Offscript Annual Special: Kimberly Belflower & Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Join Top 10 Playwrights Talk
This special annual Offscript episode features a wide-ranging conversation with Kimberly Belflower and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, two of the coming season's Most-Produced Playwrights. We also reveal the Top 10 Most-Produced Plays and Top 20 Pl
Kimberly Belflower and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (Photo by Jai Lennard)
Offscript
September 18, 2026 American Theatre Editors Leave a comment
Offscript Top 10: Kimberly Belflower & Branden Jacobs-Jenkins Play Well With Others
On this annual special episode, we announce the Top 10 Most-Produced Plays and Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the coming season, and are joined by 2 of the latter for a wide-ranging conversation.
By American Theatre Editors
Offscript is American Theatre ’s flagship podcast , available wherever you get your podcasts (including Spotify and Apple Podcasts ).
On this special edition, we announce the Top 10 Most-Produced Plays and Top 20 Most-Produced Playwrights of the 2026-27 season, and are joined in conversation by the writers of the year’s two most-produced plays, Kimberly Belflower, whose John Proctor Is the Villain will get 20 stagings, and Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, whose Purpose will receive 14. We talk about each play’s unique gestation and the encouraging resurgence of ensemble casts. There is also a not-to-be-missed digression into the history of Cabbage Patch Dolls (the subject of Belflower’s next play, Born in the Dirt at Lincoln Center Theater next March).
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nbkf9pqtnrzgkef5/Offscript_Live_Top_1020_20269c6fx.mp3
You can also download the audio podcast here , and/or watch it on YouTube (below).
Further Listening
Offscript: Most-Produced With Heidi Shreck, Rajiv Joseph, and Kate Hamill
_Originally reported by [American Theatre](https://www.americantheatre.org/2026/09/18/offscript-top-10-kimberly-belflower-branden-jacobs-jenkins-play-well-with-others/)._
Comments
Loading comments…