How PlayGround Grew From Short-Play Prompts to Full-Fledged New-Play Fest
After two decades the Bay Area theatre’s annual new-play presentation continues to push its writers—and itself—in new directions.
Category Archives: On the Scene
O Pioneers! Paving the Way for New Plays in Nebraska
In its 11th iteration, the Great Plains Theater Conference has both grown and grown more tightly knit.
Beyond the School Play: High Schoolers Take the Stage With Keen Teens
The program commissions playwrights to create work for high school students from the five boroughs of New York City.
Playwrights Learn From Each Other at Cape May Stage Symposium
Master, emerging, and mid-career writers gather for a weeklong event in southernmost New Jersey.
Commissions With a Mission: To Create Middle Eastern American Plays
Adriana Sevahn Nichols, Yussef El Guindi, and Mona Mansour gather at the Lark to talk about what a playwriting fellowship meant to them.
In With the New: Kansas City Rep’s OriginKC Stakes Its New-Play Claim
Can the troupe’s new festival put the city on the nation’s new-play map?
From Front Page to Stage: Noor Theatre Turns Headlines Into Short Plays
The troupe’s 48 Hour Forum tackles sobering news from the Middle East with short, imaginative, often funny plays.
Not Willing to Wait for It: ‘Deferred Action’ Tackles Immigration
Dallas Theater Center and Cara Mia Theatre Co. collaborate to address a crisis close to home.
Inge Festival Brings the Theatre World to Independence
A host of writers made their way to the Kansas small town to honor the late dramatist and support emerging playwrights.
One Way New Plays Are Born: Pacific Playwrights and Chill
South Coast Rep’s venerable new-works fest offers a mellow, writer-focused sampling of fresh material.
