Our mission is to provide playwrights with time, space and resources in the company of gifted peers to create work, realize their artistic potential, and make lasting contributions to the theatre.
HISTORY
Founded in 1949 by Michaela O’Harra in association with Howard Lindsay, Richard Rodgers, Russel Crouse, Oscar Hammerstein II, John Golden, Moss Hart, Maxwell Anderson, John Wharton, Robert E. Sherwood and Elmer Rice, New Dramatists is one of the country’s leading playwright centers and a nationally recognized new play laboratory. In the 75 years since our founding, over 700 new dramatists have passed through our doors, creating work that has laid the foundation for contemporary American dramatic literature.
VALUES
The principles of equity, diversity, accessibility, and inclusion (EDAI) are embedded in the founding of our organization. In recent years, we have made a commitment to stating these values explicitly and holding ourselves accountable to these values as a community. 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