Annual theatre conference formerly sponsored by the American Theatre Association (ATA).

Mission: The purpose of The New Harmony Project is to create, nurture and promote new works for the stage, television, and film that sensitively and truthfully explore the positive aspects of life.

Est. 1979. Kentucky Women Writers is the longest running literary festival of women in the nation, launched to showcase the talents and issues unique to female writers. Foremost, KWWC is a national event: typically 8 of 10 featured presenters and 30-40% of conference registrants hail from out-of-state. We feature the work of women writers only but welcome men to our audiences. For readers we offer "non-workshop" registration that costs less and gains admission to all readings, panel discussions, craft talks, and publishing advice--which can be relevant not only for writers but also for...

The Kentucky Women Writers Conference awards a biennial Prize for Women Playwrights to bring more scripts by women to the stage, through a collaboration among our program, partnering director Eric Seale, and guest judge Ifa Bayeza. The winner receives a world premier production for a paying audience in November 2019, with royalties, plus a cash prize of $500. The winning script may be workshopped prior to its production. If you would like to receive our bi-monthly listserv with updates about this contest and our other programming, please send your request to...

The Midwest Dramatists Center is back with its playwriting conference September 27-29, 2018. More than 50 visiting playwrights and theater professionals from around the country will be in attendance. Conference events are open to the public.

The New Play Conference was founded in 2006 by Metropolitan Community College, and continues, now that the GPTC is its own nonprofit, as a vibrant community partnership between the two organizations. The conference takes place each spring at the Swanson Conference Center on MCC’s historic Fort Omaha Campus. Each year, the Conference helps to develop a group of new plays that are selected from a pool of around 1000 submissions. During the Conference, local and national playwrights, actors, directors, dramaturgs, designers and Omaha community members, share a week of stories, workshops,...

Thanks to the generosity of the Walter E. Dakin Memorial Fund, supported by the estate of the late Tennessee Williams, the Conference will gather a distinguished faculty to provide instruction and criticism through workshops and craft lectures in poetry, fiction, and playwriting. Limited number of scholarships and fellowships are available on a competitive basis. See website for details and deadlines.