1998

• Hurrah at Last by Richard Greenberg (Production - dir. David Warren)†
• Walking Off the Roof by Anthony Clarvoe (Workshop - dir. Bill Rauch)
• Landlocked by Cusi Cram (Workshop - dir. Juliette Carrillo)
• On the Jump by John Glore (Reading - dir. Lee Shallat-Chemel)†
• Dogeaters by Jessica Hagedorn (Reading - dir. Michael Greif)
• The Hollow Lands by Howard Korder (Reading - dir. David Chambers)†
• The Mechanics by Chris Van Groningen (Reading - dir. Andrew Robinson)
• The Sins of Sor Juana by Karen Zacarias (Reading - dir. Lisa Portes)

1999

• On the Jump by John Glore (Production - dir. Mark Rucker)†
• References to Salvador Dalí Make Me Hot by Jose Rivera (Workshop - dir. Juliette Carrillo)†
• Illuminating Veronica by Rogelio Martinez (Workshop - dir. Lisa Portes)
• Cuchifrito by Eduardo Andino (Reading - dir. Octavio Solis)
• Lupe, Now! by Jonathan Ceniceroz (Reading - dir. Luis Alfaro)
• The Beginning of August by Tom Donaghy (Reading - dir. Neal Pepe)
• Everett Beekin by Richard Greenberg (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)†
• The Mystery of Attraction by Marlane Meyer (Reading - Jody McAuliffe)
• God of Vengeance by Donald Margulies (Reading - Gordon Edelstein)
• The Altruists by Nicky Silver (Reading - dir. David Warren)

2000

• "The Education of Randy Newman" words and music by Randy Newman conceived by Michael Roth, Jerry Patch and Mr. Newman (Production - dir. Myron Johnson)
• The End of It All by Cusi Cram (Workshop - dir. Lisa Portes)†
• Fighting Words by Sunil Kuruvilla (Workshop - dir. Martin Benson)
• Hortensia and the Museum of Dreams by Nilo Cruz (Reading - dir. Diane Rodriguez)
• Vieques by Jorge Gonzalez (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)
• Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)†
• The Butterfly Collection by Theresa Rebeck (Reading - dir. Bartlett Sher)†
• The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed (Reading - dir. David Emmes)†
• Dulce de Leche by Daniel Goldfarb (Reading - dir. John Pasquin)
• Tom Walker by John Strand (Reading - dir. Kyle Donnelly)

2001

• The Beard of Avon by Amy Freed (Production - dir. David Emmes)†
• California Scenarios by Luis Alfaro, Joann Farías, José Cruz González, Anne García-Romero and Octavio Solis (Workshop - dir. Juliette Carrillo)†
• Nostalgia by Lucinda Coxon (Workshop - dir. Loretta Greco)†
• Sweaty Palms by Alejandro Morales (Reading - dir. Lisa Portes)
• Tight Embrace by Jorge Ignacio Cortiñas (Reading - dir. Ruben Polendo)†
• Hold Please by Annie Weisman (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)†
• Eye to Eye by Kevin Heelan (Reading - dir. Seret Scott)
• Getting Frankie Married — and Afterwards by Horton Foote (Reading - dir. Martin Benson)
• Scab by Sheila Callaghan (Reading - dir. Olivia Honegger)
• The Falls by Hilary Bell (Reading - dir. Liz Diamond)

2002

• Getting Frankie Married — and Afterwards by Horton Foote (Production - dir. Martin Benson)
• The Dazzle by Richard Greenberg (Production - dir. Mark Rucker)
• 99 Histories by Julia Cho (Reading - dir. Chay Yew)
• Exposed by Beth Henley (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)†
• Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (Reading - dir. Kate Whoriskey)†
• Truth and Beauty by Steven Drukman (Reading - dir. Ethan McSweeny)
• Our Boy by Julia Jordan (Reading - dir. Lisa Peterson)†

2003

• Intimate Apparel by Lynn Nottage (Production - dir. Kate Whoriskey)†
• The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow by Rolin Jones (Production - dir. David Chambers)
• The Hiding Place by Jeff Whitty (Workshop - dir. Mark Rucker)
• Safe in Hell by Amy Freed (Reading - dir. David Emmes)†
• Anna in the Tropics by Nilo Cruz (Reading - dir. Juliette Carrillo)
• Sea of Tranquillity by Howard Korder (Reading - dir. Michael Bloom)†
• Brooklyn Boy by Donald Margulies (Reading - dir. Daniel Sullivan)†

2004

• Safe in Hell by Amy Freed (Production - dir. David Emmes)†
• Mr. Marmalade by Noah Haidle (Production - dir. Ethan McSweeny)
• Vesuvius by Lucinda Coxon (Reading - dir. David Emmes)†
• The Clean House by Sarah Ruhl (Reading - dir. Bill Rauch)
• Singing Forest by Craig Lucas (Reading - dir. Bartlett Sher)
• Safe as Houses by Richard Greenberg (Reading - dir. Ethan McSweeny)

2005

• A Naked Girl on the Appian Way by Richard Greenberg (Production - dir. Mark Rucker)†
• Vesuvius by Lucinda Coxon (Production - dir. David Emmes)†
• Tough Titty by Oni Faida Lampley (Workshop - dir. Mark Rucker)†
• Bossa Nova by Kirsten Greenidge (Reading - dir. Casey Stangl)†
• The Further Adventures of Hedda Gabler by Jeff Whitty (Reading - dir. Bill Rauch)†
• Rabbit Hole by David Lindsay-Abaire (Reading - dir. Carolyn Cantor)†
• Ridiculous Fraud by Beth Henley (Reading - dir. Sharon Ott)

2006

• The Studio written, directed and choreographed by Christopher d'Amboise (Production)
• Blue Door by Tanya Barfield (Production - dir. Leah C. Gardiner)
• Leitmotif by Victoria Stewart (Workshop - dir. Jessica Kubzansky)†
• Human Error by Keith Reddin (Reading - dir. Les Waters)
• Empty Sky by Sarah Treem (Reading - dir. Bill Rauch)
• System Wonderland by David Wiener (Reading - dir. Art Manke)†
• The Piano Teacher by Julia Cho (Reading - dir. Kate Whoriskey)†

2007

• My Wandering Boy by Julie Marie Myatt (Production - dir. Bill Rauch)
• System Wonderland by David Wiener (Production - dir. David Emmes)†
• Po' Boy Tango by Kenneth Lin (Workshop - dir. Chay Yew)†
• Shipwrecked! The Amazing Adventures of Louis de Rougemont (As Told by Himself) — An Entertainment by Donald Margulies (Reading - dir. Bart DeLorenzo)†
• Boleros for the Disenchanted by José Rivera (Reading - dir. Octavio Solis)†
• Our Mother's Brief Affair by Richard Greenberg (Reading - dir. Pam MacKinnon)†
• An Italian Straw Hat book and lyrics by John Strand, music by Dennis McCarthy (Reading - dir. Stefan Novinski)†

2008

• What They Have by Kate Robin (Production - dir. Chris Fields)†
• The Injured Party by Richard Greenberg (Production - dir. Trip Cullman)†
• Sunlight by Sharr White (Workshop - dir. David Emmes)†
• By the Way, Meet Vera Stark by Lynn Nottage (Reading - dir. Mark Rucker)†
• Emilie—La Marquise du Châtelet Defends her Life at the Petit Théâtre at Cirey Tonight by Lauren Gunderson (Reading - dir. Kate Whoriskey)†
• Goldfish by John Kolvenbach (Reading - dir. Loretta Greco)†
• You, Nero by Amy Freed, (Reading - dir. Sharon Ott)†

2009

• Our Mother's Brief Affair by Richard Greenberg (Production - dir. Pam MacKinnon)†
• Emilie—La Marquise Du Châtelet Defends her Life at the Petit Théâtre at Cirey Tonight by Lauren Gunderson (Production - dir. David Emmes)†
• In a Garden by Howard Korder (Reading - dir. David Warren)
• Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Reading - dir. Bart DeLorenzo)†
• Extraordinary Chambers by David Wiener (Reading - dir. Art Manke)*
• 9 Circles by Bill Cain (Reading - dir. Michael John Garcés)
• The Language Archive by Julia Cho (Reading - dir. Mark Brokaw)

2010

• The Language Archive by Julia Cho (Production - dir. Mark Brokaw)
• Doctor Cerberus by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Production - dir. Bart DeLorenzo)†
• Completeness by Itamar Moses (Reading - dir. Pam MacKinnon)
• Happy Face by David West Read (Reading - dir. Art Manke)
• Between Us Chickens by Sofia Alvarez (Reading - dir. Casey Stangl)
• Right to the Top by Amy Freed (Reading - dir. Doug Hughes)
• Kin by Bathsheba Doran (Reading - dir. Sam Gold)

2011

• Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson (Production - dir. Anne Justine D'Zmura)†
• Completeness by Itamar Moses (Production - dir. Pam MacKinnon)
• The Prince of Atlantis by Steven Drukman (Reading - dir. Dámaso Rodríguez)
• How the World Began by Catherine Trieschmann (Reading - dir. Shelley Butler)
• The Droll {Or, a stage-play about the END of theatre} by Meg Miroshnik (Reading - dir. David Chambers)
• Annapurna by Sharr White (Reading - dir. Loretta Greco)†
• Cloudlands book by Octavio Solis, music by Adam Gwon, lyrics by Octavio Solis and Adam Gwon (Reading - dir. Octavio Solis)†

2012

• The Prince of Atlantis by Steven Drukman (Production - dir. Warner Shook)
• Cloudlands book by Octavio Solis, music by Adam Gwon, lyrics by Octavio Solis and Adam Gwon (Production - dir. Amanda Dehnert)†
• Warrior Class by Kenneth Lin (Reading - dir. Evan Cabnet)
• You Are Here by Melissa Ross (Reading - dir. Matt Shakman)
• I and You by Lauren Gunderson (Reading - dir. Meredith McDonough)†
• The Few by Samuel D. Hunter (Reading - dir. Casey Stangl)
• Smokefall by Noah Haidle (Reading - dir. Anne Kauffman)

2013

• Smokefall by Noah Haidle (Production - dir. Anne Kauffman)
• The Parisian Woman by Beau Willimon (Production - dir. Pam MacKinnon)
• Trudy and Max in Love by Zoe Kazan (Reading - dir. Lila Neugebauer)†
• Hope and Gravity by Michael Hollinger (Reading - dir. Aaron Posner)
• Fast Company by Carla Ching (Reading - dir. Shelley Butler)
• Reunion by Gregory S Moss (Reading - dir. Adrienne Campbell-Holt)
• Marjorie Prime by Jordan Harrison (Reading - dir. Pam MacKinnon)

2014

• Rest by Samuel D. Hunter (Production - dir. Martin Benson)
• Five Mile Lake by Rachel Bonds (Production - dir. Daniella Topol)
• The Purple Lights of Joppa Illinois by Adam Rapp (Production - dir. Crispin Whittell)†
• Zealot by Theresa Rebeck (Reading - dir. Marc Masterson)
• Future Thinking by Eliza Clark (Reading - dir. Lila Neugebauer)†
• Mr. Wolf by Rajiv Joseph (Reading - dir. Matt Shakman)†
• Of Good Stock by Melissa Ross (Reading - dir. Lynne Meadow)†

2015

• Of Good Stock by Melissa Ross (Production - dir. Gaye Taylor Upchurch)†
• Mr. Wolf by Rajiv Joseph (Production - dir. David Emmes)†
• Going to a Place where you Already Are by Bekah Brunstetter (Reading - dir. Marc Masterson)†
• The Whistleblower by Itamar Moses (Reading - dir. Casey Stangl)*
• Orange: An Illustrated Play by Aditi Brennan Kapil (Reading - dir. Jessica Kubzansky)†
• Vietgone by Qui Nguyen (Reading - dir. May Adrales)†

2016

• Future Thinking by Eliza Clark (Production - dir. Lila Neugebauer)†
• Office Hour by Julia Cho (Production - dir. Neel Keller)†
• A Perfect Circle by Noah Haidle (Reading - dir. Evan Cabnet)
• Little Black Shadows by Kemp Powers (Reading - dir. May Adrales)
• Curve of Departure by Rachel Bonds (Reading - dir. Mike Donahue)†
• Lady Tattoo by Meg Miroshnik (Reading - dir. Marti Lyons)†
• Wink by Jen Silverman (Reading - dir. Bart DeLorenzo)

2017

• The Siegel by Michael Mitnick (Production - dir. Casey Stangl)
• A Doll's House, Part 2 by Lucas Hnath (Production - dir. Shelley Butler)†
• Yoga Play by Dipika Guha (Reading - dir. Crispin Whittell)†
• SHREW! by Amy Freed (Reading - dir. Sharon Ott)
• Anacostia Street Lions by Tearrance Arvelle Chisholm (Reading - dir. Michael John Garcés)
• Long Lost by Donald Margulies (Reading - dir. Casey Stangl)
• Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee (Reading - dir. May Adrales)†

2018

• SHREW! by Amy Freed (Production - dir. Art Manke)
• Little Black Shadows by Kemp Powers (Production - dir. May Adrales)
• Poor Yella Rednecks by Qui Nguyen (Reading - dir. May Adrales)†
• Love and Contracts by Julia Doolittle (Reading - dir. Moritz von Stuelpnagel)†
• Sheepdog by Kevin Artigue (Reading - dir. Leah C. Gardiner)
• I Get Restless by Caroline V. McGraw (Reading - dir. Jennifer Chambers)
• House of Joy by Madhuri Shekar (Reading - dir. Shelley Butler)

2019

• Poor Yella Rednecks by Qui Nguyen (Production - dir. May Adrales)†
• Sheepdog by Kevin Artigue (Production - dir. Leah C. Gardiner)
• Prelude to a Kiss music by Dan Messé, lyrics by Sean Hartley & Dan Messé, book by Craig Lucas (Reading - dir. David Ivers)†
• The Canadians by Adam Bock (Reading - dir. Jaime Castañeda)†
• Mask Only by Ana Nogueira (Reading - dir. Mike Donahue)†
• Unlikeable Heroine by Melissa Ross (Reading - dir. Gaye Taylor Upchurch)†
• Whitelisted by Chisa Hutchinson (Reading - dir. Sarah Rasmussen)†

2020 Note: The 2020 Festival was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

2021 Note: The 2021 Festival was offered exclusively in digital format, with high-quality video production, professionally filmed with a multi-camera setup.

• Covenant by York Walker (dir. Tamilla Woodard)
• Coleman '72 by Charlie Oh (dir. David Ivers)
• Park-e Lahleh by Shayan Lotfi (dir. Mike Donahue)
• Clean/Espejos by Christine Quintana (dir. Lisa Portes)
• Harold & Lillian book and lyrics by Dan Collins, music by Julianne Wick Davis (dir. Mike Donahue)

2022

• Clean/Espejos by Christine Quintana (Production dir. Lisa Portes)
• A Million Tiny Pieces by Spenser Davis (dir. David Ivers)†
• how to roll a blunt by Naomi Lorrain (dir. Colette Robert)
• avaaz by Michael Shayan (dir. Moritz von Stuelpnagel)
• love you long time (already) by Katie Do (dir. Mei Ann Teo)
• Bite Me by Eliana Pipes (dir. Jennifer Chang)
• Dr. Silver: A Celebration of Life created by Anika & Britta Johnson, music & lyrics by Anika & Britta Johnson, book by Nick Green (dir. Logan Vaughn)

2023

• avaaz by Michael Shayan (Production dir. Moritz von Stuelpnagel)
• Coleman ’72 by Charlie Oh (Production dir. Chay Yew)
• Dr. Silver: created by Anika & Britta Johnson, music & lyrics by Anika & Britta Johnson, book by Nick Green (dir. Logan Vaughn)
• Chapters of a Floating Life by Clarence Coo (dir. Jesca Prudencio)
• The Staircase by Noa Gardner (dir. Gaye Taylor Upchurch)†
• Crasiss by Bleu Beckford-Burrell (dir. Lili-Anne Brown)†
• Galilee, 34 written & directed by Eleanor Burgess

†Commissioned by South Coast Repertory

• Pacific Playwrights Festival page at South Coast Repertory
• One Way New Plays are Born at American Theatre Magazine
• Pacific Playwrights Festival article from Variety
• "Pacific Playwrights Festival Proves You Can Go Home Again" from American Theatre Magazine