The lineup has been revealed for the 2026 Chain Winter One Act Festival, presented by New York City's Chain Theatre. The series will stage a number of plays featuring stage and screen veterans and promising newcomers.

Tickets, priced $24-$35, will be available for the more than 90 new plays being presented throughout the festival. Highlights include the Jesse Eisenberg-directed debut of Jeryl Brunner's Sweet Tart, starring father-daughter duo Ralph Macchio and Julia Macchio; Lyle Kessler's Shit Kickers, starring Carol Kane and Margaret Ladd; José Rivera's Look What Crashed Through the Portal and Ended Up in Brooklyn; and Diego Aguirre's Stalled, starring Aguirre, Joseph Russo, and Jacob Lumet Cannavale. 

To see the full line-up of plays, visit here.

The festival aims to introduce audiences to a wide array of new works to celebrate storytelling in all forms. “We don’t do safe—we do real,” said Chain Theatre Artistic Director Kirk Gostkowski in a statement. “This is where audiences and artists meet on equal ground to explore the world as it is, and imagine what it could be.”

Visit ChainTheatre.org.