New Play Development

Andy Donald talks about Tuesdays@9, Naked Angels' iniative to welcome playwrights to a truly open submissions policy, where they can have a shot at getting their work produced.

Heather Violanti profiles Horse Trade Theater Group, a bold proposal for how to make theater more accessible to entry-level artists.

Playwright Kirsten Greenidge reflects on her impulses to rewrite, and how she learned to stay connected to her work.

Matt Morrow, the new Associate Artistic Director of City Theatre, talks about his work with City Theatre, what excites him about new writers, and his recent return to Pittsburgh.

Karla Boos discusses theatre in Pittsburgh, and the relationship between playwrights and directors.

The Icicle Theatre Festival is a special kind of new play journey. Allen Fitzpatrick explores the opportunities of this festival.

How does Seattle theater look in Spring of 2012? Specifically for new plays, for playwrights, for directors and actors who live to make something new, for audiences that crave and honor new work?

Student Nick Medvescek writes about the synergy of HowlRound and Emerson College's student-led theatre community.

Jason King Jones interviews Karen Evans, President and Founder of The Black Women Playwrights’ Group, about the why she found it necessary to start producing.

Kevin Becerra recounts his first time at the Humana Festival, and what it's like to head to the mythical center of new play development.

Woolly Mammoth's Miriam Weisfield introduces us to The Carnegie Mellon Entertainment Technology Center, an exciting new iniative where technology and playwriting team up to engage audiences in ways never before seen.

Jason Loewith discusses the opportunities at work that are making mid-size theaters the home for effective new play development.

Victoria Stewart writes about the new play development problem in New York... and what the Big Apple can learn from the Twin Cities.

Jessica Huang writes about the Twin Cities, and how their unique DIY scene allows for the underground and the established to co-exist.

Joe Waechter writes about Minnesota, and the unique space that it provides for developing, performing, and thinking about new work.

What's happening in the #NewPlay world this week? Check out the roundup for January 9th, 2012.

"I keep thinking about these orphaned plays, which were in fact once loved. Where do they fit in the new play lifecycle of American Theater?"