A diverse lineup of new and returning theatrical productions is set to open in New York City this fall and winter, showcasing a range of genres, themes, and notable talent across several venues.

Beginning in late October, Playwrights Horizons will present "The Ripple, The Wave That Carried Me Home," a play by Christina Anderson examining the legacy of Black activists who fought against swimming pool segregation in mid-20th century Kansas. The production, directed by Tiffany Nichole Greene, will run from October 21 through November 29.

Second Stage Theater will stage "The Visitors," a new work by Bryna Turner that explores family dynamics through the lens of a woman asking her three older siblings for a favor. Directed by Jenna Worsham, the cast features Mary Wiseman and Celia Keenan-Bolger. The play will run from October 21 to December 6 at the Pershing Square Signature Center.

At the Baryshnikov Arts Center, a brief engagement for "Greef" will be held from October 22-24. This tragicomic physical theater piece, directed by Matthew Ferro, is a personal reflection by clown artist Christina Gelsone on the death of her husband and collaborator, Seth Bloom, who passed away in 2024.

The Public Theater will present two significant works: Richard Nelson’s politically themed “We’ll See: Conversations Among the Apple Family on the Night of the Midterm Elections,” running October 25 to November 22, features Sally Murphy, Maryann Plunkett, Laila Robins, and Jay O. Sanders. Shortly after, from October 27 to November 22, Fiasco Theater will stage Susan Glaspell’s 1921 feminist drama "The Verge," starring Miriam Silverman and directed by Jessie Austrian.

New York City Center will host a revival of Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes's musical "In the Heights" from October 28 through November 15, directed by David Mendelblatt.

Brooklyn’s St. Ann’s Warehouse will showcase Emma Rice’s adaptation of the medieval legend “Tristan & Yseult” from November 1 to 22, while Lincoln Center Theater will mount August Wilson’s classic "Seven Guitars,” directed by Ruben Santiago-Hudson and starring Russell Hornsby, John Douglas Thompson, Roslyn Ruff, and Kristolyn Lloyd. The run extends from November 5 to January 10.

Theater for a New Audience will present an experimental production of Sophocles’ "Elektra," directed by Daniel Fish, from November 10 to December 6 at the Polonsky Shakespeare Center.

A notable inclusion in November is "Deaf Republic," performed by the Dublin company Dead Centre, which depicts the town’s collective response to violence against a deaf boy. Featuring both deaf and hearing actors, with simultaneous spoken English and American Sign Language, this production will be staged from November 12 to 15 at NYU’s Skirball Center.

The musical “The Conversation,” co-written by and starring Tony winner Joshua Henry alongside Julia Harriman, under the direction of Kenny Leon, begins a run November 17 through January 24 at the Astor Place Theater.

Adding a futuristic element to the season, Tiago Rodrigues’s “La Distance” imagines a world 50 years hence in which a daughter departs Earth for Mars. Presented in French with English captioning, it will be part of both the Brooklyn Academy of Music’s Next Wave Festival and L’Alliance New York’s Crossing the Line Festival from November 18 to 29.

Other anticipated premieres include “Imitation of Life,” a new musical by Lynn Nottage and John Legend that explores intertwined lives across racial lines, opening November 21 through January 3 at the Shed; “Wild Rose,” a jukebox musical about a Glasgow woman’s country music aspirations, running November 24 to January 10 at New York Theater Workshop; and a revival of “Spring Awakening,” directed by Danya Taymor, set for November 27 to February 15 at Studio Seaview.

Arthur Miller’s “A View From the Bridge,” featuring Sam Rockwell, Marin Ireland, and Alfred Molina, opens November 27 at La MaMa with an extended run through February 27.

December will see culturally rich works such as Caroline Guiela Nguyen’s “Saigon,” an epic addressing colonialism and migration set in 1950s Vietnam and 1990s France, performed in French and Vietnamese with English captioning at St. Ann’s Warehouse from December 3 to 20. Additionally, “Penelope,” a chamber musical by Alex Bechtel, Grace McLean, and Eva Steinmetz focusing on the wife of Odysseus, featuring McLean in the title role, will run December 10 to 20 at the Classic Stage Company.

This season reflects a vibrant spectrum of stories and artistic approaches, with productions engaging themes of history, identity, family, politics, and social justice across New York’s major theater venues.