O’Neill, NNPN, Kennedy Center, and SDC Foundation Name 2017 Directing Fellows
Five emerging directors will received professional development opportunities through the fellowship.
All Stories About National New Play Network
Offscript: Rolling on the New-Play River With Nan Barnett
On this week’s podcast, we talk about how the nation’s and the world’s political tumult is affecting theatres (and how they’re responding), about the departure of critic Charles Isherwood from The New York Times, and with National New Play Network executive director Nan Barnett about the nation’s new-play landscape.
National New Play Network Announces 2016 Showcase Plays
New works by Carla Ching, Tearrance Chisholm, David Valdes Greenwood, Allison Gregory, Stephanie Alison Walker, and Amy E. Witting will be featured this year.
Where Are All the New Plays? Everywhere!
Move over, NYC. From Oregon to Miami, theatres around the country are home to the nation’s most fertile new-play incubators.
Contemporary American Theater Festival’s 5-Ring Circus
How this West Virginia new-play fest builds and rides an annual new-play repertory carousel.
National New Play Network Announces 2016-17 Grant Recipients
The organization distributed more than $115,000 to support new play development.
Exclusive: O’Neill, NNPN, Kennedy Center and SDC Foundation Name 2016 National Directing Fellows
Jessica Holt, Laley Lippard, Jeff Liu, Madeline Sayet, and M. Graham Smith will be the second group to participate in the program.
Lost and Found: ‘Ghosts of Lote Bravo’ Explores Mexico’s Underbelly
Hilary Bettis’s new play, about the disappearing women of Mexico’s Ciudad Juarez, is appearing at several theatres.
Know a Theatre: Unicorn Theatre of Kansas City, Mo.
The Midwestern company is blazing new trails by producing contemporary American plays.
6 Theatre Workers You Should Know
From a cellist to a scenic designer, from New Haven to St. Paul, a cohort marked by versatility and vision.
