Kevin Artigue writes plays, TV, and film. He was raised in Redlands, CA and calls Brooklyn home. He’s a current member of The Working Farm @ SPACE at Ryder Farm, the Dorothy Strelsin New American Writers Group at Primary Stages ... read full bio
Migdalia Cruz, the 2023 DGF Legacy Playwright, is a Bronx-born playwright, lyricist, translator, and librettist with over 60 works performed in 150 venues across 40 cities in 12 countries. ... read full bio
Qui Nguyen (he/him/his) is a playwright, filmmaker, and co-founder of the OBIE Award-winning Vampire Cowboys, who are often credited for being the “pioneers of geek theatre.” ... read full bio
Jacquelyn Reingold’s plays have been seen in New York; across the country; in Dublin, Berlin, Belgrade, Lima, Hong Kong. Honors: Lilly Award, Kennedy Center, EST/Sloan Foundation, MacDowell, Yaddo, Hermitage fellowships, Blackburn finalist, New Dramatists’ Joe Callaway Award. ... read full bio
Charly Evon Simpson is a playwright, TV writer, and teacher based in Brooklyn. Her plays include Behind the Sheet, sandblasted, Jump, form of a girl unknown, it’s not a trip it’s a journey, and more. ... read full bio
Phillip Christian Smith (he/him) is a military brat who went to seven different high schools in places as diverse as Ohio, Texas, California, and New Mexico, as well as grammar school in England and Germany. He’s a Fire This Time Festival Playwright ... read full bio
Bryna Turner (they/them) is a Brooklyn-based playwright originally from Northern California. Their play, At the Wedding, had its world premiere in 2022 at LCT3 at Lincoln Center Theater. ... read full bio
Oct. 17 The once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to commission a New Dramatists playwright to write a micro-play, all in one night! Enjoy tasty beverages and hors d'oeuvres and mingle with brilliant writers while your play is being whipped up.
Oct. 21 See it brought to the stage by some of NYC’s best directors and actors.
COMMISSIONS EXTREMELY LIMITED: RESERVE NOW! - call/ email Sofie Wasserman-Smith, Development Director:
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Oct. 17 Exclusive opportunity to snack, drink, and mingle with incredible writers and glimpse the magic of commissioning night. If the things go your way, the hat might choose YOU to be among the commissioners.
Oct. 21 See the plays, written while you mingled, brought to the stage by some of NYC's best directors and actors.
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Meet us Oct. 21 at the “finish line” and be the first to see the collection of short plays directed and performed.
ALL even proceeds support seven-year, self-directed, playwright residencies.
Performer, CBS Sunday Morning contributor, and ND favorite Nancy Giles!