NYU Dramatic Writing

Huge congratulations to Linq Yim (BFA, Drama & Dramatic Writing '02) on the upcoming release of The Boy Who Counted Cars in China this summer! 🎬 The science fiction romance film, written and directed by Linq, has already taken the internet by storm — landing at #2 and #3 on two of China's most influential platforms, Alibaba's Deng Ta and Weibo, for most anticipated summer blockbusters. It's a thrill to watch our alumni make waves on a global stage. We can't wait to see it! 🌟

Huge congratulations to Jane Ann Gonzalez '99 (BFA, Goldberg Department of Dramatic Writing) Grand Prize Winner of the Creative Screenwriting Unique Voices Screenplay Competition for *Triangle Girls* AND recipient of the NYISA 2026 Best TV Pilot Screenplay Award. NYU alumni doing incredible things 💜

We are thrilled to announce the winner of the 2026 Goldberg Play Prize.

The winner is ‘DARK ROOM by ash bell (MFA ‘25).

“When an esteemed bridal photographer begins to lose her eyesight, she coordinates a photoshoot with her estranged daughter. A theatrical portrait of the pain of forgiveness through a decade-long moment in time.”

The Goldberg Play Prize is given annually for a noteworthy full-length play written by a student in a playwriting class in the Department of Dramatic Writing. This prize comes with a monetary award and additional funds for the production of a public reading.

This year’s award was juried by the Goldberg Award Committee of Mona Mansour, Carl Holder and C.A. Johnson.

ash bell is a New York based playwright and screenwriter. She is a recent graduate from NYU with an MFA in Dramatic Writing. She co-founded the Denver based theatre company, Pipedream Productions, and Project Outbreak, a 6 week radio theatre festival created and produced in isolation during 2020. She was the Audio Tour creator for the Denver Center of the Performing Arts’ Camp Christmas. Her short play, Metal on Metal, was produced at NYU’s Festival of Short Works and NYU’s Global Urban Summit. Her play, scouts (semi-finalist: O’Neill, Austin Film Festival, Stanley Drama Award) won round one of SoHo Playhouse’s Lighthouse Series and will be returning for round two this July.

A reading of ‘DARK ROOM; will be organized in the Fall semester, so stay tuned for more information.

Please join us in congratulating ash!

We are thrilled to announce the following three plays as Finalists for the 2026 Goldberg Play Prize.

’18 West 11th St’ by Cori Diaz (BFA ‘25), ‘Best Practices’ by Ally Merkel (MFA ‘25), and ‘Jinx’ by Daniel Yee (BFA ‘25).

Please join us in congratulating these tremendous writers!


We are thrilled to announce the following two plays as Honorable Mention for the 2026 Goldberg Play Prize.

‘I Could Make You Care’ by Scott Thomas Huffman (MFA ‘26) and ‘Carter & Louise’ by Jenny McDonald (BFA ‘25).

Please join us in congratulating these tremendous writers!


NYU LA PitchFest is back for its 3rd year, open to current NYU seniors and alumni with a finished feature screenplay or TV pilot. Selected finalists will pitch their work in person to agents, managers, producers, and executives from companies like Sony Animation, New Line Cinema, and Amblin. Submissions open May 26th and close July 31, 2026 — past applicants and winners are welcome to resubmit.

"Congratulations to the winners of the 2026 Green Violet Script Call!

The Green Violet Script Call invites Tisch undergraduate and graduate students, as well as non-faculty staff, to submit original stage and screen scripts engaging with climate change.

This year’s winners are Lev Brodinsky (Thank You for Your Service), Becca Carter Freeman (Landed), and Nina Shakes (The Beginning of Devotion), with honorable mention to Lucy Kuhn (At the End of the Line).

These four scripts explore grief and loss on a rural Missouri farm, the dangers of clear air turbulence and corporate risk, a fabulist coming-of-age story amid wildfire, and the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.

We’re proud to celebrate these compelling voices and their creative engagement with one of the most urgent issues of our time."

Congratulations to Sarah Galante (MFA ‘27) for receiving the Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting, as well as the Jean Kennedy Smith Playwriting Award for her play “Swallow Me Whole”.

Congratulations to our Dramatic Writing alumni and faculty named finalists for the 2026 National Playwrights Conference. We’re proud to see your work recognized on this national stage. For more details click the

Congratulations to our BFA and MFA Classes of 2026 on your graduation! 

We enjoyed celebrating with you and your loved ones on Tuesday, alongside alumni speaker Matt Rogers (BFA ’12) and student speakers Kai Macapinlac (BFA) and Elliot Connors (MFA)