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Ground Floor Theatre has revealed four local playwrights have been chosen as 2026 GFT Writes fellows. Now in its third year, 2026 recipients include Michelle Alexander, jkjk (khattieQ, Jenny Larson-Qui\u00f1ones), Devon Khalsa, and Sam Mayer. GFT Director of New Works Megan Thornton will continue to lead the program which runs February 2026-January 2027.<\/p>\n
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GFT Writes is a yearlong fellowship for Austin-based playwrights whose work falls within Ground Floor Theatre\u2019s mission of centering historically underrepresented communities. A writers group anchors the fellowship, with the cohort meeting monthly to read and respond to one another\u2019s work.<\/p>\n
In 2025, the GFT Writes program expanded to include table reads with actors in the spring, and additional access to Ground Floor Theatre resources. The fellowship culminates with the GFT Writes reading series, a workshop and staged reading presented by Ground Floor Theatre in January 2027.<\/p>\n
Incoming playwrights said the following on the program:<\/p>\n
\u201cGFT Writes is the kind of space where emotional honesty and artistic rigor can live side by side \u2014 and I need both right now.\u201d \u2013 Michelle Alexander\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI applied to GFT Writes in hopes of finding community. When I\u2019m deep in the weeds of the writing process, it is so important to hear insight from fellow artists whose backgrounds and experiences are different than my own. I am so thrilled to be a part of the GFT community this year!\u201d \u00a0\u2013 Devon Khalsa<\/p>\n
\u201cI love writing groups! It’s such a gift to have a group of fellow artists reading your pages and giving you feedback. It’s also a gift to have a deadline. It encourages you to WRITE, because frankly, just sitting down and doing the writing is sometimes the hardest part.\u201d \u2013 Jenny Larson-Qui\u00f1ones<\/p>\n
\u201cWriting is frequently very lonely work. GFT Writes makes it less so. I’m looking forward to spending a year with a cohort of exciting Austin playwrights: reading, writing, and growing together.\u201d \u2013 Sam Mayer\u00a0<\/p>\n
GFT Writes serves as an incubator for emerging and established playwrights looking to create new works that shine a light on groups that are often overlooked. Seeking passionate theatre makers who will benefit from an environment that nourishes and challenges them, Ground Floor Theatre accepts applications to its GFT Writes Fellowship annually.<\/p>\n
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