Playpen Holds 5th New Play Development Conference 7/10-7/26 In Philadelphia
by Gabrielle Sierra
- Apr 30, 2009
PlayPenn, Philadelphia's professional new play development organization, will hold its fifth annual New Play Development Conference from July 10-July 26 at both the Adrienne Theater and the Playground (2030 Sansom Street) in Philadelphia. The Conference will feature two weeks of intensive work on six works-in-progress by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig (410 [Gone]); Mary Hamilton (We Three); Michael Hollinger (Ghost-Writer); Arden Kass (Appetite); John Orlock (The Specificity of Paradise); and J.T. Rogers (Blood and Gifts).
Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig Wins Yale Drama Series Award
by Reynard Loki
- Mar 16, 2009
The award-winning playwright David Hare has announced that Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig is the recipient of the 2009 Yale Drama Series Award for Playwriting for her play Lidless. Ms. Cowhig's Yale Drama Series prize includes a $10,000 award from the David C. Horn Foundation, along with a staged reading of the work at Yale Rep in September 2009 (date TBA) and the publication of the play by Yale University Press.
