PLAYWRIGHTS' CENTER

by Stephi Wild - April 18, 2024

International playwright, filmmaker and fine artist, Catherine Gropper, had a chance meeting with an actual global government interpreter — a first-person witness to a meeting in Trump Tower prior to the 2016 election. What was discussed there became a political maelstrom that could have changed the...

by Stephi Wild - February 01, 2023

Someone Close To You concerns Helen – a fiercely independent spirit – reaching the end of her life; and her son, Ben – who sees risk everywhere.  Ben must confront his aging mother about bringing her home, essentially, to die. Ironically, it is he who learns more about life than he bargained for.  ...

by A.A. Cristi - June 16, 2022

The Cape Cod Theatre Project's (CCTP) all-female playwright season opens with Gina Femia's The Violet Sisters, featuring Lucy DeVito and Sarah Schenkkan, directed by Taylor Reynolds. Reynolds is the 2021 LPTW Lucille Lortel Award recipient and most recently the director of critically-acclaimed Tambo...

by A.A. Cristi - May 09, 2022

NY Classical is embarking on an initiative to develop original plays for production: 'new visions' of what we call 'classics.' In 2022, we are presenting a series of developmental play readings as part of this New Visions program. These scripts come from some of this generation's most creative playw...

by Stephi Wild - September 29, 2021

Obie Award winner Metropolitan Playhouse returns to in-person performance with the New York premiere of D.W. Gregory's RADIUM GIRLS, newly revised for a limited run from October 28 through November 21, 2021, in person at the Playhouse: 220 E 4th Street. Laura Livingston (State of the Union, The Jazz...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 13, 2021

Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Latinx Playwrights Circle, and Pregones/PRTT have announced that the playwrights selected for this year's Greater Good Commission and Festival are Dominic Colón, Lily Gonzales, Tavi Juárez, Phanésia Pharel, and Andrew Rincón....

by A.A. Cristi - June 09, 2021

MultiStages will present 'SPEAKOUT: Protest Plays & More,' a virtual festival of multidisciplinary commissioned works, live on June 21 and recorded from June 22 to 25. Conceived and directed by Artistic Director/activist Lorca Peress, the program is a 90 minute turntable of short plays, dance works ...

by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 09, 2021

All For One Theater and The Tank will present the archival film of the 2019 world premiere production of Open, a queer love story, streaming on demand June 21 through June 27, 2021 as part of The Tank’s annual PrideFest....

by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 21, 2021

Nancy Manocherian's the cell theatre will host RANDOM ACTS, a solo play written and performed by Obie Award winner Renata Hinrichs. Directed by Jessi D. Hill, performances begin May 23 at the cell. Performances will be presented open air for a strictly limited audience....