Playwright Residencies

Peter Nachtrieb talks to nine other Bay Area-based playwrights about their connection to where they live.

Dramaturg Maria Patrice Amon interviews Playwright Herbert Sigüenza about his comic influences, and Manifest Destinitis, his adaptation of Molière’s The Imaginary Invalid.

Chisa Hutchinson writes about her residency at Second Stage.

Paola Lázaro writes about her residency at The Atlantic.

Jenny Rachel Weiner writes about her residency at Roundabout Theatre Company.

Caroline V. McGraw writes about her residency at Page 73.

Jaclyn Backhaus writes about her residency at Clubbed Thumb.

Rachel Bonds writes about her residency at Ars Nova.

Playwright Carlos Murillo writes about how he and Adventure Stage Artistic Director Tom Arvetis created an original play for and about the young people of Chicago’s West Town neighborhood.

Isaac Gomez, Director of New Play Development at Victory Gardens, shares the engagement programs around their production of Marcus Gardley’s The House That Will Not Stand.

Jasson Minadakis, Artistic Director of Marin Theatre Company in Mill Valley, California and playwright-in-residence Lauren Gunderson discuss their participation in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s National Playwright Residency Program.

Kristin Marting, Artistic Director of HERE in New York City and playwright-in-residence Taylor Mac discuss their participation in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s National Playwright Residency Program.

Shawn LaCount, Artistic Director of Company One Theatre in Boston and playwright-in-residence Kirsten Greenidge discuss their participation in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s National Playwright Residency Program.

Sam Woodhouse, Artistic Director of San Diego Repertory Theatre and playwright-in-residence Herbert Siguenza discuss their participation in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s National Playwright Residency Program.

Art Rotch, Executive Artistic Director of Perseverance Theatre and playwright-in-residence Vera Starbard discuss their participation in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s National Playwright Residency Program.

John Dias, Artistic Director of Two River Theater in Red Bank, New Jersey and playwright-in-residence Madeleine George discuss their participation in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s National Playwright Residency Program.

Ralph Peña, Producing Artistic Director of Ma-Yi Theater Company in New York City and playwrights-in-residence Rehana Lew Mirza and Mike Lew discuss their participation in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s National Playwright Residency Program.

Faye Price and Noël Raymond, Co-Artistic Directors of Pillsbury House Theatre in Minneapolis, Minnesota and playwright-in-residence Christina Ham discuss their participation in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s National Playwright Residency Program.

Tom Arvetis, Producing Artistic Director of Adventure Stage in Chicago and playwright-in-residence Carlos Murillo discuss their participation in the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s National Playwright Residency Program.

Sarah Matusek talks to Playwright Carlos Murillo about his trilogy the Javier Plays, inspired by the life and work of the late Javier C.