Directed by Andie Lerner

  • Habibi by Mehrnaz Tiv, Directed by Michelle Chan

2020 - VIRTUAL

2019

  • Unadjusted AKA Milk is Dairy Days are Daily by Tori Lassman, Directed by emily/BUBECK

  • We Love You Very Much by Renae Simone Jarrett Directed by Kevin Russell Poole

  • Spirit Journeyz by Chloé Hayat, Directed by Molly Van Der Molen

  • Self Help Me by Catherine Weingarten, Directed by Ethan Louis Wintgens

  • Rosaline(s) by Clea DeCrane, Directed by emily/BUBECK

  • Another One of Those Love Triangles by Nicholas Vasilios-Pappas, Directed by Kevin Russell Poole