Submissions for the 2026 Play Lab are now closed. If you have have a really good reason why they should consider your work, email the Coordinator.

Selected authors must register for the Conference (June 6-13, 2026) and be present for the reading in Valdez, Alaska. Registration is $250 (including all activities, a 2-hour glacier cruise, and daily lunch). Travel to Valdez is also the playwrights’ responsibility. Minimal free communal housing is available.

The 2025 Play Lab reading of Heidi Franke’s The Menacer, featuring Katy Laurance and Chandler Paskett, directed by Rob Lecrone.