We are currently accepting submissions for the 2026 The Leah!
We are now accepting submissions for the 2026 The Leah. Click HERE to for more information and instructions on how to apply!
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Thank you to everyone who joined us on June 28th at the Powerhouse Theater Season at Vassar College for the reading of the
2025 Leah Prize winning play In The Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too (Or The F*ck Is You Lookin’ At?) by Amalia Oliva Rojas.
In The Bronx Brown Girls Can See Stars Too (Or The F*ck Is You Lookin’ At?) by Amalia Oliva Rojas and directed Marina Montesanti
featuring: Essence Brown, Christin Eve Cato, Sarah-Michele Guei, Victoria Lino, Amaya Montañez, Elizabeth Spindler & Malaika Wanjiku
(photos by Buck Lewis)
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Thank you to everyone who joined us on May 19th at Shares at LaMama for the reading of our first Boost commission:
The Boy King In Queens by Tammy Ryan written in conversation with Leah Ryan’s The Wire.
Top: The Boy King In Queens — by Tammy Ryan and directed by Jessi D. Hill
featuring: Jane Cooper, Diane Davis, Aaron Costa Ganis, Brynn Gauthier, Iván Marcel & David Mason
Bottom: The Wire – by Leah Ryan and directed by Dev Bondarin & Ed Cheetham
featuring Sam Andrews, Senna Prasatthong, Tina Stafford & Jim Stanek
(photos by Buck Lewis)
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Our Mission
The Leah Ryan Fund helps sustain and support writers facing individual challenges and systemic oppression so they can keep writing, connecting, creating, and thriving. The Fund currently offers an annual playwriting prize (The Leah) and an annual award for writers facing a serious illness (The Vladimir), and the newly created commission (The Boost).
The Leah Ryan Fund was established in 2008 to honor the memory of Leah Ryan, a woman of letters who wrote plays, poetry, essays, lyrics, adaptations, and collaborated with performance artists.