Playwrights’ Center Works Towards a More Equitable Theater Field Through an Expansion of Fellowships
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This past week marked the one-year anniversary since Playwrights’ Center shifted to remote operations and moved readings and workshops online. At that moment in time, we had no real idea how the pandemic would affect us, our field, and the artists we serve. The past year has been a time of loss for so many and a time of change for all.
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Our friend and board member Ginger Wilhelmi passed away on Tuesday, March 2, 2021, after battling ovarian cancer for many years. Our heartfelt condolences go out to her daughter Rachel Austin Bernstein, her family, and her friends. We are grateful for Ginger and her support of Playwrights’ Center. And her absence is deeply felt.
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Playwrights' Center Associate Artistic Director Hayley Finn recently connected with Affiliated Writer Rhiana Yazzie on her upcoming play Nancy, the Reagans, authenticity, and allure of the 80s.
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It is with heavy hearts that we share the news that our beloved Barbara Field—one of the incredible founders of Playwrights’ Center—passed away on February 21st, just a few days shy of her 88th birthday. She’s been constantly surrounded by friends and family over the past couple of weeks, and we’ve been telling stories, cracking jokes (of course), and singing to one another.
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Playwrights' Center Associate Artistic Director Hayley Finn recently connected with Core Writer Crystal Skillman on her upcoming play Pulp Verite, the power of artist collectives, and how writing for different mediums informs her work.
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Playwrights' Center Associate Artistic Director Hayley Finn recently connected with Core Writer Jonathan Spector on his upcoming playThis Much I Know, the magic of decision-making, and writing during the pandemic.
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Interview by Hayley Finn
Hayley Finn: How did you get to learn about Ernest Just and Roger Young and what attracted you to their story?
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Playwrights' Center Associate Artistic Director Hayley Finn recently connected with Affiliated Writer Dipika Guha on her upcoming play Getting There, loss and longing, strong female characters, and working in theater and television.
Hayley Finn: Your play is very rich with visual imagery. How do you start a play and what is your relationship to the visual landscape as it relates to text?
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An Interview With Jake Jeppson By Hayley Finn
Hayley Finn: No Cure is a very personal play. Writing something so personal is a very brave act. How did you come to know you could write this play?
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HartBeat Ensemble with playwright Lonnie Carter and Out of Hand Theater with playwright Marcie Rendon Receive Grants
The Playwrights’ Center and Network of Ensemble Theaters Celebrate 10 Years of Partnership By Doubling “Collaboration Grant” Recipients
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Welcome Kelly Renee Armstrong, Nicholas Kaidoo, and Keyanna Khatiblou, our 2020–21 Core Apprentice playwrights!
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The Playwrights' Center is excited to introduce you to this year's program recipients. This includes our 2020–21 McKnight National Residency and Commission recipient, 2020–21 McKnight Fellows in Playwriting, 2020–21 McKnight Theater Artist Fellows, 2020–21 Jerome and Many Voices Fellows and Mentee, 2020-23 Core Writers, and our 2020–21 Core Apprentices. Please join us in welcoming these outstanding writers into the Playwrights' Center family!
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50 BLACK MINNESOTA VOICES OFFER TRUTH AND TRIUMPH!
“Time has come and gone
You must now
Learn to love us
Better than your
Own self.
Or...”
The McKnight Foundation and the Playwrights’ Center are continuing to support and grow the Twin Cities’ legacy as a cultural hub by supporting some of today’s most promising Minnesotan theater makers through three $25,000 McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships. The awards will allow these artists freedom to pursue personal artistic projects and grow in their field at a time of great uncertainty for theaters, brought on by the pandemic.
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The public murder of George Floyd by members of the Minneapolis police department and the subsequent delayed action of the Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman perpetuates the permissive culture of white supremacy inherently woven into the fabric of our country. George Floyd’s murder is part of the centuries-long lineage of state-sanctioned violence; of trauma enacted on Black bodies in the US.
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McKnight Foundation and Playwrights’ Center Invest in the Future of the American Theater
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Playwrights’ Center Planning for the Future With a Full Season of Fellowships
Announces 2020-2021 Jerome Fellows, Many Voices Fellows, and Many Voices Mentees. More to Come in April and May
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Program Open to Students Across the Country
Celebratory Event Scheduled for Monday, March 9, 2020
Minnesota’s First Lady Gwen Walz Scheduled to Speak
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Join us for readings of Tha Chink-Mart on Monday, April 6 & Tuesday, April 7.
Interview by PWC Associate Artistic Director Hayley Finn
HF: Tha Chink-Mart is set in Long Island in 2004, where you grew up. How much of the play’s situation is based on experiences that you had in high school?
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Join us for AUTHOR AUTHOR on Monday, January 13 & Tuesday, January 14, 2020
Interview by Hayley Finn, PWC Associate Artistic Director
Hayley Finn: How did this idea and this collaboration develop?
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Join us for December on Monday, December 9 & Tuesday, December 10.
Interviewed by Hayley Finn, PWC Associate Artistic Director
Hayley Finn: December is one of several plays you’ve written to feature poetry as an important element. How do you see your background in poetry influencing your work as a playwright?
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The Playwrights’ Center’s 2019-20 public season consists of our celebrated PlayLabs Festival, now in its 36th year, and our Ruth Easton New Play Series, celebrating its 25th anniversary. These free performances are an opportunity to share the work that our incredible playwrights are developing. The writers receive intensive time to work on their plays with nationally acclaimed directors along with visionary actors, designers, and dramaturgs.
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In the wake of a series of events surrounding Children’s Theatre Company, the Playwrights’ Center has spent the past few weeks with many playwrights, our staff and our board members to articulate a public response – not only in relation to this particular situation, but also as a renewed commitment to how we as an organization continue living into our value of prioritizing individual artist care in the theater community.
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Gursimrat Kaur (University of Texas - Austin), Taylor Rankin (Northwestern University), and Aaron Ricciardi (Indiana University)!
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The McKnight Theater Artist Fellowships at the Playwrights’ Center recognize Minnesota theater artists other than playwrights whose work demonstrates exceptional artistic merit. The fellowship provides a $25,000 award as well as access to $7,000 to fund a new collaborative project. Selection is based on a commitment to theater arts, evidence of professional achievement and a sustained level of excellence in the applicant's work.
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The Playwrights’ Center is happy to announce that Carlyle Brown, long-time PWC playwright, has been chosen to become a Lifetime Core Writer.
This year's McKnight National Residency and Commission recipient is Heather Raffo, an award-winning playwright and actress whose work has been seen Off-Broadway, Off-West End and in regional theater and in film.
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The Playwrights' Center is happy to announce our new Core Writers!
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Each year, the Playwrights’ Center serves as an artistic home for nearly 40 fellows and Core Writers, in addition to supporting 2,100 member playwrights across the globe and partnering with producing theaters to move work from page to stage.
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The Playwrights' Center is excited to introduce you to our complete list of this year's program recipients. This includes our 2019-20 McKnight National Residency and Commission
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Join us for The History of Religion on Monday, February 4 & Tuesday, February 5.
Interviewed by Hayley Finn, PWC Associate Artistic
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Executive Staff Administrator
Job posted January 11, 2018. Open until filled.
Reports to: General Manager
Position summary
This Executive Staff Administrator owns many essential support
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Join us for Jeune Terre on Monday, January 14 & Tuesday, January 15.
Interviewed by Hayley Finn, PWC Associate Artistic Director
Hayley Finn: Could you talk about
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Join us for Darling Boud (as in Loud) on Monday, December 3 & Tuesday, December 4.
Interviewed by Hayley Finn, PWC Associate Artistic Director
Hayley Finn:
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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
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Find an artistic home at the Playwrights’ Center—and get paid to be a playwright. Our programs support playwrights and theater artists at various stages in their careers, from beginning to emerging to established.
It is always free to
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