About Unearth

  • Development readings of new original works allow playwrights to unearth new ideas, perspectives, and interpretations from the feedback of peers

  • Communal connection and common goals are established from the get-go in these invite-only rooms, and writers can use this larger group response to propel themselves forward in their writing process

  • This is a free offering for playwrights, and aims to support artists from all walks of life (particularly queer and trans artists), with Forager providing the organizational support, personnel network, and planning

  • We plan to create a workshop series dedicated to those experimenting with form

  • Since 2022, we have hosted the new works of eight playwrights with four of those plays going on to have fully realized productions in NYC, including two with Forager’s Harvest branch.

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UPDATE: 

Submissions are closed for the Spring Session - Thank you to all of the amazing playwrights who submitted your work! 


  • Dyoisa Wiggins' Spawn - A young lesbian becomes mysteriously pregnant and must maintain her relationships (platonic and romantic) while avoiding those who think she’s carrying the messiah.

  • Daniel Ho’s new play What Bloody Man is a modern take on the Scottish Play. Malcolm, a young, anti-social, nonbinary chef returns to their father’s renowned restaurant after his passing. They find the establishment is being taken over by two arrogant upstarts. Malcolm also begins to discover many dark secrets about their father and the restaurant, some having to do with power politics, but also some secrets much darker and even mystical. “What Bloody Man” uses dark, aggressive humor to explore the exploitation of nature, gender, family and guilt.

  • Clay Baker-Lerner’s Eggs: The ice caps have melted. In Boston, on the eve of a devastating flood: Old high school friends Emory (they/them), 24 and Jude (they/them), 20 reunite at their favorite smoke spot along the Charles River Esplanade. Jude, having lost all their artistic ambition, wants to reconnect with their trans-mentor after nearly five years apart. Emory, grief stricken and guilt ridden, wants to smoke a magical joint that will turn them into an egg.

    Raine Higa’s Shirime: A young gay Asian couple splitting because of distance try to convince each other to move to be together. When Yu tries to bring Chance out of his comfort zone, Chance brings up a million reasons why he can't, including "shirime"--a Japanese ghost that has an eyeball in its asshole.