BEHINd
Closed
Doors

A Playwright Development Program
Shows coming fall 2025

Would we understand people differently if we could peek
Behind Closed Doors?

What happens in those private spaces? The spaces that aren’t for public consumption? What conversations do we have behind closed doors? What conversations are happening around us unseen?

25th Street Theatre has gathered a suite of six local playwrights selected by our panel, to write a series of short, site-specific plays around the theme of what happens behind closed doors.

With the help of our two program dramaturges, these playwrights have been hard at work since December 2024, to develop short scripts (10-20 minutes) that can be performed as site-specific theatre. This is a 6-month long program that will support local playwright development with the hope of producing the final scripts in the fall of 2025, creating a memorable theatre adventure for patrons as they explore theatre in unique settings.

The next phase of this program is our workshops week from May 5th – 9th,2025 where our writers will be able to incorporate actors and directors to hear their work out loud and end the week with an invited staged reading on May 9th.