Core Writer Lee Blessing is at the Playwrights’ Center this week, workshopping Ceely with director Peter Moore and actors Peggy O’Connell*, Bob Davis*, and Lillie Horton (*Member of Actors’ Equity Association). We asked Lee some
... read moreI’ve been part of many workshops as a Playwrights’ Center intern this year, and I’ve seen the special kind of effort that goes into supporting the creation of new work. It’s immediately embracing someone else’s vision as your own. It’s being willing
... read moreCore Writer Martyna Majok is workshopping Sanctuary City at the Playwrights’ Center this week, with director Hayley Finn and actors Thallis Santesteban*, Silas Sellnow, and Michael Hanna* (*Member of Actors’ Equity). In the play, Pre
... read morePlease help us welcome 2018-19 McKnight Fellows in Playwriting May Lee-Yang and Tori Sampson.
The McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting awards two
... read morePlease help us welcome the recipient of the 2018-19 McKnight National Residency and Commission, Idris Goodwin.
Goodwin’s commissioned play—“a play that’s been whispering over my shoulder for a minute now,” he says—is titled
... read moreMany Voices Fellow Stacey Rose is workshopping Legacy Land with director Hayley Finn and actors Thomasina Petrus*, Antonio Duke, Ivory Doublette*, and James A. Williams* (*Member of
... read moreMcKnight Fellow in Playwriting Benjamin Benne is workshopping What \\Washed Ashore //Astray at the Playwrights’ Center this week, in collaboration with director Noël Raymond; dramaturg
... read moreOur 2017-18 Ruth Easton New Play Series concluded April 9 and 10 with the bandaged place by Core Writer Harrison David Rivers. Thanks to everyone who attended these readings and the rest of our public season. A few rehearsal photos are below
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