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New Dramatists Closing Due to the Winter Storm
The building will be closed Wednesday, March 21 and will re-open on Thursday, March 22 at noon, due to the winter storm. Read More
2018 Luncheon Honoree
New Dramatists is delighted to announce that we will honor DENZEL WASHINGTON at our 69th Anniversary Spring Luncheon on Tuesday, May 15, 2018. Read More
Now Accepting Applications for the Kleban Prize in Music Theatre
Calling librettists and lyricists! The submissions window is now open for the Kleban Prize in Music-Theatre, administered by New Dramatists. The deadline for receiving online applications is May 15, 2018. Click here for guidelines and to begin your application. Read More
APPLICATION WINDOW NOW OPEN
Applications are Being Accepted Now through March 15 for the Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship at New Dramatists
We encourage emerging playwrights to apply at the beginning of their careers so that through the New Dramatists Fellowship, they can develop their work as well as benefit from being a part of a unique, diverse, dynamic community of professional playwrights. An applicant’s status as an emerging playwright is evaluated during the adjudication process.
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Staff Additions and Transitions
As of January 2018, New Dramatists is delighted to announce the addition of two new members to our permanent staff. Sofie Wasserman-Smith, full-time Development Manager, and Candis C. Jones, part-time Playwrights’ Lab Manager, will support our fundraising efforts and artistic programming, respectively. Read More
November is Time to Play!
2017 PLAYTIME DEVELOPMENTAL STUDIO
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Wednesday, November 15 @ 3pm
SUSTAINABLE LIVING by Jennifer Haley
Thursday, November 16 @ 11am
CONFESSIONS TO A RECLINING CHAIR by Kenneth Prestininzi
Thursday, November 16 @ 3:30pm
MARY by Melisa Tien with music by Matthew Frey Read More
Calling All Composers! Composer-Librettist Studio
The submissions window for the Jan-Feb 2018 Composer-Librettist Studio is now open! Apply before 11/27/17!
The New Dramatists Composer-Librettist Studio, presented in collaboration with Nautilus Music-Theater, is designed to provide an opportunity for five writers and five composers to work with professional performers, exploring the possibilities and basic elements of music-theater. Studio Dates: January 24, 2018-February 9, 2018
For more information and to apply: http://newdramatists.org/composer-librettist-studio Read More
The Seth Gelblum Theatre
On September 11, 2017 New Dramatists dedicated our second floor theatre to our late Board Chair, Seth Gleblum, in a naming ceremony that took place prior to the annual New Playwright Welcome. Read More
Donja R. Love Receives the 2017 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting
New Dramatists is delighted to welcome Donja R. Love to the playwright company. Donja received the 2017 Princess Grace Award in Playwriting for his play, Sugar In Our Wounds, and will be in residence at New Dramatists for the 2017-2018 Season.
New Dramatists Announces Eight New Playwrights Join the Resident Playwright Company
New Dramatists, an artistic home and developmental laboratory for professional playwrights, is proud to announce the addition of eight writers to its illustrious, dynamic resident playwright company: Johnna Adams, Boni B. Alvarez, Kirk Wood Bromley, Morgan Gould, MJ Kaufman, Aya Ogawa, Jiehae Park, and Andrea Stolowitz. They will be in-residence through the year 2024. These supremely talented theatre artists were selected by a seven-person committee of New Dramatists current residents, alumni, and outside theatre professionals from 415 applicants after undergoing a highly competitive, nine-month consensus based evaluation process. New Dramatists will kick off their seven-year residencies with an evening of readings and celebration at the annual New Playwright Welcome in the fall. Read More
ND: In Depth Podcast
New Segment!
August 30, 2017
Episode 14: Playwrights as Producers, Part 2: The Pool
Resident playwright Andy Bragen continues his conversation with playwrights who are creating new ways to produce their own work. In this segment, he interviews three writers, Lynn Rosen (ND resident playwright), Susan Bernfield, and Peter Gil-Sheridan, who formed a pop-up theater company/temporary consortium called The Pool.
2015-16 Annual Report
The second version of our completely re-designed, all-digital Annual Report, for the 2015-16 season at New Dramatists, is now live and available for viewing here.
The Playwrights
Lynn Rosen
added the Buzz Gurley! (A new musical about Helen Gurley Brown)
Hammaad Chaudry
added the Buzz World Premiere of An Ordinary Muslim Extends at NYTW
Ken Urban
added the Play A Guide for the Homesick
Andy Bragen
added the Buzz "Don't You F**king Say a Word" published by Playscripts
Aurin Squire
added the Play To Whom It May Concern
Karinne Keithley Syers
added the Play A Tunnel Year
Boni B. Alvarez
added the Play Ruby, Tragically Rotund
Kara Lee Corthron
added the Play Time and a Half
Chisa Hutchinson
added the Play MAMA'S GONNA BUY YOU
Matthew Paul Olmos
added the Play so go the ghosts of mexico, part two
Mona Mansour
added the Play Unseen
Mfoniso Udofia
added the Play In Old Age
Jen Silverman
Mashuq Mushtaq Deen
added the Buzz Draw the Circle To Be Published
Melisa Tien
added the Event Yellow Card Red Card
Stefanie Zadravec
added the Buzz TINY HOUSES IN DEVELOPMENT
Aditi Brennan Kapil
added the Play Imogen Says Nothing
Kenneth Prestininzi
added the Play Tom Visits Rose One Last Time 2016
Barbara Hammond
added the Play TERRA FIRMA
A. Zell Williams
added the Play Carroll Gardens
Matthew Freeman
added the Buzz Matthew Freeman's THAT WHICH ISN'T opens at the Brick Theater August 11th
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