The Northampton Playwrights Lab, founded by Meryl Cohn in 2006, is a biweekly development workshop and creative laboratory for professional playwrights based in Northampton, Massachusetts.
Current members are: Betel Arnold, Leanna James Blackwell, Stephanie Carlson, Meryl Cohn, Harley Erdman, Peter Kennedy, Talya Kingston, and Tanyss Martula.
Every two years (pandemic excepting), we present our most recent plays to local audiences as staged readings featuring local actors and directors in the Play By Play Festival.
UPCOMING EVENTS
UPCOMING EVENTS
Northampton Playwrights Flip the Script: a special one-time only collaboration between Happier Valley Comedy and the Northampton Playwrights Lab to raise funds for the 2026 Play by Play Festival. Featuring performers: Pam Victor, Scott Braidman, Maddy Benjamin.
at Happier Valley Comedy, 1 Mill Valley Rd, just off Route 9, in Hadley, MA
Tickets: $20, www.happiervalley.com/shows.html
[This show was originally supposed to be on Jan 25 but was postponed due to the snow storm. Anyone with tickets for the original date automatically has tickets for the new date.]
Sunday February 22 at 2pm
April 23-27, 2026
PLAY BY PLAY FESTIVAL - public readings of new works by members of the Northampton Playwrights Lab.
April 23 at 8pm - My Inferno by Harley Erdman
April 24 at 8pm - Another True Thing by Meryl Cohn
April 25 at 2pm - Vashti Says No! by Talya Kingston
April 25 at 8pm - Dig by Peter Kennedy
April 26 at 2pm - The In Between by Leanna James Blackwell & a new play by Tanyss Martula
April 26 at 4pm - One Hit Winter by Stephanie Carlson & Above Their Station by Betel Arnold
Tickets on sale soon!
Northampton Center for the Arts