The Tank Unveils Five New Plays for 2027

The Tank NYC's winter and spring 2027 season will feature five new plays, including four world premieres, starting January 21.

Updated on Nov. 5, 2026 in Family

Flat-color poster-style illustration of a single warm spotlight cone across an empty black-box theater stage with rows of dark seats in shadow. — The Tank NYC unveiled five new plays for its winter and spring 2027 season, four of them world premieres, beginning with What If Everyone Lives on January 21. AI Illustration. Upload story photo >

The Tank NYC, led by Artistic Directors Meghan Finn and Johnny G. Lloyd, has announced programming for its winter and spring 2027 season. The lineup includes five new plays, with four running as world premieres from January through May.

Why it matters

The season offers New York theatergoers a slate of newly written work across a range of voices and subjects. For a company that presents an annual curated run of new theater, the announcement signals its ongoing focus on developing original plays for local audiences.

The Tank reports serving 2,500 artists and presenting 1,000 performances to 36,000 audience members each year, with its 98-seat theater hosting the new work. Pricing and the complete performance calendar for the season were not included in the announcement.

The players

The Tank NYC

The Tank NYC is a New York theater company that develops and presents new work across two theaters on 36th Street.

Meghan Finn

Meghan Finn is a co-Artistic Director of The Tank NYC, helping shape its curated seasons of new theater.

Johnny G. Lloyd

Johnny G. Lloyd is a co-Artistic Director of The Tank NYC, helping shape its curated seasons of new theater.

The details

The season opens with What If Everyone Lives, a site-specific production created for the 98-seat theater, running January 21 through February 14. It is followed by Quand tu sors du feu / When You Leave the Fire / Wakteli Tokhrij Mil Nar, N*gga B*tch, and PRICK, with PRICK produced by Honigman and Sons & Infinity Soup and co-produced by McKenna Harrington, before Family Jewels LOL runs May 17 through June 13.

January 21-February 14, 2027: World premiere of What If Everyone Lives
February 4-28, 2027: World premiere of Quand tu sors du feu / When You Leave the Fire / Wakteli Tokhrij Mil Nar
March 4-28, 2027: World premiere of N*gga B*tch
April 8-May 2, 2027: World premiere of PRICK
May 17-June 13, 2027: Run of Family Jewels LOL

Season Trajectory

The announcement continues The Tank's established practice of presenting a curated annual season of 8-12 theatrical premieres. The 2027 lineup extends that pattern with four world premieres across the winter and spring.

Theatergoers can see the season's productions at The Tank's 98-seat theater on 36th Street across the listed run dates. Full ticketing details are available on the company's season page.

The takeaway

Audiences interested in new work can track the season's four world premieres across the winter and spring. Checking the season page early can help secure seats for the 98-seat theater's limited run dates.