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A GUIDE FOR THE HOMESICK Off-Broadway to Present Special Talkback Series
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 7, 2025

The Off-Broadway production of A Guide for the Homesick by Ken Urban will present a special series of post-show talkbacks during its extended run this January. Learn how to purchase tickets.

New Georges Reveals 2024/25 Season
by Stephi Wild - Sep 10, 2024

New Georges has announced its 2024/2025 Season. The season will kick off this fall with A Woman Among Women by Julia May Jonas, featuring music by Brian Cavanagh-Strong anddirection by Sarah Hughes.

Photos: The New Dramatists Honor Michael Greif at Annual Luncheon
by Genevieve Rafter Keddy - May 15, 2024

The New Dramatists recently hosted its Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 14 at the New York Marriott Marquis. See photos from inside the event. 

Casts of HELL'S KITCHEN, THE NOTEBOOK & More to Perform at New Dramatists Spring Luncheon
by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 6, 2024

New Dramatists will host its Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 14 at the New York Marriott Marquis. See who is taking part and learn how to purchase tickets.

New Dramatists Will Honor Michael Greif At Annual Spring Luncheon This May
by Stephi Wild - Jan 17, 2024

New Dramatists will honor Michael Greif, the acclaimed director of this season's Days of Wine and Roses, The Notebook and Hell's Kitchen at its Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 14.

New Dramatists Names Christie Brown as New Executive Director and Prepares to Select a New Artistic Home
by Stephi Wild - Aug 1, 2023

New Dramatists has announced that Christie Brown has been named the new Executive Director. She will join veteran Artistic Director Emily Morse to lead the organization. Brown's cumulative service to New Dramatists spans 15 years in various leadership roles.

New Dramatists Will Honor Suzan-Lori Parks With 2023 Distinguished Achievement Award
by Stephi Wild - Feb 13, 2023

New Dramatists will honor Tony Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and New Dramatists alumna Suzan-Lori Parks with its 2023 Distinguished Achievement Award at its 71st Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 30.

2022 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival Winners Announced
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 22, 2022

Concord Theatricals has announced the winners of the 2022 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, the nation's premier short play competition. The six plays will be published and available for licensing by Samuel French in the 47th edition of its Off Off Broadway collection.

Joshua Harmon Announced as Honorary Festival Playwright of Samuel French's Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 28, 2022

Samuel French’s Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival has announced that Joshua Harmon is this year’s honorary festival playwright. This year’s top 30 playwrights were chosen from over 650 submissions around the world. They will present their plays during a week-long festival August 16-20 at the Peter Jay Sharp Theater in New York City.

Matthew Freeman Named Winner Of 2021 Kesselring Prize
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 23, 2021

The National Arts Club has announced Brooklyn-based playwright Matthew Freeman as recipient of the 2021 Kesselring Prize.

Theatre Communications Group Presents TCG Books' First Fridays: Featuring Daniel Alexander Jones and Emily Morse
by A.A. Cristi - Sep 1, 2021

Theatre Communications Group has announced the sixth iteration of TCG Books' First Fridays, featuring Daniel Alexander Jones (Love Like Light, Particle and Wave) in conversation on Facebook Live, Friday, September 3, 2021 at 7:00pm ET. TCG Books' First Fridays series features authors from TCG Books' roster in conversation about their work on the first Friday of every month.

2021 Idea Awards for Theatre to be Presented in Virtual Ceremony on April 28
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 20, 2021

The Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation has announced the recipients of their 2021 Idea Awards for Theatre; three grants awarded to adventurous new voices in playwriting and musical theatre, as well the visionary playwrights who have inspired and blazed trails before them.

Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation Announces Recipients of Virus Response Grants for Theater Writers
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 17, 2020

The Bret Adams and Paul Reisch Foundation has announced the recipients of their special COVID-19 response grants for playwrights, composers, lyricists and librettists who have had a full professional production cancelled, closed, or indefinitely postponed due to the COVID-19 closures.

New Dramatists Will Honor Tony Kushner And Jeanine Tesori At Spring Luncheon
by Stephi Wild - Mar 9, 2020

New Dramatists will honor Tony Award winners, Tony Kushner and Jeanine Tesori with its 2020 Distinguished Achievement Award at its 71st Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Thursday, May 21st at the New York Marriott Marquis.

44th Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Short Play Festival Announces Six Winning Plays
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 26, 2019

Samuel French, a Concord Theatricals company, has announced the winners of the 2019 Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival (OOB), the nation's premier short play competition.  

Lauren Yee Is This Year's Samuel French Off-Off-Broadway Short Play Festival Honorary Festival Playwright
by A.A. Cristi - Aug 13, 2019

Samuel French's Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival (OOB), the nation's premier short play competition, is excited to announce that Lauren Yee (Cambodian Rock Band, The Great Leap, The Hatmaker's Wife) is this year's honorary festival playwright. Additionally, the distinguished lineup of judges will include Masi Asare, Eleanor Burgess, Clarence Coo, Vichet Chum, Chris Giordano, Keli Goff, David L. Kimple, Margaret Ledford, Emily Morse, Salem Tsegaye, Miriam Weiner and Alexis Williams.

NYU Tisch Partners With New Dramatists To Develop And Premiere New Theatre Works
by Julie Musbach - Jun 18, 2019

NYU Tisch School of the Arts has partnered with New Dramatists, one of the country's leading playwright centers and a nationally recognized new play laboratory, to develop new theatre works that will premiere in the Graduate Acting program's annual season of plays. 

3VIEWS ON THEATER Launches This Fall
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 3, 2019

The Lillys - in partnership with a broad coalition of theater artists - is pleased to announce 3Views on Theater, a new online journal aimed to expand and deepen theater journalism, writing in many voices about our community. 3Views will generate original content in three categories: Reviews, Interviews, and Purviews (articles submitted by theater artists including responses to reviews, original reviews, opinion pieces, and features).

OPERA America Awards $100,000 In Discovery Grants For Female Composers
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 1, 2019

OPERA America, the national service organization for opera and the nation's leading champion for American opera, is pleased to announce the 2019 recipients of Discovery Grants from the Opera Grants for Female Composers program, which is made possible through the generosity of the Virginia B. Toulmin Foundation.

New Dramatists Will Honor Nathan Lane At 2019 Spring Luncheon
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2019

New Dramatists, Tony Honor recipient and the nation's premier playwright development laboratory, will honor three-time Tony Award winner, Nathan Lane, with its 2019 Distinguished Achievement Award at its 70th Annual Spring Luncheon Tribute on Tuesday, May 14th at the New York Marriott Marquis.