Rattlestick Theater

08/13/2026

We’re thrilled to welcome Stefani Kuo 郭佳怡 and Marissa Joyce Stamps as our newest Van Lier New Voices Fellows!

Each year, this Fellowship supports two emerging playwrights of color with a $35,000 living stipend, a $5,000 artistic fund, mentorship with a playwright of their choosing, workshops and readings of new work, and a place in Rattlestick’s artistic community.

The Van Lier New Voices Fellowship is funded by The New York Community Trust and the Jerome Foundation.

Learn more via the link in our bio!

08/04/2026

As our fiscal year comes to a close, we want to thank you, our donors and our community members, for your continued support. We couldn’t do what we do without you! - team Rattlestick

07/30/2026

Thanks to the Battin Foundation, every gift is matched dollar for dollar through July 31. Link in bio!
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07/23/2026

Thanks to the Battin Foundation, every gift is matched dollar for dollar through July 31. Link in bio!
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07/15/2026

This month, your impact is doubled! Thanks to the Battin Foundation, every gift is matched dollar for dollar through July 31. Link in bio!
📷: Ahron R. Foster

07/05/2026

Right now, every dollar you give to Rattlestick counts twice!

Through July 31, the Battin Foundation is matching every gift up to $20,000, dollar for dollar. Our newly revitalized home on Waverly Place, soon to be The Terrence McNally Theater, is quickly becoming a reality. Help us fill it with the boundary-pushing, innovative work that defines Rattlestick by giving today.

Want to make a year-round impact? Join The Waverly Club, our new monthly giving program and your first gift is matched 2:1, effectively tripling it!

Give today! Link in our bio!

07/05/2026

06/29/2026

A huge congratulations to Rattlestick Directing Fellow Alexis Kulani Woodard on the final sharing of Unfathomable, the culmination of their 2026 fellowship at Rattlestick Theater

Unfathomable
A first-look at excerpts from a new adaptation by collaborators Alexis and Alex Lin
Created and directed by Alexis Kulani Woodard
Written by Alex Lin

06/26/2026

Rattlestick Theater, the Terrence McNally Foundation, and Tom Kirdahy Productions are proud to announce the winners of Cycle 4 of the Terrence McNally New Works Incubator: 2026 fellows Katie Bender, Orlando Hernández, and Beth Hyland.

As a continuation of Terrence McNally’s singular legacy of mentorship, and his commitment to fostering bold new voices in the American theater, the New Works Incubator is a multi-pronged program designed to support ambitious early-career playwrights by giving them time and space to develop their work, professional mentorship with veteran playwrights, and access to the community of artists and work being developed at Rattlestick and Tom Kirdahy Productions.
“The Terrence McNally Incubator was one of the most wonderful artistic and professional experiences of my life,” says Milo Cramer, a 2025 Terrence McNally Fellow. “It provided substantial financial support, which allowed me to devote myself to writing with otherwise impossible seriousness and professionalism.”

Since 2023, fellowships have been awarded to Avery Deutsch, Celeste Jennings, Eliana Theologides Rodriguez, Haygen-Brice Walker, HyoJeong Choi, Jesse Jae Hoon, Milo Cramer, Molly Herron Bicks, and Sam Mueller.

As part of our growing commitment to connect the fellows with world-class artistic collaborators, each McNally Fellow also receives a developmental workshop that culminates in a public reading featuring industry-leading professionals. Recent mentors have included Jaclyn Bachaus, Hannah Bos, Sheila Callaghan, Sarah DeLappe, Halley Feiffer, Emma Horwitz, David Henry Hwang, MJ Kaufman, Paul Thureen, and Mfoniso Udofia. Recent directors have included Tea Alagić, Arin Arbus, Carsen Joenk, Anne Kauffman, Portia Krieger, Goldie E. Patrick, Caitlin Sullivan, and Dustin Wills.

The Cycle 4 Fellows were selected from a competitive pool of over 500 applicants by our esteemed 2026 Playwrights Advisory Council, which featured Eboni Booth, Sheila Callaghan, Sarah Ruhl, and Chay Yew. The finalists for the 2026 fellowship included Borna Barzin, Benjamin Benne, Regan Moro, Abigail C. Onwunali, and Caitlin Saylor Stephens.

06/23/2026

This past weekend, Rattlestick hosted Cowboy Dinner, a Supper Club celebrating a reading of Late, a play with cowboy songs by Sarah Ruhl, directed by Will Davis! The evening, which included a chili and cornbread meal, was conceived and made by our Associate Artistic Director Kate Eminger. Swipe through to see just a few moments from a fantastic night!

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