Forward is thrilled to announce the plays selected for development and public reading in our 2026 Wisconsin Wrights New Play Development Festival. Hold the dates on your calendar! We’ll hear the latest versions of these titles May 13-15:
 
Impossible Monsters by Jacqueline Kehoe

Paper by Ali Mansouri

Roses and Ruses by David Daniel
 
Winners were selected from a pool of 52 plays submitted from every corner of Wisconsin. Best wishes to all of our writers, as your new works add to the wealth of stories generated in our state. Here’s hoping we’ll see some during World Premiere Wisconsin this year! A special congratulations to our finalists:
 

Wisconsin Wrights Finalists 2026

 
A Life Well Lived by Tanja Birke

About the Kids by Marcia Jablonski

Alala and The Scarman by Silma Sierra Berrada

The Bill by Caroline Norton

Certainty by Brendon Smith

God’s Pinky by Sam D. White

Last Night at the Spyglass by Eric Lynne

Maxwell’s Revenge and Izzy’s Request by Eric Appleton

Peter Principal by Emily Glick

Professional Learning by Amy Hanson

The Torchbearers by Kaila Bingen