Short-list of plays
Eight plays have been short-listed in this category.
| The Wild Neighbour and the Willing Coward | Fernanda Affonso De Andre Jaber | China |
| Horn Signals | Sonja Lazovic | Montenegro |
| Taped | Marco Aurelio Pinotti Catala | Brazil |
| The New Bwana | Samwel Soko Osebe | Kenya |
| Dear Mother | Atwine Bashir Kenneth | Uganda |
| Jam | Annie Zaidi | India |
| The Coup | Stanley Makuwe | New Zealand |
| Siamese Twin | Agur Schiff | Israel |
Six plays have been short-listed in this category.
| The Floating Books | Finegan Kruckemeyer | Australia |
| The Navigator | Lasha Bugadze translated by Maya Kiasashvili | Georgia |
| The Nature of Captivity | Matthew Paul Olmos | USA |
| The Bus | Benjamin Kent | Ghana |
| Twelve Easy Steps | Declan Greene | Australia |
| The Rosy Sanctuary | Nicholas Popowich | Canada |