The CWP Evolution Festival 2026

The CWP Evolution Festival will present more than thirty new works of theatre, dance, music, comedy, and more at venues all across Manhattan. From the Upper West Side to the Lower East Side, there’s something for everyone in your neighborhood. CWP Members receive complimentary access to every performance!

For the first time, the festival will present new, one-night-only performances in both June and September, as well as an Evolution Festival edition of the CWP Launchpad Reading Series featuring ten new plays throughout this summer!

Thursday, June 11 @ 7pm
Wake & Forget-Me-Nots‍
Abrons Arts Center Experimental Theater 466 Grand Street, New York NY 10002
Saturday, June 13 @ 7pm
New York International Dance Festival‍
Manhattan Movement & Arts Center 248 W. 60th Street, New York, NY 10023
Wednesday, June 17 @ 7pm
Instinct and Extinct & Ofrenda‍
The Clemente Soto Vélez Cultural & Educational Center
107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002
Sunday, June 21 @ 7pm
Junie B. Jones Plans Her Funeral‍
Guild Hall at the Episcopal Actors' Guild
1 E. 29th Street, New York, NY 10016
Thursday, June 25 @ 7pm
COMMITTED? A Ritual for Robbie
Urban Stages
259 W. 30th Street, New York, NY 10001
Saturday, June 27 @ 7pm
A Beautiful Place to Die
West End Theatre
263 W. 86th Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10024
Sunday, June 28 @ 7pm
SUNGOD
The Sanctuary at St. Paul & St. Andrew
263 W. 86th Street, New York, NY 10024
Monday, June 29 @ 7pm
La Gata Bajo la Lluvia
West End Theatre
263 W. 86th Street, 2nd floor, New York, NY 10024
The Parlor at St. Paul & St. Andrew 263 W. 86th Street, New York, NY 10024
Monday, June 15, Sway by SMJ
Sunday, July 12, Losing Faith by Cassidy Byron
Monday, July 20, Gossamer by Rebecca Brudner
Saturday, July 25, The Binding Retreat by Olivia Billings
Monday, August 3, Destructing a Human Sacrifice by Erin Proctor
Monday, August 10, Game Night by Xander Jackson
Monday, August 24, Sour Grapes by Annabel McConnachie
Friday, August 28, It Gets Better (monologues for Melanated Men) by Charles Day
Wednesday, September 2, PASSION PROJECT by Grace Parker
Wednesday, September 9, I Close My Eyes and Do My Duty by Defne Ozkan
Featuring works by…..

2026 CWP Membership

THANKS TO OUR SUPPORTERS

We would like to thank and acknowledge our donors for their generous support of The Evolution Festival and our programming year-round.