The Leah Ryan Fund is pleased to announce the winner of the 2025 Leah Prize, Amalia Oliva Rojas’s IN THE BROWN GIRLS CAN SEE STARS TOO (OR THE F*CK IS YOU LOOKIN’ AT?)

The play will have a reading during Vassar Collegeʼs Powerhouse Theater Season on June 28th.

Mon May 19th! Tammy Ryan’s THE BOY KING IN QUEENS, winner of the inaugural Boost, and Leah Ryan’s THE WIRE.

Shares @ La Mama (66 E. 4th St.)

4pm (THE WIRE - dir. Dev Bondarin & Ed Cheetham)
7pm (THE BOY KING IN QUEENS - dir. Jessi Hill.)

“Pay what you wish” tix: leahryanfund.ludus.com/index.php

Submissions close at 11:59 today (or when we reach 400) for The Leah.

All women, trans, & non-binary playwrights who consider themselves emerging are eligible.

No fee to apply.

The honor comes with $5000 and a reading @ Powerhouse @ Vassar College this summer.

leahryanfund.org/apply-the-leah