The Season

Grand Sponsors: Lee Moore & Dee Whited
Playwright Sponsor Darlene Arnold
Networking Sponsor Naomi Bloom

Florida Repertory Theatre’s PlayLab Festival of New Works takes place May 1– 4 in the Historic Arcade Theatre. The 2025 PlayLab lineup includes five plays reflecting Florida Rep’s mission to produce a wide variety of work by emerging and well-established writers.

Tickets are $35 per reading and $25 for panel session, or $170 for an all-access pass that includes admission to all five readings plus the playwright’s panel. A VIP all-access package is also available for $185 and includes complimentary concessions at each reading – please call the Box Office at 239-332-4488 to order the all-access package. 

Following the final reading of the 2025 PlayLab, audiences will hear from all of the festival playwrights in a roundtable discussion. Moderated by Associate Artistic Director, Jason Parrish, the playwrights will talk about their plays, their work as writers, and what it takes to make a living as a playwright in the American Theatre. The panel includes special guests from the literary world and the National New Play Network! Join us for this one-of-a-kind gathering of professional, working playwrights.