Discover ambitious new stories alongside the artists creating them
New York Stage & Film’s (S&F) 2026 Summer Season features work created by some of the theater’s leading artists who have won every major award including the Pulitzer Prize, Tony Award, as well as two artists who’ve achieved E.G.O.T. status.
Every summer, national audiences travel to Poughkeepsie to see stories in their earliest stages–it’s your chance to see it before it goes to Broadway, Off-Broadway, & Beyond!
WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND is developed under New York Stage & Film’s Stories That Move: Developing Dance Narratives.
In addition to the creative teams with public-facing projects, the 2026 Summer Season will host a range of artists-in-residence including individual artists and groups such as the Indigenous Voices of the Northeast and The Drama League. This season will also celebrate the Filmmakers’ Workshop and recipients of the Founders’ Award, Pfaelzer Award, and the Dasha Epstein Award; all to be announced at a later date.
New York Stage & Film is thrilled to welcome a new partnership with Bardavon Presents to deepen S&F’s relationship with the City of Poughkeepsie, and showcase larger scale workshops in development in their newly renovated historic theater. In an ongoing collaboration with Marist University, S&F allows artists to create and develop new stories in an academic environment which fosters freedom of expression and natural exchanges of ideas. Together, New York Stage & Film, Marist University, and Bardavon Presents will continue to make Poughkeepsie a destination for new works in development, welcoming national audiences to the Hudson Valley.
LEAD FUNDING PROVIDED BY:
The New York Stage & Film Summer Season is made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, through funding from Dutchess Partners in the Arts administered by Arts Mid-Hudson, and with leadership support from the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, and the Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation.
Leadership support for Stories That Move: Developing Dance Narratives, inspired by Jerome Robbins, is provided by the Jerome Robbins Foundation with additional support provided by the Howard Gilman Foundation, the Frederick Loewe Foundation and the Mertz Gilmore Foundation.
Additional support provided by Axe-Houghton Foundation, The Ellen M Violett and Mary PR Thomas Foundation, The Drama League, The Dyson Foundation, The Lucille Lortel Foundation, Richenthal Foundation, Silver Mountain Foundation for the Arts, and the Tiger Baron Foundation.
A LOOK BACK AT THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY SEASON
Photos by Deborah Lopez
WHERE THEATER & FILM BEGINS
Since 1985, New York Stage & Film (S&F) has developed over 1,000 stories for theatre, dance, film and television that have won every major award including the Pulitzer-Prize, Tony, Emmy, Grammy and Obie. Including HAMILTON, HADESTOWN, DOUBT, AMERICAN IDIOT, THE INVISIBLE HAND, TRU, SIDE MAN, amongst hundreds others.