Downtown Urban Arts Festival 2026
- Dates
- May 29 – Jun 20, 2026
- Tickets
- See website for prices
About
The Downtown Urban Arts Festival (DUAF), now in its 24th season, will present the works of 19 playwrights, including those by Artistic Director Reg E. Gaines, Kevin Powell, and Arturo Luíz Soria when the festival returns May 29-June 20 at Joe’s Pub and La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. In 2001, the theater program at DUAF was founded with the purpose to build a repertoire of new American theatre that echoes the true spirit of urban life and speaks to a whole new generation whose lives defy categorizing along conventional lines. That purpose has been realized, as 232 writers have created and refined their work for the stage.
Shows in this Festival

The White Whale Journal
May 29 – May 30

Four; Interwoven
Jun 3 – Jun 3

Let Mezaluca Buy Your Car
Jun 3 – Jun 3

Amendable
Jun 4 – Jun 4

Fried Live Skin
Jun 4 – Jun 4

Under the Influence
Jun 5 – Jun 6

40 Seconds
Jun 10 – Jun 10

Agon
Jun 10 – Jun 10

A Lesson in Captivity
Jun 11 – Jun 11

Gin & Milk
Jun 11 – Jun 11

The Trial of Lucy Gunns
Jun 12 – Jun 12

Black Commie Bitch
Jun 12 – Jun 12

Desert Flowers
Jun 13 – Jun 13

The Deep Play
Jun 13 – Jun 13

Whiskey, Hope, and the Climate Clock
Jun 17 – Jun 17

Sing Truth to Power
Jun 17 – Jun 17

Lo Siento, Mi Español Es Tremendo Mal
Jun 18 – Jun 18

An Audit at the Funeral
Jun 18 – Jun 18

My Father Could Not Read or Write
Jun 19 – Jun 20