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
Sunday January 25th at 2pm
April 20-26, 2026
Northampton Center for the Arts
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
PLAY BY PLAY FESTIVAL - public readings of new works by members of the Northampton Playwrights Lab.