diff --git a/tests/playwright/conftest.py b/tests/playwright/conftest.py
index b8120ae9f..ce7de4cfd 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/conftest.py
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ def create_doc_example_fixture(example_name: str, scope: str = "module"):
     )
 
 
+def create_deploys_fixture(app: Union[PurePath, str], scope: str = "module"):
+    """Used to create app fixtures from apps in tests/playwright/deploys/apps"""
+    return create_app_fixture(
+        here_root / "tests/playwright/deploys/apps" / app / "app.py", scope
+    )
+
+
 def x_create_doc_example_fixture(example_name: str, scope: str = "module"):
     """Used to create app fixtures from apps in py-shiny/shiny/examples"""
     return create_app_fixture(
diff --git a/tests/playwright/deploys/apps/plotly_app/app.py b/tests/playwright/deploys/apps/plotly_app/app.py
index 1120f7b1e..25a097526 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/deploys/apps/plotly_app/app.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/deploys/apps/plotly_app/app.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # App altered from: https://github.com/rstudio/py-shiny/blob/main/shiny/api-examples/data_frame/app.py
+import pandas  # noqa: F401 (this line needed for Shinylive to load plotly.express)
 import plotly.express as px
 import plotly.graph_objs as go
 from shinywidgets import output_widget, render_widget
@@ -31,19 +32,19 @@
         " Select one or more countries in the table below to see more information.",
     ),
     ui.layout_column_wrap(
-        1,
         ui.card(
             ui.output_data_frame("summary_data"),
         ),
         ui.layout_column_wrap(
-            1 / 2,
             ui.card(
                 output_widget("country_detail_pop", height="100%"),
             ),
             ui.card(
                 output_widget("country_detail_percap", height="100%"),
             ),
+            width=1 / 2,
         ),
+        width=1,
     ),
 )
 
@@ -60,8 +61,10 @@ def summary_data():
 
     @reactive.calc
     def filtered_df():
+        # input.summary_data_selected_rows() is a tuple, so we must convert it to list,
+        # as that's what Pandas requires for indexing.
         selected_idx = list(req(input.summary_data_selected_rows()))
-        countries = summary_df["country"][selected_idx]
+        countries = summary_df.iloc[selected_idx]["country"]
         # Filter data for selected countries
         return df[df["country"].isin(countries)]
 
diff --git a/tests/playwright/deploys/apps/shiny-express-folium/app.py b/tests/playwright/deploys/apps/shiny-express-folium/app.py
index 15dac58e2..a6d5e8ad1 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/deploys/apps/shiny-express-folium/app.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/deploys/apps/shiny-express-folium/app.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 with ui.card(id="card"):
     "Static Map"
-    folium.Map(
+    folium.Map(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType,reportGeneralTypeIssues]
         location=locations_coords["San Francisco"], tiles="USGS.USTopo", zoom_start=12
     )
     ui.input_radio_buttons(
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     @render.display
     def folium_map():
         "Map inside of render display call"
-        folium.Map(
+        folium.Map(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType,reportGeneralTypeIssues]
             location=locations_coords[input.location()],
             tiles="cartodb positron",
             zoom_start=12,
diff --git a/tests/playwright/deploys/tests/test_dataframe.py b/tests/playwright/deploys/tests/test_dataframe.py
index 93bd32500..9141f5ccc 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/deploys/tests/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/deploys/tests/test_dataframe.py
@@ -21,3 +21,6 @@ def test_express_dataframe(page: Page, location: str) -> None:
     page_url = deploy(location, APP_NAME, app_file_path)
     page.goto(page_url, timeout=PAGE_TIMEOUT)
     verify_express_dataframe(page)
+
+
+# TODO-Karan: Add a way to run the deploy tests locally without deploys for the playwright-shiny cmd
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/accordion/app.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/accordion/app.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 60d79fc2c..000000000
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/accordion/app.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-from shiny import render
-from shiny.express import input, ui
-
-with ui.accordion(id="express_accordion", open=["Panel 1", "Panel 2"]):
-    with ui.accordion_panel("Panel 1"):
-        ui.input_slider("n", "N", 1, 100, 50)
-
-    with ui.accordion_panel("Panel 2"):
-
-        @render.text
-        def txt():
-            return f"n = {input.n()}"
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/accordion/test_accordion.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/accordion/test_accordion.py
index 86d81773e..80edbc6e9 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/accordion/test_accordion.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/accordion/test_accordion.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from conftest import ShinyAppProc
+from conftest import ShinyAppProc, create_deploys_fixture
 from playwright.sync_api import Page
 from utils.express_utils import verify_express_accordion
 
+app = create_deploys_fixture("shiny-express-accordion")
 
-def test_express_accordion(page: Page, local_app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
-    page.goto(local_app.url)
+
+def test_express_accordion(page: Page, app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
+    page.goto(app.url)
     verify_express_accordion(page)
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/dataframe/app.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/dataframe/app.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 5902c0a78..000000000
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/dataframe/app.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-import pandas as pd
-
-from shiny import render
-from shiny.express import ui
-
-data = {
-    "A": [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6],
-    "B": ["a", "b", "c", "d", "e", "f"],
-    "C": [10.1, 20.2, 30.3, 40.4, 50.5, 60.6],
-    "D": ["apple", "banana", "cherry", "date", "elderberry", "fig"],
-    "E": [True, False, True, False, True, False],
-    "F": ["John", "Jane", "Jim", "Jessie", "Jack", "Jill"],
-}
-
-df = pd.DataFrame(data)
-
-ui.page_opts(fillable=True)
-
-with ui.card(id="card"):
-    ui.h2("Below is a sample dataframe")
-
-    @render.data_frame
-    def sample_data_frame(id: str = "dataframe"):
-        return df
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/dataframe/test_dataframe.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/dataframe/test_dataframe.py
index 05a53c4ae..d48a15c29 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/dataframe/test_dataframe.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/dataframe/test_dataframe.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from conftest import ShinyAppProc
+from conftest import ShinyAppProc, create_deploys_fixture
 from playwright.sync_api import Page
 from utils.express_utils import verify_express_dataframe
 
+app = create_deploys_fixture("shiny-express-dataframe")
 
-def test_page_default(page: Page, local_app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
-    page.goto(local_app.url)
+
+def test_page_default(page: Page, app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
+    page.goto(app.url)
     verify_express_dataframe(page)
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/folium/app.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/folium/app.py
deleted file mode 100644
index a6d5e8ad1..000000000
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/folium/app.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import folium  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingTypeStubs]
-
-from shiny import render
-from shiny.express import input, ui
-
-locations_coords = {
-    "San Francisco": (37.79554, -122.39348),
-    "Los Angeles": (34.05026, -118.25768),
-    "New York": (40.71222, -74.00490),
-}
-ui.page_opts(full_width=False)
-
-with ui.card(id="card"):
-    "Static Map"
-    folium.Map(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType,reportGeneralTypeIssues]
-        location=locations_coords["San Francisco"], tiles="USGS.USTopo", zoom_start=12
-    )
-    ui.input_radio_buttons(
-        "location", "Location", ["San Francisco", "New York", "Los Angeles"]
-    )
-
-    @render.display
-    def folium_map():
-        "Map inside of render display call"
-        folium.Map(  # pyright: ignore[reportUnknownMemberType,reportGeneralTypeIssues]
-            location=locations_coords[input.location()],
-            tiles="cartodb positron",
-            zoom_start=12,
-        )
-        input.location()
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/folium/test_folium.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/folium/test_folium.py
index bb126e7ab..0296aaab5 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/folium/test_folium.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/folium/test_folium.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from conftest import ShinyAppProc
+from conftest import ShinyAppProc, create_deploys_fixture
 from playwright.sync_api import Page
 from utils.express_utils import verify_express_folium_render
 
+app = create_deploys_fixture("shiny-express-folium")
 
-def test_folium_map(page: Page, local_app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
-    page.goto(local_app.url)
+
+def test_folium_map(page: Page, app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
+    page.goto(app.url)
     verify_express_folium_render(page)
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_default/app.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_default/app.py
deleted file mode 100644
index de1577c1b..000000000
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_default/app.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-from shiny.express import ui
-
-ui.tags.style(
-    """
-    #shell div{
-    background-color: #00000022}
-"""
-)
-with ui.div(id="shell"):
-    with ui.layout_columns(col_widths=[8, 4]):
-        "R1C1R1"
-        with ui.layout_columns(col_widths=[8, 4]):
-            with ui.div():
-                ui.div("R1C1R2-R1C1R1")
-
-                ui.div("R1C1R2-R1C1R2")
-
-            "R1C1R2-R1C2"
-
-        "R1C2"
-
-with ui.layout_columns(col_widths=[6, 6]):
-    # check height is below 300px - bounding box
-    with ui.navset_card_tab(id="express_navset_card_tab"):
-        with ui.nav_panel(title="Two"):
-            ...
-
-    with ui.navset_tab(id="express_navset_tab"):
-        for fn_txt, fn in [
-            ("pre", ui.pre),
-            ("div", ui.div),
-            ("span", ui.span),
-        ]:
-            with ui.nav_panel(title=fn_txt):
-                for i in range(3):
-                    with fn():
-                        ui.HTML(f"{fn_txt} {i}")
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_default/test_page_default.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_default/test_page_default.py
index 4107b8305..e815450c0 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_default/test_page_default.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_default/test_page_default.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from conftest import ShinyAppProc
+from conftest import ShinyAppProc, create_deploys_fixture
 from playwright.sync_api import Page
 from utils.express_utils import verify_express_page_default
 
+app = create_deploys_fixture("shiny-express-page-default")
 
-def test_page_default(page: Page, local_app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
-    page.goto(local_app.url)
+
+def test_page_default(page: Page, app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
+    page.goto(app.url)
     verify_express_page_default(page)
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fillable/app.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fillable/app.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 573e65fdb..000000000
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fillable/app.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-from shiny import render
-from shiny.express import input, ui
-
-ui.page_opts(fillable=True)
-
-with ui.card(id="card"):
-    ui.input_slider("a", "A", 1, 100, 50)
-
-    @render.code
-    def txt():
-        return input.a()
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fillable/test_page_fillable.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fillable/test_page_fillable.py
index 1978aa57c..c1fb518c9 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fillable/test_page_fillable.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fillable/test_page_fillable.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from conftest import ShinyAppProc
+from conftest import ShinyAppProc, create_deploys_fixture
 from playwright.sync_api import Page
 from utils.express_utils import verify_express_page_fillable
 
+app = create_deploys_fixture("shiny-express-page-fillable")
 
-def test_express_page_fillable(page: Page, local_app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
-    page.goto(local_app.url)
+
+def test_express_page_fillable(page: Page, app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
+    page.goto(app.url)
     verify_express_page_fillable(page)
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fluid/app.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fluid/app.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 1f5c0dae4..000000000
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fluid/app.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-from shiny import render
-from shiny.express import input, ui
-
-ui.page_opts(full_width=True)
-
-with ui.card(id="card"):
-    ui.input_slider("a", "A", 1, 100, 50)
-
-    @render.code
-    def txt():
-        return input.a()
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fluid/test_page_fluid.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fluid/test_page_fluid.py
index ccee4c6fe..6967af245 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fluid/test_page_fluid.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_fluid/test_page_fluid.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from conftest import ShinyAppProc
+from conftest import ShinyAppProc, create_deploys_fixture
 from playwright.sync_api import Page
 from utils.express_utils import verify_express_page_fluid
 
+app = create_deploys_fixture("shiny-express-page-fluid")
 
-def test_express_page_fluid(page: Page, local_app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
-    page.goto(local_app.url)
+
+def test_express_page_fluid(page: Page, app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
+    page.goto(app.url)
     verify_express_page_fluid(page)
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_sidebar/app.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_sidebar/app.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 455326083..000000000
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_sidebar/app.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-from shiny import render
-from shiny.express import input, ui
-
-ui.page_opts(title="PageTitle")
-
-with ui.sidebar(id="sidebar", title="SidebarTitle"):
-    "Sidebar Content"
-
-with ui.card(id="card"):
-    ui.input_slider("a", "A", 1, 100, 50)
-
-    @render.code
-    def txt():
-        return input.a()
diff --git a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_sidebar/test_page_sidebar.py b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_sidebar/test_page_sidebar.py
index c41b7bedc..0aedf85a1 100644
--- a/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_sidebar/test_page_sidebar.py
+++ b/tests/playwright/shiny/shiny-express/page_sidebar/test_page_sidebar.py
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
-from conftest import ShinyAppProc
+from conftest import ShinyAppProc, create_deploys_fixture
 from playwright.sync_api import Page
 from utils.express_utils import verify_express_page_sidebar
 
+app = create_deploys_fixture("shiny-express-page-sidebar")
 
-def test_express_page_sidebar(page: Page, local_app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
-    page.goto(local_app.url)
+
+def test_express_page_sidebar(page: Page, app: ShinyAppProc) -> None:
+    page.goto(app.url)
     verify_express_page_sidebar(page)