New Play Development

Actor/playwright Joe Wilson, Jr. discusses his experience and the cultural climate in St. Louis during the Every 28 Hours Project workshops.

Brett Aresco on Radical Evolution’s production of The Golden Drum Year by Beto O’Byrne.

Patricia Davis interviews Ron Menzel, an actor in Studio Theatre's production of Lucy Kirkwood’s Chimerica in Washington, DC.

Raphael Martin on the history, organizational model, current reality, and aspirations of The Theatre Centre in Toronto, Canada.  

Artistic Director Shakina Nayfack discusses the origins and trajectory of the Musical Theatre Factory, which advocates new musical development.

Tiffany Ana López on the LTC’s Carnaval of New Latina/o Work hosted by the Theatre School at DePaul University July 23-25, 2015 in Chicago, Illinois.

Paul Adolphsen explores major themes of the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, South Africa.

Aaron Hunt on new musical development in Chicago, Illinois.

Playwright Stephen Spotswood discusses his process during the development of his play The Last Burlesque, currently in performance.

Luis Alfaro reports on the third day of Carnaval, and shares the note the community ended on—commitment and movement. 

Olga Sanchez reports on Carnaval 2015, Day 2, sharing summaries of conversations and the three readings of the day.

Georgina Escobar reflects on Day 1 of Carnaval 2015.

In the fourth installment of our series on Latina/o theatre in Texas, Teresa Marrero highlights the increasing amount of work happening in Dallas, and the artists making it.

Playwright Carolyn Gage questions the accepted definition of a “new play” as one that is unpublished and unproduced, arguing that these standards punish entrepreneurial playwrights who choose to self-publish or self-produce.

Abel Muñoz describes the three plays featured in the 5th Annual Austin Latino New Play Festival.

Lydia Stryk wonders about the limiting nature of a list and questions how helpful they actually are.