Best Plays Kickstarter projects to watch
8 live Plays projects ranked by Lens Score — a 0-100 composite of funding velocity, backer momentum, target completion, and Kickstarter staff-pick signal.
Pulled from 6 live Plays projects (category averages 46% of goal, $8K total pledged across the category). Updated September 2026.
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SLEEPWALKERS: A DREAM GUIDE TO HYPERASSOCIATION OF THE MIND
The first NYC production from Ninth City Bakery, written by Ulla Collins and directed by Katherine Heyman.
$300 raised55% funded4 backers+50.0% 24h43LENS SCORE - 02US
Wuthering Heights: a play with music
This is an adaptation of Wuthering Heights that is as true to the text as possible with an original music score.
$140 raised14% funded4 backers+250.0% 24h36LENS SCORE - 03US
Etchings Workshop & Staged Reading
A 2-day developmental workshop and staged reading of the new play Etchings by Christopher Grum. Dates are 11/29-11/30/26.
$3K raised83% funded10 backers0.0% 24h20LENS SCORE - 04US
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov
A modern staging of Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov set in suburban New Jersey with the promise of New York City on the horizon.
$3K raised34% funded18 backers+1.9% 24h13LENS SCORE - 05US
Broom play: A new one-act tragicomedy in New York
Help bring an eccentric one-act tragicomedy of clowning, physical action, and absurdist theater to The Players Theater in New York.
$2K raised19% funded12 backers0.0% 24h9LENS SCORE - 06US
Hedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
This September, Local Union is bringing Henrik Ibsen’s timeless tale of lost love, stolen youth, and capitalistic desire to Brooklyn.
$705 raised14% funded13 backers0.0% 24h8LENS SCORE - 07GB
and I looked at the sky: a world premiere
Betty and John, married a lifetime, once promised how it would end. On her eighty-sixth birthday, it comes due.
$387 raised11% funded5 backers0.0% 24h6LENS SCORE - 08🆕 NewUS
The Dogs of Mount Saint Michael's
A new play about old ghosts, bad dogs, and the end of the line in the Irish Bronx
$0 raised0% funded0 backers0EARLY MOMENTUM
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