(JERSEY CITY, NJ) -- Art House Productions presents the 2026 INKubator New Play Festival from May 4-6 & May 11-13, 2026. This year's playwrights are Oded Gross, Erin Mallon, Kyle Mazer, Ferdinand Moscat, Allyson Dwyer, and Cristina Luzárraga. Audiences who attend the festival will have the opportunity to participate in conversations with the writers, directors, and actors following each performance. All readings are free to attend, but advanced registration is required at www.arthouseproductions.org.
INKubator is a year-long generative process for a select group of playwrights in residence at Art House Productions. During the program, playwrights meet on a monthly basis alongside program director Alex Tobey to share new work, receive feedback, and develop a first draft of a new play. The program culminates in the INKubator New Play Festival, where the playwrights work with professional directors and actors to hear the play read aloud for the first time.
“Seeing these new plays evolve from just a few scattered pages in October into a full festival of readings in May is such a unique joy,” says program director Alex Tobey. “I’m beyond excited for this year’s festival and cannot wait to celebrate the remarkable progress and breakthroughs that each writer has made over the past eight months.”
FULL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE (Art House is located at at 345 Marin Boulevard in Jersey City, NJ)
Monday, May 4th at 7:00pm | BOGO by Oded Gross; Directed by Marina Montesanti. Evie, a surrogate who once carried a child for Percy and Pip, shocks everyone, including her rabbi wife Gili, when she announces she wants to gift the two men a free sibling for their son. No fees, no contracts. Just faith, gratitude, and the goodness of her heart guiding this astonishingly generous offer. But when long-buried truths begin to surface, Evie’s claims of good intentions start to unravel, unleashing a chain reaction of consequences she's desperate to control. Can she truly claim moral righteousness if she refuses to face the harm she’s caused?
Tuesday, May 5th at 7:00pm | B.I.N.G.O. (or Brittney Isle's Nice Geriatric Orgy) by Erin Mallon; Directed by Robert Ross Parker. Barb desperately needs friends. That's why she moved to this 55+ community in the first place. So what better way to meet new people than to join a good old fashioned Bingo Night? She thought getting her husband to socialize would be the hardest part of this evening. That is, until she meets Terrance... and his rock hard "assistant." When Bingo Night turns into a full-blown orgy, Barb must decide: does she stay in her safe, predictable world? Or does she play a new game of chance and truly live before it's too late?
Wednesday, May 6th at 7:00pm | George Washington's Second Crossing by Kyle Mazer; Directed by Leo Egger. In a dilapidated houseboat on the Delaware River, a fifteen-year-old boy makes a Christmas wish for George Washington to come and free him from his overbearing mother. When America's Great Liberator actually arrives, with intent to complete his attack on Trenton and free the colonies from British reign, the liberty he provides is not what anyone expects.
Monday, May 11th at 7:00pm | Consolation Prize by Ferdinand Moscat; Directed by Alexander Peña. Ben is an actor. Sorry, Ben was an actor. Sorry, Ben doesn't know what he is anymore. Sorry, Ben's life fell apart and now he's living at home taking care of his mom as she prepares for another round of chemotherapy. Against all odds, life goes on. Consolation Prize, a new funny-sad play by Ferdinand Moscat, is a story about hitting rock bottom and what happens when rock bottom dares to hit back.
Tuesday, May 12th at 7:00pm | Gumshoe: An Online Noir by Allyson Dwyer; Directed by Dina Vovsi. Gumshoe's brother has gone missing. He hasn't been seen since the 2020 election was certified. Once an activist and now a doomer, Gumshoe dwells inside, solving online mysteries for the right price.
Wednesday, May 13th at 7:00pm | Flushing by Cristina Luzárraga; Directed by Katie Birenboim. In an old townhouse in Flushing, Queens, a toilet falls through the top floor, landing on the toilet one floor below, which in turn, falls upon the toilet on the ground floor. Three cascading toilets, and three apartments of Millennial tenants looking to cash in on a real estate disaster that might finally turn them into homeowners. In a state like New York where adverse possession laws can turn squatters into millionaires, how far will four 30-something women go for their slice of the American dream? Flushing is a dark comedy about co-existing with one's neighbors in the midst of a housing crisis.
ACCESSIBILITY
Art House Productions is committed to accessibility and inclusion. Features include: Wheelchair-accessible seating; ASL interpretation upon request (two weeks’ notice); Audio description upon request (two weeks’ notice); Service animals welcome; and Fully accessible restrooms. For accommodations, call 201-579-0532 or email [email protected].
Art House Productions is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to advancing the performing and visual arts in Jersey City. Now celebrating its 25th anniversary, Art House fosters creativity, inclusivity, and accessibility through theater productions, exhibitions, festivals, and community programs presented year-round.
Art House’s 2026 programming is made possible through the generous support of An Anonymous American Foundation; an anonymous donor from the Jewish Communal Fund; Hudson County Cultural Affairs’ Arts in Education and Hudson County History Partnership Programs; Hudson County Parks, the Exchange Place Alliance; the Hudson County Department of Parks and Recreation; the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the NEA; the Historic Downtown Special Improvement District (HDSID); KRE; NJ Beer Co.; supported by funding through the NJEDA’s A.R.T. – Phase II Grant Program; Panepinto Properties; public funds from the Jersey City Arts and Culture Trust Fund; RWJ Barnabas | Jersey City Medical Center; SILVERMAN; Super Buy Rite; Tito’s; and many generous volunteers, donors, and sponsors.
