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The Foundry at PlayPenn Reveals Class Of 2028


by Stephi Wild - December 19, 2025

The Foundry at PlayPenn, Philadelphia's preeminent playwrights collective for emerging professional writers, welcomes Rayne, Siddarth Anand, and Monica Flory as new Foundry members and its Class of 2028. ...

PlayPenn Renames Tuition-Free Playwrights Cohort as The Playwright Entrepreneur Program, Reveals 2026 Cohort


by Stephi Wild - December 19, 2025

PlayPenn, the national center for new plays and playwrights devoted to nurturing bold new voices in contemporary theatre, has announced its 2025/2026 Cohort and the reimagining of one of its core artistic programs....

Villanova Theatre To Present TRYING By Alison Scaramella, Winner Of The 2025 Sue Winge Award


by A.A. Cristi - October 15, 2025

Villanova Theatre will present two staged readings of TRYING, a new play by Alison Scaramella (MA ’22) and winner of the 2025 Sue Winge Playwriting Award, on October 23 and 24 at 7 p.m. in the Smith Performance Lab at the John and Joan Mullen Center for the Performing Arts....

YOUNG, QUEER, AND STUPID Comes to Philadelphia Fringe


by Emmy Rice - August 31, 2025

Young, Queer, and Stupid is a trio of short comedic plays diving headfirst into the messy, awkward, and often hilarious experiences of being young, queer, and, well… sometimes just plain stupid....

NEW HEAVEN NEW EARTH, Adaptation of Antony and Cleopatra, is Coming to The Drake


by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 15, 2025

Shakespeare in Clark Park, with Upstream Performance Collaborative and Cannonball, will present new heaven new earth, a bold, revisionist Afrocentric adaptation of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra by multidisciplinary artist Rayne. ...

Atlantic Theater Company Unveils 2025 Judith Champion Launch Commissions


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 16, 2025

Atlantic Theater Company has revealed its Judith Champion Launch Commissioning Program writers for 2025. Learn more about the Commissioning Program and the writers here!...

Atlantic Theater Company Unveils 2025 Judith Champion Launch Commissions


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 16, 2025

Atlantic Theater Company has revealed its Judith Champion Launch Commissioning Program writers for 2025. Learn more about the Commissioning Program and the writers here!...

James Ijames Will Join Tenured Faculty at Columbia University School of the Arts


by Stephi Wild - July 14, 2025

The Oscar Hammerstein II Center for Theatre Studies at Columbia University School of the Arts has announced the appointment of celebrated playwright James Ijames to the Theatre faculty as Associate Professor of Theatre with tenure. ...

Ian August's D.Q.M. OR DRAG QUEEN MAGIC Will Premiere at 7th Annual Durango PlayFest


by Stephi Wild - June 13, 2025

Now in its seventh season, PlayFest has fast become a renowned incubator for well-known and emerging playwrights, actors, and directors to develop new works and test them before audiences....

Workshop Presentations Set For RED & BLACK: A Musical on Racism and Healing


by Stephi Wild - June 12, 2025

Charlie Gilbert, Executive Director of MusiCoLab, the non-profit incubator for new musical theater in Philadelphia, has announced the upcoming workshop presentations of RED & BLACK....

Past Shows


PlayPenn’s 20th Anniversary New Play Development Conference returns in 2025, expanding eligibility to playwrights from the Mid-Atlantic Region. This conference will select four plays, including ...

Trans World


This Independent Workshop is produced in partnership with the Philadelphia Theatre Company, Wilma Theater, and our community partner We Are the Seeds. The Play:  When ...

Foundry Graduate Readings
Foundry Graduate Readings
7/12 - 7/14/2024


The Foundry  is PlayPenn‘s three-year membership program that supports emerging Philadelphia playwrights with professional development, networking opportunities, and exposure as they launch their playwriting careers. ...

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