Playwriting

The Latinx Theatre Commons (LTC) hosted the 2025 María Irene Fornés Institute Symposium at the Lewis Arts Complex at Princeton University on Saturday, 22 March 2025. This was a one-day convening of scholars, artists, students, advocates, and others invested in the life, work, and legacy of playwright, director and educator, María Irene Fornés (1930-2018).

In this free online series of panels, The Playwrights Realm spotlights people and projects (such as our Radical Parent-Inclusion Project or the International Theatermakers Award) that envision, fight for, and create a more inclusive industry for those who have been historically marginalized in it.

Join Taylor Mac for a glimpse into the creative process and gain insight into exciting new multidisciplinary work coming out of the HERE Artist Residency Program (HARP).

NO SUMMARY is a curated online series that invites artists of Middle Eastern and North African heritage to discuss the many layers of their identity and how it impacts their work and artistic choices.

Eight performances written by eight contemporary Romanian playwrights.

Gain insight and knowledge through these candid discussions where you'll have the opportunity to not only hear from some of our leading artists as they discuss our world today and new ways of thinking about writing and theater, but also ask questions.

Lauren Gunderson presents a series of classes and conversations about playwriting with a variety of guest panelists, livestreamed on HowlRoundTV.

Each of the dialogues in this series speaks of the connection between political activism, creativity, and spirituality— and highlights the importance of intergenerational knowledge-sharing for the future of the Live Arts and Theatre sectors of the UK.

In-depth conversations between playwrights in the National Playwright Residency Program. 

Playwright Lauren M. Gunderson teaches a series of playwriting classes focused on the question of "Why theatre?"

Irene Loy articulates six cogent alternatives to the hero's desire.

The project examines what happens when a woman resubmits scripts to previously rejected opportunities, this time using a man’s name.

This blog series analyzes the sanctified “Great Female Roles” written by men, and the patterns in which male playwrights craft female characters from myth, history, current events, or whole cloth.

Aphra Behn from Guerilla Girls On Tour reports on the 2015 Women Playwrights International Conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

This series focuses on theatre and film in a fly-over state like Kentucky that is struggling to not only join, but also lead in the twenty-first century.

Interviews with playwrights participating in the 2015 Carnaval of New Latinx Work.

Tow Foundation Playwrights write about their residencies.

Weekly series of interviews examining the process of developing a new play through the National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere as part of their Continued Life of New Plays Fund.

This three-part series explores the “Why” behind one playwright project’s choice to utilize peer review for play selection, the “How” to implement it, and “What” the end result has been.

Playwright Patrick Gabridge writes on how spending two seasons farming revealed a lot more than just how to grow vegetables.

Anne Garcia Romero and Alice Tuan share their wisdom on teaching playwriting.

A call to to playwrights from across the United States to bring to light stories representing the whole conversation happening in this country.

A series on balancing responsibilities as a working playwright and as a parent.

An ongoing series of tributes to contemporary playwrights.