The Black List Will Expand Beyond Hollywood, Allowing Theatre Writers to Showcase Their Work

The Black List, a platform for film and TV writers to showcase their screenplays for industry members and get their work evaluated by professional readers, is expanding into theatre.

The New York Times reports that the project will begin inviting playwrights and musical writers to share their work with the goal of helping them find representation, get feedback and book productions or jobs.

Four nonprofit theaters have already agreed to commission a new production from a writer discovered through the Black List, including Miami New Drama in Florida, the Movement Theater Company in New York, Victory Gardens in Chicago and Woolly Mammoth in Washington.

Read more on The New York Times.

Since 2005, each December, the Black List releases its annual list, a survey of the most liked unproduced screenplays of that year. The annual lists are aggregated using votes from film executives working in the film industry. At its heart the annual Black Lists are meant to shine a light on extraordinary screenwriting, some of which may have been overlooked more broadly. Learn more at https://blcklst.com/.