The Black List Makes a Play for the New-Play Space
By branching into theatre, the popular platform for film and TV scripts has given playwrights another venue. Is this what they asked for?
All Stories About New Play Exchange
New Plays, and the Folks Who Write Them, Are Just a Click Away
The generosity of playwrights has made the New Play Exchange a destination and a hub that is helping some of us close the social distance.
A Decade of Risk and Reward
New models don’t ‘grow on trees.’ As 2010s in theatre demonstrate, they begin in ambition and risk.
International Women’s Voices Day to be Held on Jan. 21, 2018
The Women’s Voices Theater Festival and the National New Play Network encourages theatres around the world to present an unproduced play by a woman.
Middle Eastern American Theatre, on Our Terms
An open letter and a bill of rights, in the interest of more stage works representing the full diversity and humanity of Middle Eastern Americans.
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.
A National Database of New Plays? Coming Right Up
Can the New Play Exchange bring transparency and efficiency to the play-submission process? That’s the idea, and soon it will be a reality.
