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Emerging Artists 20th Spark Festival
By Charlotte Robinson, March 14, 2026
The Award-winning Emerging Artists Theatre (EAT) returns with their bi-annual Spark Theatre Festival NYC that runs from April 6th to 26th at The 28th Street Theatre in NYC. The biannual festival will feature more than 66 new works including dance, plays, storytelling, solo performances & musicals. Theatre luminaries including TV comedy legend Joyce Bulifant, Tony Award nominee Christopher Sieber & Emmy winner Dorothy Lyman will take part in the Spring Spark Theatre Festival NYC. This year marks the festival’s 20th anniversary that was originally launched as the New Works Series & evolved significantly since its inception doubling in size & expanding to include genres such as dance, music, cabaret, drag, sketch comedy & other boundary-pushing performances. Today the Spark Theatre Festival NYC presents Spring & Fall festivals showcasing over 100 new shows each year & giving more than 400 artists the opportunity to perform new work on stage. The Spring Festival will include 12 short & full-length plays, 9 short & full-length musicals, 30 dance works & numerous solo shows. Award-winning Emerging Artists Theatre is under the direction of Founder & Artistic Director Paul Adams now in its 33th year of producing new work since launching the Spark Theatre Festival NYC in 2006. Since its inception numerous musicals, plays, solo shows & dance pieces first workshopped at the festival have gone on to full productions at the Edinburgh Fringe, NYMF, FringeNYC & Encores! as well as Off-Broadway & in national & international productions. During the festival performances run nightly with multiple performances on the weekends. Most productions receive one performance with shorter shows grouped together to form a full evening of entertainment. Short Q&A’s with the artists will follow some of the performances. Tickets run from $20 to $40
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