Take Me Home and Hot Water
Bedford Park
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Stephanie Ahn; Writer: Stephanie Ahn; Stars: Choi Hee-seo, Son Suk-ku, Won Mi-kyung, Kim Eung-soo, Jefferson White, Taylor Kowalski, Vin Vescio, Cindy Hogan, Ferin Bergen, Toni D'Antonio, Paco Lozano, Simon Kim, Ian Oh, Joohong Jung, Mia Love Kwon)
Haunted by an abusive childhood, Audrey, a Korean American woman in her 30s, faces her emotional past. When her mother’s car accident brings her back to her parents’ home, she meets the man responsible for the accident. Their relationship builds, passions ignite, and they form a loving connection.
World premiere
Carousel
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Rachel Lambert; Writer: Rachel Lambert; Stars: Chris Pine, Jenny Slate, Abby Ryder Fortson, Sam Waterston, Katey Sagal, Heléne Yorke, Jessica Harper, Jeffrey DeMunn)
A divorced doctor’s carefully constructed life in Cleveland is upended when his daughter’s debate aspirations and the unexpected return of a past love force him to confront his own choices and embrace a second chance.
World premiere
The Friend’s House Is Here
(Country: US, Iran; Year: 2026; Director: Hossein Keshavarz, Maryam Ataei; Stars: Mahshad Bahram, Hana Mana, Farzad Karen, Zohreh Pirnia)
In Tehran’s underground art scene, two young women build a blissful world of freedom and sisterhood. But when their creative circle is exposed, they must fight to save each other.
World premiere
Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
(Country: US, Japan; Year: 2026; Director: Josef Kubota Wladyka; Writer: Josef Kubota Wladyka, Nicholas Huynh; Stars: Rinko Kikuchi, Alberto Guerra, Alejandro Edda, YOU, Yoh Yoshida, Damián Alcázar)
Haru and Luis love competing in Tokyo’s ballroom dance scene, but after tragedy strikes, Haru withdraws into isolation. When friends coax her back to the studio, she develops an infatuation with the new instructor. She must face what comes next as sparks fly.
World premiere
Hot Water
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Ramzi Bashour; Writer: Ramzi Bashour; Stars: Lubna Azabal, Daniel Zolghadri, Tedd Taskey, Charlotte Hacke)
After he’s kicked out of his Indiana high school, an American kid and his Lebanese mom hit the road west.
World premiere
The Friend’s House Is Here and Ha-Chan, Shake Your Booty!
Josephine
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Beth de Araújo; Writer: Beth de Araújo; Stars: Mason Reeves, Channing Tatum, Gemma Chan, Philip Ettinger, Syra McCarthy, Eleanore Pienta, Gretchen Klein, Nate Duncan, Tracy Todd, Grace Kelly Quigley, Malcolm Engel)
After 8-year-old Josephine accidentally witnesses a crime in Golden Gate Park, she acts out in search of a way to regain control of her safety while adults are helpless to console her.
World premiere
The Musical
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Giselle Bonilla; Writer: Alexander Heller; Stars: Will Brill, Gillian Jacobs, Rob Lowe, Nevada Jose, Melanie Herrera, Chyler Emery Stern)
When a frustrated playwright and middle school theater teacher finds out his ex-girlfriend has started dating his nemesis, the school’s principal, he decides to ruin the principal’s chances of winning the Blue Ribbon of Academic Excellence.
World premiere
Run Amok
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: NB Mager; Writer: NB Mager; Stars: Alyssa Marvin, Patrick Wilson, Margaret Cho, Elizabeth Marvel, Molly Ringwald, Yul Vazquez, Bill Camp, Nuha Jes Izman, Grace Reiter, Jesus Del Orden)
A teenage girl stages an elaborate musical about the one day her high school wishes it could forget.
World premiere
Take Me Home
(Year: 2026; Director: Liz Sargent; Writer: Liz Sargent; Stars: Anna Sargent, Ali Ahn, Victor Slezak, Marceline Hugot, Shane Harper, April Matthis, Shannon DeVido, Eric Diaz, Steve Way, Naida Nelson, Nikki Christie, Jim Findlay, Dominique Brown, Robert Sargent, Sean Liang)
Anna, a 38-year-old Korean adoptee with a cognitive disability, cares for her aging parents in a fragile balance of meeting one another’s needs. When a Florida heat wave shatters their family and Anna’s routine, her future is uncertain until she creates a world where she can thrive.
World premiere
Union County
(Country: US; Year: 2026; Director: Adam Meeks; Writer: Adam Meeks; Stars: Will Poulter, Noah Centineo, Emily Meade, Elise Kibler, Annette Deao)
Assigned to a county-mandated drug court program, Cody Parsons embarks on the tenuous journey toward recovery amid the opioid epidemic in rural Ohio.
World premiere
