Applications Now Open For Art House's Inaugural INKubator Writing Group

For the first time, Art House will be cultivating a group of playwrights as part of the INKubator program's new play development initiative. Selected playwrights will meet on a monthly basis between October 2018 and May 2019 to share their work and further the growth of a specific piece that each playwright is developing. Alex Tobey, resident director of the program, will be joined by special guests each month (playwrights, directors, dramaturgs, literary managers) who will moderate conversations focused on peer feedback, guidance, and personalized support for each playwright's individual process. In the spring, each writer will team up with a professional director to present a public reading or workshop performance as a part of the new annual Jersey City Spring Festival of New Plays.

Meetings are tentatively scheduled for the following dates: October 1, November 5, December 3, January 7, February 4, March 4, and April 1. Outside meetings and rehearsals will increase in April and May in order to prepare for the Jersey City Spring Festival of New Plays on May 9-12.

Applications are open to all playwrights in the NJ/NY area who can commit to the monthly meetings and have a specific play they are looking to write and develop over an eight-month process.

Application Requirements:Your current playwriting resume.A one-page artistic statement describing your artistic goals as a playwright and a specific play or project that you're hoping to explore through the Art House INKubator. A writing sample. This could be a short play, a full length, or an excerpt (either finished or still in process). The writing sample should give us a taste of who you are as a playwright and feature you at your most unique self. If your sample is an excerpt from a larger play, please also include some context.

Email the above requirements as a single PDF to adin@arthouseproductions.org by September 3 at 11:59 PM. Accepted playwrights will be notified by September 10.
Meet Alex Tobey, Resident Director of the INKubator Program:

Alex Tobey is a stage director based in New York City. Past directing credits include Good Girl Gone Bad (HERE Arts Center), The Greeks (Burning Coal Theatre Company), Everyday Afroplay (JACK), Watch Me Burn (The Wild Project), Expedition (Fourth Street Theatre), CO-OPERA (Pittsburgh Opera), It's a Wonderful Life (Bricolage Production Company), and No Exit (bubble:PGH). Additional work developed and presented with The Drama League, Abrons Arts Center, TinyRhino, Powerhouse Theater, SERIALS at the Flea, Dixon Place, Bad Theater Fest, Playwrights at the Grand, and Exquisite Corpse Company. Alex previously served as assistant director on Tartuffe (Saheem Ali, PlayMakers Repertory Company), Frontieres sans Frontieres (Dustin Wills, The Bushwick Starr), Tick, Tick...Boom! (Jonathan Silverstein, Keen Company), Distant Star (Shira Milikowsky, Abrons Arts Center), Gypsy (Eric Woodall, North Carolina Theatre), Houseworld (Andrew Hoepfner, San Damiano Mission / Ars Nova ANT Fest / Elements Music Festival), and Caenis (Lilleth Glimcher, Pace Gallery). Alex is the former co-director of bubble:PGH, a traveling inflatable performance space in Pittsburgh, that hosted plays, concerts, virtual reality demonstrations, and immersive experiences. He is also an associate artist with Third Space, a current member of the SDC Foundation Observership Class, and a former Drama League Artist in Residence. Alex holds a BFA in Directing from Carnegie Mellon University.