Since its first incarnation in 2004, the Goodman's New Stages Series has given audiences a first look at over 50 new plays in development via staged readings; more than half of those plays have gone on to receive full productions at the Goodman and other theaters around the country.

Festival Director: Tanya Palmer

Staged Readings Include:

The Brothers Size by Terrell Alvin McCraney

Massacre (Sing to Your Children) by José Rivera

Ameriville by The Universes

Our Lady of the Underpass by Tanya Saracho

Till (later re-titled The Ballad of Emmett Till) by Ifa Bayeza