Playwrights' Center

Ruth Easton New Play Series
Ruth Easton New Play Series
Join us for our annual series of intimate evenings with plays in process
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Apply for a 2019-20 fellowship
Apply for a 2019-20 fellowship
Our programs support playwrights and theater artists at various stages in their careers, from beginning to emerging to established.
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Champion playwrights and new plays
Champion playwrights and new plays
When you give to the Playwrights' Center, you support the brave, talented playwrights who are creating new work for the American stage.
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Join us at the Center
Join us at the Center
Get on our email list to hear about season events, impromptu public readings, and other ways to be part of the new play experience.
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Join our membership community
Join our membership community
Playwrights' Center membership is open to all. Connect with the 2,000 playwrights around the world who have found their artistic home here.
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New Plays On Campus
New Plays On Campus
Connecting students to professional playwrights across the country
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Membership

As a Playwrights’ Center member, you’ll join 2,000 other playwrights worldwide, of all styles and experience levels. Benefits include exclusive access to our playwriting opportunities database, regular articles from experts, classes and seminars, one-on-one dramaturgy sessions, staged readings, and ways to connect with other playwrights.

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Cover Story

Announcing our 2018-19 season

6 months 1 day ago

Of the 70+ new plays developed at the Playwrights’ Center each year, eight are selected to be part of the public season, giving playwrights expanded workshop time with collaborators and the chance to see their new work on its feet in front of two...