Tony Award-nominee Kimberly Belflower brings a brand new player to the Lincoln Center Theater, premiering there in a production directed by Tony Award-winner Danya Taymor (The Outsiders). Born in the Dirt re-unites the pair, following their work together on John Proctor is the Villain which became a breakthrough work for Belflower; it was nominated for Best Play at the Tony Awards during its 2025 run and is set for a film adaptation from Universal Pictures. A witty new work that explores what community and art really mean, Born in the Dirt is set to be another landmark for the Appalachian playwright.

Directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson, this Lincoln Center Theater revival of August Wilson's Seven Guitars presents one of Wilson's most lyrical and intimate works in a powerful new staging, as part of the company's most thrilling season yet. The seventh play in Wilson's 10-play Century Cycle, Seven Guitars debuted in 1996 and went on to receive the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play.

One of the brightest acting exports Wales has seen since the days of icon Richard Burton himself, Emmy Award winner Matthew Rhys makes his Lincoln Center Theater debut in Playing Burton following its acclaimed premiere with Welsh National Theatre. Mark Jenkins's one-man play arrives in New York under the direction of Tony Award winner Bartlett Sher.

Starring Emmy Award winner Kerry Washington (Scandal) and Tony Award winner Kara Young (Purpose), this fresh new staging of Whoopi Goldberg's ground-breaking original work has landed at the Lincoln Center! Directed by Tony nominee Whitney White, The Whoopi Monologues promises to be an extraordinary celebration of Goldberg's brilliance.