Announcing the New Resident Writers

After Seven Salon: Celebrating Outgoing Writers

On June 24, 2025, New Dramatists honored and celebrated playwrights, Sam Chanse, Kate Cortesi, Aurin Squire, Lloyd Suh, Mfoniso Udofia, Ken Urban, and Brian Watkins, who have completed nine years in residence at New Dramatists. Their customary seven-year residencies were extended by two years due to the pandemic.

Each writer read excerpts of their own work that spanned their time in residence, with Mfoniso Udofia represented by fellow writers Nkenna Akunna, Kate Cortesi, and Monet Hurst-Mendoza. Tributes and remarks were shared by alumni Barbara Hammond, Chisa Hutchinson, and Matthew Freeman; current residents Phllip Christian Smith and Deborah Yarchun; staff leaders Emily Morse and Christie Brown, and board president Abbie Van Nostrand.

Article in Forbes

The New Dramatists Spring Luncheon was covered in Forbes Magazine, in an article entitled, "How New Dramatists Shapes Generations of Playwrights from Page to Stage"

Boy, do we feel seen!

Playwrights at Work: June 2025

SM Shephard-Massat hosts a salon to read her own new play, Squirrel on a Wheel, aloud.

Nkenna Akunna holds a two-day session to explore her brand new play, Networking.

Vickie Ramirez holds a two-day session of The Ally Project, directed by Madeline Sayet.

agnes borinsky hosts a reading of The Magician. 

Spring Luncheon Tribute Honoring Tina Landau and Idina Menzel

Thanks to all of you who joined us at our Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 27 at the New York Marriott Marquis to honor this pair of multi-hyphenate generative artists: Tina Landau, award-winning playwright, lyricist, and director (Redwood, Floyd Collins, SpongeBob SquarePants), and Tony Award-winning performer, Idina Menzel (Redwood, Wicked, Rent).

Houghton Hall Arts Community: Our Home Away from Home

New Dramatists, a playwright development organization that supports playwrights through seven-year residencies, is itself “in residence” during the current season: It is with gratitude that we announce the totality of our work – administrative and artistic - is taking place at Houghton Hall Arts Community, 22 East 30th Street, while we assess and conduct needed repairs to our building on 44th Street.  

New Dramatists' Statement of Equity, Diversity, Accessibility, and Inclusion

The principles of equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion (EDAI) are embedded in the founding of our organization. To read our EDAI mission and values statement, and to learn about the process for articulating this community statement and putting it into practice, please click here 

Welcome to the Board!

We are delighted to welcome two new talented individuals to New Dramatists' board of directors this fiscal year: Chisa Hutchinson, recent New Dramatists alumni playwright and Ian Calderon, who brings robust experience from Sundance Institute, and many other institutions. In addition, we welcome Andrea Stolowitz, who fills a rotating current resident playwright seat on the board which was recently vacated by outgoing playwright, Cori Thomas.

Welcome Lauren Holmes, the 2024-2025 Princess Grace Fellow in Playwriting!

Congratulations to Lauren Holmes, recipient of the Princess Grace Award in Playwriting/2024-2025 Fellowship at New Dramatists. 

New Dramatists administers the application process on behalf of the Princess Grace Foundation-USA. This year, we will accept open submissions beginning March 3, 2025 until March 17, 2025 OR UNTIL A CAP OF 35O SUBMISSIONS IS REACHED, whichever comes first. Guidelines will be posted in January, 2025.